The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1897-11-09
COURIER-JOURNAL
Is Her Own Counsel, Makes Her
Own Terms and Lays Down
For a
REST AS A DEMOCRAT.
To This the Dispatch Objets and
Turns the Would Be Leader
Over and Over
AND DEMANDS EXAMINATION.
The Questions are Given. Let
Marse. Henri Answer
Them.
AND DEMANDS EXAMINATION.

"The Courier-Jour has little to
add to what it has already said by
anticipation touching the Democratic
situation in Kentucky brought into
being by the vote of Tuesday last (.
That vote confirms the position of the
convention that nominated Mr..
Shackleford for Clerk of the Cont of
Appeals and repudiates the position
of the convention which nominated
Mr.. Hindman,. 1t fixes the relation
of the Democratic organization in
Kentucky to the national organlza-
lion of the Democratic party, at least
through the next state and national
elections. 1t is so decisive in char
scter as to leave nothing to conjecture
and the Courier-J ournal has neither
the wish nor the purpose to challenge
it.
"The issue as it was made, and has
been fought out, was clear and explic-
it. No effort was wanting to main
tain it. Nobody could by any posi-
bility be mistaken about it. We may
regret the verdict against us, but we
accept it. We shall make no further
effort to direct the party course or
counsels, or to share in any of the re-
probabilities of party leadership, hsv-
ing done our best, according to our
conscience and belief, to divert our
political associates from policy and
procedure, the end of which no man
can foresee, the results of which we
very much fear, both as to the welfare
of the country and party. But we
are Democrats, not Republicans, and,
mailing our flag to the masthead of
honest money, tree trade and home
rule, we shall in the character of a
private soldier in the ranks contribute
whatever we are able to the ascer-
tainment and the vindication of
truth.
"For the gentlemen who have by
their victory confirmed their leader
ship,we entertain not the least ill-will
All the honors belonging to that lead
ership be theirs; and let us add, all
the responsibilities. If they continue
to win victories, they will approve
their commissions. II they lose them
they, in return, will have to pay the
penalties of defeat. Where we can,
we shall support them. Where we
cannot support them we shall enter
no factious opposition to them. We
60 TO political humiliation with per-
feet composure-without single re-
sentiment or regret-having fought
out to the bitter end a profound con-
viction in perfect fairness and good
faith.
"There are many suggestions which
the vote of Tuesday summons to the
minds of thoughtful PEOPLE; notably
fhe results in Maryland, Greater New
York and the city of Louisville, Incl
dent to the elimination of strife, and
the union of party forces; and as the
smoke of battle clears, wise men may
perhaps find it salutary to take these
into consideration But for the pres
ent, we shall leave the moral of the
conflict now ended to impress itself in
its own way upon the masses of the
people. AS we said in the beginning,
and have said during the progress Of
the battle, we repeat now: From
none of the consequences of the fight
we have made for what we believe to
be just policies and sound ideas, have
we the least disposition to shrink. Had
we the whole thing to go over we
would not veer one hairs line from
the course we have pursued, and re-
viewing the record, we recollect no
word, or act, which we would recall !.
What the rest can stand, we can
stand. With charity for all, with
malice toward none, we shall continue
to do business at the old stand pre-
cisely as If nothing whatever had hap
pened; relieved to be rid OF all respon-
sibility in party affairs; glad to go to