Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-08-10
Will Soon Be In Politics Up To
Their Necks.
rIust Fight For Nominations And
Then Their Troubles Are
Not over.

! the county OuCeS next year anu
the woods are full OF candidates.
It has never occurred so some of
them that the Republican majority
was almost wiped out .Hne cases
IN 1897 and that it may be COM
pletely effaced in lm~ with an
honest election law 10 aid the Dem
ocrats.
If the Democrats had been given
fair deal in 1897 they would have
elected at least a part of their coun-
ty ticket. Under the present law
they are assured Of an equal show
ing and the Republican candidates
may be aspiring to empty honors.
But be that as It may, they think
they are running for cinch ant
the scramble a year ahead is some
thing terrific.
1t is worthy of note that the
Court House gang are nearly all
nup against it" in their own party.
County Judge Polk Cansler is to
have it over again with John Feland
for the nomination. These two
leaders do not love each other like
Damon and Pythias and some of
their mutual friends, it is said, will
try to get both of them to stand
aside and let Will Fowler have the
nomination without contest
Judge Cansler got in by a close
shave before, with the officers packed
against the Democrats, and the
Feland political feud is re-
cognized as very dangerous thing
to carry in county election.
County Attorney Otho Anderson
was nominated because the gang
didn't have a man strong enough
to cope with him. This time they
think they have the real article, in
Deputy United States Marshal L.
Yonts. Unless Yonts is kept too
busy indicting Democrats and pay
ing fines he will probably be given
the pleasant task of chewing the
neck of the young man who bids
fair to attain too much prominence
in the party to suit the bosses. But
it is rumored that Otho will object
to his neck being "chawed" and
there you are.
They do say that County Attorney
Prowse has already had his meas
ure taken by Claud Clark, the hust-
ling grocer. Mr.. Clark is an avowed
candidate and his friends claim
that he will win just as easy as
falling off log. Mr.. Prowse,
though, has been wheelhorse in
his day and as he is entirely salts
fed with the job he has had for ten
years, and which he got the first
time by single vote, he Will doubt
less put up a fight the sight of
which will be worth the entire price
of admission,
AS Sheriff Barnes is not eligible
for reelection, that race will be a
free for all. The entries so far are
II. Fl. Golay, Nc ]. Davis, w. r..
Long and Jailer w. T. Williamson,
OF Hopkinsville; David Bowles and
l.. h. Davis, of Crofton; Jno. b.
Everett, of Fairview; T. H, Major,
of Beverly and perhaps others.
Tailor Williamson will not be a
candidate for reelection to that
office One candidate already out
is H. L. Trice, of Pembroke, a
former Democrat The negroes
usually make up large field OF
"also rams for this Office and as
Wyatt Watt, one Of their leaders,
was recently removed from place
at the asylum, ne may conclupe
that the party owes him the nomi-
nation for jailer, an honor once ac-
corded him in a Demooratlceyear.
For Assess or, Stephen Everett and
Robt. A. Cook are already quietly
looking over the fence thatinclrcles
the pie.
Miss Katie Mcdaniel is to have
lots of opposition for school supern-
tendent, if reports are true. Prof
w. e. Gray, Of Crofton; L. B.
Guthrie, of Sinking Fork, and f.
II. Renshaw, of this city, are all
said TO be willing to relieve Miss
Katie OF the arduous duties of an
Office they think man should fill