Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-08-14
some Polltica, Musings.

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cent Democratic convention at Chi
cago and cannot believe that the free
coinage of silver would be pauacea
for all of cur financial ills, still l deem
it an unwise move the sound money
Democrats are preparing to take in
putting out another ticket. / do not
believe in deserting my friends that
| have always affiliated with because
we differ somewhat. The nominees
of the Chicago convention are Ger
tainly the nominees of the Democratic
party aud if another ticket should be
put out it could o1ly be ticket made
by bolt and what good has bolt
ever done!
Joe Blackburn bolted the State
platform last year, and he made
mess of it. am aware that you will
probably not agree with me about
that, but that Is the way it appears
very plainly to me.
P. Wat Hardin did the same thing,
though not so pronounced, aud he
made a most signal failure. The
Democratic party split in 1860 and
the minority boiling set up another
ticket aud by that action enabled the
Republican party, which was largely
in the minority, to put their candidate
in the presidential chair and precip-
itated one of the biggest and bitterest
wars of modern times, the
effects Of which we have suf-
fered aud our children after US will
/ nave to suffer. Now my sound money
associate will aud does Say this free
silver craze, if successful, will revive
the country. How do you know that
my friend? | do not believe there is
brains enough in tue head of any one
man TO tell exactly what the outcome
would be. There are strong, sensible
and patriotic men on both sides OF
this question, and which is right the
future can only reveal. But take
another view of 1t Suppose this free
silver business would be detrimental
to our financial interests, is it likely
10 be as much so as we try to make
ourselves believed Would it not be
better to remain in the party and be
III position to help it out IT it did
prove to be wrong? Will it be a wise
move to split the old party wide open
that has stood by our interests aud
fought for what we believed TO be
right so long just because we differ
ON the money question, for | regard
that as the only plank that is cutting
any figure in this canvas9 With that
feature out OF the way, the sound
sober sense of the party would soon
assert itself and straighten the bal
ance all right. | hear that some of
the Democrats are going to vote for
Mckinley That would be jumping
out of the frying pan into the fire;
wouldn't it? Where is the southern
man that can stultify his conscience
sufficiently to do that2 If there be
such one he certainly has lost his
manhood or he has lost sight of what
Mckinley and his party stand for.
Mckinley is now the head and front
of that party and where is there an
instance in which that party has
shown any disposition whatever to be
friendly to the south or to help it in
any way7 Have we soon forgotten
that that party habitually abuses and
Whites US on every occasion, and that
it set up the carpet bag governments
in the southern States Immediately
after the war and stole any thing
they could lay their hands on and
oppressed the people all they could |
in this impoverished condition? They |
stole millions from the southern |
people and the party was largely in
favor of making Southern States con-
quered provinces SO they could coz
tinue to prey on them at will in the
future, Have they forgotten that
that party enfranchised the ignorant
negro that it might use him to de-
gra e the south? We all know that
it was not for any love it had for him
that he was enfranchised. Have they
forgotten the Force Bill and many
other dirty things it has been guilty |
Of? | will repeat, can any true south
cru man forget these things and turn
around by voting the Republican
ticket, lick the hand that is and has
been turned against him? l believe
there are some good men in all par
ties, just like | believe there are some
bad men in all the churches, but take
the Republican party as whole it is
against me and the section in which |
l live and therefore would feel de.
graded if l affiliated with it.
l would therefore say to my old
party associates, if you can't vote for
Bryan and Sewall stay at home and |
don't vote for Mckinley and ever
after have something to regret. As
for the sound money ticket, some of
the Democrats are trying to put out,
| can see no good to come of that, for
believe that if the silver people fail
to elect their candidate this time they
will pole such strong vote that they
will be encouraged to continue the
tight and keep the country in such a
turmoil that there will be stagna-
ton in business until the matter is
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