Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-12-20

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No man has right to be excused from
the duties of government. Inc best meil
should be nominated for office, and
every office of the city should be filled
| with moral. honest men. The good
citizen should be ready to sacrifice
something even if the duties of citizen
shin are irksome and distasteful. How
shall we ever have the affairs of our own
CITY administered with any degree #
purity with the men who are at pres
| ent in power continued there? l call
on all the best men in the community
to take such action at our coming cleo
ton as shall give us the best and most
| honorable and able citizens to fill all
the positions which are now disgraced
by incompetent and Enthusiastically
officials. We need the best men in the
city for these offices. Let us go to the
primaries and nominate them, md then
go to the polls and elect them"
The minister's sermon made a pro-
found impression upon the people in his
own church and throughout the city.
No one was SO astonished at the result
as he was. He was not accustomed to
having people pay such strict regard
to his preaching. He had not been
looking for it.
1t was not the minister's fault, either,
that he was not present at the primar-
les when they were held. He had, Of
course, fully intended to go, but he had |
been detained by wedding. A wedding
is something which cannot be put Off
even for primary. And so the min
lister was obliged to forego that duty of
citizenship.
1t was, therefore, with the utmost
establishment that the minister opened
the morning paper and read the result
of the city primaries. We quote briefly
from the account in the paper:
Last night the city primaries were held,
and nominations were made in accordance
with the wonderful sermon of Rev. John
Smith, Of the Congregational church, which |
made such profound impression on the
community last week. Every one who went |
to the primaries remembered the eloquent /
appeal of the reverend gentleman to nomi-
nate the best men in the city for all the Of
fees We believe this has been done. All
that is necessary now is to elect the men
who are nominated, and we shall have the
finest city administration In this country.
We present below the names of the parties
who were nominated last night, and we call
on all good citizens to ratify this primary
at the polls $50.
"For Mayor, Rev. John Smith. of the
Congregational church.
For City Clerk. Bishop Brown of the
Episcopal church.
For Register of Deeds, Deacon William
Johnson.
Police Commissioners: Prot James
Greene, of Cloister College, City; Rev. |
George Robinson, Of the Presbyterian |
church; Rev. Philip Burns. of the Meth |
odlst church.
For Chief of Police, Rev. Henry j. VIII
hams, DID,, LID, President Of Cloister
College.
For Constables: Rev. Caleb Window, of
the Baptist church; Rev. Joshua Powers,
DID,, of the Lutheran church; Rev. Moses
Jones, of the Christian church
For Justice of the Peace. Prof. Cecil
Montague, FRS.
I'VE print the list of Councilman nonni-
mated, in another column. Not one of them
or OF the men nominated for the city offices
ever held office before. But they are our
best citizens and in accordance with Rev.
John Smiths sermon We feel sure they Will
assume the duties of office, even If they
should prove to be irksome and distastefuL
The fact that these citizens have never held
Office should not prejudice any voter
against them. They are fully as competent
as any of the citizens who have held these
Offices hitherto. We are proud to think
that at last we are to have a city govern
ment administered by the best citizens. A
municipal millennium Is at hand. With
RevJohn Smith for Mayor, and President
Williams for Chief of Police, with the other
able and honest citizens for the rest of the
ticket, we ieel sure that the reign of Doodle
and whisky and incompetency. which has
characterized our fair city for years, is at
an end. Let all good citizens rally to the
polls next week and elect the best citizens
to office" ..
If dynamite bomb had exploded on
the breakfast table the minister would
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