Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-01-03
NO. IL
VAUGHAN KNOCKED our.
Jim Boyd Elected Work House Keeper By
Democratic Vote.

A special session of the Fiscal
Court was held last Tuesday to elect
county officers. The Court went
through the form Of electing officers
at the October Court, but it was done
by secret ballot and this was found to
be illegal, as the constitution requires
all votes in a representative capacity
to be openly. cast. At that election
VT. Cavanah unsolicited poor house
keeper, DR.. j. B. jackson county ply
stefan and Jas. w. BOYD WORK house
keeper. at that time the Court was
composed of 3 Democrats, 4 ReDubli-
cans and ! populist ESQ. Fruit. Re-
publican, has since been succce,ied
by Esq. Parker, Democrat. This
changed tho e6inpisxi aa Sf f She G5;S,Irt,
giving the Democrats control with
the alc OF the vote of Esq Myers,
AT the session Tuesday all of the
magistrates were present and Jmloe
Breathitt presided. w. T. CAyduah
was elected poor house keeper With
out opposition, receiving ali Of the
votes.
The race in which interest centered
was that of work house Keeper.
There we've three candidates, Jas. w.
Boyd, Republican, w. 7. Vaughan.
Democrat, and Clark, independent.
1t was understood among the Dem
ocrats and the Populist that the ap-.
position to Boyd would unite on
whichever developed the more
strength. On the first ballot Fraser
and Parker voted for Vaughan; Buck
ner and Myers for Clark and Han
berry, Long, Collins and Barker voted
Tor Boyd. The surprise OF the meet
ing was when Esq. Barker, one of
the four Democrats, who had voted
for Vaughan at the previous election.
voted against the Democratic candi.
date who had made an acceptable OF
ficer for several years. ESQ. Barker
made statement saying he believed
the tirst election was legal and that it
should be ratified and so believing he
would vote for Boyd. The second
ballot resulted the same as the first,
the object being to make a deadlock
and not let the vote come to tie, af-
ter it was seen that Esq Barker was
voting with the Republicans. Judge
Breathitt after the fourth ballot,
claimed the right to vote, although
there was no tie and cast his vote for
Boyd, thereby electing him.
DIR. j. b. jackson. who was elected
county physician, was again placed in
nomination, but Esq, Barker arose
and nominated DR., f. M. Sites. This
brl u yht Esq. Myers to his feet and
he accused ESQ. Barker Of inconsis-
tency and asked him how it was he
voted for Boyd to ratify the secret
ballot election and would not vote for
Jackson, a Democrat, on the same
grounds. Esq. Barker made no ex-
PLANTATION and the vote was taken.
jackson received and Sites 4 and
the Judge cast the deciding ballot
in favor Of jackson.
After some routine business the
court adjourned.
Boyd, who was constable in the
North Hopkinsville district, resigned
his Office Wednesday and took charge
of the Office. Robt. NJ. Meacham was
appointed to succeed him as con-
stable. The new work house keeper
is an intense Republican and party
worker. He is brother of the for,
mer sheriff of that name.
The Democrats around town are
saying enough about Esq, Bankers
action to keep his ears burning ell
winter. He is a member OF the Dem
ocratic Committee and an ardent adj
vocate of free silver and the Demo-
Gratis cannot understand why he
should have voted against free
silver Democrat and good officer
and cast his ballot for a partisan Re-
publican and Democrat-hater like
Jim Boyd, with no experience to fit
him for the nlaca