Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-10

tion that he would not be an impair
tial and just Judge in such matters
wac unworthy of the high of.
fee Judge Bishop sought. AS
for himself, he would scorn to
accept commission to this posi-
ton, upon which his ambition was
fixed, if he had to resort to the tricks
OF a demagogue and professional
politician to get it. A Judge should
be an officer of the law, and do bis du.
~ fairly, fearlessly and impartially,
giving. equal and exact justice to
every litigant whose rights he was
called upon to decide. No man who
entered the Office with his mind pre-
JUDGED against any class Of litigants
could make just Judge any more
than jurymaD could fairly decide
case he had prejudged. Believing
this way, he had never thought prop.
or to discuss politics in this race, that
in fact he was not politician and
had never sought Office before except
for few weeks in 1894 when he was
candidate for the same office be
now sought. He had never in his
life made speeches as a can.
didate and was therefore ignorant
of the wiles and methods of an ex-
perienced Office seeker to secure votes.
But he had no concealments and was
perfectly willing to tel the people
his views upon any subject. He was
lawyer, he said, and not a politician
and did not profess to be finan-
cier. He wac, however, and always
had been Democrat, ever support
ing with earnestness the nominees OF
his party and subordinating his own
preferences to its superior wisdom
as expressed in convention. Such
had been and such would be his
course. Most of all he was not
demagogue to make haste to
mount every popular wave to ride
into office. Judge Bishop had stated
early in the canvass that he
did not want the money
question brought into the contest for
judicial Office, as it had no bear
ing upon it, but now that the
country has gone for silver he was try
ing to Chamber over the tail board OF
the wagon and take the reins as dri.
yer. AS for himself, be had always
been a loyal, consistent Democrat,
His attention had been devoted to
the study Of his profession and not
to politics. However he bad always
thought that both the gold and the
silver should be used as redemption
money. He did not believe that the
government would have any too
mach redemption money if it used
all Of both metals for that purpose
He had always thought that the Sec
rotary of the Treasury ought to have
paid silver in redeeming government
obligations instead of borrow
ing gold for that purpose. If
asked to-day whether 16 to l was the
proper ratio for the two metals he
would have to confess that he did not
know. But he did know that he was
a Democrat and proposed to
stand upon the platform to
be made at Chicago this week
whatever it might be and give his
earnest support to the ticket of his
party. If there ever was time
when the motto Of Kentucky seemed
appropriate it was now. United we
stand, divided we fall" must be the
guiding star of all true Democrats
and all of US must stand ready to
submit our individual views upon all
subjects to the wisdom of the party
as expressed in convention.
Judge Yeaman's position had been
industriously misrepresented on this
subject and his statement of his views
satisfied the silver men and took the
wind out of the sails that Judge
Bishop had attempted to spread to
the silver breeze.
Referring to DR.. Clardy, Judge
Yeaman sad he did not know what |
the Doctors attitude was in the race,
but he would certainly feel gratifed |
to know that Re and his friends were
for him..
Judge Bishop made a rejoinder
devoted mostly to discussing the
statement in the Kentuckian that
Christian county should consult Dr..
Clardy's political interests and vote
for the candidate of a county that
was supporting him, instead of going
of into distant county to support
man who had spent lifetime in Of
ice ard who was in an Office now
hat a Republican would be appoint
I'd to by the Governor if he resigned it
20 take another one. The Judge
however, carefully refrained from
the fact that he would
lave to be succeeded by Republi-
IAN.