Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-25

4 enc, II ne would teii me ne would vote
! to repeal the Goebel election law after
! the Republicans once got possession.
| You know better than that, and 50 do
/, and so does anybody who ever had
a passing acquaintance with an aver
! age Republican politician.
| Now / want to ask YOU is there any
! justification, is there any defense. Is
| there any excuse or any apology for a
! Democrat refusing to support this
| ticket III 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 l never saw a Demo-
crat nor a Republican nor Populist
nor a Prohibitionist nor a Woman's
suffragist convention in my life that In
its methods and rulings was Young
Mems Christian association or Sun
day school gathering. If you answer
and 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 un-
dertake to controvert 1t. that there is
not to be found In the policy or meth
DDS of that convention either justifca-
tion or excuse for any Democrat aban-
doning the faith Of his party and refus-
ing to sport its ticket. [Applause]
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 1t.
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-Jcurnal and 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, l 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 1t has not
been my fault, that will swear, for 20
years from every stump in Kentucky
IL l 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 it.
They are not doing 1t on contract
with Goebel or with any other man
on that state ticket, nor have l, or any
other Democrat within the limits of
this state, ever made any concessions
to them or any bargains or any prom
ises. They are supporting it because
they want TO do 1t, and am glad OF II,
and / am not going to abuse them
IL they keep on supporting Demo-
cratic principles and platforms,
never will abuse them. have
never abused them for anything ex-
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 its antecedents,
no matter whether goldbug or Repub-
lican or what not. In this fight | want
the support of every man within the
limits of the state, be he goldbug,
Democrat, Republican, 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, IL l can persuade him to give it
without treading on my principles and
convictions. GCheers.l
TRIBUTE TO GoEBEL.
Kentucky Democrats May Well Be
Proud of Their Ticket.
Now, my friends, you have ticket
you need not be ashamed of. There
is not man on 1t whose record is not
clean II Is well dividad oaoOra nhio