Arizona republican., 1899-11-07
Peace-LoVins Citizens Of Ken
lucky Dread Today.
PARTISANS PREPARE FOR WAR
The GoebeI Election Law has
Wrought Public Feeling Up 70 a
Dangerous Poinf-1he End OF
the Most Violent Campaign Ever
Carried on the Dark and Bloody
Ground.

of the temper to which the Kentucky
campaign has warmed can be judged
by the following quotations from the
scriptures, which appeared in the
Louisville Post, the leading anti-Goe-
bel democratic organ of the state last
Saturday:
These six things doth the Lord hate;
yea, seven are an abomination unto
Him: A proud look. a lying tongue and
hands that shed innocent blood, a
heart that deviseth wicked imagina-
ton, feet that be swift in running to
mischief. a false witness that speaketh
lies and he that soweth discord among
brethren. proverbs, chapter 6.
This was followed by about as
scathing a denunciation of Cioebel as
the wealth of the English language af-
fords. In the same issue of the Post
was printed a card from General Basil
w. Duke, who succeeded General John
H. Morgan in the command of the fa-
nous confederate raiders of Kentucky
in the civil war. In this card General
Duke replied to the charge which Goe-
bel had made in a speech to the ef-
feet that Duke, as chief attorney for
the Louisville and Nashville railroad
company, had used money to further
the ends of corrupt legislation. Duke
minced no words. II will not submit
to attack from a liar. a s'anderer and
an assassin" he said.
WAITED FOR GOEBELS REPLY.
The whole state has waited until to-
night to hear Goebers reply. A great
many thought it might come in the
form of a bullet, and some fear that
he may yet make a rejoinder. with a
revolver. Goebel announced that, al
though he had closed his campaign IN
Louisville he would return here in or
der to give his enemies a chance to
look him up" Incidentally, Goebel,
declared, in his closing speech here.
that Duke knows as much about
honesty as eunuch knows of
The sweets of love" No man
can foretell with certainty what will
be the outcome of this hot exchange
of campaign courtesies between Gen
eral Duke and Senator Goebel. Both
have hair-trigger tempers and nerves
like chilled steel, and each has snelt
gunpowder in his time-Duke in many
a hard fought battle on the field and
Goebel in a street fight in which he
killed John Sanford at Covington.
But even if Goebel and Duke and
the leaders on the other side of the
contending democratic faction are kept
apart, there is peril imminent and
deadly, which none dares deny, of Sc
rious trouble at the polls tomorrow.
In Louisville. in Covington, in New
port, in Lexington, in Frankfort IN
Owensboro, and other of the larger
towns of the state. Citizens grow more
apprehensive as election day draws
near. Each side is claiming that the
enemy proposes to perpetrate fraud m
the balloting, and every partisan is
declaring that he will spill blood TO
prevent the opposition from stealing
the result In the mountains, where
the republicans are in the majority.
some of the hot-headed leaders of that
party are openly proclaiming that II
theft is attempted either in the voting
or the count they will lynch the ef-
tenders in broad daylight on the pub
lie highways.
SHOTGUN CLUBS ORGANIZED.
In Covington and Newport shotgun
clubs have been organized by anti
GoebeI democrats to guard the polls.
But in Louisville the situation in its
intensity exceeds the feeling of ap-
prehension which to Il greater or less
extent prevails all over Kentucky.
Non-partisan or honest election
leagues have been formed with thou
sands upon thousands of members
The express purpose of these leagues
is to see that fair election is held.
At the board of trade building here last
week 300 of the leading citizens of the
state. including millionaire bankers.
brilliant lawyers and prominent man
ufacturers, held a meeting to discuss
the situation. 1t was agreed that all
signs pointed to bloodshed and trouble
of a serious nature in this city on
election day, and resolutions were
adopted to the effect that the CONNER
cial interests of this city demanded
that action be taken to prevent SER
ious trouble.
But still the feeling Of uneasiness
grows. Threats and counter threats
are heard upon all sides. In Louisville