Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-03-14

IMAM growing out
M '-'s4. ~ of the election
NV. ls.ss-22sS for president,
~ had brought
about such bitter feeling in the
Baldheaded Club thatits very exist
ence was threatened and it was
thought advisable to suspend the
meetings for several months, to let
the clear headed members devise
some plan for restoring the Club to
its former standing of harmony and
usefulness.
1t was difficult undertaking,
but diplomacy at last won the vic
tory and last week the executive
committee, composed of all ex-presi-
dents in good standing, announced
that a treaty of peace had been
signed by the belligerent factions
that would bring about the much
desired harmony. It's provisions
were in brief as follows:
Col. Bill Cooper, who had pro-
claimed himself dictator and refused
to permit an election, was to resign
his position and go way back and
sit down.
? Col. Bob Woodbridge was to give
up his presidential aspirations as
long as he was unmarried, and he
obligated himself not to marry for
one year.
3 A president belonging to neither
faction was to be elected, with an alb
sence Of personal pulchritude as the
only issue. This to be decided by
secret ballot, without nominations,
the president thus chosen to serve
for one year, unless indicted for
shooting craps or playing poker.
The call for meeting Saturday
night was responded to by full at
tendance and pending the rati6ca-
tion of the treaty, which was done
by unanimous vote, the senior ex-
president, Col Lem Mckee, pre-
sided.
The ballot was at once spread
for the election of president and
the result showed great diversity
of opinion among the members. A
dozen or more members had a fol-
lowing, but the race was between
Col. S. H. Claggett and Col. Chess
Pyle and resulted in tie, each
having 80 votes. President Mckee
declined to vote, saying he could
n t make up his mind which was
the least beautiful. At this juno
ture one of the members from the
Asylum suggested that the matter
be decided by throwing dice. He
produced a pair of well-worn bones
and when they were thrown by the
candidates, fortune favored Col.
Claggett. A storm Of applause
greeted the announcement and
President Claggett's election was
at once made unanimous, and Col.
Pyle was the first man to congratu-
late him.
The club found 1t necessary to
take a recess of ten minutes for the
love feast to spend its force. Col. |
Bill Howell entertained the club |
with some of his new crop of cam
paign Jokes. The Colonel said he
opened his campaign in Morgan6eld |
last week and found every body for
him.
A telegram was received from
Col Bill Bamberger saying he re-
GREETED being absent, but had wait
ed in New York to give his friend
Prince Henry an opportunity to
meet him when he returned to that
city
At this point, the Historian of
the club obtained the floor and an
nounced that he had just completed
the erection of an original romance,
based on historicalfacts, pertaining
to the early settlement of the city of
HopkinsvilIe, one feature of which
he said was a thrilling account of a
trip to Cadiz by water. He offered
to read the story, but the water
trip was little too much for the
club and the members refused to
hear it, but by close vote the au-
thor was given leave to print it.
The romance accordingly appears
in connection with these minutes.