The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-24
all. 1t will be political death from which
there will be no resurrection"

tnere VIII be no resurrection"
BLACkBuRN's PERSONAL POSITION.
Mr.. Blackburn uttered the words Just
quoted with great emphasis and with a
sincerity that could not be doubted The
talk then drifted to his own position In
tho campaign. II was suggested that by
allylng himself to Goebel he had burned
his bridges behind him.
yes" said Mr.. Blackburn 81 know all
about that There he continued, point
ing to pile of letters, ARE any number
of requests to me to keep my hands OF.
because all the democrats were for me,
and would be sent to the senate by ac-
clamation, Their counsel came to inc
with friendly purpose. They meant 1t for
the best. but am not that kind OF DEM
ocrat. am not built that way. do not
want to win fight by suking out OF It..
have placed all my stakes upon the table.
do not want to sec tho day come when
am not willing to stand or fall with my
party. This Is party fight, and as a party
man / am In 1t up to my neck, said Mr.
Blackburn, smilingly. until November"
'How are you going to treat the bolt
ers?"
We'll" said the senator, II am not
going to get mad with them or abuse
them. / can not do It, Many of them
are men with whom ! have been asso-
ciated for years, and while l am sorry
for them, ! shall not abuse them. do
not believe there was any necessity for
their convention. and hope to persuade
them that they are misguided and erring.
did say something about John Young
Brown in my speech al Harrodsburg yes
terday-not against him personally, but
something about his record. He began
his political career, you know, boiling
Breckenridge In 1860, and supporting
Douglas, who was boltcr. He also failed
to support Hardin in 1895"
OUTLOOK FOR THE LEGISLATURE
what is the outlook for the legisla-
ture?"
Up to the present time" replied Mr..
Blackburn, "about 80 per cent OF the DEM
ocratic nominations for the legislature
have been made, and every nominee has
either been instructed to vote for me II
elected or has voluntarily announced his
support My judgment is that we Will
have over fifty majority in the legislature.
Our lower house is composed OF one hun
dred members, and our senate has a mem
bership of thirty-eight. OF the latter
nineteen are hold-overs. and OF these nine
teen no less than seventeen are DEM
ocrats or the nineteen to be elected, the
republicans will probably secure six. CIV
ing them eight senators altogether. In
inc lHbt mousse tnere were beFenty-Blx
democrats and twenty-four republicans.
My judgment is that the figures In the
next house Will be seventy democrats to
thirty republicans, the total On Joint bal
lot being one hundred democrats to thirty
eight republicans. ! am confident, as you
will see, of my return to the senate"
HANNA A POPULAR TARGET.
Mr. Blackburn's assertions regarding
The alleged frauds by republicans in Ken
lucky reminds me that Goebel's speech at |
yesterday could have been
put In four words-pralse Bryan, damn |
Hanna. Goebel ON the stump is a direct, |
orcible, almost epigrammatic speaker,
whose voice is somewhat strident. and |
Who doss not attempt to excite enthusi- |
ism by display of the horid and lurid |
-hetorlc ip which Kentucky audiences de-
light. Yesterday he referred to the bolt
,rs' convention only long enough to charge
hat John Young Brown tried to secure
md would willingly have accepted the
,ubernatorial nomination on the last day
II the convention. after all the events
which he now condemns had occurred. Tho
Meeting. by the way. was held at the
lome OF General p. Wat Hardin, q defeat
ID candidate for the nomination, and tina
rowd. though quite large. is said by Sem
tor Blackburn 10 have been the smallest
4 the campaign. General Hardin left the /
tate almost Immediately after Goebel's
nomination., but 1t IL said that he will sup |,
ort the ticket.
This, however, is q depression from q
ew concluding remarks about Hanna as a
arget. Whenever Goebel took whack
t Hanna the crowd howled with delight.
he heavier the thump the more they
'ere pleased, until Goebel finally played
Or several minutes on this one string.
10 defends the G0eb0l election law by
busting Hanna. Here are some OF his
The election law Is a harricade to
keep Hanna out Of Kentucky.
As long as this law stands the vote
Of Kentucky can never be stolen again
by Mark Hanna for Mckinley.
Hanna will never dump bis corrup-
tion fund into this State again. for
with our new election law the goods
can not be delivered to him: and Han
ma never pays for what no does not
get
am just as much opposed now to
Mark Hanna stealing the vote OF Ken
lucky for Mckinley as ever have
been. Hanna's theft OF 1896 can not
be repeated.
II you want to prevent Mark Hanna
from coming here and repeating the |
work OF 1896, there IL but one way |
to do It, Keep this law on the stxt-
ute books.
Ear-splittIng yells Of deli ght followed /
lch one Of these sentences. Hanna. over II
lirope, does not know how biz name u 1
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