The Washington times., 1895-04-30
POINTS ABOUT PILGRIMS.


Congressman James B. McCreary, of
Kentucky, arrived in the city yesterday and
isstopping at the Shoreham.
Il have made" said he, "a hurried trip
tc Washington, and viii not be here longer
than two days. In reference to politics,
hope and believe the Democrats iB my State
will take such action as viii enable them
to elect the entire State ticket at the
November election. All that is needed is
harmony and the rest Will be easy"
He added that there is more politics in
the Blue Grass State at the present time
than he had known for years.
Congressman McCreary was not prepared
to speak OF the Senatorial situation.
There are two eX-Governors in the race,
Congressman McCreary and Gen. Simon
B. Buckner, the present Governor John
Young Brown, and the present incumbent,
10 c. s. Blackburn. EX Congressman
W. C. P. Breckinridge, though reported
TO be a candidate. ii is said, has made no
formal announcement.
There is a little hamlet nestled among
the hills Of Virginia, near the line of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, to which for
years has attached strange, true story"
said Mr.. S. p. Maxwell, a mining oper-
THE place is called Shepherdstown,
having taken its name from the ancestors of
Henry Shepherd, the chief figure in the
tale Will relate, and the story of whose
peculiar death has been handed down from
parent to child through many years. Shep-
herd was rich by inheritance, erratic, auto
Cratic, and skeptical. His coachman went
l!veried in the finest materials of the
flashest combination of colors possible
to attract attention. This coachman, how
ever, had one express order to obey on
pena lty of immediate discharge. This
was that when driving he should always
lo,Ik forward and never look backward.
Or a bright spring morning Shepherd en-
tered his carriage for long journey, not
telling the coachman his destination, but
ordering him to continue on the roadway
until told to stop.
THE vehicle bowled along for miles and
miles, but no word came from it's lone occu-
pant. Finally coming to a steep hill the
horses, tagged and weary, refused TO go
further, and the coachman, powerless to go
on, stepped 10 the ground and stood silent
looking stolidly ahead BY and by trav-
eler came along and inquired of the coach
man the reason of his delay The man told
him, but didn't look back. Then the trav
eler peered curiously into the window of the
coach. It's owner lay inclined on the soft
cushions, p ale and motionless. He had
expired several hours before of heart
failure This was food for the supersti-
tously inclined, and to this day a stranger
visiting the town is graphically told the
story of Henry Shepherds death.
p. c. Clapp, n leading insurance man of
Nashville, Tenn, when seen yesterday at
the Raleigh, said:
1.-The investigating committee appointed
by the legislature to canvass the vote for
al wi NAL 10
it's report tomorrow 1t is generally under
stood the report viii declare Judge Peter
Turney elected by about 2 900 majority.
The committee is composed of twelve mem
bers from the two houses seven OF whom
are Democrats and five Republicans. The
legislature, when organized, was thirteen
Democratic on joint ballot. Five of this
number, however, refused to support the
party leaders in seating Judge Turney The
Investigating committee was therefore
created by a majority o eight.
Since then the House has unseated two Re-
publicans and put Democrats in their places.
Ii is therefore safe to say that the commit
tees report seating Judge TurDey will be
approved"
Mr. Clapp said that many mass meetings
had been held throughout the State, which
overwhelmingly leading Dcmocratsprotest-
Ing against the course of the Democratic
leaders, seeking to seat Judge Turney in
the face OF ex- Congressman II Clay Evans
legal election to the goveruorship
j. b. Crowley, of Robinson, ILL.,, is at the
Willard Mr.. Crowley is connected with
the Treasury Department and is in the city
to make his report.
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