The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-06-22
Conference Here Said to Have
Been 10 Pick a Winner.
Some Machine Men For blackburn
and Find Themselves IN u Pre-
dicamcnt.
HON. }. X. HENDRICK TALKED OF

| IL tnefe uetp-laiu plOt 10 get OUT
dark horse" for United States
senator to succeed 10 Blackburn?
This is a question that some of the
astute democratic politicians down
here are now asking each other.
There was confab at the Palmer
house yesterday between democratic
politicians OF opposite intentions in
the senatorial race and no one seems
to know what It's object was. Those
there say It was simply an informal
meeting and had no Significance.
Others declare that the Blackburn
men realize that they are going to
have to put up stlff fight even II
they stand any chance to win. and IL
is generally admitted that Blackburn
stands no chance to win.
Those at the conference yesterday
were.
State Inspector Henry u. Hines,
Bowling Green; c. NJ. Lewis, Shell
byville; George " Green, state pris-
on commissioner; Conn Linn, Muir
ray, democratic nominee for state
senator in the Third district; James
Coleman, Murray, KY. chairman of
Galloway county committee; J. Wheel
er Campbell. Paducah. machine can
didate for democratic nomination for
state senator and Hon. John X.
Hendrick, of Paducah. late candidate
for the democratic gubernatorial
nomination.
II is known that Col. Hendrick is
for Judge Paynter for senator. and
that Linn Is also for him. as Linn Is
for anything the Frankfort crowd H.
for. State Inspector Hines. however.
and Prison Commissioner Green are
said 10 be hot Blackburn men. Thee
are a part of the state administration
and are finding that they cannot
serve two masters. is the way one
politician puts it, and are looking for
way out of their dilemma. They
can't afford TO oppose the machine
that they depend on for their jobs,
and they can't afford for various rea-
sons TO be against Blackburn.
Others in the conference are just
as hot the other way. They are for
the state machine and Paynter, and
against Blackburn first. last and
all the time.
A prominent politician said today
considering the fact that some OF
those at the conference are cross
ways in this senatorial question.
there is but one thing that is sug-
gested to my mind, and that is that
those who don't want to, or cant
afford to be for or against either
Blackburn or Paynter, are looking
for someone on whom to harmonic.
They are trying to pick and agree on
dark horse for United States SEN
ator, hoping in this way 10 ward on
fight which would only serve to
bring about bitterness in the party,
and either wreck. or make more in
vInclble, the machine"
II Is not known, of course, wheth-
err this was the object of the confer
ence at the Palmer house yesterday
or not II is a little remarkable, how
ever. that these distinguished politi-
clans should have strolled this far
away from their stamping grounds
accidentally, and with no particular
object In view, II is said that Mr..
Robertson, the expert accountant
who was here with State Inspector
Hines when he was making his in
yestigation of county offices, came
through the day before and made ar
rangements for the meeting, but ala
not attend. as his role was only one
of "The carriage awaits without me
lord"
Rnmor has Il that Hon John h'
Hendrick, OF Paducah, may be Inc
dark horse, IL there is one. Mr..
HendrIck when asked about II to-
day, however. said that II anything
of the kind was ON foot, he Is not
ayara Of a.