Evening star., 1896-10-23

each in Floyd and Montgomery. while all
the other counties have sound money con-
tingents. The republicans will prevail In
the ninth :
Big Republican District.
The eleventh was formed in order to see
how much republican majority could be
thrown into one southern district. 1t ex-
tends from the east border of Metcalfe
county TO the Virginia line, upward of 1oO
miles as the crow flies, and from Casey
and Owsley counties (both inclusive) on
1t contains seventeen counties. has popu-
lafion of 1SI. Isl, and In 1895 gave re-
publican majority of L.. 1877. every county
In the district giving Bradley majority.
This year Mckinley's majority In the elev-
enth will be at least 1900, and may be
1900, and Colson will be reelected to
Congress by at least 10000. He has a con-
test In the courts with John D. White for
a place on the official ballot, under the re-
publican device. There are very few popu-
lists In the eleventh.
In 1895 the following democratic leaders
were for Hardin. most Of them on the
stump for him: Simon Bolivar Buckne-.
Senator Lindsay, w. c. P. Breckinridge
Basil W. Duke. w. w. Dickerson. r. T.
Tyler, James R, Hindman. C. r. Long. J.
c. Sims. Alex. p. Humphreys. Rodney Hag-
gard. James M. Helm, George M. Davis. A
J. Carroll, State Senators Stephenson, Mar
tin. Salyars and Haywood; Representatives
opelSut anu NlOlSl, Col. L. Hill, COL
Thos. W. Bullitt, Helm Bruce, Frank Ha-
gan and many others. Now they are op-
posing Bryan, along with such men as
Henry Watterson. Cassius M. Clay, jr.,
Judge Quincy Ward. Wilbur Browder. C..
w. Millikin. ]. W. Lockett, John M. Ath-
erton. T. G. Watkins. E. G. Logan, ]. W.
Helper and many others.
These arc ali men of influence, all men
with following, men of pronounced indie
pender ce and individuality of character.
There are also twenty-three newspapers in
the state that supported Hardin last year.
who was beaten. though the vote was the
greatest ever cast, that are now opposing
Bryan. and among them Is the Courier
Journal, the most influential paper in the
state-in the whole south.
The silver democratic committee give out
that there are exactly IA, 4,7I1 gold standard
democrats in the state. There are nearly
that number in Jefferson county, ard the
city of Louisville; there are 1. 200 in Fayette
and the city of Lexington: there are SOD
In the counties of Franklin and Kenton
and the cities of Frankfort and Covington.
Logan county has 6DO sound money dem
ocrats and Warren has as many: Bourbon
has 800 and Meason and Boyd as many.
Boyle county gave Cleveland 100 majority
in 1892. and will give Mckinley four times
as many in 1896 as it gave Bradley in 1898.
Campbell county has $40 anti-Bryan dem
oerats and Daviess has 100. including the
Hardin 400 majority, 1t will not give Bryan
300 Hardin carried Marion by 300. it will
not give Bryan half that number. Harri-
son county gave Hardin 100 majority, and
will not give Bryan 800. Hardin carried
Shelby by GO. Bryan will not carry Shelby
at all There are 700 anti-Bryan democrats
IN Henderson county. and Woodford, tina.
gave Hardin 300, in 1885, will go for Nc
Kinley in 1895, and Senator Blackburn lives
there at that.
Nine Republican Congressmen.
This Is the situation as it stands today
What 1t will be when Secretary Carlisle
OF speeches no one can tell exactly, but
that his tour will add at least 10 per cent
to the sound money democratic strength is
absolutely certain.
The silver democrats claim that there are
exactly 1910 free silver republicans in
Kentucky. That may be, but at the least
10000 of them will vote for Mckinley
In July there was what appeared to be an
alarming revolt in the republican ranks;
now that revolt will not have an appre-
ciable effect on the result in single coun-
ty of the 119 in the state.
No man who knows anything about the
situation will candidly say that Bryan
stands any chance to carry Kentucky
Governor Bradley says McKinley's plural
1ty will reach 1900; Senator Lindsay Is
reported as saying it will be 10000. Sam
uel Roberts. the chairman of the republi-
can state committee, says 1t will be the
republican plurality in the fifth congress
sional district. which Is composed of Louis
Vile and Jefferson county, and that means
from 10000 to $1,000
Bradley Is nearest right. Mckinley will
carry Kentucky by 10000. and the con-
gressional delegation will probably consist
OF nine republicans. one silver democrat
and one sound money democrat.