Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1897-10-05
POLITICS

Forty-four people heard j. II. Hind
man speak at Shelbyville Friday.
No presidential postmasters in Ken
tdcky will be appointed until after the
election, says Mckinley.
Hon. VIM. j. Bryan will speak at
Glasgow next Saturday and thereafter
at points in the lst, I'd and 4th dis
tricts.
Maurice Morris has demanded pos
session of tho New Albany post-otfice
but Postmaster SCHNEIDER. the demo-
cratic incumbent, refuses to step out
until he has served four years.
Eighteen million dollars is the def
cit in the governments receipts in the
past six weeks, and the foreigner who
pays the tax according to the republic
can gospel, will be forced to cough up
this bagatelle. Post.
Josiah Patterson is quoted by the St.
Louis Globe-Demoorat as pledging the
Hannacrats TO stand by the republican
party in 1900 il they adhere 10 their
st. Louis platform OF 1896. Josiah is a
republican in everything except in
name.-Louisville Dispatch.
On the first day of this month the
receipts in the United States treasury
amounted TO $766, 1853. "a; the expendi-
lures to $1,000 Deficit, 1929, $40 06.
The deficit for the fiscal year to date
amounts to 500. $50, 59iS5. What's the
matter with the Dingley tariff bill |?
Editor ID. +. O'Sullivau, of the Crit
it, saw Brer Hindman the other day
and says: He had the sort of express
sion that beaten man carries around
with him. He looks as if he was weary
OF his job, and that he would like to be
back on the old farm once more, where
"the frost is on the pumpkin aud the
folders in the shock"
Gov. McCreary pleaded for harmony
in the democratic party and for the re.
turn of those who had differed with the
Chicago platform upon the money ques
tion, while Allen o. Myers took the
opposite view and declared he did not
want them back. For our part we
would prefer the leadership of our Ken
lucky statesman to that of the Ohio
alarmist, to put it mildly.-Owenton
Herald.
The Cynthiana Democrat says that
IN order TO draw "A crowd for Yost, af-
ter the ringing of the courthouse bell
had failed to bring an audience, the
faithful few resolved themselves into
what the French call a ''claque." They
got together and clapped their hands
and stamped their feet and yelled with
all their power, as il something great
was going on. A few people from the
street hurried in to see what the fuss
was about, and Judge Yost was sufii-
ciently encouraged to begin his speech.
He is brainy man and made strong
speech from his point OF view. The
people of Harrison county, however,
do not care a rap for Judge Yo5t's
point of view, and that is the reason he
could not get an audience of respecta-
BILE size. After the tragedy came the
farce comedy, when Bailey and Parker
began their joint debate. AS talker
the very young Mr.. Bailey is a howl
ing success, that is to say, he can out
talk photograph. But he doesn't say
any thing. Any school boy could give
him cards and spades and beat him out
on an argument. The also very young
Mr.. Parker devoted his time to an
swering the alleged arguments of the
very young Mr.. Bailey. In some re-
spects perhaps he was an improvement
on the very Young Mr.. Bailey, but
where both were so bad it would be
difficult to decide which was the worse
This pair of spring chickens should be
returned to the incubator. They are
too tender to be wandering about the
State by themselves. Some day they
may accidentally run up against dem
ocrat. II they do, the way he will de-
YOUR them would make whole Confer.
ence turn green with envy.