Kentucky Republicans Weigh Negro Voters in Kentucky Races
Lexington dispatch notes internal revenue chief John W. Yerkes retires and speculation swirls over successor Gaines a black man in Covington district. Negro votes cited as potential power in upcoming congressional primaries across districts with battles in Smith James Crossland Greenup Brasher Hickman Howell Stanley Rhea Gooch Kehoe White and others. Louisville Ministerial Association opposes Sunday funerals citing peace duty and respect for worshipers in the city.
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Lexington
Kentucky
Internal Revenue
John W. Yerkes
Bluegrass
W. A. Gaines
Covington
Gaines
Washington
W. A Gaines
Congress
David H Smith
Smith
Shim
Olle James
Marton County
Sam Crossland
Mayfield
George W Greenup
Miss Little Greenup
James
Alien J B Brasher
Hopkins County
FP Taylor
Davies
G W Hickman
VoLean
W R Howell
Christian
A O B Stanley
Henderson
John S Rhea
R. Lin Gooch
Lke
G. G. Gilbert
J N. Kehoe
J. B. White
Frank Hopkins
Prestonburg
White
South Trimble
Aighton
E. Parker
London
District Committee
State Central Committee
Vincent H Boreing
Boreing
David G Colson
Willam Henry Jones
Barren
McKenzie Moss
Louisville Ministerial Association
DL Collie
Louisville
Floridians Talk of White Primary in Florida
Jacksonville correspondent reports on Florida Democratic party rules for the first state primary. The plan bars black voters, aims to disenfranchise many Simon Pure white Democrats, and defines eligibility under a 1901 state primary law. The date for the first primary is July 13 with a second on August 12, shaping nomination and election procedures through 1904.
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Jacksonville
Fila
Democracy of
Florida
Democratic Party
United States
Democratic State Committee
Democratic State Executive Committee
Democrats Sure of Big Majority in North Carolina
Raleigh May 10 Special The Democratic state convention meets Greensboro July 16 marking the first Greensboro call since 1872 The party expects a sweeping November win aided by the elimination of the negro vote and lists numerous statewide and county offices to be filled including chief justice and supreme court judges Walter Clark emerges as a leading but contested figure His record as a judge and foe of corporate interests features prominent episodes and writings fueling this high stakes race for the state’s top court.
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Raleigh
N. C
Greensboro
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Supreme Court
Superior Court
General Assembly
Walter Clark
Fowle
Farris
Scarborough
Clark
Wo2m
The
Denocrata
Jude Clark
Judge Clark
Napoleon
North Carolina
Wake County
Bugerley
Jubal Emery
Jubal “Mery
Jurbe
James H. Miller
James Shepherd
Holt
George H Brown
Asociate Justice
Shepherd
Brown
Slark
Daniel L Russell
J. W. Wilson
S. Otho Wilson
Russell
Walsons
Wilsons
Faircloth
Election Rules and Ballot Access in an Off Year
Questions arise if an independent ticket can be admitted to the polls and whether the state committee may rule on exclusion this year. The vacant governor’s appointees and cabinet deaths create timing issues ahead of the 19H election, with numerous offices at stake across the state. The slate includes U.S. Senate, congressional seat, supreme court justice, secretary of state, comptroller, railroad commissioners, all House members, about half of state senators, two state attorneys, two county solicitors, and county level posts in each county.
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Lst
United States Senate
Congress
Third District
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Board of Public Instruction
North Carolina Supreme Court Stakes in Clark Contests
Chief Justice Furbes and Associate Justice Douglas decide not to attack Judge Clark to avoid a partisan rift. Clark managers fear an independent Democrat could challenge him, threatening other nominees. Opposition contemplates restoring Judge Shepherd or rallying with figures like Arminead Gurwell and Platt Walker to back Clark’s rivals. Brown and Walker appear likely to be nominated for associate justices, narrowing the split between eastern and western factions.
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Peach
Furbes
Robert M. Douglas
Supreme Court
J. W. Wilson
Raleigh
Clark
Doling
Furches
Douglas
Judge Shepherd
Messrs
Armintead Gurwell
Thomas N Will
Halifax County
Platt D Walker
Mecklenburg County
John W. Graham
Orange County
Clark A
Brown
H. G Connor
Charles A. Moore
Buncombe County
C. H Armfield
Yiredell
Walker
Politics in Cobb County Field Warms Up in May
In Marietta Georgia on May 10 readers are urged to note a Cobb County primary overlapping the state primary. With about 50 candidates the vote is expected to be large. Four candidates seek the legislature and major races include sheriff tax offices county surveyor and solicitor general for the Blue Ridge circuit. Colonel R T Nesbitt, candidate for agriculture commissioner, enjoys strong local support and is anticipated to win Cobb County.
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Marietta
Cobb
W N. A. Morris
A P. McLain
A .¥. Moss
J. P York
Blue Ridge Circuit
Thomas Hutcherson
B . Simpson
Candler
Charles Griffin
R. T. Nesbitt
Nesbitt
When a Politician's Credit Fails Against a Farmer's
In Topeka a banker's dilemma pits a storied politician against a practical farmer. The official's wish to help clashes with stockholders' interests as a young farmer seeks thirty days to finish hogs with a hundred dollars for corn. The contrast exposes how credit answers in days of need.
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Topeka
Grans Capital
Regicides Hid in Milford Home in 1661 Tale
Reminiscences from Old Times in Milford recount the hiding of regicides Goffe and Whalley in Milford Connecticut for over two years. They were sheltered in the Micah Tompkins house cellar while militia and townsfolk debated their fate. Mercy and a spinning girl recall August heat, cellar doors, and whispered river sounds as authorities sought the fugitives.
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Milford
Conn
New York Tribune
Mercy
Colonies
New Haven
Regicldes
Goffe
Whalley
Micah Tompkins
Benjamin Fenn
United Colonies
Connecticut Valley
Hadhy
Mass
Suen Goffe
Ingersoll Confronted by Wise Washington Washerwoman
In a Washington corridor tale, the famed infidel Robert Ingersoll encounters an old colored woman scrubbing floors. She reads her Bible while listening, then tests his faith with questions about creation and dust. He departs, quoting Tennyson, humbled by her simple piety.
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Robert
Ingersol
Washington
Capito
Marty
Colonel Ingersoll
Ingersall
Bob
Tennyson
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