Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-09-03
SKINNED ALIVE.
CHARLIE WHEELER GETS HINDMAN TO
DEBATE WITH HIM.
TT Bulky Better With a Chip OF His
Shoulder Gets More Than Enough
Will Divide Time With No
More Local Speakers"

represented ia the Courier-Journal
Hindman was literally flaied alive by
Charlie Wheeler. Ia order that his
speech may be read and judged on
its merits, we reproduce the account
of the Paducah News. Hindman
having spoken for an hour, Mr..
Wheeler took the stand to reply:
He said it had been his pleasure,
since his early manhood, to do battle
for the Democratic party, but this
was his first attempt to defend the
party from the attacks Of one claim
ing to be Democrat. That when
ever an enemy showed his head it
was satisfaction to promptly strike
it and no difference under what
guise or colors it appeared, his duty
remained the same. He said shat
some of the Democracy he had i'm
bibed was learned from Gov. Hind
man, when he was free silver man,
and seconded the nomination Of Hon,
Wat Hardin some eight years ago in
the convention which nominated Gov,
Brown.
He insisted that the law of the
Democratic party is the rule of ma
jority, and when that majority had
spoken, no man could remain Dem
ocrat and deny its mandates. That
Gen. Hindman was no longer a Dim
ocrat-tbat the party had declared
for free silver in its county state and
national convention? + e had refused
to abide the decision, but mad bolted,
the party and joined a small imperti-
nent faction, which met at ILdianap~
oils, and bound tie Democratic party
and delivered 1t into the hands of the
Republicans in 1896 A Democrat
must abide the decision of the ma jor-
ity of his party. Any man who does
not, is no Democrat, no difference
what he claims. He asked the general
if the party had not spoken in clear
tones, and if he and his associates
had not disregarded it's voice. As it,
had declared for free silver there was
no room or place for single standard
ideas He could not understand why
the general was making this race
that he called himself a candidate TOR
office, when he admits that he has no
expectation Of election The distin-
guished gentleman should be called
a miss quarry rather than a politician.
If the genera legards silver men as
mere takers be could, with property
call himself a word machine. If the
general does not expect to be elected
what is he running for? 1t is con-
coded that Shackelford or Bailey will
win the race. Is he running to divide
the Democrats N order to elect
Bailey, the Republican?
The speaker declared he could en-
brace a gold democrat rather than
vote for republican directly or indi-
rectly. he had served short time
in congress and found that republ~
cans we're not only mean as poll
ticians, but spiritually and in every
other way. When man goes out
side of the democratic party to help
an enemy he is not d democrat. The
small regiment of generals who met
at indianapolis and nominated Pal
mer and Buckner did so, not with
hope of election, but to cover up the
sins of such of their followers as
wished to vote for Mckinley, as well
as means of trading and leading dem
ocrats from fealty to party. The great
majority OF them, however, voted for,
Mckinley.
What sort of democratic home
stead is Gen Hindman keeping open,
which he so wildly pictures9
When it is believed the majority of
his sort voted the republican ticket in
obedience to his leaders advice "to
shoot no rockets in the air, but vote
for Mckinley straight9"
The honorable gentleman pays a
nigh tribute to Cleveland and Carlisle
ana complains they have been abused
bY democrats. He praises them for
their maintenance of the gold stand
ard IN the country under adverse con-
dltlons. Mr. Wheeler did not believe
the tribute of praise was just, and did
not believe they had been abused ac-
cording to their deserts; that they
were not honest, in his opinion, in
their views. 1t is true they maintained
the gold standard, but it cost the gov
eminent the sum of $260,000,O QUO in
bonds to do it, which will hang as
burden about the neeks of the people
and posterity for half century to
come.
The speaker then quoted from the
article OF Mr. Eccles, the goldbug
comptroller Of currency, iu the North
American Review of August, in which
ne declares that prosperity has not
come to the people, aud is yet MANY
days oil, and asked Gen. Hlndman to
reply TO that assertion Of one of his
own kind of politics. The rise tn
wheat and produce, depends upon
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