Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22
REVOLT AGAINST GOEBEL
Friends of the Kentuckian Astonished at
Its Extent.
Many Democratic Editors Openly He
fuse to Support the Nominee
for Governor.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star

Special Correspondence Of The Evening star.
LOUISVILLE, KY, July 20, 1899.
| Though the usual post-convention sore
| ness was expected to follow the nominating
of state ticket in this city by the demo-
| Gratis three weeks ago. the friends of State
| Senator VIM. Goebel were quite unprepared
| for the widespread dissatisfaction which
has resulted because of the Kenton county
| leaders selection as the candidate for gov
ernor.
Twelve or fifteen of the best known demo-
| cratic editors in the state have bolted the
| ticket. refusing absolutely to give IL any
support whatsoever because. as they anege,
| 1t was named by fraud and treachery. OF
| those publications that opposing the
| democratic nominee for governor for the
| first time In their history the most promi-
nent ones. perhaps, are the Owensboro
! Daily Inquirer, the Louisville Daily Dis
| patch, the Lexington Daily Herald. the
Henderson Daily Journal the Georgetown
Daily World, the Livingston Colonel, the
| Russellville News, the Bath County World,
| the Frenchburg Agitator, the Sandy Herald,
| the Sturgts News-Journal, the Kentucky
Recorder, the Owingsville Outlook and 9TH
ers.
Probably fifteen lifelong democrats who
are editors of newspapers have promised
| to give the ticket what support they can
! under the circumstances" but they do not
| hesitate to condemn in the severest Ian
guage what they call 1.-The unheard-of fraud
| and treachery, by which MIR. Gcebel Sc
| cured q nomination that the people by
| their instructed delegates had shown ley
did not intend for him to have. A notable
case of this kind, in which the ticket is
accepted with very bad grace, is that OF
Editor Green Keller of the Carlisle Mer-
curry, of the most prominent demo-
cratic leaders in Kentucky, who was a can
didate for secretary of state before the
Editor Keller charges
that votes were deliberately stolen by the
Gcebel machine" and GoebelS nominal
ton forced on the convention He also
says that Goebefs entire slate for the state
ticket was forced through by the same
methods; men who did not favor Goebel,
though they had sufficient votes to be
nominated, being ignored and the Goebel
candidates named. Editor Keller says: Il
am willing TO give the ticket l know to
have been chosen through treachery and
fraud such support as a democrat can a
ticket selected in such manner.
Revolt in Montgomery County.
But the most serious aspect of the defec-
ton is the revolt that was inflated last
Monday by the holding OF a meeting at Mt.
Sterling. Montgomery county, which was
attended by coo lifelong democrats. These
old party sovereigns adopted resolutions
calling for state meeting, TO be held at
Lexington, August ., for the purpose of
naming a new ticket, ''one on which the
can offer its support says the call. These
men say they ''canrot indorse the methods
by which Senator Goebel's nomination was
secured and they favor the selection of a
new standard bearer" That this move
ment is to be one OF considerable potency
even the Goebel men are now admitting.
In local paper Wednesday was printed
a call for a similar meet.rg. to be held at
Bowling Green, the county seat of Warren
county. and ole of the largest democratic
strongholds in the State, Eext Monday. This
ID
resenting one-fourth of the democratic vot-
ers of the county, and the promoters of
the bolt say they have two other petitions
out in the county with AGO more signatures
thereon. This shows how formidable the
movement is becoming
In Clark county the same kind of effort is
being made, and If is said there will be
concerted effort on the part of those demo
Gratis opposing MIR. Goebel in all parts of
the state. 1t is understood a meeting will
be held in the first congressional district
and one in the eleventh congressional dis
trict about the LIST of August to add impetus
TO the Independent action.
The Republican Ticket.
The republicans, who have nominated
full state ticket, headed by Attorney General
Taylor and at convention in which har-
mony prevailed throughout, presenting a
striking contrast to the democratic state
gathering, say they are going in TO
profit by the disaffection in democratic
ranks 1t is understood the republican lead
ers are going to avoid any features of cam
paigning that could possibly offend this dis !
satisfied democratic element, and throw |
any anchors to windward'' they happen to
find.
Senator Goebers friends ard managers
deny that the bolt has assumed alarming
proportions, insisting that much of the dis
affection win disappear as the campaign
progresses, but the more conservative lead
ers admit that there is more smoke than
fire. throughout the state.
Another damaging after development of
the preliminary contest within democratic
ranks for the gubernatorial nomination is
tawa, ex-representative, and one of the
bestowed leaders in the famed "Gibral- |
tar democratic district. has not been
s'placated." His managers went into a |
combine with the Goebel people to organ |
ize the convention. Stone charges that 4
Goebel promised to nominate him tStone) |
on the third day of the convention and |
that Goebel failed to keep this promise
Mr. Goebei denies that he made an agree
ment to do more than organize the conven-
ton, but Capt Stone reiterates his charge !
of treachery against Senator Goebel, his |
last card having been printed but few |
days ago in local paper. Capt Stone
yields a wide influence in southern and |
tude he can do Mr. Goebel immeasurable
harm In the contest for governor |
When the Hardin bolt was reported in |
96. the democrats thought they had seen
their worst party split, but the present de- |
lection certainly seems to doubly discount |
the dissatisfaction resulting from Gen
Hardins nomination for governor.