The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-28
IN OLD KENTUCKY.
Mr.. JOHNSON, OF SPARTANBURG, TO
THE BLUE GRASS FARMERS,

Great OutpourIpgs OF the People Greet
HIm-Goldbug Democrats and Hanna
Republicans Working in Accord to Elect
Mckinley.
FRANKLIN, KY, Oct. 16.-It was ar.
ranged for me to 90 into Illinois next
Wednesday, but the Kentucky cam
paign committee wired the National
committee to let me remain in this
state week longer. The National
committee instructed me to speak in
Kentucky until next Saturday night.
I will 90 into Illinois on Monday 26th
instant.
In this great contest my movements
are of small moment. What is the
outlook2
After writing you from West Vir.
ginia I made two other speeches in
that State. My belief is that Bryan
will carry it by good majority. !
came ino Kentucky at Ashland and
made my first speech at Grayson, the
county seat OF Carter county. Carter
is a strong Republican county, but our
people have the promise of two hun.
dred Republican votes for Bryan and
will lose thirty gold men. In all the
county districts the Democrats will
make large gains. The gains will
come from silver Republicans, Popu-
lists and men who have hot heretofore
voted. For instance there are three
brothers in this county who have not
voted in twelve years. They are red.
hot Bryan men and will vote and
work for him. Our people are conf
dent of carrying this State for Bryan
by thirty thousand. 90 not know.
While the Democrats will gain enor.
mously in the county, it must be re-
membered that the losses will be con-
siderable in Louisville, Lexington,
Covington, Richmond and other
towns. The Louisville Courier. Jour-
nal, The Louisville Times, The Louis.
Vile Post and many more heretofore
Democratic papers are fighting Bryan
savagely. These papers are as anx-
ious for McKinley's success as The
Mail and Express of New York, but as
they still dub themselves Democratic
they can do us more harm than they
possibly could do if they were Repub.
iican. Any news unfavorable to Bry-
an is published under flaming head
lines, all reports favorable to Bryan
are suppressed.
1 heard Bailey OF Texas make a
great speech in Lexington last Thurs
day night. The papers Friday morn
ing did not report one sentence nor
give a synopsis of the speech; but re-
ported the fact that Bailey spoke to q
full house. In the same issue in let
ters larger than your enterprlslng aa-
vertisers use it was announced Lnat
Bourke Cockl an and John g. Carlisle
would make Democratic (O speeches
in this state. On Friday I had a joint
debate with a gold man at Lawrence
burg and on Saturday morning The
Courier Journal reported the debate,
complimented the other fellow and
did not say one word about my part OF
it. merely mention this to oshow you
how extremely bitter the contest Is
here and how these papers suppress re-
ports. care nothing about the fail
ure to report my part of the debate,
because left the happiest crowd OF
Democrats you ever saw, many OF
them accompanied me to the depot.
The Democrats in this State have
more to contend with than outsiders
can well imagine. John G.. Carlisle,
Buckner, Lindsay and Breckinbrldge
have all been honored by the Democ-
racy of Kentucky. They are all aole
men and each has personal
following. I made two speeches
in Hart county, the homo OF Buckner.
His vote in that county is estimated at
from 80 to.1O0. Breckinbridge WILL
be supported for Congress by the Re,
publicans in the 9TH district. The gold
Democrats and the Republicans are as
amiable and loving as you please.
think if some of our gold friends down
South knew that the gold men IN TINS
section were working in complete mar
mony with the Republicans, they
would pause to ask themselves how
the Democracy will be any more pre-
served by turning the country over to
Mckinley and the trusts than to Bry,,
an and his followers. When the gol2
. Democrats speak here their audience
are composed almost exclusively Or
Republicans. The Republicans, talk
about Clevelad and Carlisle and that
crowd as statesmen and patriots. Are
Palmer, Buckner, Carlisle, Cleveland
and that crowd fighting MCKINLEY
ard Republicanism2 Are the Repub.
licans lighting the gold Democratsf
!, They are both fighting Bryan. me
boilers calling themselves the only
pure Democrats) and the Republicans
are working to one common end and
that is to defeat Bryan in the interest
of the money power. The unholy ALI
ance will fail. The people vii! render
their verdict on November 3rd IN these
words: We find for the American
! people; we find that men, not money,
Shall rule this country; we find for
!, W. J. Bryan and bimetailism.
J. T. JOHNSON,
in Spartanburg Herald.
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