The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-11

FRANKFORT, KY, June 10. During
the past week statements have been
sent out from Washington that Gov
ernor W. o. Bradley, who was last
year elected governor OF Kentucky on
a gold standard platform over DEM
ocratIc free silver candidate, had orig
Inally been In favor Of compromis-
Ing policy, ard that governor McNln-
ley had induced him 10 adopt the sold
standard policy. that he has since ne
gotiated with Mckinley and other can
dates. and this has been followed By
statements purporting to come from
Frankfort. that Governor Bradley had
in his possession letters written him In
confidence from various Republicans OF
national prominence, which he woutd
make public in retaliation for the as
PERSONS against his sincerity.
1t has been lntlmated that the ex-
pected disclosures would create great
sensation In ntlonal politics, and in
consequence the governor has been
overwhelmed with inquiries on the sub
iect. Concerning these reports, Gov
ernor Bradley to-day made the iollow-
ing statement: .,,,, d,s-
81 cannot permit the washington as
patch TO the Chicago Record 10 pass
unchallenged. In response. deny that
/ was ever the representative OF MT.
Hanna in any way. Nor is II true that
my action was ever controlled or gov
erned in the slightest degree by what
Is politically called In that dlspatch the
Platt-Clarkson crowd
"There neverwas any combination be-
tween those gentlemen or any OF lheM
and myself or any OF my friends. l
have not attempted to make terms with
MIR. NcKInle or any Of his managers,
or with any one Of the presidential as
pIrants or any vote for the vice prcsi-
dency, nor will l be a candidate LOT
vice President, nor would / accept
cabinet position. :
81 did write to Mfr. Mckinley, and at
the same time wrote tn number or
leading Republicans throughout the
country concerning the Kentucky CAM
paIEn, The lnsinuation that i wrote
iavoring straddle on the currency
question, or that Mr.. Mckinley advised
me not to pursue such course or said
that the silver agitation was the result
OF hard times Just as the greenback
craze was the result Of the panic or
lST3.' is totally false. did not write
him TINT n majority Of the people OF
Kentucky were In favor OF free coinage,
or that both parties were rapidly drift
ing that way My expressed opinion
was that the Minneapolis platform was
too general and that the party should
make a clear and distinct declaration
My views concerning the currency ques-
tiOn are too well known to require eX-
PLANTATION in Kentucky. Weeks before
the convention assembled, the Louisville
Critic announced my declaration that l
would not accept the nomination on a
free silver platform. and the Dembltz
Interview In the Courier Journal was al
most equally explicit. have time and
ngain declared In favor nf the gold
standard with every dollar made or
equal value and against the free and
unlimited coinage OF silver. My can
vass was made on n platform cmbodyinS
those Ideas, and adhere to that plat
form now l believe that sound cur
rency will be the leading Issue Of the
coming campaign. The honor OF the
republic and welfare Of the people de-
mand It's correct solution. II Ia far
nbove personal success or Individual adj
vanccmcnt, and In this hour Of supreme
trial the Republican convention should
declare unhcsitatlngiy In favor Of the
single gold standard. 1t Is no time for
OuIbbllng or evasion. We may lose
some western states, but this loss will
h., more than compensated by gains In
the old slave border states. But II I
thought that such n declaration would
cause the Republican nominee to be de-
fcated. would none the less favor II.
for success at the expense OF national
welfare would be- neither crcditable nor
profitable.
In Justice to Mr. Mckinley, | VIII add
that the statement IN to-day's Courier
Journal that he wrote me recommending
the adoption Of a plank with n strong
free silver tlnre iE not true, neither h,
nor any one Of the gentlemen addressed
suggested anything Of the kind"