Blue-grass blade., 1890-11-01

ton race course.
AS a reporter ] was once u
guest at a banquet given by Ken
lucky distillers, at the Phoenix
Hotel in this city, when n United
States Senator from Kentucky,
passed upon distiIlers and their
business, ulogiums as high and
commendatory as one of our col
Icgc presidents or most brilliant
city ministers could possibly do,
upon body Of gentlemen met
here in the interest of education
or religion.
The papers of this city report
that Senator Blackburn has re.
Gently graced the Lexington race
course with his presence, and
though he will probably soon be
restored to health from the in.
iuries he received in going from
the races, as the BLAUE hopes he
may be, there is but little probu
bi'ity that he will he at the meet
ing of the Farmers Alliance in
this city. though the place of
their meeting is just one mile
nearer the Senator's home. or
Washington. than the Lexing.
ton race track is
When Pennsylvania, an iron
producing state, sends man to
represent her at Washington, she
sends "Pig Iron Kelly an ele-
giant gentleman to whom, with
his wife. ! had the honor of an
Introduction by the lamcnted
Senator Beck. The result is that
the "Key Stone State" moves ON
in a prosperity that is astonish
ing to us. That state shows it's
business judgment by sending
to represent her, IA man who
knows her business, and is in
sympathy with it; and until Ken
tucky learns to do the same she
will remain in the soup as she
now is.
But in view of all this, willie
Prohibition offers to this Con.
gressional district Hiram W.
Ford, IL man of first class intelli-
gcncr, and spotless rel utation,
public and private, who has made
his living as an intelligent and
honest farmer,many of these very
farmer Democrats who complain
of depression IL their business.
will vote for Colonel Breckin-
ridge, who could not tell you
whether corn, potatoes and
pumpkins ought to be sowed
broadcast or put in with force
feed drill.
And these farmers will vote
for Colonel Breckinridge, not be-
cause they have stopped to con.
slider what they are doing, or be-
cause they can see how such Il
vote is going to promote their
interests, but because the news
papers of the State have harped
upon the ''silver tongue of the
tamou us orator as they were in
directly paid for, in business sue
cess and party popularity.
Oratory that is toothsome pap
ulum to politicians at any time,
is only appreciated by the farmer
on Fourth of July occasions; and
is not the thing that "makes the
mare go for the farmer.
The highest Alliance authori-
ties in the United States have
recognized Prohibition as its
"true yoke fellow and has un-
reservedly endorsed it.
Prohibition, alone and single
handed, will, | believe, in ten
years, carry this country and put
its amendment into the Cons'itu-
tion OF the United States.
With the Alliance as am ally
and running mate, it can do THIS
in the Presidential election in
1892.
The Democratic papers are
bidding for the Alliance, aud tell
ing them what the farmers would
accomplish if the Alliance would
east in their lot with them.
Haven't our farmers been in an
alliance with Democracy for
years? aud in this alliance have
they not sown the wind and
reapcd the whlrlwind! Yea, ver-
lily.
The Kentucky Democratic
farmer aud the Kentucky Demo-
cratic politician for years have
gone gunnil g together, and like
the ludian and the white man,
together have killed IL turkey
and II buzzard.
The politician has said to the
farmer, you take the the buz-
zard and will take the turkey,
or ! will take the turkey and you
may take the buzzur!;" but the
politician has "p.ver said turkey
10 the farmer, and lhe farmer has
eaten crow aud buzzar,i, white