The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-05-10
THE KHNTuoKY RnPupLroANs.

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[courier- journal, May 4th.l
The Republican State Convention hal
quit and gone home after two days Of tur
MOL.
II was representative gathering o.
Kentucky Republicans, which is equiv.
alent 10 saying thatit was heterogene-
Gus conglomeration ofloquacity and pug
naclty.
IL was not exactly a cave of the winds,
but the most torrid oratory was Oh tap,
and in this, feature the bung-holc was
bigger than the barrel
!, Now that it has come aud gone, We
know very little more ab ut what the
Kentucky Republicans want or propose
than W. lid before, notwithstanding all
the oratpry withwhl.'h we were RECALLED;
for the convention was decidedly more
amusing than instructive. There was a
great deal ofwild abuse of the Democratic
party, of the regulation Campaign quail
ty, together with much boastful refer
ence to what the Republican party in
tends to do should 1t ever regain power
all of which, by the way, Il failed to do
during the long term of years when it
was inu listed with the administration OF
the Government. The prevalent tpnden-
cy seemed to be the shunting of all that
Is vital and practical in the political
questions before the country for the at
tempted resurrection of the long-settled
issues of sectional animosites, race an
tagonlsms and senseless fanatlcism of the
reconstruction era, (which appear to be
yet the last desperate reliance of the Re
publican party in its effort to recover ma
tional supremacy. It was truly rat
Ting of the dry bones of the dead, and
Judging from the spectacle ii presented
at Leiderkranz Hall. Kentucky Republic
uanism is to-day a headless ghost on an
aimless jamboree In the graveyard Of the
past
The resolutions have nothing TO say 10
favor of relieving, In any manner, the
people of the burdens OF oppressive tax
alton, while the positive demands they
make are for the looting of the Treasury
through Blair bills, pensions, the Direct
Tax Bill, etc, showing that the Republi-
can heart is still in the hafcyrn days when
taxation was at its Highest, and extraya-
gance and corruption in distributing the
revenues to loyal latriots made L the
golden age Of those Republican officials
and their friends who could keep out oil
the penitentiary-which was not at all
difficult to 40.
When an attempt was made to have the
instruct the delegates to Chi
rago for Sherman it was quickly discover
ed that there was as little unanimity on
this question as there usually is among
Kentucky Republicans on any question.
The resolution instrncting for Sherman
was overwhelmingly defeated, aud the
delegation goes to Chicago in the dark,
Just as the party IN Kentucky and every
where else Is, united on no man, but
Dlindly hoping that some one may some-
low and somewhere turn up to lead their
orlorn fight against theiuevitable in the
coming campaign.
About the only definite things which
he convention accomplished was TO send
o the rear as is customary, The colored |
'rother aud the Irish recruit, as well as |
pinstruct for Mr.. Bradley tor Vice Pres
dent, a meaningless instruction, which
he convention was willing enough to
i've, as it knew that Mr.. Bradley stands
10 more chance, of securing place on
he ticket PVT forth at Chicago than he
las of sitting on the bamboo throne of
he Ahkoond ofSwat.