The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-02
KENTUCKY as FOR SILVER.

The Democratic state convention of
Kentucky, which meets at Lexington
tomorrow, will be for silver. This is a
matter of great rejoicing to all silver
Democrats, for Kentucky has been
recognized as the strategic point, SO
TO speak, of the campaign for free sill
yer. To carry that state for the gold
standard President Cleveland sent Sec
rotary Carlisle down there to cam
paign for sound money! His efforts
were so successful that Bradley, the
Republican candidate for governor,
was elected, while he made it impossi-
bic for the Kentucky legislature to
elect United States senator, and SEN
ator Blackburn barely escaped having
a Republican elected to succeed him.
All this was the result of the strenuous
and untiring work of Mr.. Cleveland
and his officials They left no stone
unturned; they hesitated not to resort
TO any and all means; they moved
heaven and earth to convert the
Democracy of the Blue Grass state to
the gold standard, and they signally
failed. Selahi
The Louisville Courier Journal,
Democrats, says:
They (the Democrats) have repudi-
ated the only president the Democratic
party has elected and seated for forty
years. They have repudiated the most
distinguished of Kentucky's living
sons, and the greatest Democratic in
tellect in the United States. They have
spit upon the fathers of the party
whose name and organization they
claim; have proclaimed jefferson an ig-
noramus, Jackson a conspirator, Ben
ton a knave and Cleveland a traitor"
The Courier-Journal is plainly over
wrought and greatly excited; its mood
is hysterical; its judgment warped; its
language heated. It's calm reason has
departed, its Democracy has been
made to bow down and worship the
gold calf. 1t simply howls, its power
to reason is gone.
Did not the only president the
Democratic party has elected and
seated for forty years repudiate the
doctrines of the fathers on the
financial question? Has he not tried
in every way he could to beat down
all opposition to his imperious viii on
this money question? Has it not been
a constant study with him how he
could heap ignominy and indignity
upon the great leaders of the Demo-
cratic party because they have dared
10 differ with him lIDop tbn money
question? He has sought to make him
self the master of his party, to make
his will it's law, his crotchets its prin-
ciples. And we are told that the Dem
ocrats of Kentucky have repudiated
this Grover Cleveland, this would-be
Caesar. They have done what the
Democracy of the nation have done,
and they have done well. Had he not
! repudiated Democratic principles the
Democracy would not have repudiated
him.
Did not ''the greatest Democratic in
tellect in the United States" do all in
its power to overthrow the Democratic
party III Kentucky last fall? And he
came dangerously near succeeding. If
Mr.. Carlisle has been repudiated by
the Democrats of Kentucky ii is be-
cause he invited reputation; he has
but himself to blame, and no one else.
| The Democratic party always has
and always will know its great men
but they must deserve and continue to
deserve the honor; they may lead, they
may not dictate.