Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1899-08-04
THERE'S WORK AHEAD.

Chairman CARROT has called a
meeting Of the % members of the
Democratic committee of Christian
county, at the city court room next
Monday.
This meeting will be one of such
Importance that no committeeman
can afford to stay away We are
on the eve of a contest in which the
party is about to pass through, in
lesser degree, the experience OF
1896, when the Republican ticket
made serious inroads into the Dem
ocratle ranks. While the present
threatened bolt shows no signs of
being sufficiently formidable to en-
danger the success of the Demo-
cratic ticket, which possesses more
elements of strength and popularity
than any put out for years, it is
necessary t6-give close attention to
the organization of the party.
There are some vacancies to fill
and the committee should invite the
designations of any members who
are not willing to work with will
for the success of the ticket. This
is no time to fool with soreheads
and there should be no drones in
the hive. The present Democratic
committee is a good one, made up
of some of the best material in the
party and every man on the COM
mittee was considered a loyal DEM
ocrat in 1896, and if there are any
traitors this year, we should
know who they are. If there are
any members who expect to desert
the party, or even give it luke
warm support, they should give
place to more active men who will
work to organize the party as it
has never been organized before.
Having organized upon a, working
basis, the next move should be toI
appoint campaign committee toI
begin operations at once.
The committee should also take
steps to nominate a candidate for
With an honest
election in 1898 the fraudulent ma
jorities of recent years were cut
down one half. A Democrat can be
found in the county who would be
acceptable to all Democrats and
we believe make a winning race.
The State candidates are we'll dis
tributed and the Legislative candi-
dates in every county will aid in
bringing out heavy vote and it is
going to be regular landslide for
Democracy. The people are thor
oughly tired of Republican misrule
in Kentucky and the young men of
the State are going to rally to the
support of the only ticket that
stands for an honest ballot, straight
Democracy, Bryan and Blackburn
and above all white rule in Ken
lucky. Let us put out a good and
strong man and go into the fight to
win. Christian county has always
been close with a full vote and
fair count. 1t was only when the
law was disregarded in the ap-
pointment of election officers that
the abnormal majorities of 1895 and
1896 began to appear. With the
election machinery in the hands OF
officials who will correct these
abuses, we may confidently expect
a return to the normal condition of
political affairs in the county.
It is to be hoped that there. will
be no necessity for changing the
personnel of the committee. The
veterans of past campaigns should
lead the fights of 1899, 1900 and
1901 and never lay down their arms
until Goebel is Governor, Bryan is
President and a cleaning out has
been had in the county court house.
Christian county must be redeemed
and Democrats should show the Re
in 1899 what they may
expect in 1901.