The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-30
THE MOUNTAINS LABOR.

To our Republican friends, who want
to know what on earth it is that the
sound money Democrats are kicking
about, we commend the story of the
senatorial election in Kentucky. There
are Democrats who are just unreason-
able enough to find fault with the
party and it's administration for drop
ping the financial issue out Of sight.
They do not even think that they are
sufficiently answered when somebody
says to them: Haven't you got a
beautiful new tariff bill with the high
est rates ever heard Of in this coun-
try? Do you want the earth?"
Kentucky was the storm center of
the tremendous disturbance on the
money question of the last two years.
It was there that the gold standard
Democrats made their great battle and
their greatest sacrifice 1t is a state in
which Democracy is stalwart and un-
compromising almost beyond parallel.
1t is a state whose voters believe in
the Democratic party almost as men
believe in their religious creeds. It's
Democracy is proud of its record, and
boasts a past without a stain. It fur
nished to the last administration that
great secretary of the treasury whose
record has not been equaled since Dan
connection with those of Mr. Cleveland,
saved this country from financial ruin.
When the money issue arose to divide
the Democratic ranks, Kentucky threw
breach"
The fight for supremacy in the state
between the two party factions
was q desperate one. It's convention
but when state officers were to be NOM
mated a free siIverite was chosen on a
sound money platform. That platform
they repudiated Immediately, and Hard
in and Blackburn stumped the state
for free silver. 1t was then that Ken
lucky Democracy showed it's courage.
The Louisville Courier-Journal made
the greatest sacrifice that a newspaper
can make when 1t rejected the counsel
and policy Of a large portion of its
party, and thousands Of Democrats fol
lowed its lead, and that Of Mr.. Carlisle
and Senator Lindsay, IN fighting an
element within their own party for the
sake Of principle The beneficiaries OF
this brave act were the Kentucky Re-
publicans. The Republican candidate
for governor was elected. A legislature
was chosen with a small Republican
majority on joint ballot Later on the
electoral vote Of Kentucky was also
given, by few hundred majority, to
Mr.. Mckinley.
If there was any spot in the Union
where the Republicans owe a debt
greater than they can ever pay to the
sound money Democrats. it was the
state Of Kentucky. No tariff question
to disturb the sense of duty. Kentucky
Democrats are solidly for a low tariff
and the financial question was the only
one that they discussed. From the
moment that the Democratic masses
in sorrow and pain. consigned
their state to the Republicans, rather
than to the Blackburn Democracy, the
men who profted by this Remuneration
have held a high carnival Of abuse and
scandal. Their governor has disguised
and outraged the whole people of Ken.
lucky. In the senatorial contest thai
came on it might have been possible t
elect Mr.. Blackburn, with the assist
ance of the Populist votes, had there
not been dozen uncompromisins
sound money Democrats who refused t
support him. The deadlock rested or
the same basis of fidelity to conviction
on which the election itself had beer
fought. Had there been either a recog.
milton of moral obligation or an under.
standing Of wise POLITICAL policy on tia