Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-28
The kentucky Statesman Has Pitched
His Tent and is-Ready.
OPENS HEADQUARTERS AT FRANKFORT
n-----e Of the Great Ba'tc N-w on
Among The Blue GAS Aspiran,s
for senaioria, Hosors.


arc confident that he will win. lie was
not prepared to make any statement. aside
from the general announcement mat he
was in the fight to win aud would GER
tainly return to Washington to represent
Kentucky In the upper house.
The general assembly which was
elected in this State November 5 will
convene here January under extraor.
binary circumstances. For the first time
in the history OF the State the two prin.
cipal parties will be nearly evenly d.
yided in each house; will be tie on
joint ballot, with two popullsts holding
the ba.ance of power, aud In position to
name the senator who will succeed }.
c. S. Blackburn.
Notwithstand ng the uncertain condi-
ton Of affairs the candidates for the
democratic nomination for senator are
working just AS hard for that prize ns
they would had the democratic majority
on joint ballot been Overwhelming, as
i has been in past years. Senator slack
burn is conlidcnt-eyen dehgnt--nnd
when asked what the outlook in his
race Is always replies scrcnely, 81 will
be the senator" Congressman James
y. McCreary, who Is opposing MIR, Black
burn, is equally confident that be Is going
TO win the nomination of the democratic
caucus, aud is scarcely less confident
that he viii be elected. The republican
field is also full of aspirants, and the
msnt OeswtSn tivni So.re'pohuihsy
friends sccn 10 tbipk thai there IA apy
Doubt that the republicans have sure
thing of the sena,orship. and this ,op-
pa'g hn,, eo1a NV gu sne pr 1l ,s"ue a
founded belief that both nartIcs arc nut.
ting up a good game Of BLUM The demo
cr9ts nave sAty-elgnt votes on Joint
Dhl.Ot ana the ltpupHchhs nave slAy'
ciEhI Tue n9puiIs" nave Two Inc
uelhoerats WIZ orsauiIe w senate anu
ine repnohehhs wiz 10 Hkewse W me
house. Two contests are pending m the
latter branch, where republicans hope
10 seat thelr man bnt ~ order 10 90
lhls they VIII most heely nave 10 fet
Inc votes oil me Two populsts 10 carry
lntlr polnt ana 9Dlulh cltNr major W
One OF tue popuU'ls' EuIlnEtol OIL CAr'
USE is certain 10 vote WIN Tue u"no-
rrats on an Guesuohs, ana me othcr'
io9r Of fehd,elon, VIII probably ,,xoie
WIN the repnhhcnns as q rule ms
me We would remain unproken u we
decided change
DEADLOCK MAY BE THE RESULT
A deodIock throughout tho session
-.
Wonlu result III no V'eeu'oh' III WING"
case there would be u vacancy In the
senate ns in tho cnse of Delaware.
p,ochburp's farm docs NOT exnire until
,asas ,eo- anJ ,ho s,oto wonla no nm.
..''.,.1-,o5 hn, tor shor, ,ime bv
,,biah ,l,ro ,ho crost,o, Of whether the
~. -.,,,JIioon ,jc,orv il nsrmanent will
"n a.,, d1,nnns,rat.d
m" ,aao ha,,ysor Tho rcr,h,,cou cop.
a,dates for The senatorial nomination
has only been on since November D, but
1t has grown 10 interest nnd oi.icrnG ,',',
u unt /" sd mUH lilocL burn and iii oppo.
nents have wagrd Tor the past eight
months Congressman w. Godfrey HUI
ter Of the Third district buleed into me
race win an impression huroau thut
he was far aud away ahead of his op-
ponents In the race, Augustus u. WIZ
son of Louisville, one OF the brightest
Young republicans In the south, seemed
bis PRINCIPAL competitor 10 the race, but
was crippled nj the outset by dlssensions
III his own delegation. Judge w. H.
ltnll OF lNh Wy NH' y ~ .AN i"h' ." N''is
ing out but has developed a strong i9i-
| lowing, Of which nny of the other candi'
dates might well feel proud. Congress
man Walter Evans of Louisville has
also SHE'D his castor n the ring hnn q
dozen or more short horses ore Wiling
that their names should 20 before the
republican caucus.
ARRAYED AGAINST HUNTER.
M. .,,,a,,. oioims =, U,nter IN.
Inc nrruRu"i o'"'s W
gether with the natural Jealousy aroused
/ in his opponents, at once led to the for
.,,a, 90 co,nhinations npainst him
"'"''OH AZ. -. NJ 4, ha. no..
aud now tue nEn' 'ooNs INV " ""s "''
/ rowed down 10 the survival oil the huest
in tho apti.Uunter list OF candidates.
- ,,.,,..,o. g.. n horn renerai. and
iiuh'e'' ho"e'e,' 20 ~, T.,
has 80 iar Nep' hlS io''e ~ Wy" ~
line that the combined assauitS upon hi7
batteries have mad but ii'tie ensSt I'M
he Is now hO'e ''""'N "A-
In thls connection It may as well be
said il Is by no means certain that Sen
ator blaehb9rn "no S aC Eli ~ ,hen,.
s 1IIs ,n tbe democratic fight. It bus
been whispered around for some months
past that the friends OF cx.Goyernor
John Young bf io's % "w ,,ing, pnp@iGp III,
g g"me before tbe femocratic caucus ana
there h no doubt thar considerable work
has been done in the Interest OF the
ex-governor. II Is said that 20 much po-
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