Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-01-01
GANG DIVIDES
NOught is NOught, Figure is a
Figure,
All For The White Man And
Nothing For The
Negro.


Christion county is reliably Repub-
lican this year, the Republicans
are just now engaged in a verita-
BILE scramble for county nominations.
The county committee has been
called to meet next Saturday to fix
upon time and method of settling
the aspirations of some thirty odd
candidates for the several county
offices. The committee consists of
3 members from each OF the % pre-
cincts and IL. from the county, at.
large, making 80 members. Judge
A. H. Anderson is Chairman and
Mr. 9. A. Brasher Secretary Of the
committee which Is about eenallsy.
divided between the representatives
Of the 5000 colored Republicans and
the 900 white ones. It's proposed
to hold a primary election about
Feb. 20 and this action will proba-
bly, be taken with the approval of
nearly all of the aspirants.
It is already evident to the out
side observer that the "court house
gang" as it is generally called,
will see that the principal members
of the gang" are well taken care
Of ~ slate will be fixed up and
the crank and file' will be allowed
to vote for the state. In some cases
the gang candidates are practically
without opposition, but others are
in all sorts of trouble up to their
necks and in one or two instances
they aretighting among themselves,
AS far as obtainabie atthis writing
the candidates are as follows;
County Judge.-Polk Cansler, w
In. Fowler and possibly John Fe'
land, though Feland has been offer
ed the nomination for state Senator
if be will keep out of this raee.
! County Clerk-Jno. p. Prowse
land c. X. Clark, with great pres.
sure being brought to keep the lat,
ter out of the contest.
County Attorney-Otho Anderson
and Lawrence Yonts.
Sheriff.. H. Golay, w. L. Viii.
Hanson, Lem Davis, JEo. B Everett,
w. &. Long, Geo. B. Croft, Nc ],
Davis and Thos. H. Major.
Assessor-R. A. Cook, S. e.
Everett and w. H. Ryan.
School Superintendent ~ Miss
Katie Mcdaniel, L. w. Guthrie anc
f. H. Renshaw.
Jailer-Joe F. Turner, ]. ]. Aller
and John Boyd.
| Representative-Jas. r. Rogers
| Senator-Probably John Feland
Coroner-Jas. l.. Allensworth
col.
In this equitable distribution Q
salaries the 900 white Republican
are allowed ten Offices with salarie
aggregating about $50, 900 yea
while the 5000 colored voters ar
conceded one laborious Office payini
lS6 per corpse, provided one is found
BY close application to bushes
this Office cans be made 10 pay a6ou
lSl0O a year, from which it will b.
seen that the white Republican,
have done worse than 10 to md
have adopted ratio of l6,0W to
100.
There are already murnnrings
of dissatisfaction and az ominons
indifference among re colored
brethren, who claim have votes
enough to beat theDemocrats 300
without the aid IA single white
Republican AND that the white
lRepnblicans wko have appropriate
ed The oficesfn advance are not
even numer6us enough in the coun-
| ty to hold the balance OF power
They seem to forget there was a
mild soft of revolt fens ears ago
amorg the negroes by which the
1889, majority Of 1880 was cut down
liz less than $50, although every
Ching ia sight was counted, includ.
ing one precinct in which no Official
ballots were used, Exclusive Of
this precinct in which no election
was held according % law, some Of
the gang were trimmed down to
less than 200 votes. This year
the mfi9rity Il and there
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