The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1899-11-02

election commissioner, that dirty work
was expected of him, and advised him
to decline the appointment, saying that
Judge Pryor would appoint any one
who might be designated II he
(Thompson) would create the vacancy.
Thompson complied. and Judge Pryor
I am told carried out his part OF the
contract. The other day The Evening
Post OF Louisville published letter
signed by Allie w. Young, chairman
OF Goebel's state committee. 1t was
addressed to an election commissioner
and urged him to hurry his POLLOCK
to the central committee. Allie said
that when the committee had received
the pollbooks "the most important gun
Of the campaign will have been fired"
He concluded his letter bysaying: 1--WE
will then know just where we are.
what is necessary to be done, and ex-
pect, with your assistance. to do It,"
In other words. the pollbook will show
the number of votes necessary to en-
able to carry the state, and the cleo
ton commissioners are expected to see
that the required number OF ballots
are in the box.
This explains sufficiently the man
ner in which Goebel expects to carry
the state Of Kentucky and to be elect
ed Its governor. 1t seems as though
he had the game In his own hands. In
the language of the eminent Mr.. Cox
of Cincinnati, How can you beat a
man who's got the nomination in one
hand and the ballot-box In the other?''
But the good citizens Of Kentucky in
tend to do their utmost to save the
state from the disgrace Of Goebei and
the shame Of his law. In Louisville an
Honest Election league has been form
ed. II is composed Of men Of all par
ties. The rest of the state Is expected
to follow the example Of the city, and
II is the intention Of these good citi-
zens to have a fair count even II a
resort TO violence Is necessary to Sc
cure 1t, Great care is being taken by
the opponents OF Goebel In the seIec-
ton OF inspectors. There are Eve in
spectors permissible at each poll, for
there are five tickets in the field. All
OF the four opponents Of the Demo
cratic ticket are against Goebel espe-
cially. The break In the Democratic
party is not on the old lines between
silver and gold Democrats. The break
is in the silver faction. The rebels
against the regular ticket are silver
men. The gold Democrats are not TAX
ing a prominent part in the campaign.
They will vote as they please-some
for Taylor and some for Brown-but
the contest is being urged by silver
Democrats who are trying to prevent
the success Of fraud. The election has
positively no national significance
whatever. The contest is one OF good
citizens against a corrupt boss" who
has not built up the machine as the
east understands such a mechanism,
but who is seeking to make the cleo
ton officers Of the state his machine
and to make fraud legal. No more Inn
portant struggle against corrupt gov
eminent and the ascendancy of the
criminal in politics is going on in the
country.
Goebel and National Politics.
Although I have said that the cam
paign has no national Significance
that statement must be qualified in
one respect. Goebel has a deep sig
nifcance for Democrats. He repre-
sents a force, which is rising In the
party, which has no use for Bryan or
his principles. which is greatly inter
ested in securing the control OF the
party for the bosses who, like Goebel,
Croker. Mclean and German, have no
use for principles that interfere with
their ambition or their greed. The rise
and strength of Geobel are. for the mo-
ment. driving together the honest gold
and silver Democrats. Silver as an
issue is dying out In t''' part of the
country. II Goebel ant Mclean sue
coed. Bryan must look to his position.
He is not the kind OF man whom the
bosses prefer. They would rather have
German or Mclean, or even Goebel
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