The bee., 1895-10-03

ellis (Hardin's) election will
largely depend upon the wis
dom and fidelity with which the
free silver advocates carry them.
selves through the campaigns for,
il after so fierce a battle with Sc
overwhelming a result, the gentle.
men are to continue to make an
irreconcilable quarrel with those
Democrats who stand upon the
platform of 1892, as expounded
and illustrated by the Demo
cratic President and the Democratic
Secretary Of the Treasury, then we
shall not be able to elect any Dem
ocratic nominee in the State or in
the nation, this year or next year
There are two ways of looking,
from the standpoint of the SOUND
money Democrat at this Kentucky
situation. damn Hardin with
all your might Intil the morning
Of election day and then go to the
polls and vote for him." says the
Courier Journal and Gen. Simon
Bolivar Buckner.
That is one way. Now for the
other.
t'There is a question between
my conscience and my party" said
Hon. S. d. Mccormick, of Hen
derson, a lifelong Democratic. al
stand to-day with thousands o.
other Democrats in Kentucky, who
have no candidate for Governor
We had candidate nominated ir
the June Convention, and we were
prepared to follow him to the las
ditch But on August Io, he dug
grave so deep between him and
his party that no sound money
Democrat who does not wear the
collar can vote for him. This man,
after accepting a sound money
platform, and after his authorized
interview Of June 3, has deliberate.
ly repudiated the principles of his
party and disowned its platform tc
bow down in worship before false
god-the most dangerous heresy in
American politics. can't vote fol
him, | can't vote for Petit (the
Populist candidate So | choose
the Republican candidate, who
stands for sound money"
Mr.: Mccormick knows how hard
it is for a Kentucky Democrat to
withhold his vote from the whole
ticket. He knows what pride the
average Kentucky Democrat takes
in straight party record. He has
not declared himself without de.
Liberation and careful consideration
of the issue.
'Four years ago." he said, re.
fused to speak in behalf of the
Kentucky State Democratic ticket
on free coinage platform drawn
by Senator Blackburn. In May,
of this year, j sat in the sound
money Convention at Memphis.
To-day, l am consistent and bat.
tling on the same lines because my
conscience tells me that it is right.
II this be treason to Democracy,
let them make the most of it. The
font OF battle in Kentucky has to.
tally changed Bradley is the only
gubernational candidate who stands
with the National Administration
on the vital issues of the day. The
others are in the camp Of the Popu,
lists. On such an issue-between
the prosperity of the country and
its ruin Il elect to stand for its
welfare:' for its progress; for its
,transcendant civilization. With
thousands Of Kentucklans, | refuse
to stultify my convictions or to
sacrifice them upon the altar of any
party. do so because am op-
posed to a course OF economic sui
eide; becaue / want American
honor and American credit sus.
tanned at home and abroad and be.
cause would avert condition for
the United States which has over.
whelmed every silver country.
do it because ! put principle higher
than the spoils of Office and my
country above my party. | do i,
because l believe there is a God
in Israel; that he will continue to
direct the destinies OF this favored
country and protect it alike from
its enemies, whether they be found
in the Democratic, the Populist or
the Republican party"
Now, the equestion is, which view
will the sound money Democrats oi
Kentucky take. The blue grass
region is the sound money strong
hold. In Lexington, in Winches-
ter, in Paris, in a dozen other blue
grass Centers there is no other
Democratic sentiment to speak of.
AS It is with the towns, so it is
largely with the country Democrats
of this favored portion of Ken
lucky. They are for honest money.
The blue grass country, with Louis.
vile and the other cities of the
State, furnished the votes in the
Convention which downed free
silver and indorsed the Aministra-
ton. In the blue grass country
many of the weekly papers are out
and out for sound money, in strong
contrast with the prevailing tone
OF the country press in Western
Kentucky. An exceptionally we'll
informed editor in this part of the
State said to-day:
81 believe that eight out ten
sound money Democrats will refuse
to vote for Hardin. Some will stay