New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-18
w threatens to overwhelm his candidacy with

Mr. Hardin had hoped by means OF the 'o"'
debates to faste1 on Colonel Bradley some
declaration which might serve as basis ior
negro domination campaign But before ,,e
he could escape from his own embarrassmen's
on the financial issue. and set In motion tne
machinery of his attempted 'bloody-shirt can,
yass the riot at Eminence INTERVIEWED anu
ended the joint discussions. Colonel Brauie!
had made his point effectually and had n0th,ns
to lose by the cessation OF the JOINT ueo .,,S
Mr. Hardin had everything to Iose' Tor Win
the opportunity for personal attacks ana cross
questioning gone. his efforts to ignore iegll-
mate political issues and make the canvass
turn on race prejudice and demagogc appears
TO partissn bigotry were likely to prove-as
they have proved so far-a signal failure
A VAIN CHARGE OF COwARDICE
1t was hoped at first by the Democratic man.
ayers that public sentiment could be anected
by charging Colonel Bradley with personal
cowardice in abandoning the Joint discussions
Eminepce Is a town in Henry County-a por-
ton Of the Ashland Congress district which DIS
tngushed itself last year by giving Colonel W.
c. p. Breckenridge plurality OF 200 or soo IN
his desperate struggle for "vindicaton. anu
incidentally a denomination for Congress at
the hands of his reluctant constituents Al
this place. late in August, crowd OF Demo,
cratic hoodums tried to howl down Coionei
Bradley When ne appeared TO deliver the open
ing speech in the joint debate ana aIter re-
peated but useless efforts to make niHseI
heard the Republican candidate Withdrew from
the platform and subsequently canceHeu all
further dates for Joint discussions.
The charge was spread all through the co s,I'
try districts of Kentucky that Colonel Bradiey
was afraid to meet Mr. Hardin again on the
stump and on this fiimsy capital-conceailns'
as 1t did. an appeal to the hentucNan pe euo
liar sensitiveness TO imrutations OF personal
cowardice-it was expected TO ALLEVIATE many
Republican voters from Colonel BradIeys sup
port. The Republican candidate at one or Two
of his mountain meetings thought 1t necessary
TO explain why he left the platform at Eni-
nence. II might have remained there ne salu,
land involved my friends in serious ditnculty
and so disgraced Kentucky by the sheddlng OF
human blood. But 1 am above that sort OF
thing II l am elected Governor. as | expect
to be- / want no stain of human plood on the
commission which is handed me-
This sentiment-highly creditable. indeed but
undoubtedly a little novel in Kentucky pohtics
was received with SO much satisfaction thht
Colonel Bradley has ceased aludng to the I'M
nence incident 1t has in fact. been quite over,
Swallowed and forgotten In the hury-Duriy VI
politics since -,
The boldness and decision of Colonel Brad
ley's leadership in this campaign nave peeI
conspicuousy displayed alike In his inslstence
on rigid adherence to Republican nnahciai
doctrine and in his frank and conservative
treatment of the race question IN locai Po!i
tics There is undoubtedly minority eleii '
in the Republican party in Kentucky whlcn mas
in the past more or less openly favored me
free coinage of silver; and the Repuoncah lilan
ayers had they followed examples SET III o''ie &,
Southern States, might have been tenlpteu' !"
view of the Democratic Conventions lndorse,
ment Of the National Administrator sou i,o
money" programme, to Ignore RepupHcall p -, ,i
ciples and angle for dsaffected Democra,iI
and Populist votes by adopting an equiVocdI
financial platform. Colonel Bradley set hii s"n
with Representative Evans ana 9lmer re, da'
resoutelv against any such specious but oe-
moraIizing policy, and the high plane or nhan-
ciaI honor on which he has set his canvass mas
already redounded incalculably 10 tne pdas
moral credit and 10 It's courageous
political availability. ,. Co,ore,
Bradley has been both moderate ana ca nnaro
olo IF
domination" he has dismissed as mere poii.
zeal humbug. The Republican platform, ne
has pointed out proposes no changes IN exist
ing conditions in Kentucky 1t does not FAVOR
mixed schools, which are prohlpl'eu 10y !,'e
State Constitution; nor does IL promise tne
negro airy rights or immunities Whlch ne uoe'
moi enioy at present. Colonel Bradley main.
tains that what the negroes of the state mos
want Is rest from the ceaseless agitation Oh siie
race question, and he has not been stahpeueu
h, the tactics of his opponent either into aban-
doning the friendly attitude of the Repupncah
party toward race when ~ eiiaa Sd ,,o ere
into asserting on behalf of the coloreo Noters
Of Kentucky demands which they do not make
and with which ii would be wholly impossioie
for the public sentiment here TO comply
THE THREE CANDIDATES COMPARED.
or the three candidates for Governor in the
field this fall--Bradley, Hardin and Pettit-blau-
lev is easily the most effective stump speaker ana
the most finished political campaigneT NO one
OF the three however can lay any serious clalm
to succession in he long line Of Kentucky gen
,Iine political orators. Colonel Bradley style on
The platform is direct and conversational. without
rhetorical ornament. but crisp, pointed ana Iuli
of homely vigor. Sympathetic ana easy IN man man
ner of a ready wit keeEly conscious or the nmi-
aatons of his auditors and quick 10 accommodate
himself 10 their intellectual horizon, Coionei
Bradley has few equals in Kentucky as an an
round political canvasser. TO these VALUABLE
qualities as a speaker he adds genial temper
and an imperturbabe good nature-characterls-
tics which justly entitle him to rank as one .ol
I'D NJ
the State.
= In appearance Colonel Bradley is short and
stout inclining little to rotundity. He wears
military looking beard. and has an open ana
nlea sing face. which lights up cordially in ami
nation He would readily De taken for what he
is a shrewd and experienced country lawyer
well past his ffties.
or MIR Hardin's personal qualities and political
achievements little need be said here. Though
the initiative In kndlng the feud which now di-
vides the Democratic party In the state was
nominaly his and il was undoubtedly his action
in regulating the Sound money platform OF
the Louisville Convention which precipitated the
revolt of the Sound money" Democracy, yet his
defiance Of the conventions authority was maze
inevitable by the operation or poltcai FORCES lai
beyond his personal control. In the struggle
which this act Of INSTRUMENTATION has forced MN
20 maintain against the Sound money element
in the party, his own personality mas Deen over
Swallowed by that of the senior United states
Senator from Kentucky. Mr.. Bsckburn, whose
revolt from the authority OF the Louisvhe Con
yention not only antedated Mr. Herdins, pu'
made the latters little more than tardy anc
formal acquiescence in a prearranged programme
Of marty rebellion If Mr.. Hardin is elected Gov
ernor next month, the triumph will be essential!
Mir Blackburn's and he will reap all It's imme
diate and prospective political benefits IT, or
the other hand, Mr.. Hardin Is defeated, MS OWL
DISCONTINUE will speedily be forgotten in the
more absorbing struggle for supremacy in the
State between the Administration forces. led by
Mr. Carlisle, and those marshalled under the II
10 ! standard of Mr. Blackburn.
Mr. Hardin Is an Indifferent public speaker, anc
this unlucky disqualification has made his free
silver coinage campaign Cor the GovernorshiI
more than ever tributary to Mr.. Blackburns can
yass for reelection. The two men are not unlike
in appearance. and there is something about the
anti dministration candidate for Governor
which suggests resemblance to New-York City:
perennial East Side statesman. Timothy j. Camp