The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-17

ridge lt was LOlu OF QUE young mHu,
who had been won over by the colonel's
eloquence, and possibly for a feeling of
sym pathy for the under dog, that he
was cut one morning on the streets OF
Lexington by three ladies In succession
10 the third one he protested.
Pardon me, sir, she replied coldly,
II do not know you
"Do not know me, Miss --r' he ex
claimed. "You have known me all
your life"
You are mistaken. she said. 81 am
not acquainted with any man who
ears Breckenridge hutton"
The button was replaced by an Ow.
ems badge the next day.
One man informed his wife that he
was one of committee to entertain
Breckenridge at dinner at hotel.
II cannot interfere with my hus-
bands politics, she responded. "but 1
must maintain our reputation for hos
pitality. Twill meet Colonel Breckin.
ridge in our carriage and drive with
him to the hotel. II he is fit for you
to dine with, he is fit for me to drive
with"
The man excused himself from tho
committee.
There is another story which illus
trates the feeling Of the women and is
good specimen of Kentucky wit A
Breckinridge man was asked by his
wife one evening for the latest polih-
cal news.
"Oh," said he. Owens has made an
other one of his schoolboy speeches "
"The distinction being" she re-
joined. that Breckenridge makes his
speeches to school girls
y EXCITING CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS
Every day, nearly, had its exciting
incident. There were fist fights in
plenty; there were occasional shoot
ings and many mora threats to shoot
Charges from the stump became more
numerous and virulent; there were
addresses by womens clubs, resolutions
by religious bodies. There was COL
onel on every stump, and every colonel
was worked up to a fighting pitch OF
partisan zeal. During the past TWO
weeks it is said that not score of ladies
in the district kept her day ''at home. F"
Most Of them We're out campaigning
for Owens or Settle, always against
Breckinridge. They did not retreat
because the issue in this fight was an
uuclean one. BETTER few blushes
now they said. than shame forever
after Sept. 15."
the gaiuful moves made by Breck-
lnridge were all political. The district
congressional committee in June
adopted the usual rule that any man
could vote at the primaries who was
known to the judges Of the primaries
to be q Democrat. On tine Sth of this
month. just week before the prim
aries, the same committee made rule
that the judges should require of all
persons seeking to vote at the primaries
an oath to support at the regular cleo
tion the candidate having u majority
of the primary votes.
This raised bowling stor n of pro-
| tests from the Ovens camp. II was
intended, they said. to keep away from
the primary polls thousands of anti
Breckinridge men who would not make
such an oath. The colonel was de-
nounced more fiercely than ever before,
and movement was at once started by
the Owens men to vote at the prima.
ries, refusing to take the ontb, no mat
ter what force should be required TO
secure the acceptance Of their ballots.
The Indignation caused by this trick
in the game Of politics resulted in the
greatest meeting of the campaign.
probably the greatest meeting ever
held in the district, near Paris. on
September 10, two days after the adop-
tion of the oath rule.
Outside Of Lexington, Colonel Brock
inridge did not have meeting at
tended by more than 5O0 and women,
at all of his meetings, were conspic-
uously absent.