Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-07-10

echo among the Democrats Of Chris
tian and Christian is perhaps
a fair sample Of the counties
Of Kentucky. There is a determi.
nation in this county to harmonic
the party differences aud instruct
the county for some leader not iden-
tilted with past iactioual troubles.
When the guberuatorial compaig n
opened a month ago, this feeling of
conservatism became atonce wide
spread and the result was that
each of the candidates for governor
representing the harmony idea de-
veloped a good following. When
Hon. Jas. d. Black visited the coun-
ty and made such fne impression,
he at once fell heir to the largest
support of the harmony forces The
announcementof Hon. as. b Garnett
that he would not refuse the nomi-
nation, to some extent interrupted
this drift of sentiment until Mr..
Garnet appeared on the scene last
week andmade it plain that he was
not asking for votes, but was mere
ly receptive candidate.
The last week of the contest finds
the harmonizers, representing per-
haps eighty per cent. of the party,
supporting the candidacy of Judge
Black as the strongest and most
available candidate. Judge Lewis
has some votes and Gov. Beckham
has considerable following, that
may prove strong enough to carry
some precincts. There has been a
steady detection from the Governor S
forces. This has not been due to
Gov. Beckham's lack of popularity,
for he is personally held in high es-
TEEN by the Democrats of Christian
county. Itmay be attributed main
ly to the almost universal feeling
that VIC cannot do any better with
the old ticket this year than we did
last and that new man must be
put forward, who is free from fac
tlonal blights and is at the same
time able and willing to meet the
Republican candidate on the stump.
Another reason is that Gov. Beck
ham S friends have done some very
thoughtless things in the effort toI
secure support for HIM and the fear
that machine methods we're being
resorted to by his personal adher-
ents has helped to decrease his fol-
lowing. If there is anything d
Christian county Democrat does not
like it as a machine, or "polfti-
cal ring" and such an evil will not
be tolerated in the county. More
than one ambitious politician has
come to grief by trying to estab-
lish a machine to dictate the politics
of the county or city, and the people
have learned to be very watchful
along this line. But be that as it
may, the Black adherents have
multiplied until in the city the oppo-
sition is no longer regarded as for
midable. In the country, the in
difference of the individual voter.
and the busy season on the farms
makes the result more doubtful, at
least 10 part of the county. The
people should be on their guard
and not stay away and make 1t pos
sible for twoor three scheming poll
tcians to hold conventions in the
absence of voters.
Be there on time and vote and
work for a united party under
leader who can harmonic all fac
tlons, III must be SAID to the cred
it Of the Beckham men that they
have said nothing against Judge
Black, who has the respect and
good opinion of all Democrats. In
fact many who are for Gov Beckham
prefer him merely as a matter of
sentiment or from some personal OBJ
legation and do not hesitate to say
that they think he should withdraw,
This opinion in held by some who
have accepted Office at his hands
and by many who will vote for the
+ Governor but who see in his candi-
dacy a tearing open afresh Of the
. unhealed wounds Of 1899, thai
n