Evening star., 1896-10-28
MCKINLEY AND KENTUCKY
Effect Of the Treatment of Secretary CAR
Isle on the Result.
The Congregational Situation AnaIyzed
Silver Men Have Chances
I'm Four Districts.


LOUISVILLE, October 81 1896.
If there was ever doubt that Kentucky
would go for Mckinley it has been dissi-
pated by the events of the past few days,
and now even the most conservative esti-
mate the ma ajority of the Ohio man at from
5000 to 15.UD0. OF course, the assertion that
Kentucky will go republican meets with a
prompt denial from the most reasonable of
the silver men, while the widest of them
still claim the state by $1,000. However, ii
is apparent to even the novice in politics
that the friends of silver are making their
last stand, determined to die in the last
ditch. The disgraceful treatment of Secre-
tary Carlisle at Covington had as much, if
not more. to do with clinching the repub-
lican victory in Kentucky than any other
one thing. and on the morning after the
outrage had been perpetrated it is no ex-
aggeration to say that a shudder went
through the entire commonwealth Other
statements to the contrary, Carlisle has as
many warm, true and loyal friends in his
native state as any other man in it, and
the insult offered to the states distin-
suished son was considered as personal
anront by many of the best citizens, who
announced their intention of using every
honorable means to wipe out the dishonor
by defeating the candidate whose followers
had 80 degraded themselves and their
a few fanatical hoodlums in his native
town should not be construed as evidence
that confidence in his integrity, brlliancy
or honesty is on the wane, and those who
hold to that opinion would speedily forsake
it could they see the tremendous ovations
that are being rendered him every day and
in every town through which he passes.
Only One Man Approved 1t.
But one man has been found, in the entire
state, who has openly approved Of the
Covington outrage, and that man is w. d.
Reed OF Louisville, a brother of ex-Mayor
Booker Reed. All others, irrespective of
party. have hung their heads in shame, and
in public and in private have condemned it
as disgrace to the state, which will re-
quire years to erase.
John S. Rhea, free silver nominee for
Congress in the third district, undertook to
answer Carlisle after the latter had spoken
at Bowling Green Saturday night, and
made a number of utteranceS which were
accepted by the crowd as tacit approvals
OF the outrage, he, among other things, de-
nouncins the Secretary as a traitor and
falsifier. But the Kentucky people are
aroused. and those who would otherwise
have voted for Palmer and Buckner, or
to get in line for Bryan, will now vote
solidly for Mckinley. A detective has been
employed to look up the inside history of
the Covingtcn affair, and ii may be that
election which will shake the old state to
it's foundation.
The Congressional Fight.
The silver men have practically given up
the fight for Congress in all the districts
except the first, second. third and sixth,
where they still believe there is a fighting
chance. In the sixth, however, r. p Ernst
and his friends making all the capital
that they can out of the Carlisle outrage
and the men who have known the distin-
guiShed Secretary from boyhood are arous-
ed. Ii is now said to be a settled fact that
A S. Berry, the democratic incumbent, will
be beaten by 2,JuW or 5000 votes and that
Ernst will win an easy victory; and all
because of the cowardly assault on Carlisle
In the eighth the silver men have practical
ly abandoned the fight, and Judge Dawson.
the republican nominee, is running away
from John b. Thompson, who is brother
of Little PHIL, who was concerned In the
Breckinridge-Pollard case as one of the
formers attorneys. In the seventh, Col.
Breckenridge will be an easy winner and
in the ninth, tenth and eleventh the re-
pubicaIs are more aggressive than ever,
and those districts invariably give big
publican majorities. 1t is in the first, sec
ond ard third that the fight will be made
for political supremacy in the forlorn hope
that in these three districts, which are ad-
mitted to be overwhelmingly for silver
that such big majority will be rolled up
that the republican majorities from the
mountains will be unable to overcome it.
In the first district Charlie Wheeler, the
free silver nominee, will win by from 5000
to 10000 votes; in the second, DR.. John b.
Clardy, the free silver incumbent, will have
all but a walk-over. with a majority of
fully 5000. while in the third 1t is believed
that John Rhea's majority over DR.. W.
Godfrey Hunter will be $500. Thus, allow
ing liberal estimates. the free silver men
hope to come to the fourth district with a
clean-cut majority Of about 20OOO. In the
fourth. John w. Lewis, the republican in
cumbent will win, but the free silver men
say that he will get a small majority over
Dave Smith, and it is variously estimated
at from $40 to 1,5OO.
The Louisville District.
In the ffth-the Louisville-district the
silver men concede majority of 5000.
In fact, this district viii 60 for McKin-