The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-07-09
Why Vote For HardinP

received an unquestioned majority o
the regular Democratic convention.
In the second place this convention
came direct from the people and re
corded their decision.
In the third place Gen. Hardin
stands upon a platform which indoors
es the Democratic National admins
tration of State affairs.
In the fourth place there is to be 8
thorough reorganization of the Demo.
cratic party as it passes into the hands
of the Younger members of this organ.
ization.
In the fifth place the failure of the
Democrats in all election in Novem.
Der on a hard money platform will
make it almost impossible for the
hard money men of the Democratic
party to secure the control ofthe Ken.
lucky delegation to the next Demo-
cratic National Convention.
In the sixth place the failure to vote
for Gen. Hardin is a vote for Mr..
Bradley.
The lines of Mr.. Bradley's campaign
are well know. He will make the
same speeches he made eight years
ago and four years ago. Without
presenting any remedies, he will assail
the course of the Democratic party
during the last generation. He will
attack our charitable institutions, our
school system, the management of the
penitentiary, and every other depart
ment of State Government. These
statements will be mere assertions,
unsustained by any facts in the re-
cord.
In view of these reasons, it seems
incredible that any Democrat should
for moment consider giving a vote
in behalf of the Republican ticket,
There is no issue between the two
parties on the financial question, save
this: While the Republican party is
opposed to free coinage, its leaders are
making vehement assaults upon the
Democratic administration.
Had Mr.. Reed and those for whom
he speaks in Congress adopted the
course suggested by Mr.. Cleveland
and Mr.. Carlisle, the bond transaction
OF which we hear so much, would
have been made at saving of several
of dollars. 1t was the obsti-
macy and partisanship of ex-Speaker
Reed which defeated the bill authoriz-
ing low interest, longtime bonds, and
this defeat compelled the President
either to suspend gold payments or &C
cept the terms Of the bond syndicate.
Nothing that has occurred within
the Democratic party for thirty years
has done so much to place it before
the people as progressive organiza-
ton as the action of the late conven-
ton. That convention took more
than one long step forward and the
Evening Post makes special plea to
the young Democrats, TO the men of
business, to the men who have neg
lected heretofore their political duties,
and do what they can to bring out the
full Democratic vote in November.
The ordinary majority will not do.
In the interest of the State, in the
party, in the interest of sound polite
al opinion, for which the Democratic
party stands, let every Democrat de-
not only to vote himself, but
to do all within his power to bring to
the polls every man who believes in a
sound currency, freer trade, in econ
omy in public affairs, and who is OPP
posed to the paternalism of the Popu-
list party.
The Democratic majority should be
10000 but it will be nothing at all un-
less the stay at home vote can be
brought to the polls.