Semi-weekly interior journal., 1899-05-09


publicans demand its repeal because
under II Hanna can not buy the State
as In 1896, as he is too good a business
man to put up his money for goods that
can not be delivered a similar law 10
In effect in Virginia and Tennessee and
Is absolutely necessary here for honest
elections.
He then told how Hardin had turned
down all the leading silver men in the
state convention that nominated him
Tor governor, and chose Senator Lind
say over Blackburn and Gov. Knott,
his owr county OF Mercer helping
him to do II and to adopt the platform
written by gold standard man. He
Kept the party in doubt as to his atti.
tude from June to early autumn aud
then when Gov. Bradley asked him at
the Louisville Auditorium whether he
would, II the appointment of a L. S.
Senator devolved on him, appoint free
silver or gold standard democrat.
he failed 10 answer, as he evidently
thought the question raising of false
issues, the creation of a diversion aud
an attempt to plaster over democratic
principles with foreign matter. Mr..
Hardin claims TO be martyr, but
martyr has always been thought to
mean one who suffers for cause not
one who makes cause suffer for him.
AZ Hardin had done.
AT Shelbyville, Mr.. Hardin is credit
ed with making a most remarkable ut
terance: That his defeat would mean
the fall OF the cause he represented and
would be heralded around the world as
such. The speaker showed the absurd.
ity of the claim and in an amusing way
told how the news would affect the
great potentates OF the world and the
commotion IL would cause in the house
holds OF the etIete monarchs. "Did you
ever read or did yoJ ever hear" said
the speaker, "of Lee or his generals,
abraham Lincoln, Grant, Andrew
jackson, Patrick Henry and the other
preat captains of the world claiming
chat il they went down the cause they
represented would also die? Those
illustrious men are dead, but there are
other differences between them and
Hardin than that he is living"
Mr.. Goebel then referred to his own
party service, which began in the SEN
ate in 1887. The railroad commission
as then constituted, merely accepted
the statements of the railroads as to
their value. He pushed TO the passage
a bill TO assess railroad property as any
other and as chairman of an investi-
eating committee as 10 the part the
railroad lobby was playing, reported
that the attention of the Judge of the
Franklin circuit court should be called
to their acts and indictments procured
against its members. Since then the
!. L. * y. has camped on his trail and AZ
matter Of fact he has been doing
some camping himself. When the
democratic caucus was held in 1896, he
was proud to say that he cast his vote
for that great lawyer and simon pure
democrat. Gov. John Young Brown
but when Blackburn was nominated he
became his loyal supporter and wa:
honored by being made the head OF the
steering committee. He had helped tC
thwart the republican attempt to un
seat members by securing the adoption
of the rule that when the republican
lieutenant governor refused TO put 4
motion, the clerk of the Senate shoull
do so, how he resisted the attempt of /
, republican governor 10 over awe tn,
law making branch of the government
with the military aud how he had help
ed to kill the fusion bill designed to xii
, the democratic party. He enumerated
. many other splendid services he haC
rendered the democratic party anC
closed with an expression of the hop,
a that the people of Lincoln count,
, would aid him in his ambition to secur,
!, the high Office of governor Of this com
;. monwealth.
This is IA very imperfect synopsis OF |
4 very excellent speech of Il hours, which
, was frequently applauded, and which
created profound impression yer!
, favorable to the speaker He had man!
friends before his coming. His visi
a increased them ten fold. The Senator
> is not only an earnest and forcefu
speaker, but an eloquent one, and th'
= reports that he freezes instead of warm
! up an audience is the sheerest non
sense, not To characterize IL NOR
n severely.
i At the conclusion of the speech call
|. were made for Judge Il. j. Breckiu
n ridge, who responded in a taking littl
n talk. 1t was SO natural for him to tai
> to democrats In this neck of the wood
h that he feared unless somebody woul
a take him out he would talk until b
N "busted." He believed he was the onl
N real A. l democrat in the world an
said the Chicago platform and the de-
a L. .l.s an.