Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-13
Uncertain as to the Kentucky Candi-
dates Standing.
GOEBEL MAY Be AGAINST BRYAN
His Nomination Said to Have Been
a Trick.
A NEW CONVENTION RUMOR


| chine leaves Bryan people in doubt as to
| whether or not they have that erganiza-
ton. The fact that ex-senator Joe Black
| burn accepts Goebel inclines the silver
i democrats outside of the state to conclude
| that it is all right. Blackburn is one of
| the high priests of free silver. Bryanism
| and Bryan people are inclined to ac-
| cept him as authority with respect to
| Kentucky. They are embarrassed in this
| faith, however, by the fact that Goebel,
| though he supported the ticket in SO, was
| known as a gold man, and that his nomi-
nation for governor is the occasion of
manifestations of delight by Henry Wat
| terson and the Courier Journal, who bolted
| Bryan and are welded to the gold stand
| ard The fact that Watterson is pleased
| is sufficient to make the outside Bryan
| men feel doubts and apprehension.
| Stories of a Trick.
| In addition to this, however, word comes
| from certain Bryan men in the state that
| GOebels nomination was a Watterson-
| Courier-Journal-gold trick; that Black
| burn has been deceived, and that if some
| thing is not done to prevent the wicked
| plans from being carried out Goebel will
| turn the whole state organization over to
the anti-Bryan people, send an anti-lryan
| delegation to the democratic national con-
| vention next year, and defeat the aspira-
| tions of Blackburn to return to the United
| States Senate. They predict that Black
| burn will be tricked as Stone claims he was
/ by Goebel.
With all this conflict of advices the Bryan
people outside the state, who are simply
calculating on the control of the next ma
| tional convention for Bryan and free silver,
do not know what to think nor to whom to
lend their sympathy and moral support.
Movement for Another Convention.
A movement is on foot to call another
democratic convention and to put a new
ticket in the field, opposing Goebel in the
name of Organism. Such a move to amount
to anything requires the sympathy of the
| democratic national party, and the anti
Goebel democrats are trying to make good
| their claim that Goebers nomination was
fraud upon the democrats of Kentucky,
made effective by force.
A Kentucky politician, who is a friend
| of Hardin, whose delegates were thrown
| out of the convention and VINO was defeat
ed for the nomination by Goebel, was very
bitter in his denunciation of Goebel, in
talk with a Star reporter here today, stat
ing that another democrat would be nom
mated and that Goebel would be defeated
either by a democrat or by the regular re-
publican nominee. He said that the calling
of another convention was being considered,
and that if new ticket was not put in the
field thousands of democrats would vote
for the republican candidate or else not
vote
He said that Goebel belonged to the
Cleveland-Carlisle-W Watterson crowd, voted
| against Blackburn in caucus, and in after
ward supporting him said thai he did so
on account Of party loyalty, in spite of his
political heresies." He said that force and
| fraud were used in securing Goebers nomi-
| alton, and that an enormous corruption
| fund a large part of which was believed to
| have been raised by WattersOn among the
eastern gold men. was used to get control
| of The convention. He said that tens of
thousands of democrats resented the man.
ner in which Goebel got control of the con-
vention. and that in a choice between
| ''Goebel:sm and republicanism" the repub-
| licans would carry Kentucky; that any de-
cent republican ticket, with fair election,
would defeat the Goebel ticket by hun
dred thousand.
What Mr.. steaiey Says.
o. o. Steaiey. the Washington correspon-
dent of the Louisville Courier-Journal, and
a friend of Watterson's, who has just
| turned from kentucky, where he was dur
ing the democratic convention. declares that
il is all nonsense 10 talk about another
democratic convention; that there would
| not be 900 democrats in the state in such
move. He says that Gcebel will be elected
governor, Joe Blackburn v i'll come back 10
the Senate without democratic opposition
and that Kentucky will send a Bryan dele
CATION TO the democratic national conven-
tion.
bGtNtSH Tue dIItl-bIydl people nOHllIdl-
ing their owa man and declaring their
ceptance of Bryan and his friend Black
burn, and the loud cries of the Hardin
men that the wolf is merely trying TO get
its head through the door, the Bryan ma
tional leaders are thoroughly bewidered
and do not know where their futtering
sympathy will light. 1t is just this sort of
situation they are afraid will develop in
several states. leaving them in doubt and
at disadvantage.
Representative Rhea,s Views.
Representative John S. Rhea of the third
, Kentucky district is in the city for a few
days. Mr.. Rhea took an active part in the
proceedings of the recent democratic state
convention at Louisville. Although he was
a partisan of Col. Stone, who failed to re-
ceive the gubernatorial nomination. and
though a great deal of bad feeling has been
engendered as the outcome of the conven-
tions acts, Mr.. Rhea appears to cherish
| no i'll will to the Goebel faction.
Il shall support the ticket" said Mr..
Rhea to a Star reporter today in answer
to query.
| methods of the convention? he was asked.
Il have no comments to make. The
ticket has been nominated and 1 propose to
stand by it. 1 believe the ticket will win
and that the democrats will carry the state.
We will certainly do SO if We get together
| and stand up for the ticket.
For that matter, however, there Is as
much discord among the republicans as in
our own ranks. There is factional fight
between the machine republicans and the
| other set. The populists are divided, too
The middle-of-the-road' populists will put
| up a state ticket, / think.
Il am encouraged to believe the demo-
Gratis will carry the state because we have
| been making considerable gains since
Bradley (repUblican) was elected governor
| In the last congressional election there
were some sweeping changes in our favor
For instance, the Louisville district, which
| in 1896 went 1900 republican, was carried
| last year by democrat by 600 or 500 NY
own district carried in 1886 by about $50,
while last fall it was by 5000. BradIey's
majority was only 5000, and the normal
democratic majority in the state is about
5000. So we have a good margin from
which to GAIN