Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-01-24
POLITICAL POINTS,

thNShtht't WIZ ~ W. ~ y
. U. s. Senator from North Dakota.
The London Kentuckian declares fol
Bryan for president and Hardin for
} governor.
Franklin county has 10 candidate:
for jailer, notwithstanding the election
is three years of.
The Mt. Sterling Sentinel Democrat
: declares for Col. A. w. Hamilton for
lieutenant governor.
The Hill currency bill to fix the gold
dollar as the standard OF value has the
endorsement OF Secretary Gage.
r. S. Rector, OF Casey, is talked OF
for the republican nomination for rep.
reseutative from that and Russell coun-
4 ty.
Gov. Mounts pet bill, providing for
the teaching Of agriculture in the pub
lie schools, was killed in the Indiana
House.
Already with the election nearly
three years of. there are five candi-
dates for sheriff, four for jailer and six
for county clerk In Madison.
Eagan will never be commissary gen.
eral again, no matter what is the out
come OF his trial Col. John f. Wes-
sen has been selected TO succeed him.
The river and har Dor bill has been
completed. 1t carries appropriations
of sl2, 500. 13S, and in addition authoriz-
es continuing contracts that will call
for sl6, 79l ,53S.
Gov. Gen. Henry has suspended for
one year mortgage foreclosures in
Porto Rico, and also the summary Judi
cial sales OF land for debt, owing to the
secretly of money.
The court of appeals, though having
a democratic majority, elected a son of
Judge Guffy, republican, to a court Of
fee. However, Judge Guffy is not
enough republican to hurt.
Prof. +. ". Clark, chemist of the
United States army, says after an anal
ysis, that the canned beef that Eagan
sent to the army had both boric aud
salicylic acids in it. both OF which are
used in embalming bodies.
The House has passed the amended
bill making additional circuit judges
in the Fifth aud Sixth judicial circuits.
The Sixth embraces the States OF Mich
igan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee.
II now goes to the president, who will
sign IL.
The United States District Attorney |
for Utah says that the House can refuse
TO seat Congressman elect Roberts, Of
Utah, on the ground that he forfeited |
his civil rights, by the terms of the Ed
munds law. when convicted Of polygamy |
and sentenced to Imprisonment in 1881. !
The democrats OF The West Virginia
Legislature have nominated John 7.
McGraw for U. S. Senator and the re-
publicans N. B. Scott, present commits
sioner OF internal revenue, a member
of the National republican committee,
who was a delegate at large to the St.
Louis convention.
Chairman Barnett, of the State re-
publican committee, will call meet
ing at Louisville early in February of
the representatives of the different
factions TO have a kiss-and-make up |
time, where all can shake hands with |
no references to the past and join in a
general Publication.
A large meeting was held in the |
Academy of Music, New York, Sunday
night, TO protest against the policy OF
expansion. Expressions from EXPIRES
ident Cleveland, w. j. Bryan and 9TH
ers were read and short addresses were
made by ex-Ambassador Eustis, Bourke
Cochran and Samuel Gompers.
The Hopkinsvllle Independent tells
This campaign lie. "a lady from Pem-
broke. WHO'S an enthusiastic democrat,
named her canary bird Bill Goebel.
Like the Covington statesman, he did
not sing much, but she loved him ten
lerly, until last Saturday she discover
ID that Bill Goebel had laid an egg.
Vow she declares that no dependence
AN be placed in politician.
National Democratic Chairman Jones I
efutes the claims OF certain republican {
rgans that the Senate is now, and q
must be until 1903, against silver, by q
howing that there is at present ma '
GRITTY OF II for silver in the Senate.
which on March will be reduced to c
n even vote. A conservative estimate, {
however, shows that there is no doubt
hat in 1901 the Senate will be for sill +
er. I
Col. Bennett Young told Cincinnati !.
Enquirer man that John "Whallen has 0
engineered deal with S26, 000received
rom the l.. * n, py which new man
cement gets control of a Louisville !
ally paper, and the paper is now TO be
urned ngainst Senator Goebel in the
ace for the democratic gubernatorial
ominotiop. am in possession OF all
he facts, and can furnish them to sub !
taniiate my statement. This will make
tremendous impression in Kentucky