The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-09-19

who opposed us at any time in thu
past, in SO, 96, "a, 1901, at any time
wants now to come in to-day
or tomorrow, this year or next ant
support the Democratic policy, OF
Democratic candidate, he has my
unhesitating consent. want him tc
be in good faith. / want Democracy
to be sprinkled over the earth In
abundance and given to mankind like
the blessing of heaven--without price
There is one thing / have heard
which if it be true, is of great impor.
lance, that is this: 1t is believed to q
large extent throughout every State
of the Union that the l.. u N. is in o
large mearure responsible for the con-
troversy in this State. / don't affirm
or deny the truth of that statement,
for do not know whether 1t is true
or false if it is true, if this railroad
is performing tie part it is reported
10 be in this election in Kentucky, you
stand up and see if it is OF transcend
ont importance to the State.
/ do not believe in reckless or i'll
advised assaults upon any interests
whether corporate or individual. be-
lieve they can be fairly dealt with and
that every encouragement should be
given them to promote the public
welfare of the State. can not think
of any more grievous thing, | cannot
conceive of any more dangerous thing
than to put great State like Ken
lucky under the influence and domino
ton of a railroad corporation. II
these things be true then render a
verdict here in November that these
corporations will not forget for many
days, but am through with this, l did
not come in to discuss local issues ]
merely reverted 10 them. will not dis
cuss them came merely to ask the
Democrats of Kentucky to elect a
Democratic ticket and keep this old
State safely anchored to the Demo-
cratic party, and to ask you to elect
Democratic Legislature too, and with
out fail we will send back to the Sem
ate of the United States that prince OF
gentlemen, that srest and eloquent
Kentuckian, my good friend, Senator
j. G. s. Blackburn. Kentucky is in
woeful need of Democratic Senator
in Congress. You have not had one
there for long time, just think what
you have there now. Are you salts
fed? (Applause.)
Out in Missouri when we read that
the Louisville Convention had endOrs-
ed Joe Blackburn for Senator every
one of us were willing to forget every
possible Sin the convention committed
for that one act of righteousness. We
waited impstiently in Missouri aud
elsewhere for Joe Blackburn's voice
to ring again in the Senate Cham
Der as it was wont to do in bold def
Snce of wrong and in the advocacy OF |
right. We want to elect Blackburn
next year. Don't we? And we want
70 get as many Senators and Con-
gressmen as we can TO help them car
~ out the Democratic policy and en-
force them.
am as much in favO" of the Dem.
1Cratic platform to-day as was in
1896; here is not a line in it that is
lot right, Is to, l and all. The next
Democratic National Convention will
reaffirm the declaration of the Chicago
platform OF '96. l believe in the
policy and doctrine of bi-metallic
coinage; l want to see both gold aud
silver coined into standard money
without discrimination, and when l
'aY that l will say further, that neith-
II gold nor silver is material to me
don't care the snap of. my finger
about gold or silver or other metal.
While l say this, gold and silver are
merely instrumentalities of nature,
which God has given TO us for the use
II mans convenience, pleasure, and
profit, and l6 to / is nothing more
han an expression of the relative
value between them, that is all. il
believed that there was gold enough
II the world today to subserve and an
wer the monetary needs of the world
would not give snap of finger for
liver. II l believed that there was
enough silver would not give the
nap of my finger for gold. 1t is be-
suse l do not believe that either met
i, unaided by the other, can fulfil