Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-25
Kentucky Democrats Favor Reviving
the Issue in the Fall Campaign.
CHANGES IN TEE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Sound Money Democrats Are Fus-
ing With the Republicans.
BLACKBURN'S LATE SCHEME


the fact that Hardin lost and Bryan went
down with the white flag flying. The dem
ocratic state executive committee has
called convention for June 2, to meet at
Frankfort, to name a candidate for clerk
OF the court of appeals. This is the only
state office to be filled at the ensuing cleo
ton, and the fight on platform for this
enc candidate to stand on has already be-
gun. 1t is foregone conclusion that 1t
will be reaffirmation of the Chicago ut
terance, and nearly as certain that 1t will
be forced into the local races for county
and city offices.
In Louisville a city ticket has been
named and purely local platform adopted
which ignores the silver issue. This did
not suit the Bourbon leaders, and they at
once called meeting of the state central
committee and threw out the old commit
tee, which had been ratified by the last
state convention, and put out free silver
committee. This committee met today and
also failed to mention free silver in its
platform. and now there is trouble in the
silver camp
Ex-Attorney General Wat Hardin who
was defeated and is again an expectant
candidate for governor, does not approve
the non-committal utterances of the new
Louisville committee, and will use every
effort to force a reaffirmation of the Chi
cago platform. He is backed up by a score
sion to what they wanted the Frankfort
convention to do in the way of platform
making. All of the silver men are out
spoken for silver again. but few con-
that the money question be ignored, in
order that the tickets in the larger towns
can win.
Views of Prominent Democrats
Following are the views of some of the
prominent democrats of the state as ex-
PRESSED to tie correspondent of The Star:
Capt. P. P. Johnson, chairman of the
state central committee: The financial
question will continue paramount, and the
state democratic convention will remain
in complete accord with the democrats of
the country who fought with W. j. Bryan
in the last election"
Gen. Hardin, the defeated candidate for
governor in the last state election who
accepted the nomination on sound money
platform, and. ran a silverite: There
is no democratic platform except that pro-
muigated by the Chicago convention"
Capt. w. T. Ellis, ex-Congressman from
the second Kentucky district and a silver
leader since the issue was first made: I'VE
want the substance of the Chicago demo-
cratic platform in our state platform next
year
John D. Carroll, former chairman of the
democratic state central committee: THE
situation imperatively demands that the
Chicago convention and platform should
be unqualifiedly indorsed.'
David r. Murray, who was defeated for
the silverte nomination for Congress in
the fourth district last year: THE con-
vention should unequivocally declare for
free and unlimited coinage of silver at the
ra Ito of 16 to l."
VIM. Goebel, state senator and prospec-
tive candidate for the silverite guberna
torial nomination: Il think the Chicago
platform should be heartily indorsed."
q q nd do
feated candidate for the nomination last
year: MY position in favor of silver is
unchanged"
John s. Rhea. congressman from the
third Kentucky district, whose seat is con-
tested by DIR. Hunter, republican-"Lets
drive from our camp deSerters and demand
the free and unlimited coinage Of silver.
Blackburn OutxpOken for Silver Issue.
Ex-senator 10 Blackburn-"An uneQuivo-
cal Endorsement of the Chicago platform
and its financial platform should be de-
manded."
W. ]. Stone, ex-representative from the
first district, defeated for the silverite
nomination by w. ]. Hendrick-"Let's re-
affirm the Lexington and Chicago silver
platform"
Congressman E. e. Settle, representing
the seventh district-'The convention should
plant itself fairly and squarely on the Chi
cago platform"
Green X. Keller, state senator from a
silver district-"Reaftl the Chicago plat
form by all MEANS
About the only conservative democrats
who are allied with the silver forces are
ex-Gov. McCreary, who says he wants to
give the sound money democrats chance
10 come back" and Judge Toney, who is
willing to allow the state convention to
make concessions to the sound money
forces.
P. Wat Hardin. Senator VIM. Goebel,
Elector w. B. Smith and ex-Congressmen
McCreary and w. ]. Stone are mentioned
as candidates for governor two years hence
but in a quiet way it is whispered around
that when the flag falls there will be but
one candidate to start and he will be
Senator Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn. This
seems to be pushing Wat Hardn's cam
paign, but he knows the people will have
no more of Hardin, and when Wat Hardin
finds that he is out of 1t Mr.. Blackburn
will order the Hardin forces to the front
for himself and gallop in to the conven-
ton and take the nomination, force free
silver platform and run away with the
race. 1t is a foregcne conclusion that he
will win. as the free silver forces to a
man Will support him. Once in the govern
or's chair he can easily force his way back
to the Senate.
Senator Elliston's Candidacy.
Senator K. H. Elljston, a gold democrat
who figured prominently in the last general
assembly, is a candidate for the national
democratic nomination for clerk of the
court of appeals, and If the silver demo-
Gratis put out free-silver platform Ellis
ton will be Endorsed by fusion of sound
money democrats and republicans. A fu-
sion on local offices has been accomplished
in many Of the counties by the republicans
and sound-money democrats, and It is con-
1dently expected that Elliston will be IN
dorsed by the republicans, If he is put for
ward by the national democrats. Neither
Of the parties have ordered conventions yet
and are awaiting the outcome of the silver
gathering at Frankfort
Major p. p. Johnston, president of the
National Trotting Horse Breeders Asso-
citation. chairman OF the democratic state
central and executive committees. Satur-
day announced that he would not be a can
didate for governor Mr.. Johnston has
been tipped freely of late as Mr.. Black
burns choice, but the combination between
Hardin and Blackburn has doubtless shown
the Fayette gentleman that he has no
chance and he gracefully withdraws.
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