The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1898-10-12
A VERY
LARGE DAY.
The Big Court Draws a Crowd
to the Capitol.
RardInsbpra Full Of Jockeys and POll'I-
clans.
GRAND JURORS SELECTED.

The largest crowd that has been at
Hardinsburg for year was there last
Monday, the first day OF Circuit Court.
There are seveuty-five new cases ON the
docket this term, and these, connected
with the large criminal docket, will make
the court one Of unusual interest, and II
NAV continue for three weeks, the full
time allotted TO it. The litigants were
there Monday from all sections, besides
a large number who had no business In
court, but were for day at the county
seat.
Jockey street had its usual quota Of the
horse swapping fraternity, and, from the
looks Of the surroundings, the business
i'm that line must have been unusually
active. E..
The merchants in town were doing a
fine business, which goes to indicate tiIat
times are improving, and that there Is
still money In the country.
There is no other town in the state
that can muster up larger crowd on
the first day Of circuit court than Hard
insburg. Last Monday 1t was fairly
representative crowd, there being good
men there from almost every quarter OF
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The NEWS conversed with men from
many portions Of our county, and we
find there rs q feeling Of confidence pre-
vailing that has not been seen Tor some
time. The farmers have all made pretty
fair crops, aud are in "a good condition
to get along. Besides having plenty at
home, when you meet him away from
home he has little money also
Judge McBeath arrived at ll:3O, and
convened court and put the grand jury
to work. The jury as made up Ii as
E. il. Gardnet, foreman; w. II. Cain,
Or s. J. Park, NJ. Galloway, Beavin
Tucker, John eastman, Jos. l. Mating
~, FIN D'Huy, Andrew Crawford,
Horace Hunter, Frank W. Bachman,
and Andrew p. Hook.
At one O'Clock, Hon. w. J. some,
democratic candidate for sGoveeSor,
spoke in the court house.
Mr., StonC had a fine audience and
began his speech by review OF the
tariff. He said we now lad the most
gigantic tax system that had ever been
in the country. He said the Repubii-
can party started out thirty years ago TO
protect the infant industries OF the coun-
try, and they are still levying the tax
under the same old plea. He thought il
was time they should bring in another
horse that they had about run the
"infant INDUSTRY" gag to the wall. de
said that all such taxation was at the
expense OF the consumer, and the tax
which the people paid didn't go TO defray
the expense OF the government, but that
the Republican party he said had been
working in the interest OF that class OF
men for thirty years and Were still doing
80. The Democrats favored 4 tax. a tax
only that was sufficient to defray the
Legitimate txprns,s OF the government
and, no more He said the Democratic
party believed that tie tax"s should be
levied upon the Injuries, and mol upon
Jeans pants, aud such things rs Tic p"u-
pie are compelled 10 haYe.
Mr.. Stone referred 70 the Mar with
Spain, saying thai all patiiot men were
in favor of the war Democrats and
Republicans. But he charged that The
soldiers who had enlisted in the war had
been badly mistreatsd, and not treated
as humans In many instances.
The speaker then took up the money
question declaring that he Was Tor the
ifee coinage OF silver, and that this coun-
try wac able TO take care oil its financial
affairs without the Intervention oil any
other nation. This was the policy OF
the Democracy today, aud they 30 de-
clared in the platform OF 1896 Adopted at
Chicago. The speakers allusions 10 W.
] Bryan brought forth great applause.
Mr.. Stone was followed by DIR. Nc
Mullen the POpulist candidate for Con
gfess In this district. Mr.. McMullen has
not been long in politics, bat in his
speech last Monday he presented the
principles Of his party quite forcibly, and
seems TO be- in the race to stay.