The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-11-27
Important Meeting Of First District
Democrats I'm Paducah Yes neh
terday.


Gu dlf udy duO iiidiis h"Suhu'N hh o
declaration from Mr.. l.. p. Head. the
democratic representative-elect from
McCnacken county, for Judge Thorn
as Paynter for United States senator
to succeed Senator 10 Blackburn.
This stand did not come as a surprise
to Mr.. Heads friends, for they had
understood he was Paynter man.
The candidacy of MIR. w. b. Halde-
man, of Louisville, for the United
States senate was regarded, judging
from statements of these First dis
trict political magnates, as piece OF
unmit'gated nerve" They claim
that hi has done as much as any 9TH
or man in Kentucky to disrupt the
party, and branded him as a dema-
gogue and boSter. one asserting that
he was st4ll member of the John
Young Brown executive committee.
The politicians were so outspoken
in their views that they called In
newspaper men and communicated
me fact that they were willing for
the public in general to know how
they feel about 1t.
Mr.. l.. p. Head in coming out for
Judge Paynter does so in the follow
ing statement:
81 told the peopls of this county
in my canvass that | would vote TO-
the man | believed best qualified to
represent Kentucky in the United
States senate. have gone over the
sii,ation carefully, considering the
claims of-both Blackburn and Payn,
ter, After due deliberation have
decided to vote for Judge Thomas
Paynter, bElieving that In him Ken
lucky will have an able representa-
tive.
Much has been said of the bitter
ness engendeasd by the contest be-
tween blackburn and Paynder. So
lar az + can determine the bitter
ness. If any, has been brought about
by absurd and undignifisld statements 4
of Senator Blackburn and the very
evident efforts of himself and friends
TO disrupt the democratic party or
ganization in Kentucky and turn the
state over to the republicans.
Besides, in my opinion, thirty
years is long enough for any man 20 |
be in congress.
81 am not for Haldeman on any
part of the ground. The fight should !
be, and wild be between Blackburn |
and Paynter, and l believe Paynter
will win.
81 am for Henry Lawrence, of Ca
dir, for speaker of the house of rep
resentatives.
Senator Wheeler Campbell stated /
that he had publicly declared himself |
for Blackburn and ne would vote at
cordingly. He was asked if he would |
vote for Mo. Blackburn all the time,
but he would not state. 1t is believ- |
cd by Mr.. Campbsll's friends that he
will vote for Blackburn on the first |
ballot and then go TO Paynter, but |
Mr.. Campbell has not made any such
AS to Mr.. Haldeman the following /
verbal resolution was made:
"Mr. Haldeman in 1895, in the
hour OF its greatest necessity, turned
traitor to the party. voting the gold
standard and boiled for Palmer and
Buckner, and now in the hour of the
partys ascendency h. offers himself
as it's saviour"
AT the meeting present were the
democrats: Hon. Henry
of Cadiz, candidate for
speaken of the lower house; Conn
Linn, of Murray, state senator-elect;
Ieb A. Stewart, of Galloway county,
prssentative-elect DR.. Milton
Board, of Hopklnsville, sjupenntend-
snt of the Westerly Kentucky asylum;
Hon. Felix Grasty of Cadlz; Judge
Bunk Gardner, of Mayfiebd; State
SENATOR WIheelen Campbell, of Padu-
cab, and Representative l.. p Head.
Of Paducah.
Other politicians who were in the
slty were: Ed. Fennell, CT Cyntni-
,na, prison commissioner and candl-
iats for reelection; Jesse Olive, OF
Marion, deputy warden at EddyvilIe
ind candidate for prison commission
sr; George V. Green, of Hopkinwii1e.
prison commissioner. He is hold
over man.
MIR. Lawrence is making an active
for speaker and has the sup
port of both Senator Campbell and
Mr.. Head. The present speaker is
Hon. Eli Brown.
1t was stated today hy'a politician
lose to ths democratic state organ
zatlon., that the next United States
'enator from Kentucky would be
Governor Beckham. He said that