Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-10-30
COOLIES OF DOODLE.
MONEY WITHOUT LIMIT TO mr.
TURNED LOOSE.
Hanna's Fund To he Used ON The white
Floaters And To Buy Election ohicers
Same In Hopkins County.


that an enormous sum Of Hanna's
corruption fund is 10 be spent in this
county, bis doubts will soon be dissi.
pated by the boldness with which the
money is being placed. The Ken
tuckian has known for some time
where several advance iustallments
of $50 each had been placed. This
money was intended TO spend 10 treat
ing and hiring the floaters TO "whoop
'em up" for Mckinley before the cleo
ton. Deposits Of this kind were
made in all the precincts about ten
days ago by the "oficial organizer"
for this district, who hung around
Hopkinsvills for four or five days,
This week the main appointments
are being made for corruption
purposes on election day. We have
the most reliable information that
$500 has been sent to Fdirview to be
used in the strong Democratic pre-.
cincts of Perry's School House and
North Pembroke, which meet at that
point. As there are % precincts, this
lavish expenditure would indicate
that about $4,000 is to be used in
this county. This money is not to be
wasted on the negro voters. They
are regarded as the property OF the
Republicans aud the party lash is
now being cracked over their backs
and they are tumblng over each
other to get into line and vote to kill
the farming interests Of the country,
although many of them are now work
ing on the farm at from II to 20 cents
day. The Republicans laugh at
the idea of the negroes voting against
the gold standard. They have been
told by the hired speakers how to
vote and this is all the attention that
will be paid to them, The corrup.
tionists find it cheaper to buy the
leaders than to fool tLeir away money
on the rank and file who are afraid
not to vote as they are told. The
Doodle is to be used on the white
vote. Those that can be purchased
are to be given from $40 to S25 each to
stay away from the polls. Many Of
the farmers have been reduced to des.
titution under the gold standard
prices for their produce and they are
poor and needy. The bribers calcu.
late that $40 gold piece will influ-
ence many of them to stay at home
and surrender their right to vote for
the interests of their wives and chill
dren. These are the votes that are to
be inf iced. 1t is said that
Republicans and Boltocrats, who are
hail fellows we'll met, are now can
wasting the Perry School House dis
trict, and no doubt others as well,and
locating all suspicious and yeEal
voters. No doubt the brides are
being offered and the confidence with
which the gold conspirators here in
town are claiming the earth would
indicate that they expect many Of
the poor people to sell their votes for
money to buy bread.
But not all Of the money is to be
used to buy votes. Some is to be
saved to buy such officers of the cleo
ton as can be purchased. In saw
eral precincts men who were appoint
mented as Democrats are already un-
derstood to be for Mckinley and
others are under suspicion. 1t is not
believed that many Democrats can be
bought in this way, but good and
true men will be appointed as chal-
lengers and inspectors and all sus-
pected parties will be closely watch
ed.
Evidence is accommodating that
things are to be carried with high
hand and nothing but the vigilance,
the patriotism and the honesty OF the
people can thwart the desperate
schemes of the political conspirators
who are under the control Of Hanna
and his allies.
| Same Thing In Hopkins.
The Madisonville Mail tells Of the
movements of the "organizer" in
Hopkins county:
Wednesday a sleek and oily indi-
vidual came to jacksonville and
stopped at the Hotel Belmont. For
reasons of his own this person did
not enter his name upon the hotel
register, nor did he make his iden-
tity known to the hotel people. He
was well-dressed, well-fed and had
plenty of money. He was very quiet,
having nothing to say to the guests
of the hotel. He was a very mys,
terious individual he made no &C,
quaintances, and his business here
was known only to a very select
coterie of kindred spirits. He went
out at night when honest folk We're
a-bed and kept his bed when others
were abroad. He made midnight
trips, going and coming when Dight
hid his movements slipping out
with the stealth and silence Of a
midnight assassin, The mysterious