Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1895-04-18

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per has until recently been edited by
Thomas Riley. but he states that he
had transferred the paper to Senator
GoeI ej, and had not been connected
with it for some time. No public an.
nouncement Of this change Of owner
ship and editorship had been made,
and it was not generally known that
Senator Goebel Was in charge. The
article was ON State politics and the
excerpt which provoked Mr.. Sand
ford's indignant resentment when re-
suited in his Staying read:
"Col. John 'Gon-h-ea' Sanford
claims TO carry the legislative vote OF
the county of Kenton in the Senate
rial race in hi. pocket, aud that he
will deliver it bodily TO Senator Joe
Blackburn in his effort for second
re election. 'Gon.h-ea' John owes a
peculiar debt TO Blackburn, and pro
poses to pay it. When Senator Black
burns brother WAS Governor. the Sen
ator induced his brother, the Govern
or, 10 pardon a close kinsmsn Of Con
h-ea' John before trial or conviction,
and while a fugive from justice in
Canada, because of indictments re-
turned against him by the grand jury
Of Kenton county for forgery and EN-
berllement while city clerk of Gov
ington. There will, however, be
some music before that debt Is paid
in that way."
The sntagonism between the two
men dates back several years. Goe'
bel was regarded by Sanford as hav
ing sntsgouiIed banking interests snc
10 bis vigorous way opposed the Sen
ator's political ambitions. He Wa in
strumentsl iu defeating Goebefs am
bi,ion for the Appellate Judgeship
securing d split delegation from Goe
bells own county, and heading tn
opposition at the Augusta convention
The antsgonism engendered by THU
political warfare slumbered for sor~'
time after the Augusta convention
n either side having occasion - maxi
a decisive move. The next notable
political event Was the campaign o
Hon. A. 5. Bvny for a return t.
Congress. In this contest the TIVE
men were counted as Berry men, Mr.
SANFORD, in fact. taking some active
part for Berry, and MI. Goebel be
log understood to favor the return o
the Congressman. With the excep
ton OF an occasional newspaper para
graph, hostility ba, been quiescen
for some months. The present out
break is traceable TO the fact that Sci
ator Goebel is understood to be takiDI
the lead for Clay against Hardin an
Buckner and Brown against Black
burn, in the just opening State con
test. and the coincident fact tina
Stamford, who had always warml
supported Senator Blackburn, woul
make an aggressive fight against tn
anti Blackburn combination. No 9th
err thing is advanced than that Sens
tor Goebel, anticipating this, and hi
wing secured control Of the Ledger
concluded to assume the sggressiv
and forestall any attack that Sand
ford may have had under contempls
ton. This is the explanation ofie, e
for his allusion to Mr.. Sanford, an
which provoked the encounter an
the shooting. 1t Is understood tina
today was the first meeting of III
: two rince the appearance Of Satu
days Ledger containing the srticl
reproduced above.
Just what effect the tragedy wi
have on the factionsl differences th'
have obtained in the local Democrat
ranks in Covington and the distri
Is merely copjectural. Many thin
this trouble will be followed by fu
tber sanguinary affairs, but the mo
conservative express the hope that Il
!, bloody episode may, by the very ts
ribleness of its lesson, engender mo
conservatism.