Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-05-12
EASY SAILING
For the More Important Of the
Machine Candidates.
ThOrne, Hays, Fuqua, And Pos
sibly Greene Seem to Have
Broken the Slate.

incomplete returns from the State
primary indicate the nomination of
all OF the machine candidates ex-
cept possibly three.
Those who have certainly won
are:
GOVERNOR. c. w. Beekham.
Lieutenant Governor-W. p.
Thorne.
Auditors. w. Hager.
Treasurer-H. M. Bosworth.
Secretary of State-H. V. Nc
Chesney.
Superintendent OF Public Instruc-
tom. H. Fuqua,
Commissioner of Agricultural
Hubert Vreeland.
Fuqua for Superintendent of
Public Instruction was not on the
Befxham slate.
The first returns indicate that
Morgan Chinn has defeated Bob
Greene for Clerk of the Court Of APP
peals, but the figures may be
changed.
The race for Attorney General
will be between N. b. Hays and
Chas. Carroll, with Hays an easy
winner.
Hays and Fuqua seem to be the
only men who have broken the
slate, unless Col. Bill Thorne be
counted as anti-machine. The fact,
though, that his name came first on
the ballot, indicates that the ma
chine made no effort to defeat him.
In every other race the machine
candidates were given first place.
In Louisville 10000 votes we're
reported to have been cast in one
race, the usual Democratic vote
being about $4,000. This heavy
vote needs explanation in view Of
the statement in all the city papers
that the election was quiet and list
less.
The Herald, the Republican
paper, gives this explanation:
"a number of Democratic leaders
opposed to the machine conceded
the fact that there never was a
more listless primary held in the
history of the city. The machine
itself in very few instances had
any workers out, for the simple
reason that they had all of the
workers within the booths. These
same leaders made the positive
statement that in their judgment
5000 is the undeniable maximum
number of honest votes cast, and
that the marvellous number OF
10, 176 votes recorded in the race
tor Commissioner of Agriculture
was so farcical as to make it laugh
able even to a dog, except for it's
ultimate serious effect upon the
party, The padding was wonder
full.
In Christian county the pane of
John K. Hendrick was on the ballots
in spite of his withdrawal and
many complimentary votes were
cast for him.
In three Hopkinsville precincts
the State ballots we're insufficient.
In No. 4 precinct with $50 votes re-
curing under the law ATS ballots
only 252 were in the book and they
gave out at one o'clock. About 81
votes for Griffith, Chenauit and
Hays were lost in this precinct
alone. In two other precincts the
ballots gave out at one o'clock. The
machine voters were all rushed In
early and by noon the machine
workers disappeared, showing that
their entire vote was in. The plan
was evidently to get in the machine
vote early everywhere, probably in
anticipation of the shortage of bal
lots, of which the anti-machine side
had no means of knowing. The
same trouble occurred in four pre-
cincts IN Paducah, and perhaps in
many other counties in Western
Kentucky, where the anti-machine
sentiment was strong. Just how
many votes were shut out in this
way is matter OF conjecture. Per-
haps enough to change results in
some races.
Med. Ferguson claims his nomi-
nation over J. f. Dempsey for rail-
road commissioner in this district.
He claims 5000 to $500 in the First
district. Bell got
strong vote, carrying Christian
county by probably 1000 majority.
In the Second judicial district (Pa-
ducah) w. M. Reed beat John G.
Miller for ciscuit judge and Jno. G.