Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-01
Partisan Acts Of Bradley and
Toney Condemned
TIass Meeting of Christian County
Democrats Adopt Strong
Resolutions.

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meeting at the Court House in Hop
kinsvile Monday, Nov. d. 1899:
Whereas. AT the election held in
the State of Kentucky on November
7, 1899, one w. O. Bradley, Cover
nor of said State, in bold defiance of
law, and in total subversion of the
basic principles of civil liberty and
self-government, as Commander-in-
Chief of the State militia, removed
himself from the capital of said
State TO the city of Louisville, and
on said day called out said militia
without being called upon by the
proper civil authorities so to do;
and
Whereas, On said day, one Ster-
ling B. Toney, as one of the Circuit
Judges in said city, without the
semblance of law thereof, by man.
datory injunction granted and is
sued without notice and in obedi-
ence to a preconcerted and matured
plan, forced persons without au-
thority into the polls when said
election was being held in said
city, all in plain violation of the
law; and
Whereas, Long before said cleo
ton and up to the time thereof it
had been published repeatedly
throughout said city and State that
said Governor would be there and
that said militia would be called
out, and that large quantities of
arms and ammunition and gatling
guns had been sent to said city, to
be used on said election day, where
at blood would flow, which publica-
tons were vouchsafed for by a pre-
tended United States Senator for
Kentucky and other noted oppo-
nents of the Democratic party; and
Whereas, On account of the above
large numbers of voters in said |
city were inundated and failed to |
vote in said election, and free
and impartial expression of the
people was not had and
Whereas, In the counties of Knox
and Johnson, in said State, said
election was not conducted accord
ng to law, by reason of tissue bal
OTIS being used and other irregular
ties and frauds; and
Whereas, Since said election said
roney has by the same prostitu-
ION of the powers of his court COM
'elled various election officers of
aid election to certify to false re-
urns of votes in said city, and in a
Ike manner have the votes in said
ounties of Knox and Johnson been
ertifed; therefore, be it
Resolved, by the Democrats of !
hristian county in meeting as
,
First-That we denounce in un- |
leasured terms all of said acts
Bradley and said Toney as being
yraunical, autocratic, revolution
ry, and usurping of power and r
uthority, and Bradley should be
finished as the law directs, and
aid Toney should be impeached
Second.-That we hereby earn
silly request the State Election f
oard for said State, on account of h
aid acts of usurpation. illegality v
nd fraud, to throw out and refuse Il
count the vote of Louisville or a
e votes of said counties of Knox c,
nd Johnson, pretended to be cast Il
said day; thereby saying to the C
,ople of the State, to the people of p
e world and to all future genera b.
ms, that liberty has not been de- ID
royed in this country, and that 81
e despot has not yet been made ii
lief ruler, or been vested with un.
nited powers, and thereby pre-
rving in it's purity the sanctity of
e ballot which is the cornerstone W
civil liberty. W
Third-That in so doing said la
ard will but do its legal and 10
unden duty as public servants, &C
d receive the plaudits of brave CO
d liberty-loving people every gu
lere. So
in such action we tn