The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1899-02-15


In 1896 you received in Rockcastle
county l. 55 votes, where's in 1898 you
only received $50 votes. In Shelby
county in 1896 you received 2,O62 votes
but in 1898 you only received i,4l2
votes. In Spe ncer county you received
in 1896, 500 votes, but in 1898 you only
received 493 votes. And in Lincoln
county in 1886 you received t,SSS
votes, but in 1898 you only received
LIZA votes. So that in the ten counties
which compose the Eighth districtyo
received in 1898, 4,394 votes less than
you received in the same ten counties
in 1896. And alleGe that it is absurd
for you to claim 500 or any other num-
Der of these votes, which were not
cast. AS to jackson county your
name was not on the ballots in this
county, and you received noIvOte in
that county. Jackson county sent no
delegate to the convention that nomi-
mated you, and the people of that
county had no voice either in your be-
ing selected as tile candidate OF your
party, nor in determining whether you
should be elected or not. You made
no canvass in that county. You did
not claim TO be. seeking the votes of
that county. You attended the Re
publican convention which was COM
posed of delegates from the other ten
counties only, and solicited nomina-
ton at their hands. This convention
was held and you were nominated
long after the passage of the Act Of
March 18th, 1898. The presiding Off
Ger of that convention, and the Sec
rotary issued to you certificates. certify
ing that you were The regular Republi-
can nominee for Congress in the
Eighth Congressional district. You
accepted these certificates and caused
them to be delivered to the Clerks Of
the other ten counties only. And you
caused your name to be printed upon
the ballots in these ten counties only.
You sent no such certificates to the
Clerk of jackson county, and you
made no effort TO have your name
placed upon the ballots of that county
You seem not to have discovered that
the Eighth district was not legally con-
stituted until you discovered that you
had received a minority of the vote
therein.
If your present contention be true,
you have been silent when you should
have spoken, and you should now be
required to keep silent when you desire
to speak. You are now by your &C.
tons estopped from denying that the
Eighth district was legally constituted
The people lof Jackson county sem
delegates to the conventions that nomi
mated candidates for Congress in til,
Eleventh district. The voters of tina
county who desired to do so, voted TO
the candidates in that district
There were four of these can
didates in that district at the Novem
Der election 1898, and Mr. Tye, tn
Democratic nominee, received ii votes
Mr. Boreing the regular Republican
nominee, received 744 votes. MI
Bowman received 2 votes, and MI
White, the Independent, received 70
votes. l allege, furthermore, that tn
Eighth district in Kentucky still con
tains larger territory than the Fiji
district, or the Sixth district, or tn
Seventh district in said State. 1t
much larger than the whole State O
Delaware, and more than twice a
large as the State of Rhode Island
This Eighth district pays more take
/ than the Eleventh district, or til
Tenth district, or the Ninth district, O
/ the Third district, or the First distric
in said State. 1t fas more countie
than the Sixth district, or the Fiftl
district, or the Seventh district, or til
: Second district in said State. This dis
, trict at the November election in lS9
; cast more votes than the First district
or the Second district, or the Sixth dis
triet, or the Seventh district, or th
Tenth district in said State. And
has larger citizenship than any of tn
five districts named. Indeed, ] alleg
that the Eighth district was quite a
large and as populous when receive
majority of the votes as it was whe
you received a minority of the votes
And if the district contained a populs
ton so small that a majority of til
legal voters eonnot select a Represer
tative in Congress l shall insist tbs
you explain how minority Of the "
tiers in the same district have electe
YOU. You confess to have received n
votein Jackson county, and yet yo
propose to deprive Judge BoreiDg {
his seat as the Representative of ths
county, when her people have had L
voice either in selecting you as th
nominee, or in voting for you at th
final election, although you hav
served no notice Of contest on him, an
although the people of the county SCI
delegates to the convention that nom
mated him, and gave him pluralit
of their votes at the November ele
ton. You are seeking also to hay
yourself declared the Representative
the other ten counties, when you col
TESS to have been honestly and fairl
defeated in those counties BY msjo
ity of 62S votes. This majority is E,
elusive of the majority i received
Anderson county. and which you co
cede to be correct, / shall insist thi
there is a legally constituted Eigh
Congressional district,or there is nc
II there is, am entitled 10 the seat;
there is not, then neither Of us is e
titled to the seat, and that DO vacan
can be declared to exist in a district
the district has no existence.
aver that it would be nonsense
declare the seat vacant and order
new election in the same district. F
the newly elected Representa-
would have no better title than ha
already. and that / must remain in n
seat, therefore. or Congress must,
law, change the boundary Of this d
trict. or else these ten counties mi
remain without Representative un
the Legislature of Kentucky chang
| the boundary Of the district. And