Evening star., 1895-11-01
Kentucky Democrats Acquire a More
Cheerful Feeling.
MAKING APPEALS TOGEF out TIE Vote
What the Leaders en- Both Sides
Expect.
COL. BRADLEY'S EXPECTATION
Special From a Staff Correspondent.

| LOUISVILLE, November las election
day draws nearer there is an increase of
hopeful feeling among democrats that the
party viii: be successful at the polls next
| Tuesday. This feeling is said to be the
| result of the discovery that there will not
| be as much Scratching" of the ticket as
| vas at first feared.
1t is said the party managers have learn
| ed that the threatened bolt from Mr. Har-
dir on account of his free silver position
does not extend to the ranks of the demo-
cratic workers, but exists largely among a
| few prominent democrats, who. while con-
spicuous in their threatening attitude,
would not carry much weight on election
| day. 1t is claimed also that some of the
/ men who threatened to scratch or who
were suspected of an intention to do so
have changed their minds and will vote
| the straight ticket.
1t is said that the attention of the sound
money men who were under suspicion has
| been called to the fact that next Tuesdays
| democratic vote will form the basis of
representation in the next convention, and
| IL at If the sound money districts go back
| on the ticket the sound money representa-
| ton at the next convention will be just
| that much smaller. 1t is alleged that this
| argument has been used to considerable eff
feet.
1t is also said that the proportions as
| SuIueQ Dy tne repuDHcan campaign ana
the growing prospect of a republican vic
tory have brought many democrats to a
realization Of the danger confronting them
What Both Sides Expect.
To the public the demoor ratio leaders are
claiming a majority of 5000 for next Tues
| day, but they really believe they will pull
through by 1000 or 5000. It may be
stated positively that the republican man
ayers do not expect to carry a majority of
| the legislative candidates. This is ad-
.mitted privately.
They do believe. however. that they will
elect a republican governor by 12.OOO to
| 5000 and the other state officers by proba-
bly, smaller majorities. They think Col
| onel Bradley will run ahead of the ticket.
| They think there is a possibility of their
gaining more legislative candidates than
now seems likely. for the reason that in
some districts the free silver democrats
threaten to scratch the sound money legis-
lative candidates in retaliation for the
threats against Mr.. Hardin. The republi-
ever, and do not take it into serious ac-
/ count in making their calculations.
Proceeding upon this assumption that the
democratic legislative ticket will be elected
the republicans are holding out proposals
of deal with the sound money demo Gratis
looking to the election of sound money
Senator. This is being done upon the theory
that the sound money democrats will do
what the administration wants, and upon
the suppos:tion that the administration is
more interested in defeating the free sill
| phase of the political situation in Kentucky
" The proposition is this: That the sound
money democrats all over the state shall
scratch Mr.. Hardin and his ticket and vote
for the republican state ticket. Then IL it
| is found that the free silver men predominate
| n the legislature a combination is 20 lie
made between the republican legislators ard
| the sound money democrats for the selection
a Senator IN ad niniS
ton. This scheme originated among the
republicans, but how it is being received
by the other party at issue or whether it
Hwill be carried out cannot now be learned.
Col. Bradley Confident.
Col. Bradley, the republican candidate for
governor, is exceedingly confident of re-
ceiving a safe majority next Tuesday. When,
n the course of an interview / had with him
yesterday, he was asked to give the basis
for his confidence, he replied In, the first
place 1 expect an overwhelming outpouring
of republican voters this time. There have
always been more republicans in Kentucky
than people imagined. but they became so
accustomed to being defeated they got SO
they would not come out to the polls. Last
year, when they were forced out by the ne
cessty of doing something to relieve the
| country and their own condition, they sur
| prised themselves at the result. The total
republican vote Of the state was but two
tnOuSalfu less tnan the democratic,
This year they realize they have a splen-
did chance for victory and they will turn out
to man and make the fight 1 do not know
| to what extent we will profit by democratic
disaffection growing out of their platform
and their candidate, but my advices are that
there will be heavy scratching. 1 do hot
depend upon this, however, to make our
majority, for think we could win without
it, but 1t VIII increase the size of our ma
jority. The attendance at republican meet
ings throughout the. state and especially the
enthusiasm displayed at these gatherings
points Enthusiastically to a republican victory
We have no divisions in our ranks, although
we have free silver men as well as the other
side. l have met that issue sQuarely, how
ever. stood right up for sound money, and
believe even our silver men will stand by
the state platform on this issue.
The democrats have claimed that l
would lose negro votes through my posi-
ton on the proposed negro equality bill.
When it comes to the touch between the
republicans and the democrats as to the
civil rights of the negro, the black man
Will not hesitate to trust his rights to the
opposed to the negro equality law, and l
am. This law, to be modelled after that in
force in New York, would admit the negro
to equal privileges with the white man in
bath rooms, restaurants theaters and ho-
tells. If the law were passed it would not
be tolerated in the south. If the negro
attempted to use the white mans bath
tub, or sit at the same table with him in
| the negro would suffer. would veto that
law in an instant. In doing so l would be
saving negro lives.
However. 1 am opposed to the separate
coach act for negroes and it ought to be
repealed
At the moment we were on the train and
at the end of the car was a big placard
reading: For white passengers only"
You see that?" said Col. Bradley 1--WE
pay the same fare the negro does and ride
in this coach. while he sits in place par
titioned off from the smoking car That
is not right. There is no objection to riding
with the negro in the street cars, but they
say he cannot be allowed to ride with the
white man ir railway car 1t is not right
to give him inferior accommodations on a
train for the price of first-class ones"
The negro question is being brought to
the front and Col. Bradley catches it going
and coming. The white man is warned that
the republicans want to abolish separate
coaches and the negroes are told he is
opposed to the equality law On top of
this is raised the general cry of the ne
gro domination through republican su-