Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-12

Exoncrntcs Mckinley OF Advising Any
Ercc Silver Concession.

ENOncrntcs Mckinley of Advising Any
Free silver Concession.
FRANKFORT KY, June 11.-DurinG the
past week statements have been sent out
from Washington that Governor w. o.
nradlev. who was last year elected gov
ernor of Kentucky on a gold standard plat
form over a democratic free silver cand!-
date, had originally been in favor of COM
promising policy and that Governor Nc
Rinley had induced him to adopt the gold
standard policy and that he has since
negotiated with Mckinley and other cand-
dates, and this has been followed by state
ments purporting to come from Frankfort
that Governor Bradley had in his possession
letters written him in confidence from
various republicans of national prominence
which he would make public in retaliation
for the aspersions against his sincerity.
1t has been intimated that the expected dis
closure would create great sensation in
national politics, and in consequence the
governor has been overwhelmed with in
qufries on the subject. Concerning these
reports Governor Bradley has made the
following statement:
Il deny that l was ever the representa-
tive of Mr.. Hanna in any way nor is It
true that my action was ever controlled
or governed in the slightest degree by What
is politically called the 'Platt-Clarkson
crowd ...-.
There never was any combination be-
and myself or any of my friends. / have
net attempted to make terms with Mr..
Mckinley or any of his managers or with
any one of the presidential candidates or
any of their managers. ] have not offered
TO trade sixteen votes. or any vote for
the vice presidency, nor will l be a candi-
date for vice president. nor would accept
a cabinet position.
II did write to Mr.. Mckinley and at the
same time wrote to number of leading re-
In nc fhrA tuh thn NtY,
ing the Kentucky campaign. The insinu-
alton that l wrote favoring q straddle on
the currency question or that Mr.. Mckinley
advised me not to pursue such a course.
or said that the silver agitation was the
result of hard times, Just as the greenback
craze was the result of the panic of 1879
is totally false. / did not write him that
a majority of the people of Kentucky were
in favor of free coinage, or that both parties
were rapidly drifting that way My eX-
pressed opinion was that the Minneapolis
platform was too general and that the
party should make a clear and distinct
declaration My views concerning the cur
rency question are too well known to re-
ouire explanation in Kentucky"
In conclusion, after referring to the late
campaign in Kentucky, Governor Bradley
saSS:
Il believe sound currency will be the
leading issue OF the coming campaign. The
honor of the republic and the welfare of the
people ueInaHuS lS correct solution 1t is
far above personal success or Individual
advancement and in this hour of supreme
trial the republican convention should de-
clare unhesitatingly in favor of the single
gold standard.
ut is no time for quibblng or evasion
We may lose some western states but this
loss will be more than compensated by gains
in the old slave border states But If
thought such declaration would cause the
republican nominee to be defeated / would
none the less favor it, for success at the
expense of national welfare would be neither
creditable nor profitable.
I'm justice to Mr.. Mckinley I will add
that the statement that he wrote me recon-
mending the adoption of a plank with a
strong free silver tinge is not true, neither
he nor any OF the men addressed sug-
gested anything of the kind"
Close friends of Governor Bradley say
the interview given out today was very
much modified from that prepared yesterday
After a long conference with his political
friends today 1t was revised and much of
the original statement was also omitted
No reference is made to the announcement
last week OF Governor Bradleys withdrawal
as candidate for the st. Louis nomination
and close friends are reticent as to what
the Kentucky delegation will do at st,
Louis. They do not know whether the gov
ernor will go to st. Louis or not.