Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-04
ADIVlDEDHOUSEHOLD
Unprecedented Condition of Aff,..rs
in Kentucky.
WHAT (Ln-TIhE POLITICIANS ASSERT
Never Such a Complete Over
turning Of Party Lines.
LAST CAMPAIGN RALLIES



line politicians say they have never known
such an Involved condition of affairs in
Kentucky as now exists. Democrats and
republicans of thirty years standing say
there has never been such imminence of
complete overtuIning of party lines. These
dispatches have heretofore represented the
general condition of affairs in the state at
large 1t has been shown that the demo-
cratic party consists of two sets of men,
one section holding to sound money and the
platform and the other to free silver and
the rarty candidates This would not be
SO bad If it were on the eve of a state
CONVENTION, where the difference might be
reconciled, but On the day before an cleo
tion it pre- sents the state of a house divided
against itself The only question there
fore is whether one of the sections of the
divided household, the one favoring the
candidates, is stronger than the united
ranks of the common enemy. In the face
of conflicting and perplexing claims, it is
a question which can only be answered by
tomorrow's ballots.
situation in Louisville.
In Louisville the situation is per-
picking than elsewhere. Here is district
with a normal democratic majority of
about 5000 wiped out last fall by repub-
lican majority of 1880, but presenting this
year conditions so abnormal and unusual
as to make almost any kind of result pos
sible There are the democrats divided on
state and national issues by difference
absolutely bitter and nreconcilable, the
money question.
The believers in sound money hate the
democratic candidate for governor with a
passion that is intense. Until you hear
them talk it would seem impossible that
there could he such feeling on the part of
politician toward the head of the ticket
They are firmly convinced that vote for
Mr.. Hardin means vote directly against
their financial and material welfare.
Furthermore. the democrats of Louisville
are divided on municipal issues: There Is
an independent, or citizens, ticket in the
field, having for it's object the publication OF
municipal government While IT contains
republican candidates, and will draw some
republican votes. the main strength of the
support of that ticket will be drained from
the democrats. With a realization of this
fact, the democratic managers are bending
every effort to drawing back their voters
There seems TO be sentiment abroad, how
ever, among the better class of democrats
that while they are scratching Mr. Hardin
and killing the free silver snake, they will
go the whole hog and vote for reform in
every way
The danger that confronts the republicans
In Louisville grows out of the part which
the A.P.A. has taken in local politics. 1t
has been demonstrated beyond doubt that
the local republican management has been
duped into indorsing the A.P.A.. and it is a
recognized feature of the campaign There
is very large Catholic element in Louis
vile, influential and important. and the last
few days have witnessed its arousal to a
thorough realization of the situation. Cath
olic republicans of prominence have come
out in cards. calling upon their colleagues to
drop politics for the time and stand united
against this attack upon religious and civil
liberty.
Both Sides Making Claims.
Both state central committees are claim
Ing the state for the respective parties by
majorites ranging from 1900 to 10000,
that tf 10
The sound money democrats and the reg
ular organization are agreed that there is
likelihood of safely carrying the state
ticket outside of the governorship. The
regular organization thinks that even the
governor will be elected by a reduced and
close majority, but the sound money men
think the governor will be defeated 1t IS
no exaggeration to say that the sound
money democrats would prefer to see Mr..
Hardin defeated if they can carry the leg
islature and the remainder of the state
ticket They take the ground that re-
publican governor, controlled by demo-
cratic legislature, could do very little
Farm, at least, not as much harm as a
free silver governor, with triumphant
legislature of the same kind, could accom-
plish. They think that the defeat of Mr..
Hardin by the people of Kentucky would
put an effectual damper upon the enthu-
sasm of the free silver legislators elected.
Perhaps ii may be remarked as tribute
to their patriotism that the business men
and prosperous farmers of Kentucky would
rather republican sound money Sena-
tor in the United States Senate than
democrat with free silver propensites.
Senator Lindsay's Argument.
Whether there are enough of them to over
, come the free silver cohorts. together with
the democrats who look upon democratic
domination as the first essential, is the oues-
ton. The latter class are not lacking for en-
coura cement from great democratic leaders.
Senator Lindsay, the idol of the high-class
democracy of Kentucky, set the pace for
such encouragement. He has made speech
after speech In the interest of a united de-
mocracy. His argument, and quote literal
ly from a speech made In Louisville Satur
day night. is this: THE sum of our leaders
SHINING is that he differs with many of you
on the currency question. True 1t Is that he
has not accepted the platform in the spirit
in which it was adopted. l myself am dis
appointed in the position that he has seen
fit to take. l thought that when the plat
form was adopted by such an overwhelming
vote that the currency question was settled
in favcr of sound currency; thought that
we would have more of it during the
state campaign. especially it was essen
TALLY a national issue; l thought that the
platform was an unequivocal statement of
Kentuckys position on the currency ques
ton. and that basis had been laid for a
campaign to be fought out next year, but
was disappointed
"All of my expectations have not and
will not he fully realized in this direction
reason to expect, am I to refuse that which
I can get? Am I, because Hardin ought
to he rebuked, to rebuke Grover Cleveland
and John G. Carlisle and take Kentucky
out of the democratic and dump her into
the republican column? If I were to do
this. in my judgment, 1 would do more
toward striking down the cause of sound
money than any other thing that l could
do My views on the currency question are
well known. 1t is unnecessary to enter
into discussion of them now. but / say
to you. a sound money democrat anx-
tous to preserve the integrity of my state
and to prepare a way for glorious victory
In 1S96. that you cannot afford to rebuke
Hardin at the expense of the party"
1t can be readily seen that this doctrine
coming from a man of his standing and
position in the party may have weight
tpon the extent to which his advice is
followed will depend the result of tom Dr.
rows balloting. 1t is doctrine which has
been extensively preached throughout the
disaffected districts. and 10 man can gauge
the extent of its effect.
Senator Iindsay's Complaint.
In talk which 1 had with him at Frank