Middletown transcript., 1896-03-28
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. DEMoCRACY." !"

.INDEPENDENT DEMOCRACY"
aAnother object lesson of Republic
can inability and self destructive greed
has passed into history by the adjourn
ment of the infamous Kentucky legis-
lature. Weeks of wrangle and strife,
almost bloodshed have marked its tur-
bulent session and at last it has ad-
journed without having elected-a sue
cessor to Senator Blackburn or accom-
plisbed any thing else except to dis
gust the people Of Kentucky with the
experiment Of putting their affairs in
to the impotent hands of the Republl-
cans. .n-Susser CO1ntian.
The above is from 1.-THE organ OF In
dependent Democracy" as announced
at the head of its editorial columns. In
the name Of the hundreds of honest
and conscientious Democrats we pro-
test that such base Misrepresentation
should be made in their name. Every
intelligent man who reads truthful
newspapers knows that the Legislature
of Kentucky on joint ballot had an
equal number of Republicans and Dem
ocrats with two Populists holding the
balance of power, one inclining to the
Republicans and the other to the Dem :
ocrats. The Republicans agreed in eau
Gus on nominee and every Republican
voted for that nominee but they could
not get the two Populist votes and OF
course did not expect the votes OF
Democrats. Senator Blackburn got the
caucus nomination Of the Democrats
but be is a radical silver man and the
honest-dollar Democrats refused to
vote for him, boiling the caucus. Had
the Democrats united on Blackburn
he could have gotten the Populist votes
and been elected. Election was never
possible with the Republicans. At the
last the allies of Senator Blackburn
took possession of the State House and
being armed to the teeth determined
that an election should not take place.
Governor Bradley called out the militia
to preserve the peace. No honest man OF
any party will deny the accuracy OF
ur statement. Then how in the name
of decency and truth can any man
make such statement as the one we
quote aboveP And it is made in the
name of "Independent DemocracyP'
For shame!
1t would not be worth while to con-
tradict this statement or to notice it
except that the editor is an official OF
the Democratic Party. He is the clerk
of he House of Representatives, the
same that states that he knowingly
misprinted his journal which shows
that Gov. Watson took no part in the
Senate proceedings and then swore
that he knows that Gov. Watson did
vote, &c, he, the clerk, the writer of
the above quotation, failing to record
his vote, SC. We ask any fair-minded
man what such an oath is worth in view
of the above article and the facts as
they are known to intelligent men?
What is the object to be gained? To
prejudice the minds of those who have
not the means of knowing the truth.
to impose upon their ignorance and
honesty, and to further embitter them
against their neighbors who believe
they are doing the best thing in uphold
ing the Republican Party. 1t is to Gre
ate party prejudice that the Susse1
Countian stoops to such misrepresen-
tation. 1t will not undertake to dsfend
it. 1t will abuse the TRANSCRIPT and
nothing more. Our readers shall have
its answer.
/. But again we wish to protest against
such an article in the name of "Inde-
pendent DemocracyW There are hun
dreds and thousands Of honest and
truthful Democrats and not one of
them would sanction the above quota
tion, and it is an outrage on them and
the principles that they represent for
any man to commit such an offence in
their name. Honest Democrats, Inde-
pendent Democrats of the better class,
can find reasons for their faith with
out resorting to base misrepresenta-
tion. The TRANSCRIPT protests in
the rame Of its many Democratic read
ers and says to the Countian that if it
desires to have the good opinion Of
honest men of all parties it must sin
no more, going in peace this time.