The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-08-29

tHere any excuse OF any dpOiOByi lVl a
Democrat refusing to support this
ticket II he is forced to admit that
every syllable in the platform of the
party meets his Endorsement and that
there is not candidate upon that
ticket who has a faulty buckle in his
harness? Is not that complete?
| might go into detailed statement
| Of the facts in relation to the late
| Democratic state convention, but 1t Is
| not necessary. ] never saw a Demo-
crat nor a Republican nor a Populist
nor a Prohibitionist nor a Woman s
suffragist convention in my life that In
| its methods and rulings was a Young
Mems Christian association or a Sun
| day school gathering. If you answer
ard say that is not justification, adj
nit it, just as you can not defend and
| justify many human events, but l
have this to say, and no man will I'M
| dertake to controvert it, that there is
| not to be found in the policy or meth
| DDS of that convention either iustifica-
| tion or excuse for any Democrat aban-
doning the faith of his party and refus-
ing to sppcrt its ticket. [Applause.l
KENTUCKY PRESS.
Why 1t Is Supporting the Ticket
Named at Louisville.
But there are those who tell us that
we have gotten into bad company;
there are those who tell us that they
cannot support this ticket because the
Louisville CoUrier-Journal and the
Louisville Times are supporting it.
confess that strikes me on my weak
spot and my short suit. 1t is an open
secret, and | do not need to repeat it,
because anybody who knows ANYTHING
about me knows that for 20 years past
the Courier-Journal and I have not
been making love the one to the other
II there is anything in the shape of
abuse Misrepresentation detraction
and denunciation that the Courier
Journal and the Times have not piled
on me in the last 20 years. know
that they are now ready to apologize
for having failed to accomplish their
duties, and in that respect have not
been much behindhand, for it has not
been my fault, that ! will swear. for 20
years from every stump in Kentucky
If | have not exhausted the English
language, | have at least exhausted my
power of invective in trying to get
even with those papers. They have no
apology to make to me, and do not
want them to make any, and | have no
apology to make to them, and they do
not want me to make any. They are
supporting this Democratic ticket to-
day, and | am glad of it. / want them
to do II.
They are not doing it on a contract
with Goebel or with any other man
on that state ticket, nor have I, or any
other Democrat within the limits of
this state, ever made any concessions
to them or any bargains or any prom
1ses. They are supporting it because
they want to do it, and l am glad of it,
and | am not going to abuse them.
If they keep on supporting Demo
cratic principles and platforms, /
never will abuse them. have
never abused them for anything e---
cept getting away from Just princi-
pies and platforms, and if they or any
repentant sinner comes back and
wants to show his repentance this
way, | pat him on the shoulder and
bid him Godspeed-go on. In this
fight for my party and its ticket ] want
the support of every newspaper in this
state, no matter what it's antecedents,
no matter whether goldbug or Repub-
llcan or what not. In this fight / want
the support of every man within the
limits of the state, be he goldbug,
Democrat, Repub lean. white, black or
yellow. / want them all That is
what we are here for; and there is no
Republican in this state black enough
of skin or black enough of heart or
black enough in record that / will re-
fuse his vote for this Democratic tick
ct, If / can persuade him to give it |
without treading on my principles and |
convictions. Cheers,1