The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-08
Hnrdin's Defeat.

Gen. Hardin. the defeated democratic
candidate for governor in Kentucky, ana
Senator Blackburn, who is a candidate to
succeed himself in the Senate, will get
very little sympathy. Democrats every
where regret profoundly that the republi-
cans have elected their ticket in the grand
old democratic commonwealth of Ken
lucky, but they have no regrets to waste
upon Hardin and Blackburn.
The state convention that nominated
Gen. Hardin adopted a sound money plat
FORM lie accepted the nomination on
that platform, and afterward repudiated
the platform and announced himself in
favor of free and unlimited silver coin
age. Senator Blackburn also refused to
be guided by the action of the state con-
vention. He and Hardin acted as If they
thought they were bigger than their
party. Hardin will be a very small man
In politics in future. and so will Black
burn, in all probability. 1t doesn't look
as If he could succeed himself The peo-
pie have repudiated both of them Ken
lucky is democratic by at least 10000 ma
jority, as will appear in the national cleo
tion next year, but she is for sound money.
She does not intend to have men repre-
sent her who favor a debased currency.
Had Hardin and Blackburn obeyed their
party Hardin would have been elected by
handsome majority. and Legislature
would have been chosen that would have
sent Blackburn back to the Senate. They
preferred to be guided by their own wis
dom. Gen. Hardin Is political dead
duck" and Senator Blackburn stands an
excellent chance of being one.
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Stories of marriages by proxy have be-
| come somewhat common of late, but now
comes the Chicago Tribune and regales
us with one that has some decidedly unique
| features. Not only was the marriage by
proxy. but it was preceded by an elope-
ment, and the elopement was itself a
proxy affair. 1t seems the fellow who
loved the girl and wished to marry her.
and whom she wished to marry, had no,
| the grit to do the clipping himself, so he
| got friend to do it for him. The friend
accepted the commission and carried the
/ lore
stall a possible surprise by the parents
of the girl, the friend married her as the
proxy of his principal. Then, like a good
fellow, he took her to the faint-hearted
lover and presented her to him already
married and ready to set up at house
keeping. There are not many men who are
possessed of friends like that.
The announcement comes from Boston
that the astronomers of the Harvard oh
servatory have discovered a new star
in the constellation Carina. 1T is one of
those stars which appears, shines bright
ly, increasing in radiance until it reaches
its maximum brilliancy, and then fades
into insignifcance or passes entirely
away. " That description accounts for
it. 1t is the star of the New York state
democracy. 1t was lost last Tuesday.
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A Philadelphian has invented a pneu-
matte boxing glove. The glove was tried
by amateurs and professionals the other
day-not in fights, of course, but Just bv
punching each other a little to see how
the thing worked. 1t may be presumed
that the inventor intended that pugilists
should initiate their gloves with some of
the wind that they are now blowing
through the newspapers.
It is to be hoped that the Garoos. the
Goo Coos. Gazoos and the COS of New
York politics will never emerge from the
ooze of political mud into which Tam
many dumped them on Tuesday. Let the
New York reformers fight hereafter under
the name of some recognized American