The Portland daily press., 1895-11-13
The Kentucky Legislature Will BAL
lot in January.
THE POPULISTS WILL HOLD The
BALANCE OF POWER.
Tho Condition Is an Embarrassing One
Goyernor-elect Bradley Is Suggested
II Will Be Memorable Contest-Popu.
lists are for Free Silver Man.

| lists are Tor a Free Silver Man.
| Washington, Novem ber 12.-The Ken
tucy legislature will begin battling Tor
IA successor to Mr.. Blackburn in the Unit
ed States Senate early in January. Inc
situation is one of extreme embarrass-
ment, and the contest promises to pc
most exciting. The Democrates and
Republicans are evenly divided, leaving
small populistic contingent OF two or
three holding the balance of power 10
which side, and under what conditions,
will this small contingent turn? Or Will
the two old parties permit the prize to
be decided in that way? May they not
in some way of their own make terms
between themselves, and compromise
either on a Republican acceptable to
Democrats or Democrat acceptable
to Republicansf
1t will be very simple proposition II
all of the Democratic members of the
| legislature were free silver men. In that
case Mr.. Blackburn would succeed him
| ell without any troubles The Popullsts
are for free silver, and probably like him
better than any of the Democratic can
didates. But the Democratic members
are divided on the money question. Some
are for sound money, and it is thought
to be extremely doubtful if they will even
consider a proposition to vote for Mr..
! Blackburn. The belief now is that they
would prefer sound money Republican
| to him.
TROUBLE ABOUT CARLISLE.
Mr.. Carlisle's name comes up, but in
stantly there is impeachment of his
course in the contest over the state tick
et The mayor of his own town of Cow
ington voices this. The free silver men.
it is predicted, will swell the cry. Re
ports has already stated that some of Mr.
Carlisles friends here and at homo re-
gretted the attitude in which circum-
tances seemed finally to force him in the
Kentucky fight. He incurred criticism
when he decided to go homo to vote
Would he, or would he not, vote for
Hardin? Naturally, he refused to answer
the inquiry. But he thereby added to
the curiosity excited. The sound money
Democrats asserte that ho would not,
because they hoped he would not. They
insisted that he owed it to them to stand
with chem; that they had come out into
the open of opposition to Hardin. The
silver men, on the other hand, claimed
that the brave act of the Secretary com
ing home to vote answered the question;
that had he desired to emphasize con-
tinued opposition to Hardin he would
have decided to remain in Washington.
All of this is to be brought up in the
fight before the legislature, not only
against Mr. Carlisle himself, but with
the view also of defeating anybody upon
hi 20 IN a
IN CASE OF A DEADLOCK.
In case of deadlock, Gov. Bradley, it
is suggested, may be chosen as the COM
promise man. Kentucky Republicans
in Washington are of opinion that Gov.
Bradley will not permit himself to be
diverted in that way from the task his
party has cut out for him. There is said
to be work for him to do for which no
other man in the governors chair at
frankfort would be half SO we'll qualified
There are state issues to be settled, ola
abuses to be exposed, with the details
of which he has made himself altogether
familiar, and about which he has talked
with the people, on the stump and off,
for years past. And now that he has been
elected governor-those issues, it is
claimed, playing a part in his success
he is committed to correction OF exist
ing abuses in the line that he himself has
marked out 1t is expected, indeed, that
the old Democratic ring at Frankfort
against which. 1t is stated, the present
Democratic governor has fought while
in office with much courage and yigor,
though without success-is to be Lexowed
by the new administration in the most
thorough manner. Governor Brown
stands almost alone and in opposition to
men in his own party, could do but little
beyond pointing to the evil But Gov.
Bradley will have great power, and he is
expected to exercise it with some startling
results.