Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-12-18
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Help the White Folks Slice It-There
Will Be Twelve Pieces, Eleven For
the white Man and One
For the Negro.


circles over the question of county
spoils for the next year.
The county committee meets to-
morrow for the purpose of discussing
the manner and time for nominating
the county ticket.
The nominations are supposed to
be equivalent to an election, as the
Republicans this year with the aid OF
repeaters, pardoned convicts, gold
Democrats ~, and $500 negroes,
rolled up majority of l $3.50, in aVote
that exceeded the number of listed
adult males by 600 or 800. The
county is in view of this showing sup
posed to be safely Republican.
However we did not start out to
discuss politics, but merely to chron-
icle news.
The county committee is composed
of three members from each OF the ~
precincts and one from each OF the
magisterial districts besides, making
90 in all. It is divided on the 'alf
and 'alf basis, although the real ratio
should be about to /. That is to
say there are 46 white men and 40
negroes on the committee. One OF
the cullud gemmen is Hon. Reuben
Leavell, who is just now suffering
l from the effects of trying to lick
white man. But that is neither here
;, nor there. There will probably be
=, quorum on hand without the Long
= view boss.
}. The object of tomorrow's meeting
g is not to nominate, but to decide how
to nominate. In most of the contests
: a convention will be useless formal
J. ity, as most of the pie has been cut
and in only IA few instances are there
plurality of mouths biting at the,
! same slice.
The committee will decide how the
ring can best perpetuate itself and
the chances are that the committee
which was created by the ring-wflB
5 solemnly resolve that the committee
| itself ought to meet sometime in
v January and decide all the contests.
! 1t is said the negroes have again
' been hypnotized and will give no
. trouble. They are not clamoring for
, places as usual, but will let the white
> minority have all the Offices except
that of coroner.
In majority Of the races the result
is already known, no matter what
method of nominating may be adopt
ed. Judge James Breathitt is as
good as denomination for circuit
Judge, position he was accidentally
elected to in 1894, as the result Of a
Democratic blunder.
The Office of commonwealth at
toruey is to be left open to trade up
on, to buy enough votes wherever
they can be f0unu for sale to over
come the Democratic Populst major
ity of IT'S in the judicial district.
The latest information is that 1897 is
not going to be good year to buy
the votes Of silver men.
But to return to county matters.
Matt Startling, the present circuit
court clerk, will not have opposition.
He is the best officer ever elected on
a Republican ticket in this county
and the only one of the kind his party
has in stock
In the county judges race, Judge
Jno. w. Greathitt has been set aside
with the understanding that the ring
will back him for postmaster in Octo-
Der 1898.
Miss Katie Mcdaniel would also
like to be postmaster, but she will
doubtless be allowed to retain her
present position as school superin-
tendeut, though Prof F, H. Renshaw,
apd Prof. VIM. Robinson, both of
this city, are avowed candidates
for superintendent. Prof. Renshaw
filled the position once before under
the old order of things, before the
Democrats elected Prof. S. L. Frogge.
who revolutionized the school affairs
of the county and inaugurated the
sure enough system that his sue
cessor, Miss Mcdaniel has so we'll
continued.
For county Judge there are two
candidates, Hon. Polk Cansler, ex-
representative, and Young John Fee
land, late of the revenue service.
Both are bitter partisans and Demo
crat-haters. incidentally, it may be
added, they haveno love for each
other. The contest between them,
if it be left to the people, will be
fierce and, close. If the committee
decides it, Feland will be shut out.
No matter which gets it, the Demo-
Gratis have man picked out who can
show his heels to the victor in the
November finish.
For county clerk, possession will
be nine points of the law with Jno.
2. Prowse, and he will find nobody
in his own party to tackle him in the
fight for the very soft snap he has
already held for seven years, includ