The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-07-16
NO MUZZLE.
Senator Blackburn Says He
Will Not Wear One.
SPEECH AT WINCHESTER

Winchester, Ky, July 12.--The
announcement that Senator Blackburn
would speak here to-day brought a
large number of people to town. The
courthouse was found TO be too small
and an adjournment was taken to the
the Opera house. Judge James Elan
agan introduced him and was greeted
with considerable applause. He spoke
for two hours, three fourths of the
time being occupied by au argument
tor free silver and half of the remain
der in the discussion of the Tariff,
Force Bill, Carpet bag rule in the
South,etc. After referring to the two
previous times recently when he was
here to make speech and was pre-
vented he said:
There are some who have said thai
/ aud others have been muzzled and d.
rected not to speak on the State issue
of our party. / am glad of this public
occasion to deny this statement. We
are not muzzled, and there is no power
on earth that can do SO. Clark coul-
ty was represented in the conference
by member of the State committee.
He is here now and will bear me out
in the assertion that there never was a
purpose on the part Of the Democratic
party to restrict or limit the treest and
fullest exercise of opinion in debate
by the speakers. Nobody is to be
muzzled in this free land Of ours. No
man would submit TO beng muzzled.
There was no occasion for it, whatever
newspapers may say to the contrary.
81 tell you that conference that l at
tended atLouisville yesterdaywasquiet
friendly and peaceful in every respect,
so that the committee decidediust what
the committee had already decided
and that is that the fight upon which
we are now entering between Repub-
licanism and Democracy in the State
of Kentucky is an open, free and fair
aght for all, where no man is restrict.
ed, but every man is at liberty to pro-
claim his views and to preach Democ-
racy pure and indebted,
There are some in our own party
prominent in leadership and place
who have insisted that we should &C
into the contest with our hands oveI
our mouths and our mouths in the dust
refusing and declining to debate with
the apostles of Republicanism the i'm
portant and vital issues of national
politics that are pending before the
people. You are told by the press OF
Louisville that the currency is not &c
be discussed in this contest This
press is singing in lower tone this
morning. The metropolitan press is
no longer issuing orders to you or tC
me. The authorities of the party
have spoken and have authorized you
and me to speak.
81 promise to preach no heresies, tC
advocate no new-fangled doctrine
The currency question was not, ough
not and could not have been elimina
ted from the canvass. 1t is the ont
vital question now before the Ameri
can people"
In the discussion of the currency
question Senator Blackburn expressed
himself in favor of the reorganization
of the money laws from top to bottom
He ia in favor of free and unlimited
coinage of silver, but does not insis
on the ratio of 16 TO l. He is willing
that the ratio may be 20 or 80 to l t.
insurea parity between the metals
After tribute to the high qualities a
leader displayed by Col, Bradley, 1t
closed with the warning to Democrat
hat the race this time was not tn,
usual hippodrome, but race in ear
nest. He said nothing concerning tn,
platform or the State ticket, barely
,nsntioned his own candidacy, ant
ISlid not allude to the President or hi