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

part Of the Republicans, they would
have cast their solid vote for John G.
Carlisle, and he would be once more
in the seat that he has honored in the
past.
But Democrats expected no such
magnanimity. The most that they
asked was that the opposition should
make such slight repayment Of the
debt it owed as could be found in the
nomination Of an able and upright
sound money Republican, If such a be-
ing exists in the whole state Of Ken
lucky. For him there is little doubt
that the sound money Democrats would
have voted at any time. In either case,
the issues Of the campaign would have
been justified and its hopes fulfilled by
the choice of a senator from Kentucky
who was right on the money question.
Instead of that, the Republicans put
forward Hunter as their candidate, a
man who was shown to have given
such assurance Of sympathy and sup
port to the free silver men as made
him far more Objectionable than Mr..
Blackburn or Jack Chinn Through all
these weary ballots Republicans have
insisted on Hunters election, have new
er for one moment contemplated the
nomination Of sound money man, and
dropped their candidate only when it
was proved beyond question that he
would never be elected. They then
combined upon Mr.. w. J. Deboe, a
comparatively unknown man, who was
finally chosen. He will take his seat in
the United States senate within few
days, and his record is already made,
as his election is accounted for by the
following extract from a letter which
he wrote to H. J. Poor, a Populist mem
Der of the Kentucky legislature:
1 am a candidate for United States senator
and shall be glad to have your support and
influence. l know | can serve the interests Of
ME class of people you represent as well or
better that any gentleman in the race. While
Republican and not a Populist, | am not
hostile to some of your party creeds, especially
on the mercy question.
To achieve this result 112 ballots
were taken in the Kentucky legisla-
ture, and the taxpayers Of that state
were charged 100000. Thus has the
mountain labored, and this is the
mouse that it brought forth. The
scenes that have been enacted at
Frankfort are fine parody of what
has taken place at the national capital.
The Republican party In Kentucky has
not hesitated to ally itself with the
Populists on the financial question.
Senator Deboe Is virtually pledged in
advance, by an expression over his own
signature, not simply to free silver, but
to the Populist party creed, which con-
tains an outspoken declaration in IA
vor Of absolute fat money in quantities
to fit the pleasure of the making
body. In this contemplate result are
summed up the rewards Of the Ken
lucky Democrats for their devotion to
principle, for the tremendous battle
that they have waged, and for their
temporary abandonment of party ties
1t is not merly ingratitude, it is deadly
insult.
Thus does the process of making Pop
ulist votes go forward. Under no cir
cumstances, and in no possible con-
tingency, can the Republican party
ever again find help or comfort in the
state of Kentucky. And as this state
has been the great battle-ground and
the center Of all eyes for two years
past, so does the moral which it
teaches appeal to Democratic voters in
every state in the Union. The Demo-
Gratis who left their party for an al
lance with Republicanism, trusting not
so much to its honor as to the thousand
pledges by which 1T bound itself have
had their reward. They are to find it
in the Dingley bill and in Senator w J.
Deboe, fiatist and Republican.
! Wherefore we hear Of Democratic vic
tories now in every state, county, city
and village wherever voters come to
the polls. The Republican party has
sowed the wind. Unhappily, it is not it
alone it may be the whole nation that
will be involved in the whirlwind Of
wrath and indignation that is now aris-
ing.