Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-01

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sitting up with p Rosperity, who
had suffered relapse.
Notwithstanding there was a good
deal of important business to come
up, there was a disposition to put of
all troublesome matters and enter
upon no discussion calculated to maj
the pleasure Of the holiday season
Nearly all of the Colonels had some
pleasant incident to relate about theil
Christmas eDioyments.
Col. Bryon West, poet laureate
read the following little gem:
The girl hung on the Colonel's neck.
While still they fingered at the door;
sSay yes" she cried, and speak it quick
No more leap years till nineteenfour.
After an hour or two spent in dis
cussing the pleasures of living since
confidence was restored, Col. Shorty
Ort suggested that the regular pro
gram be postponed and the election
of officers gone into.
A motion to this effect. was then
adopted and from a peaceful discus.
sion of holiday pleasures, the club
was in Il moment plunged into the
seething votex of an exciting Presi
dental election.
Col. Waiter Kelly nominated Col
Shorty Ort in a spread eagle speech,
which was growing a trihe long when
somebody called out "cut it short"
After the meeting adjourned an
hour later, it suddenly dawned upnn
Col. Byron West that this remark
was intended as a pun on Shorty's
name and he drew diagram of the
joke and had lots of fun out of it.
Col. Bob Woodbridge nominated
Col. j. o. Cooper and declared that
it would be a good idea to have a
Ian for President, as the
club would surely be ordered to Gu ba
in the event Of war with Spain and
brave leader would be needed.
Col. Joe Twyman nominated Col.
Geo. johnson, butCol. johnson begged
that his name be Withdrawn, as he
was arranging to move to Henderson.
Col. Twyman withdrew his name
on condition that Col. johnson would
take his bead with him to Henderson
and exhibit it as a sample OF Hop
klnsville's front-row craniums.
Col, Lem Mckee nominated Col.
Bill Cooper, but that gentleman de-
cllned to run against his father and
moved that the nominations be closed.
The motion prevailed and a vote
was at once taken between Col. Ort
and Col. Cooper. Contrary to the
usual custom of voting by private
ballot, the ayes and noes were called,
under new bylaw, and the votes
were recorded in open meeting.
Col. Ort led off with a solid vote
and had 20 votes to his credit before
Col. Cooper received his first vote
Then turn came. Col. Cooper's
strength had been held in reserve
and as name after name was called
it soon became apparent to the most
careless listener that Col. Ort had
lace on his hands. There were So
members present and when so had
been called the candidates stood %
to 70 and Col. Ort was sweating
blood.
Coils. Leavell, Claggett and Howell,
ex-presidents, who we're called last,
had not voted. In their hands the
decision rested.
Col. Leavell declined to vote, say
ing he was too poor to make up his
mind.
Col. Claggett voted for Ort and
the excitement became intense.
Col. Howell made speech in ex-
planning his vote He battered Ort
he lauded Cooper and be scraped
the sky. Nobody knew how he
would vote and both sides We're
afraid to ring him off. He spoke, he
discoursed, he Grated, he in-con.
clusioned and Le one word mored
and still he did not stop.
Not until noise was beard in the
ante room did he show signs of run,
ming down, and as the door opened
be threw out his gang plank and
maze lanulnS Dy voting lor "Cousll
Jim"
A glance at the door showed that
Col. Ort was the victim Of a conspir
acy. Col Bill Cooper was coming il
with three new members, whom hi
hal corralled while Col. Howell was
talking against time These new
corners were Coils. John Galbreath
George Randle and Joe McCarroll
One glance was enough for Col. Ort
"All Methodists," he groaned, "Pn
done for"
1t was even so. Three more votes
were added to the Cooper column
and the result stood, Cooper 20, Or
rs, with Col. Leavell not voting.
Col. Ort took his defeat very hard
He had set his heart on being Pres,
dent and he was so confident of win