New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-09
A CAMPAIGN OF PREJUDICE.
.Nrcpo DOMINATION" is THE WArch'
WORD OF KENTUCKY DEMocRArs'

CIT LOOSE FROM PkiH'h ""'
,rcr tn WIN by APPEALS TO THE
PASSIONS OF THEIR PARTY.
r..r,,or, XIV. Sept CSpeciaD.-The De"o
campaign In Kentucky has ceased " ~ ., nreiu-
c,pes from now on 1t Will De ea"p -.s,ac,e been
a,ce Seldom has such politica spe -, c.r.ra,
presented to the American people ne'Y ,s,od nm a
rrIra,n q ,vpcal Kentucky ranter' hon''" ga
Ha'u,"' nlatform He bolts platform a'
80. a,,,rg. ont and around 10 SUI ,'" o..
axpccts IN be elected as a free si'ef e 49, ,,os of
n. IN no longer making his canvass o o,,,r.p,lv
onv platform or any issue whien :. - ,o,n, d.
$500 go th. neople to-day. He wanted no .o g..
.,.nar state or local issues WI" d"
Sas., =, chivary and honor and fa'r pay, ~
,~o-,oo-o,c Marty OF Kentucky does not WAN
speech and fair discussion . orurue the
WHEN colonel Bradley declined 10 co" , A.
,o,nt debates he foresaw that the De'o S, h,,
w., 49, ,as 70 howl him down and to prevent "n.
80, heinp heard when he opened up 'ne 49, ,., =,
-. ro,ra,,c Government in the Commoh"ea''" "
yrn,rctv SO long as joint debate cou'u De -
r,ed on with fairness and order' Co'o'' "a % reroo
Tho host of IT, He could present the reeo'' - 49, IN.
crat,c rule in a State which has been p'''as.a ~
ort,ru,l dominance OF one party pacNeu -
,s majority 1t was when he toucnea y"
80 ,ooI ,ssuea that fair play was reluse' ,
NJ could he keep the Democratic cano'ua IT.,
~. lines of the discussion. Generdi h" 80
woe an appeal to prejudice, an ala'" "
ascendency In white man o'a,e' ~ =, sound
tver "The Courier Journal the organ VI 49,
-. ra Secretary Carlisle. has Deen "i''pp.
,n,o ,,ro nv the Hardin Blackburn conspiracy. nv
naner supposed to be managed eu''o,.a"y ~ .ooas
Watterson comes meekly into the fi",u ,, =,
' sc,or,pr that even If free silver trlurp"' IA
,b,a state IL cannot triumph In the Na'iona' ,,
-, co,vortion Yet here Is Hardln pfac'oa"'
So.o,,c,ro the Kentucky platform, ana mere 10
Blackburn attacking 1t IN every spee'" " -.
| ~ Hardin and Blackburn both WIZ WIN ''e' -
cIor, q victory for free silver? VIII they nv 60
dominate the State Convention OF i0so Hnu
,ree silver delegates to the National Co". 80. =,
free 81 , . ,oi, % the Democracy of the Nation II
| 1tn,u.ky the home Of Carlisle, declares lot Hee
| silver year hence
KU-KIJX CAMPAIGN.
1,,. currency question, National affairs STATE az
| fars-au have been forgotten IN t"e ~,
| camnaien as General Hardin Is carrying o"' 80,
| 10 hearing aloft the ku-hluX banner -
rapeous declaration that Republican SUCCESS No."
| rearo domination. He Is appealing 10 preJuu,oe
80, -, ,,. zealous fury CT al Anarchist one py
na all the so-called Democratic leaders, the sou"u
money men who have stood by Carlisle ana "lo'
| Cleveland have come under thls tiaru''i o
| They have talked about him ana aga'ns. "''i'
| In nrivate conversation they have caheu HI"
| hustcr,ng superficial demagogue. They Know ne
~ -, man NJ ability. but he has had ability
| .rouob successfully 10 cajole or threaten all ING
! Administration Democrats in the state OF heh-
,uckv When the State Committee summoheu mn"
| to Louisville intending to discipline MIN iot III
ddelity on the money question. he insisted o"
nraaching free silver in defiance OF the PLATFORM
| 90 oo,,roIIed the committee to issue an address
making the negro-domnation idea the real feature
| and issue OF the campaign
without such an outrageous appeal to prejudice
| the Democratic party in Kentucky wouid De
| doomed Sensible men know that Republican RUE
does not mean negro rule in this state out the
| sansihle men in the Democratic party south OF the
Ohio River vote on the side OF prejudice. just the
| same as the ignorant and deuded KENTUCKY NOUN
| tnineers For instance. II is well known lhat the
| t.nkers and business men OF LOUISVILLE are pi'-
! t.rlv opposed 20 General Hardin BECAUSE OF MS
| free silver trades Yet these same business men
| n, a great city are described Democrats VINO
| would rather see Hardin score n victory ror Tree
| silver in Carisle's own State than vote for Ke-
| publican.
| Here ir Frankfort lives Senator William Lindsay
| who is admitted to be the most scholarly ana IN
| te,lectual Democrat living IN Kentucky his
! nosition as a sound money man has been well
| known He was against free silver when 1t was
| an all-powerful sentiment In the state lie re-
| mains consistent in repudiating the Views ex-
pressed by Hardin and BLACKBURN ana YET ne IN
s.sts that Hardin will win.
But Senator Hardn's success means victory
for silver" said his interlocutor, in long talk
| on the situation.
Not at ALL" said the Senator. 1T will be so
| represented but when Il comes ID the election o.
| delegates 10 a National Convention next year you
Will find that the free coinage men won't cut any
figure Many OF the delegates who voted for Har-
| din in convention were sound money Democrats
who thought he would adhere TO the platform,
| once he had the coveted honor"
ON the subject OF the Joint debates and their sud-
den ending Senator Lindsay had this TO say:
II think Bradley hurt himself with his own party.
That he was misused Emnence no sign
that he would not have fair play at other points
You know Kerhuckians expect man TO stand BY
his guns and don, think Bradley's funk Will 90
him any good A joint debate Is good thnS 10
bring out crowd. Voters come out VINO ordinarily
don't even go 10 the polls. They are generally
Democrats and no knows that better than
Bradley This State will remain In the Demo-
cratic column by majority OF 1905" or igV" per
haps more once you arouse the Democrats ana
let them think there il danger OF Republican
success. the vote will be brought out, and victory
Is certain. There about 10000 Republicans IN
the State. Fully 700 OF these are 'niSgers There
are about 10000 Democratic voters In Kentucky,
and all are white While we don't suppose mat
Republican success means actual negro DOMINATION
we know that the Republicans Will have 10 give me
negroes fair share OF the offices and honors
But does the negro have fair chance 10 vote
in kentuckyY
'Oh. OF course. There never any objection
to the negro voting in the State. The Democrats
know they have majority, and there Is no danger
On the other hand. a great many white Democrats
stay away from the polls rather than rub up
against the negro
This little conversation with Senator OF the
United States shows exactly the Democratic pro-
gramme In Kentucky from on.
THE JOINT DEBATES
| Hardin wanted to keep up me joint debates be-
cause they gave him great crowds. TO which he
could preach the negro prejudice Idea. Beginning
al Eminence he made that the leading feature OF
his speeches. He and all the other Democratic
orators agreed at Louisville two weeks ago that
the only way the State was 10 scare the
white people with the old bugaboo of negro DONNA
tiDn.
, They are telling in the back counties, that the