The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1898-01-07
Andrew jackson Brown.


AS many of our older Garrard county
citizens remember the subject of the
following sketch, we reproduce it in
full from Mondays Courier Journal:
The old days were truly good old
days, but even when the political his
tory of Kentucky was still in its il. =
fancy leaders of the cont.nding par
ties resorted to strategem to land as
winners the candidates they support
ed. Away back before the war the
parties in Kentucky. that antagonized
each other over office and issues were
the Democrats and Wings. Down in
Garrard county the Wings were in the
majority, but story still survives
legacy to the oldest residents-of how
the Hon. Andrew jackson Brown, of
Lancaster, lawyer, surveyor and a
Democratic leader, made the Wings
tremble with fear ON q certain election
day, though the men who espoused the
principles of Democracy were in a
hopeless minority. Andrew jackson
Brown was native of Virginia, hav-
ing been born and reared in famous
old Albemarle county. In his early
youth he moved with his parents to
Lancaster, Ky, and there gained
prominence as an attorney and a sur
veyor, many men in that day follow
ing both professions
Brown was always an ardent Dem
ocrat and though he was we'll aware
of the odds against him and of the i'm
possibility of victory perching on the
Democratic banner, he never failed to
make plucky fight for the Democratic
candidates. He threw heart and soul
into the canvass, and being eloquent
in speech and conversant with the
leading topics of the day, never failed
to make an address when the occasion
presented itself. He was also possess
ed of an imposing physique and al
ways commanded the greatest atten-
ton from his audiences
1t was during a race for State Rep
resentative that Mr.. Brown determin-
ed to stir up CONSERVATION among the
Wing forces. though there were but
fifty-three Democratic voters in the
whole county at the time. No one
knew this, however, except Mr.. Brown.
The race was made when elections
consumed three days instead of one
and when all voters cast their ballots
at the county seat instead of the more
convenient rural precincts
Mr. Brown groomed for Representa-
tive Dan Ray, a prominent citizen of
Lancaster, large slave owner and
considered one of the wealthiest men
in Garrard county. Mr. Rays candid
acy having been duly announced, Mr..
Brown proceeded to tour the whole
county. quietly urging all Democratic
voters to assemble in Lancaster the
first day of the election and to cor q
in time to cast their votes in the morn
ing. lie never missed seeing a single
Democrat, for on the morning of the
the poll in Lancaster, all talking
about the encouraging prospect for
their candidate. The Wings were dis
mayed. They lowered about the poll,
awe-stricken at the exhibition of such
unexpected Democratic strength.
They were taken completely off guard
and many hurried and secret confer
enees followed.
BY noon all the ffty-three Demo
Gratis had voted. 1t was then that the
Hon. Andrew Jackson Brown threw
OFF his coat. rolled up his sleeves and
mounting large box in front OF the
poll, announced the withdrawal of
his candidate. NJ. RAJ. he said, w;
wealthy. He had never sought Office
before and needed none. But he w s
Democrat and he had merely accep