Evening star., 1897-07-27
Kentucky Silver Democrats Have De-
cided to Shelve Blackburn.
WANT new BLOOD IN TEE CONTEST
Bitter FactionaI Fight Continues in
Republican Ranks.
CAMPAIGN PREPARATIONS
SI.ecial DISPATCH to The Evening Star.

SI.ecial Dispatch to The Evening Star.
LOUISVILLE, KY, July 27.-The July
breezes are laden with political rumors,
many of them interesting and full of sur
prises. One of these Is that the doughty
Blackburn. who for twenty years sat in
the councils of his party at Washington
and thundered away with his eloquence in
the halls of the Senate, is to be retired
without pay. For weeks it has been whis-
pered around among the wiseacres that
Blackburn was to be shelved and another
and younger silverite given the whip to
lead the unruly team, which has baked
more than once in recent years. 1t is now
known that the man chosen for the leader
ship of the silver forces in the state Is
Congressman John s. Rhea of the bloody
third" district. Though this has been hint
ed at often, it remains for the correspond
ent of this newspaper to state positively
that the report is founded on fact. Mr..
Rhea will be put forward by his admirers
and adherents for United States senator,
to succeed Senator Lindsay. the junior
member of the Kentucky delegation. The
| wires are being laid for this piece of po-
| litical fireworks, and it will be set off as
soon as the opportunity is ripe.
Gov. Bradley Unensy.
| Uneasy lies the head of Governor Brad
| ley the first republican executive in the
| well that the opposition is after his scalp
and will have it in the next election. AL
| ready plans have been made for defeating
Governor Bradley for reelection, and, un-
| less these miscarry, he will never domicile
| at the state house again after next year.
| The few ardent supporters of r Wat
Hardin are anxious for him to try his hand
at racing, but there are others, and many
others, who realize that his political star
has set, never to rise again. For the
1 Nv How i'm
| covets the silver men will next select Con-
gresham Evan Settle of the old Ashland
| district. He is the recognized champion of
| silver in central Kentucky, and his friends
| insist that he come nearer bringing out
the full strength of his party than any
other leader in it. They say he can bring
| the two warning factions together and
| make the party present an unbroken front
to the enemy for the first time in years.
There Is no denying that the silverites
stand the best show of winning in the
| gubernatoriaI race, if the republicans con-
| tinue their chickering's and party quarrels.
| Todd Will he Defeated.
| AS an evidence of how the republican
| split is to act defeating factor it is
| but necessary to say that the republican
nominee for mayor of Louisville, Geo. ID.
| Todd. the incumbent, will be defeat
ed by an overwhelming majority. That,
too in the face of the fact that Todd won
| d
| good margin. The Todd men are antagon-
istic to the Bradley faction in the state,
and the Bradley faction will compass
| Todds defeat.
The Frankfort Sunday Capital, which is
| edited by the personal friend of Governor
| Bradley, and is recognized the execu-
| tive's mouthpiece, states in the issue which
| is just out that the "A. p. A. republican
| ticket in Louisville is repudiated by all
cid line party men and can never win
>l,. for clat lo CT
| scathing manner, advocating its defeat and
! predicting an overwhelming democratic ma
! jority in November.
| So bitter has grown this party war it IS
| announced that Hunter will in the next
| guberna torial fight come to Kentucky and
| use every particle of his power in defeat
ing Bradley and the men of the Bradley
| clique The governors party organ goes
| further in its denunciation of the Todd
| faction and says: THE contest in Louis
| vile will furnish an excellent opportunity
| for the decent people to down this gang
| of offscOurings, which. under the guse
| Of religious prescription, are trying to get
| their NANCY heads into the public crib It's
| defeat is absolutely necessary to the Sc
curity of the great metropolis of the state
and to the public peace of Kentucky it
| SELF
Silver Cause Waning.
Realizing that the cause Of silver is on
| the wane out in the state, and believing il
| necessary to make every effort to save the
state to the Bryanites this and next year
the leaders of that party are preparing
to strengthen their party organ ii this
| city, the Lewly established Daily Dispatch
| With this end in view it is said the sill
! yer promoters of the newspaper have en-
gagged Mr.. Urey Woodson, one of the best
known of the rural state editors, to take
| charge Of the organ next week. Mr..
Woodson is a fearless writer and will
conduct vigorous paper against great
odds.
1t is also stated that Mr.. Bryan will
make as many as ten speeches In the
state. He will be followed by Coin Har.
vey, Senator Teller, if he is obtainable
Senator Jones, Ex-Governor Stone of Mis-.
souri, and other silver notables. 1t is des.
perate effort to bring order out of chaos.