Evening journal., 1896-06-11
)v.BRADLEY'S MISSIvE
plies to the Charge of Pos
sessing Secrets.
TALKS BACK AT HIS AcoUsERs.

Kentucky Governor Has Not Changed
q lis Opinions on silver or Gold. aud
= Would Not Run For President on a
n White Metal Platform.
& FRANKFoRT, KY, June 11.-During tho
B It week stntements have been sent out
Z IN Washington that Governor w. o.
Il adley, who was last year elected gov
q ior OF Kentucky on q gold standard
Il ltform over a Democratic free silver
ndidate, had originally been in favor OF
compromise policy, and that Governor
n ,Kinley had induced him to adopt the
q Id standard policy, that he has since ne
tiated with Mckinley and other candi-
& tes, and this has been followed by state
snts purporting to come from Frankfort
4 at Governor Bradley had In his posses.
IN letters written him In confidence
3 I'm various Republicans of national
Commence which no would make public
retaliation for. the aspersions against
) sincerity. It has been intimated that
Q expected disclosures would create a
eat sensation In national politics, and In
nsequence the governor has been over
lelmed with Inquiries on the subject.
.lncefning these reports, Governor Brad
has made the following statement:
II cannot permit the Washington dis
teh to the Chicago Record to pass un.
allenged. In response, deny that was
er the representative of Mr.. Hanna in
y way. Nor is 1t true that my action
rs ever controlled or governed in the
ghtest degree by what is politically
llcd in that dispatch the 'Plntt- Clark
D crowd.
There never was any com mbination be
'een those Rentlemen, or any OF them, and
yself or any Of my friends. 1 have not
tempted to make terms with Mr.. Nc.
lnley or any Of les managers, or with
w one of the presidential aspirants or
~ of their managers. l have not offered
trade 16 votes or any vote for the vice
esidenoy, nor wiA l be candidate for
CO president, nor would 1 accept cab
ct position.
Wrote to Mckinley apd Others.
81 did write to Mr.. McKinley, and at
Q same time wrote TO number of lead
Republicans throughout the country
ncerning the Kentucky campaign. The
sinuation that wrote favoring strad
e on the currency question, or that Mr.
okinleY advised me not to pursue such
course or said that the silver agita-
on was the result OF hard times just as
70 greenbaok craze was the result of the
mic Of 1873, is totally false. 1 did not
rite him that a majority Of people Ia
entucky were In favor of free coinage or
sat both parties were rapidly drifting
tat way. My expressed opinion was that
10 Minneapolis platform was too general
i'd that she party should make clear
I'd distinct declaration.
My views concerning the currency ques-
ON are tob we'll known to require expla-
alton in Kentucky. Weeks before tho
invention assembled the louisville Critic
1nounoed my declaration that / would
OF accept the nomination on a free silver
latform, and the Dembitz interview IN
he Courier Journal was most explicit.
have time and again declared in favor OF
le gold standard, with every dollar made
, equal value, and against the free and
niimited coinage OF silver. My canvass
as made on platform embodying those
lels, and adhere to that platform now.
believe that sound currency will DO the
ading issue Of the coming campaign.
ho honor OF the republic and the welfare
the people demand its correct solution.
J is fariabove personal success or indi-
dual Advancement. and in this hour OF
ipreme TRIAL the Republican convention
lould declare unhesitatingly in favor OF
10 singleagold standard. It is no time for
evasion. We may lose some
estern states, but this loss will be more
nan compensated by gains In the old
ave border states. But II / thought that
lch a declaration would cause the Repub-
oan nominee to be defeated would
one the less favor it, for success at the
spense of national welfare would bo
either oreditable nor profitable. In jus.
CO TO Mr.. Mckinley, l Will add that tho
atement in yesterdays Courier journal
rat he wrote me recommending the
doption of a plank with a strong free
iver tinge' is not true. Neither he nor
1y one Of the gentlemen addressed sug-
8sted anything of the kind.