Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-30
cnRTsrIllN CoUNrY's CLAM.

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county presents candidate in ever,
way worthy and Ave hundred vote.
stronger at the polls than any Other
man in the district would be, there
are many reasons why Judge Nor
row should receive the nomination.
i To begin with he has been party
leader who has never failed to re.
spond to party calls. In 1890 be
| lei the party to victory, receiving g.
391 votes, 1925 more than Judge
Grace received in Christian county
two years later in his race with Judge
Landes and 422 more than Judge
Lqndes received. Last year he ran
for county attorney and fell less than
300 votes behind his Republican OPP
ponent If he is given this nominal
ton he can certainly win. This cam
not be said of his opponents. Judge
Morrow can contest his own county
with Mr.. Breathitt. He would get
all OF the Democratic votes, most of
the Populists and many Republicans.
Mr.. Breathitt will not prove strong
against Morrow. He has been beaten
twice by Democrats and the people
are beginning to think that the
Breathitt family has been kept in Of
fee quite long enough. Still as
against an outsider, county pride
viii cause NJ: Rsesthitt to run ahead
of his ticket unless both candidates
come from Christian county. AS
Judge Linn would have no claims
upon the Populists-from 300 to 500
in the last two or three elections
they would doubtless vote for the
home man and Breathitt would re-
ceive over Linn at least 500 votes
that he would not receive over Nor
row.
This fact explains why the Repub-
licans are all talking up Linn They
dread Morrow above all men, because
they know his fighting qualities, and
they know that Linn would be easily
beaten, unless he should develop sur
prising strength in his own faction
torn county. The people of all par
ties want the judge from Christian
county. Not since 1868 has Christian
had this office. All this time Trigg
has been honored with it and for 20
years she has also had the common
wealth's attorney in the person of
Mr.. Garnett.
Nearly if not fully half of the peo-
pie of the district live in Christian,
nearly half of the Democratic voters
are here and corresponding proper
ton of the business is done here.
Now for the first time in generation
we have a chance to secure the judge
and at the same time Trigg county
has an opportunity to show if there
is any gratitude in politics.
Of course every Democrat in Chris
tian county should rally as one man
to the support of their own intrepid
leader, who has given his time, his
means and his best energies to his
party. There may be some who will
for reasons known to themselves dis
regard the instructions of the county
convention July 6, "to use all honor,
able means to secure his nomination. y
but the number will be small and the
eye of the people will be fixed upon
any man who would turn his back
upon his own home candidate in a
crisis like this. We cannot believe
that any considerable number Of
Democrats in Christian county will
vote against Morrow, even with per
sonal appeals and energetic solicita
tions from those who are not altogeth
er unselfish in desiring to preven
Christian from securing the Judge 70,
the first time in n years.
AS to Trigg county there is ever.
reason why that county should sup
port Morrow. If there is any reel
; procity in political favors, surely the
support Christian has given Trigg
county men in the past, aggregating
in both offices 80 years, is entitled t.
at least a partial return. We canno
believe all of the people Of Trigg ar
the in rates some of them showed
t themselves to be at Eddyville. W.
8 believe that the friends of Judg'
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