New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-28
THE KFNTTCKy DEMOCRACY.

III, Tri,uuo orrcrs IFS congratulations to the
"Sound Money" wing Of the Kentucky peiiioc
rocv upon their great victory In the ia'e Sl''c
Convention at Louisville. II WAS long ana ardu
ous contest \ contest according 10 all T''po'H'
with turbulent and diSordcrly MOD OF persons
who interrupted business. INDUCED III ca'caiiS
and Kisses and howls and IN a general WI!
stood the convention on It's head. y contest
also. with late hours and the multiiuhihous III
convenicnccs and disrcsScs and WEAKNESS III"
hoo1oches which they engcnder. Also with sour
mash under the influence Of which one OF their
own members OF the Committee on ResoIi'l"hs'
who had made too close a connection between
sounI money and sour mash, was put 10 p'd
oor,r with 4 TAG which astonishcd even Bourbon
County 4 contest likewise with Senator Joe
pl,clhurr who was loaded TO the muzzlc with
,orcroqe Of a sarcastic and nfammablc char
actor under the influence Of which the opponents
Of sound money became more vociierou' IMAM
over in their manifestations Of hostility TO the
eminent and porly person whom 'h'y h'ip'u !"
elect President in 1892. and the other eminent
I'M, not so portly Kentucky person who was
called into the Cabinet in 1899. 1t was great
struggle out OF 1t the Sound Money WIZ
came drlppins with perspiration. hoarse win
,rlumnhant They passed their resolutions. lhc
Tribune conTarulatcs them.
And The Tribune congratuatcs equally The OPP
nonents 81 Sound Money or advocates 81 fre'-
silver coinage or having obtained an equally I'm
nortant-and in the minds II many much more
significant triumph in the nomination OF their
frcc.sllvcr candidate for Governor II WIS
great thing. ~ course. for the SOUND Money
.fttfi n =
men 10 succeed in passing their own r'S'iu'i"hS
and defeating those ~ the free-slVer men, par
ticularly when II * taken into consideration 'h''
tbe Democratic party Of Kentucky Is pracucaiy
unanimous for free coinage. Eut IL Is also 4"
great thing for the frcc-sllver men tha'. h"'"''H'
standing the passage 81 the sound None!
resolutions under pressure from me i'''r''
Administration, with all It's paironas" ana '"'
invaluable aid ~ the Secretary ~ The treasury
who was on the stump on that side OF he Pu'S'
tion-thov succeeded in nominating ih'lr Tree
silver candidate for Governor II Is not 10y any
means certain that they have not after al so'
thc best end 81 the bargain. Notwithstanding me
boasts Of their opponents that the convention
took a stand for Sound Money On The facr
Of IT, II seems a far division; the Sound Money
men having the platform ana the fr'7"slIVcr men
,he candidate; and yet it is open to The laucr
to say that they have got the game whilc the
other fellows have only the name.
Nor can we withhold congratulations from ID"
Kentucky Democracy as a whole The party
has been perfectly consistent with lis record.
In 1851 Kentucky remained In the Union, hui all
rs Democratic statesmen nocked over into Inc
Confectionery The kentucky Democracy was 4
Union party but its leaders fought on the other
side There's a statue somewhere In Kentucky,
we believe. Of that illustrious Democrat, John 4.
RrecknrIdge who sat In the United States Sen
at. until after his State had voted against So
cession. when he calmly seeded on his own ac-
count and served through the War as Con
Tolerate General The party has a habit Of re-
solving one way and acting the other. In ms
instance II Is true 10 the record II Resolves In
favor OF Sound Money" and nomlnatcs free
silver candidates for office. In this way il holds
It's own and catches all sides. few Democrats
will vote for the Sound Money platform and
the mass will vote for a frce-silyer ticket so
both are satisfied and the party Is harmonious.
For riding two horses plunglng violently In oppo-
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