The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-13
IN THE ASHLAND DISTRICT.
prsekinridge and His Friends Issue a
Merry Manifesto.
I ezington. q, Sept. l2.-The Breck- :

Lexington. KY, Sept. 12.-The Breck
inridge executive committee, consisting
If four or five strong friends of the
colonel from each one of the counties in
the dis aict. met here this afternoon,
and. after a long conference, issued a
manifesto 10 the democratic voters of the
Ashland district, in which they say the
5isrrict committee, by its action on last
saturday. has effectualIy blocked the
gsme which the expert candidate from
SCOTT Owens and his organization have
been preparing to play IN the approach
For the first time in Kentucky" saws
the circular, "a contestant for a Demo
cratic nomination. driven to desperation
bv the demonstrated strength of his 3D.
n,nent. has shamelessly allowed it to be
proclaimed through his mouthpieces
everywhere that participation in
he primary involved no obliga-
ton in honor to support the uomina-
ron of his opponent. 1t was never
contemplated by the party authorities be-
fore such double dealing was possible, or
that il could be necessary to guard the
Marty organiza ton against such treach-
erv. but when this proclamation of dis
honor was made the district committee
AT once met it as honest men, Jealous
If the fair fame of the great
organization committed to their keeping,
and by their resolution of Sept. S, have
made it impossible for a man except a
wuiful per- urer to have voice in the
selection of a candidate while premedi-
Eating in any event treachery to the
Democratic party.
with that reckless denunciation of all
who cross the path of his ambition and
that enrontery which has marked his
whole canvass, MIR. Owens and his fol-
lowers have impugned the honor of the
committee, have denounced its members
as towards and tools, while in the same
breath, and with an inconsistency
born of mad desperation, they proclaim
tbemsel\ es satisfied with the situation
admit that the committees action is
simply the enforcement of a rule recog-
nized as an integral party law, and en-
deavor to assure themselves and the pub
lie that its application will work to their
advantage.
If it be right that no man shall take
uart in the selection of a candidate unless
he intends to submit his own individual
preferences to the will of the party; if it
be only fair that no man should be al
lowed TO play a game of heads I win;
tails YOU loss - if it be simply Just that
be who submits his claim to his party in
good faith abides the result of that
submission, if it be true that every dem
Ocrat can trust his political conscience to
the aggregate judgement of his party
fairly and honestly ascertained, why do
these reckless defamers of the chosen
leaders and guardians of the party de-
nounce that action. whose only effect is
to make sure these principles, and pro
tect them in their integrity against the
treachery so openly threatenedf
Like all men foiled in a contemplated
wrong, they charge this action as an evil
deuce of their opponents weakness, which
is a sure index of his strength no one is
deceived by this, for no one considers it a
proof of weakness to bar your door
against burglar, of whose visit a warn
ing has been given, or to place your
pocketbook where it will be safe against
the pickpocket."
The circular closed with an appeal to
the voters to come out in Breckinridge's
interest, and claims his election is
assured.