The Paducah daily sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898, 1897-11-27
A LITTLE slate
IS BROKEN.
More Facts and Rum0rs About
the Caucus Middle, Which
Is Stirring Up the
Democrats.
II Is Said That the Caucus Will
BE Held Over. or Else Re.
pudiatcd, and a Regular
Election Held.

The SrN has previously stated that
II was possible, il not probable, that
4 the council-elect's slate would he
broken before the time for putting it
through comes, and Judging from in
dications its surmise Is correct. 1t
appears that the longer some Of the
more conscientious members ELECT
think about this motley slate the
more determined they are 10 have
that Caucus over, or else repudiate
its proceedings when the election
is entered into.
A ludicrous but perplexing prob
lem now confronts some Of the men,
bers. There were for one of the Of
fees to be filed not less than twenty
candidates, and fifteen OF these, from
data collected since the caucus, claim
a majority on the first ballot, despite
the fact that there were only twelve
votes cast. The question is, who is
"totin' water on both shoulders?" as
a councilman himself puts it.
One candidate approached men,
ber-elect the other day and said:
"See here, was a candidate before
that caucus and understand l didn't
get vote. Can you tell me how that
was!"
"No, / can't" replied the coun.
Gilman, "unless it was because there
were seventeen candidates and only
twelve councilmen to vote"
Another thing that may be destined
to occasion trouble in the ranks is the
selection Of men to fill the places Of
lockup-keeper, license inspector,
market master, and overseer Of the
chain-gang. Judging from Mayor
elect Lang's statement, the offices are
to be made appointive instead of elect
i've to conform 10 the idea OF increas-
ing the police force. 1t will then de-
volve upon him to make the appoint
ments, although lie intimates he
agreed for The council to select the
men for the places, and in fact the
action Of the council in nominating
men for the places would indicate
such an arrangement. Yet the May
or would have TO make the appoint
ments, and the responsibility Of them
would rest entirely upon him. And
there is considerable objection to
some OF the nominees.
But the slate itself is principally
what occasioned the trouble. 1t 10
not popular, at least some Of it is
not. Democrats claim it is compris-
ed OF boilers, free silverites. Repub-
licans, men with Populistic tenden.
cies, and others.
at looks like offering premi-
um to a man to bolt his party" lu-
gubriously observed one prominent
Democrat the other day.
One OF the council-elect is quoted
as saying that il a motion is made on
the night of the election to go into
an election Of officers the caucus not
withstanding, it will carry by vote
Of at least nine TO three. Some Of
the members are sadder and wiser
men, and are somewhat suspicious
that somebody slipped up on them on
the night OF the caucus aud is re-
sponsible for a slate that is SO gener-
ally distasteful in some respects, not
only to their constituents, hat to
many OF the new councilmen them
selves.
1t is probable, judging from what
one councilman says, that the slate
will be broken in at least one in
stance, and this is in the selection Of
a city engineer. 1t appears that some
OF the councilmen-elect were con-
WINGED as early as the day following
the caucus of the error in making a
change in city engineers at this stage
of the game, and will remedy it when
the time comes.
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