Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-11-24
POLITICIANS AND POLITICS.


jefferson county and Louisville, Of
y fetal, give Taylor lS,i45. Goebel Is
023. Taylor's plurality, 3,i22.
The official canvass OF the Ohio cleo
tion returns, completed, shows Nash,
plurality over Mclean to be l9.O23.
solomon VanMeter, of Favette, will
contest with Il. l.. Baker, rep, for the
. seat in the Legislature awarded the
: latter.
la Utica, n. ", republican wa.
elected as a member of council by one
majority, ard his election makes the
council republican.
: Judge j. W. Holt, OF Franklin coun-
ty, seems to be the only republican in
the seventh district who cares to try
for the congressional seat made vacant
by death.
Official election returns have been
received by Secretary of State Finley
from all the counties in Kentucky but
two. The State election commission
is expected to meet a, Frankfort next
Monday.
The Jefferson county board of elcc-
tion commissioners rejected the motion
TO throw out the vote of the entire city
of Louisville, because they regard the
question as one To be settled by the
State board.
AT the meeting of the National COM
mittee in Chicago. Chairman Johnson,
of the Ways and Means committee, re-
ported that sl75, 600 had been subscrib-
ed and Sli7 600 collected for the cam
paign fund of 1900.
What pity for Judge Toney that be
did not understand the beauties OF the
mandamus in 1895. He might have
compelled the State contest board to
award him the certificate OF election as
judge of the court of appeals.-Owens-
boro Messenger.
| The democratic executive commit
teeman from the 9Th district has issued
a call for a meeting of the chairman OF
each county committee to meet at
Frankfort, Nov. %, to fix the tine and
manner OF selecting democratic can
didate for Congress to succeed the late
Evan Settle.
Some living SON of-a-gun told in Lex
ington that Goebel men will arm the
convicts in the penitentiary and If
trouble is started when Mr.. Goebel is
inaugurated governor, they will be
turned out to protect the commission
ers and the Goebel leaders.
Gov. Bushnell, of Ohio, issued a
requisition upon the governor of Ken
lucky for Charles Feeney, John Rog-
ers and Thomas Cody, of Covington,
who are charged with assaulting At |
torney Joel Baker in front of the Glib
son house on Oct. 20. Baker Is the |
skunk imported from Chicago to Wilt
fly Goebei.
We are in favor of honesty and fair
thing should be somewhat reciprocal.
Let Us make rule that works both
ways. Politics is-well, politics, where
ever you find IL, and we are not ready
70 say that all the thieves are found in
that class who made their cross under
the rooster at the late election. Law
renceburg News.
The seventh Congressional district
democratic convention will be held at
Frankfort Nov. 30. The representa-
tion will be based on the Bryan vote,
making % delegates in the convention.
They will be selected at meetings at
the various county seats on Wodnes-
day, the 18th, by precinct delegates
selected at precinct mass meeting held
the day before at , o'clock.
Senator Deboe hurried 10 Washing
ton and TO the White House for con-
ference with the president. 1t is I'M
derstoOd that he invoked the aid OF the
Federal government to seat Taylor as
governor aud endeavOred TO secure
promise from the president TO recOg-
nize Taylor Ia case he is refused "a GER
tiicate of election by the State cleo {
tion commissioners. The president, il
is said, made no promise except to con-
slider the situation If an emergency /
arose.
The Washington Post having said
that the democrats aided by democrat {
lie courts are counting republicans out, /
the Courier Journal says referring to
".
Is good IL Is especially good Yea, /
verify, this is Daniel that hath come c
10 judgment Shall we tell the Post
that the one court which has interven- /
ed supervened, contrayened, has been @
pa the side Of the railway-republican a
trust; that this court first ran rough
shod over the election commissioners \
10 this city, compelling them under \
threat of contempt proceedings Ia re- I