New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-05
KENTUCKY BOURBONS BOLT.
THE BREACH IN THE PARTY RANKS
WIDENING DAILY.
ANOTHER PROMINENT DEMOCRAT DECLARES HIM
SELF AGAINST HARpIN-HENRY wArrh"-
SONS HALTING DEFENCE OF THE
FREE-sILvER CANDIDATE

FREE-SILvER CANDIDATE
IN, TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNEl
Louisville. KY. Oct A--Another party leader OF
standing and influence has joined Tue '"""' -
tho Sound money Democrats, who openly OPP
nose tho candidacy Of p. Wat Hardin. the Black
burn free silver coinage candidate for Governor
~ this state. Judge j. Q. Ward, Of Paris. Bour-
bon County, one OF the best-known ana most
highly respected Democrats Of the Blue Grass
country follows to-day the example OF John NJ
Atherton and Boyd Winchester and publishes IN
"rhe Post" the leading anti-Hardin Democratic
reusnaner of this city vigorous two-columh
letter in which he details the reasons wh'ch VIII
comnel him TO vote against the refractory nomi-
nee of the Louisville Convention. "Self-respec'
and the autonomy OF the Democratic parry
rudye Ward announces at the beginning oil HIS
argument both prevent me from suppoi''"s
General Hardin" The success OF the present pio
eramme of Hardin and Blackburn he asserts III
wolves a practical recommittal OF the parry III
Kentucky TO free silver coinage as caro'hai
Democratic principle, and the election Vi i'''u'''
now. he contends. would make ineVi'aoie III.
triumphant return Of Blackburn TO the ohi'eu
States Senate next winter. "A vote ior "e"e'"'
Hardin at this time and under these '"N"''
stances he concludes, us not vote TOT 'he De,'''
ocratic party If Democracy Is to be testeo o' tue
,.t,o~ms of 1892 and 1895 1t will give no hope 10
the Democratic party in any state tha' Is uou''
o., o., ,ha canvass of 1896 On the contrary, II Is
= ,,o,s for free silver and will be received al
home and abroad, not only as free SILVER Wv
tory hut as the first and only victory Tor Tree
r.nysr An a democratic State or In a state east Oh
the foothills of the Rockies. 1t is vote wh'cn
blasts all hope for Democratic success IN 1881
ORGANIZING THE OPPOSITION
Judee Ward was one Of the leaders In the hs"'
4 year ago in the With Congress DISTRICT u p'0
vent Colonel w. c. p. Brecknridges reho"''i'"
t.on and through his influence coupieo VII" '"a.
OF George c. Lockhart. Colonel BrecKin'i"s
purality in Bourbon Comfy. where ne hao
counted on an easy victory at the primary eiec-
,ion was kept down to n little more thah one
hundred votes. Last september COLONEL ""e
CLAW OF Paris. was considered the chiei prop III
Bourbon County OF Colonel Breckinrdses gam
paisn of vindication" This year me- 'oo mas
boIted Mr. Hardns nomination ana Is ac"'eis
engaged In organizing the sound money eie"'e"
In the county In opposition to the heau VI nv
Democratic ticket The combined 'hiuenSe -
F. these two or,mnent leaders NIL undoubtedly be
seen in greatly increased ote mex. "ion." '''
Co,one, Bradley IN this noted Blue Grass Demo-
cratic stronghold. ..~.-..- l.
Returns from the three days registration IN
th,e city indicate total vote next moh'h Oh oe-
tween $500 and 1000 slight increase over last
vsar Probably two-thrds Of the voters VINO
repistered declared their party Affiliations. the
Democrats obtaining on this record an apparent
nIuralitv of between two thousand and three
thopsand In the city As this is materially
smsller plurality than was shown last year. when
tho citv was carried by the Republican CANDIDATE
for Congress by 5000 votes. the Republican man
ayers are entirely satisfied with the figures as
they now stand.
HENRY WATTERsoNS DILEMMA
"The Courier Journal" Of this city. wEich, I'M
der Henry Watterson's guidance, Is giving
nominal and reluctant support to Mr.. Hardin
candidacy for Governor, has for some weeks past
maintained stubborn silence on the personal
and factional issues which divide and distract
the Democratic party in the State The recent
letters of John NJ. Atherton and BOYD W'hches-
ter regulating Mr. Hardin's claim to party sup
port and the attacks Of Ex-Governor buchnei
on the financial orthodoxy not only OF Hardh
and Blackburn but also Of mis- ostensibe sound
money" associate, Representative McCleary' nave
made this policy OF silence and suppression no
longer practicable, and Mr.. Watterson was forceu
Yesterday In a characteristic editorial 10 resta'e
and defend the difficult and annoying position
in which ne has been placed by his apparent
comm.ttal to the success OF Hardns free-shver
canvass. Mr. Watterson admits at the outset
that with Democrats like Winchester ana ATM
erton like Lindsay and Buckner agreeing upon
a statement Of facts touching the opinions ana
conduct Of the Democratic nominee for Gov
ernor. yet disagreeing In their concusions-'he
e,s, two refusing him their support the two
latter supporting him under protest-it Is ne'-
table that the Democratic rank and file should
he stirred by q divided sense of public duty He
continues: ION every hand intelligent and llfe-
long Democrats are asking themselves ana one
another whether they shall STAND oy their con i
science and convictions as 10 an issue eihoouS
ing the National credit and the money OF me
people or whether they shall discount these lor
the moment. and. by reason OF other coiis.ue.a.
tons, stand by the ioedl VI ea'" CIV ~
Of their party
FEAR OF A THIRD TERN
The question of party obligation to support the
free-silyer coinage nominee or the hou'sViie oo'-
vention. the cole basis of the pathetic appeals
made nv Mr. Hardin'5 friends for the votes OF the
"soupdmoney, Democrats of the state. is as
missed in the curt suggestion that each Democrat
, must be the Judge OF his duty to a canoIua'e
,'who has by the reputation OF the piatiofIh ol
which he was nominated forfeited ms chlei IAN ,
UNION the party allegiance MI Wattcisoh , m,a..
tains that the strength Of the Hardin Biackpuin
silver crusade in Kentucky lies in the fear OF the
Democratic rank and file tnat the triumph OF tne
.sound money" wing Of the party VIII necessally
tpvoiye the denomination OF President Clevt'aho
rh,. apnrehension though perhaps JustihaDie
Mr. Watterson; condemns as illrsory he de,
ciares it inconceivable that Mr. cleveland shouia
seek another term in the Presidential once, ana
..ar,s tha, az bv some miraculous concatena-
H"n Of events. ne (Cleveland could compel
fourth nomina ton he could hardly carry C9n-
gress district in the Union II wouiu pe aes0' 10
ton Party organization ana ues Woulo oe