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that sound.money Democrats might
support the ticket, Mr.. Durham
accepted an invitation to fill a Sc
ries of appointments.
In view of the developments OF
the past few days, Mr. Durham
has recalled his acceptance and
cancelled his appointments.
When Col Bradley gets around
to the manufacturing city Of Ash.
land there will be more strong evl.
dence of the widespread revolt
against the Democratic ticket. The
Republican nominee will be enter.
tanned and will beintroduced at the
meeting by one of the most promi-
nent Democrats OF Eastern Ken.
lucky A year ago, Capt. ]. c,
Bryant was President of the Mo.
hawk Club, an organization of 500
Democrats. He was a delegate to
the State Democratic Convention,
He is one of the principal mer,
chants of Ashland. Speaking of the
recent letter to John M. Atherton,
declaring that sound money Demo.
Gratis cannot vote for Hardin, Capt.
Bryant said
"I indorse every word of it.
Mr.. Atherton will find a ready re.
sponse to his arraignment of Har-
din all over the State. He has put
the question at issue tersely and
truthfully. His letter will change
thousands OF votes in the State
that have until now remained un-
decided. agree with him, and
so will every other honest Demo
crat. will not vote for Hardin, .
Breathitt County is one of the
largest in Eastern Kentucky. 1t has
always been a Democratic county.
Sixteen well-known sound money
Democrats of Breathitt have de
clared their purpose to work and
vote against Hardin. One of the
sixteen is Capt. Charles Hendrie,
who representative Kentucky Union
Land Company in Eastern Ken
lucky, and is an authority on the
natural resources of the State.
al could not with respect for
myself vote for the Democratic
candidate this year." is the way
Capt. Hendrie puts it. 'He has
trampled upon the Democratic
party and its platform adopted in
Louisville last June. | would
sooner vote for Tom Petit, the
Populist candidate. He, at least,
stands by his party, and is worthy
of respect. will never vote for
Hardin. He should be defeated. I"
John E. Patrick, leading Demo-
cratic lawyer of Jackson, is out
against Hardin.
al wish to say" said q. w. Mar.
tin, Democratic official of the
Lexington and Eastern Railway,
"that there are eight votes in our
family, and seven of them will be
cast against Gen. Hardin. A man
who is in favor of debasing the
currency of this country should not
be elected Governor of Kentucky.
Hardin has repudiated the Demo.
cratic party. He should be de-
feated. will do what can to
accomplish this result. l think,
too, that he will be defeated by
80, 900 majority"
These are the straws which show
how the campaign is going in Ken.
tucky.--St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
ATHERToN AND HARDIN.
The Henderson Cleaner, in try.
ing to be forcible merely makes it.
self contemplate. In reply to
Mr.. Atherton's letter to Mr.. Har-
din 1t says Mr.. Atherton is the pub
Usher Of The Evening Post-which
we are forced to believe it knows
to be untrue-and then it says that
Mr.. Atherton's card amounts to
this;
"That Mr.. Atherton has left the
Democratic party because the pres
ent candidate for Governor refused
to play into the hands of such
men as he by supporting the gold
conspiracy. The Democratic party
never had much in common with
plutocra@ any way, and can we'll
afford to lose the vote of such men
as Mr.. Atherton."
In the first place it is not Mr..
Atherton, but Mr.. Hardin, who
has left the Democratic party, as
the vote will show.
In the next place all Mr.. Ather-
ton has asked Mr.. Hardin to do is
to support the platform adopted
by the convention which nominated
Mr.. Hardin, which platform Mr..
Hardin promised in advance to ac-
cept as controlling his political
conduct.
In the third place the Demo
cratic party cannot afford to lose
the vote of such men as Mr.. Ather-
ton, for Mr.. Atherton and men like
him were nine to four on the Plat
form Committee and GA to z33 in
the convention. Men like Mr..
Atherton are the Democratic party
and the silver men are simply mu-
tineers who are to suffer condign
punishment November 6.
The Cleaner has heard of the
tail which could wsg the dog, and
it wants the experiment tried in
Kentucky.-Louisville Post.
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