Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-01
SATURDAY. JULY /, 1895
This KENTUCKY DEMOCRACY.

That there is some dscord in the Dem
ponatio party Of Kentucky there can be
no doubt. The extent of it we who are
mt this distance from the Blue Grass
State cannot well determine; but we are
inclined to think that the northern
papens exaggerate it.
The platform adopted declares IN favor
of the free coinage of silver at the ratio
Of 16 to ], and urges the denomination OF
the Hon. William Jennings Bryan as our
party's candidate for tho presidency, but
thaa is not the cause of the trouble. Hen
ry Watterson's paper, the Louisville
Courier-Journal, which supported the
Palmer and Buckner ticket three years
ago, has come out in favor OF the Demo-
cratic State ticket, and enthusiastically
predicts that it will sweep the State Per
contra, w. {. T.. Breckenridge. whose
brother is on the ticket with Mr.. Goebel,
being the nominee for Attorney-General,
denounces the Goebel gubernatorial nom-
ination as an outrageous steal.
The nominating convention was in ses-
sion a week-an unusually long time.
Many of the delegates were tired OUT or
hadN exhausted their financial resources.
and had gone home before the nominal
tions were made. AS to whether Goebel
was in any wise responsible FOR firing
out tho opposition there are two opinions.
There were three candidates for the gu
bcrnatorlal nomination, and Goebel start
cd with the least number Of votes. We
may assume that each faction did what
was usual in politics to advance the
cause Of its candidate. But Goebel is
not the first public man who has profited
by long delays in nominating conven-
tions.
Mr.. Z oebel is a member of the State
Senate. He is Of German descent, and
As q cool and capable, but non-magnetic,
politician. Ii Is said that che never loses
q trick" and by some he is called boss
NE is the father of the Goebel election
law. which we have heard is a good
Democratic measure. Still there are
members of our party in Kentucky who
are violently opposed to that law Mr..
Goebel is also the author of the Ken
tucky Railroad Commission law. AS to
that measure, we quote from Louisville
letter to the Atlanta Constitution. as
follows:
off the railroads had kept out Of this
fight Goebel would never have been NOM
mated said one of the most astute rail-
road attorneys of the State in talking
over the situation with me just after the
nomination was made. Perhaps this is
true. for If II had not been for just this
opposition, Goebel would probably have
cared little TO go into the contest; GER
tainly the declarations of the leading
lobbyists that he should never be nomi-
mated were not calculated 10 make
man like Goebel quit"
Mr.. Goebel had a personal difficulty
with Colonel John Sanford some years
ego and killed him; in self-lefence, it
was decided. The Louisville Dispatch the
louisville Post, and the Henderson Jour
nal, all Democratic dailies are said to
DO disgruntled. But against their influ-
euce we may put that of the Courier
journal. AS to w. c. p. Breckenridge,
we doubt If his personal influence is any
thing like what 1t used TO be.
However, the prospects certainly are
that Kentucky is to be this fall .he scene
OF another exciting political campaign
The Republicans hope TO carry the State
and they may do so. unless the Demo-
Gratis bury their differences quickly and
surely. And that we urgently advise
them TO do.