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COL JOHNSON HASRIGHT “DOPF*CoLELPbtk JdtB80U taker* issuevith an utfaimant cf the Times re- Ilarding an incident that recentlyIippeared ia dkf column, ault;1 asCoL Johnson sh an authority onhese matters tlere ran be n«question but Chat he has the right’dope.” Col Job non n said»«I noticed in the Times a storyabout GramiHe Philpot, «f Clay county, who war. represented as aDemocrat he£ been elected to[legislature fwm t strong RepuMi-ican district by re© son of the tjumerious Republicans who opposed him.iThe story was Jlf right from themere standpoint ©f a news[)aperstory, I wit credit v as given whereit was not dee. The real hero ofthe incident rditcd was the lateCapt. J. Milt Dnchank, of Pineville,a gallant Union soldier, and amilitant Democrat His districtwas strongly Republican, hut owingto dissensions in the party and hisdeserved popularity, he was electedto the Legislature His advent atFrankfort was something of a surprise to those who had never seena Democratic Representative fromthe district of Harlan, Perry, Belland Leslie, A gentleman, discussing his election with him said.‘You defeated two Republicans \hear, Capt. Unthank?’a‘Yes, sir, I did,’ the Captian replied, ‘and I could have beaten threeof the d d rascals just as easily.’By the way,” continued CoLJohnson, “if Granville Philpot everhears that the Times called him ahears that statesman from Clayhes got into town. He is a Republican from away hack, and afighter from Bitter Creek, havinghis residence at the headwaters.He was once elected to the Housefrom Clay, Jackson and Owsley, andit was related of him by his roommate that on the night of his arrival in Frankfort, and before takingoff his wooden leg preparatory to 1 retiring, he unbuckled a belt onwhich hung two old-fashioned Coltsarmy pistols. ‘What in the worlddo you mean, Granville, said hisfriend, ‘by wearing that battery ofartillery?’4* *I brought them guns’ along,said Granville, ‘so that if any ofthese d—d rebels down here get toputtiog on airs about me I can at’tend to their cases in short order.’Mr. Philpot found the rebels or-1 ganized on a strictly peaceful basisand had no excuse for unlimberinghis battery during his term, but nodoubt still has his guns, and W. S.K. has his warning which he hadbetter heed—Political Writer inLouisville Times.
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Thousandsticks
Middlesboro, Kentucky, US
Thu, Jul 25, 1912
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