The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-06-11
BRADLEYS ATTITUDE.
Kentuoky's Governor Denies Ger
tain Published Statements.
HAS ALWAYS OPPOSED FRBBsILvER

Has Sever Attempted to Make Terms with
Major Mckinley or Any Political Man
agers-McKinIey Never Wrote Him Urg-
ing "silver Tinge" Plank.
FRANKFORT, KY, June 11.-During the
past week statements have been sent out
from Washington that Governor w. o.
Bradley, who was last year elected gov
ernor of Kentucky on a gold standard
platform over a Democratic free silver can
didate, had originally been in favor of
compromising policy, and that Governor
Mckinley had induced him to adopt the
gold standard policy, that he has since
negotiated with Mckinley and other can
didates, and this has been followed by
statements purporting to come from
Frankfort that Governor Bradley had in
his possession letters written him in con-
tidence from various Republicans of ma
tional prominence, which he would make
public.
1t has been intimated that the expected
disclosures would create a great sensation
in national politics, and in consequence
the governor has been overwhelmed with
inquiries on the subject Concerning these
reports Governor Bradley last night made
the following statement:
81 cannot permit the Washington dis
patch to the Chicago Record to pass un-
challenged. In response, 1 deny that 1
was ever the representative of Mr.. Hanna
in any way. Nor is it true that my action
was ever controlled or governed in the
slightest degree by what is politically
called in that dispatch the 'Platt- Clark
son crowd.
There never was any combination be-
tween those gentlemen, or any of them,
and myself or any of my friends. l have
not attempted to make terms with Mr.
Mckinley or any of his managers, or with
any one of the presidential aspirants or
any of their managers. l have not offered
to trade sixteen votes or any vote for the
vice presidency, nor will be candidate
for vice president, nor would 1 accept a
cabinet position
Il did write TO Mr.. Mckinley, and at the
same time wrote to a number of leading
Republicans throughout the country CON
cerning the Kentucky campaign. The in
situation that l wrote favoring straddle
on the currency question, or that Mr. Nc
Kinley advised me not to pursue such a
course, or said that the silver agitation
was the result of hard times, just as the
greenback craze was the result of the panic
of 1873 is totally false. l did not write
him that "a majority of the people in Ken
tuclly were in favor of free coinage or that
both parties were rapidly drifting that
way
my expressed opinion was that the
Minneapolis platform was too general, and
that the party should make distinct dec
laration. My views concerning the cur
rency question are too well known to re-
in l.
before the convention assembled the Louis
vile Critic announced my declaration that
l would not accept the nomination on "A
free silver platform, and l have time and
again declared in favor of the gold stand
ard, with every dollar of equal value, and
against the free and unlimited coinage of
silver.
Il believe that sound currency will be
the leading issue of the coming campaign.
The honor of the republic and the welfare
| of the people demand it's correct solution.
1t is far above personal success or individ-
ual advancement, and in this hour of SUI
preme trial the Republican convention
should declare unhesitatingly in favor of
the single gold standard. 1t is no time
for quibbling or evasion We may lose
some western states, but this loss will be
more than compensated by gains in the
! old slave border states But if 1 thought
that such declaration would cause the
Republican nominee to be defeated l
would none the less favor it, for success at
the expense of national welfare would be
neither creditable nor profitable.
I'm justice to Mckinley l will add that
the statement in today's Courier-Jou
that he wrote me recommending the
adoption of plank with a strong free
silver tinge' is not true. Neither he nor
any one of the gentlemen addressed sug,
gested anything of the kind"
Grim coIds uaadaobo