Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-11
IBLEGRAPHIC.
BRADLEY SENSATION.
E.u,ucEy's GOYllDlF Denies that
There IS Any.
his EXPLANATION OF ruEuArTER
Mckinley Never Sugg, sied tho Adog-
lion of Plank With u Strong
Free silver Tinge.

FRANRroRr, Ky, June lO.-Dufing
ibe pnst week statements have been
.cpt out from Washington that Gov.
w. o. Bradley, who was lat year
elected governor Of Kentucky ON
cold standard platform over a Demo-
cratic Tree silver oand date, had ofigiu.
silly been In favor OF oomptumlaiBg
policy, and thst Governor Mckinney
had induced lin TO adoft the goli
standard policy, and that he has tince
NEGOTIATED with Mckinley aud other
oapdidatcs, aud this has boon followed
By statements purporllrg 10 come
from Frankfort, tina, Gov. Bradley had
An hIs possession letters written him b.
confidence 10 IA various Republicans
Of national Prominence, which ne
woul make public IA retaliation TOT
the aspuftions against his siucufity, II
las cen in;imatrd that the expected
disclosure would create great souta'
ton In national IUlites, and In u3nso.
aurhce the governor has been over
uholmed with Inquiries w tho subject
Concerning thste reports GOV. Brad
Icy today made the following state.
maut!
cannot permit the Washington
dispalch 10 the Chicago Record to pass
unchsllsngrd. In response, lueny
natl was ever the Representative OF
Nit. Hanna In my way, nor ~ II true
that my action was ever controlled or
governed In tho slightest degree ny
what IN politically called IN that dis.
patch tue GENERALIZATION crowd"
There WAS never any combination
hptwe cen these gentlemen OF any OF
them and myself OF any Of my ificnds.
have not attsmnted TO make aus
t,rnis with Mt. X inley OF any " his
muusgets, OF with any Of their msna-
grfs. have not offered 20 tfaie ak
Teen votes or my vote for tho vice
presidency, nor will be n candidate
for YiCo President, nor would accept
cabinet position.
did write 10 Mr. Mckinley and at
the same time 10 n number VI loaiiu y
Republicans Of the country concoruiug
the Kentucky campaign, Tue iutiu.
uation that 1 wrote iavoflng a stfhdilo
on the caftency question, or that Nit.
Mckinley advised mo not TO pursue
such n cOufet, or SAID that "thr silver
agitation was the result Of hard times,
Just ~ the gteonback craze was tue
result Of tho panic OF lsI3,"ls totally
false. did not write him that "a
mHlofity Of the people OF Kentucky
were In favor Of free coinage" or that
both parties were rapidly drifting that
way. My expressed opinion sas that
the Minneapolis platform wac too gem
otAl, and that the party should make n
clear ana distinct declaration. My
views concerning the currency ques-
ton are too well known 10 require
explanation In koniucky. eco.
In conclusion, after referring 10 the
lhle campaign In Kentucky, Governor
Bradley says;
81 believe sound currency will be
tho leading Issue VI the coming cam
pa 90. The honor Of the Republic
anu the welfare Oi the people demand
ils correct solution. IL IN lar above
personal success orindlvidusl advance.
mont, anu In this hour Of supreme trial
the Republican convention should DO.
clare uuhusllatlngly In favor OF the
single gold Etanint IL II no time Tor
uuibbling or evasion. We may lose
tumc western etalvr. Uut this luss Will
be more than compensated by gains IN
the old slave border states. but II
thought such n uoclafatlon w0ulJ cauie
the Republican nominee o. be defeated,
would none the lees favor II, TOT sue.
cess at the expense VI national welfare
would BE- n6iIhor crsdltable nor PROFIT
Sblr.
"lu Justice 10 Mr.. Mckinley, will
ndd tunt the statement Ia today 4
Couri,t.JouTnal that he wrote me rec.
ommeuulng tho adoption Of plans