New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-14
EEyTCCKY'S HONOR.

EENTUCKY'S HONOR.
r,.o,. 1;oorcd ne to what constituted the "honor
Of Kentucky" There were two OF them. ho'h
Kentuckians. And both patrlo'icahy anu pas
s,on,,o,v fond Of Kcntuckys two most famous
products-racelorscs and whiskey. they BET on
an. while under the influence Of the other. Win
nina on ono tlcy promote harity by means Of
IN. other. or osing on one they resort to the
other to drown sorrow ana urNe ""a' '"'''
They were In an uptown care SUNDAY evening
discussing one Of the great products uhner the
insnirution Of The other. After time 'ie coh
vcrsation digr,ssed-for men cannot Talk morse
, forcvcr-and without flowing outside the STATE
boundaries touched upon the latest scandal 10
wit the killing Of the Governors son by an az
,rievcd husband. In the opinion Of one OF the
d,snutonts the wrongcd husband was Justified
In taking the law into his own hands and Killing
hath thc sc,lutcr and his victim. Not stopping
there. he proceeded TO say that there are other
mo, In Kcntu.ky deserving of the same fate for
the same offence. Whcrcat the other: NOW
CHATS pretty way TO talk about the good ola
"Stote of Kentucky What will our Eastern
.fricnds here think Of our country when you
"leoyc such false impression? You deserve 10
che rcprimanlcd for it,. Here was State pride
in conjunction with whiskey. There was sort
Of "brcathcs4hcrc-a- man with-a-soul- air
ohout il that must have been touching. But II
seems not t. have touched Kenuckian Number
| One In that way As a matter Of fact 1t touched
him ouite tie other way. In him the whiskey
was workingupon personal pride instead OF STATE
nridc Under It's influence he lifted a heavy
walkins-sticl and smote the other remorseieSs-
IL hv which his silk hat was mashed and his
head confused.
Thcn they fell upor each other with fcryor ana
enthusiasm. Zach punching the others head with
sincerity. cancstncss and warmth thoush' ac'
corlinc 10 the bystandcrs with very little SCI
once until both were very rnl AMI dubious ana
much rumped up I'y this time the care walters
had galloped up in large numbers. ana. appar-
only unaware that II was a purely h"ntlcky
DISPUTE in which they had no business 10 in'er-
fcre had plunged heavily into the combat, sepa-
rating the MN from each other In way calcu'
lated 10 chu'n the profoundcst emotions OF VI"
blue grass mind. Much language ens'lrd as 'h'y
were held apart 4 great deal Of IT unS'ilteh I"
the atmospharc and Influences Of The New Eng
land Sabbath. As. for instance. one said. you
.scoundrcl. II I didn't know you as well as
"do I'd fill yu full Of holes which. though I'M
uassioncd seems inconscpuent. To him the
other You know where to find mo ~ any time
with which, craving huge roll OF blS. u" 'hr'"
down "tclucr" remarking. with grim humor'
"IIcrc's mony To buy n new hat And then. ny
the Intervention ~ friends. they left the ho"l III
o,nosii. dIrotlons Which, In the circumstances.
w,s n1iJcn, But the question was left unset
n.d No conclusion was reached rs 10 whether
In I,ntrIcl<y equally guilty
with IN. man who was killed the other day and
deserving Of the same fate. or whether, II 'her'
ara. such. safe pride requires that the fact b"
/ concealed f,r the honor ~ 9TH" good old STAT"
~ Kcntuck,." The divergence Of views on that
suhi.c, b,.ivccn the two Kcntucklan> continues.
Meanwhile. however, we rise 10 remark that
I ,hc honor 4 the good old State II krntl'ky IL
ma, enhanced nor II the personal honor II any
citizen rhc-cof yindicatcd by mashng OF SIX
| hats or confusion ~ countenances III New i"rK
caff They may relieve The monot"ny 81 'n''
! Sabbath AMI cnivcn m otherwise dun occasi"ii'
/ Int I'm this latitude they do not satisfactorily
settle differences ~ opinion \ suggestion "'
curs 10 us II either ~ these Kentucky gentle
| mon ar both IL them are really solrlious Tor me
I h,unr ~ ~, good old state they would a." wei
., ,,rg,, for moment the I,rrcklnrllgcs ana
| ur,,,u. vinso offences have di~hOnorci only
,,,.usolv.. and not the state. and ~ their aii"n
lion on Il 'nucklin- In whom ana III WHOSE
/ memory thy need no simulanf 10 TAX" mn non
49,, rrd. There's u kcntucklin advertised 10
ic,,re In plymouth Church. Brooklyn tonight
lie wax not born In Kentucky. but for almost
! thirty wears he has been 4 leader ~ k"h'n'ky
u,,ul. an exponent ~ their opinions. ana an
influential factor In public affairs. The tribune
t. n,mos, aiwavs At odds with him; yet II r"cog
! uiz.s in him An honest AMI stubborn opponent,
,,h, xhatev,r NAV be- his beliefs. has never
h.cu accused 81 failing 10 stand by them ana
stand M for them anywhere ana everywhere
and whatever the odds against him. constant IN
his nridc in his adopted State ana his s"llci'ude
,,r ,vhntcycr affects her honor. but abov" all
,r,vliuo over Them he has for almost thirty
ycars. bv The simple quality Of hi' go"i nature
and by his wide caiholiclty ana tolerance zone
,,or, for ,hc good name II Kentucky than all
fine poliicans and all the statesmen whose
names adrn her annals. He Is To tax about
,nothcr K.ntuckian. Il native Of the state. whom
{, h,. mn, bc.n the fashion Of Kcntuckians To be
,.r.,,I ~ but whose fame exceeds that Of any
=, ,hom ar the greatest Of them and Is still grow
Ing. the greatest Kcntuckian, and barely except
Ing Washington, ,hc greatest American thit ap
n,ors in history 1t may elevate their vision ana
enlarge their horizon 10 go over TO brooklyn To
nlcht and hear Henry Wattcrson talk about
Lincoln.
ANOTHER FREAK GOTERNOR
Tho ,;ubernatoral menagcrie has been grow