El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-03


"Tammany has no money this year.
Since We endorsed Bryan the wealthy
democrats OF this city have refused to
help us, and we can not raise finds
enough for our own campaign"
The opposition to Goe bel in kentucky,
b 9th republican and democratic, is
we'll summed up in the following
statement by Senator Lindsay, a gold
democrat:
"The real question before the peo-
pie OF Kentucky, in my judgment, 1s.
whether they are to have the right in
1900 to decide for themselves Kentuc-
ky's position on national issues. or
whether the decision is to be made
for them by the agencies of the central
authority, which assumes to manage
our elections. The right of Kentuc-
khan to vote as he pleases, and 10 have
his vote received and counted as he
casts it, is far more important to him
ian the settlement of any of the ma
tiona1 issues dividing the people of the
United States. Whether he is to have
that right is the question to be decid-
ed in November.
"Mr. Goebel's election would fasten
on Kentucky for an indefinite period OF
time the Goebel law, The most vicious
and dangerous measure that has ever
found place on our statute books. 1t
is essentially anti-democratic. 1t puts
the election machinery under the ab-
solute control of an irresponsible and
strictly partisan central commission.
There are five state tickets now asking
popular support. The three state
election commissioners are
each and all the pronounced
and active supporters of one of
those tickets. That they are men of
character and standing il no answer to
the objection that they claim the right
to exercise, and do exercise, powers
dangerous to free institutions and de-
strnctive Of the rights of the individual
citizen. They may intend no wrong.
but they have not resisted, and can not
resist. the pressure to appoint county
boards unduly favorable to the
particular ticket they are each and all
actively supporting. We may have
fair election and an honest count in
November, but If go, it will be in spite
of the election law, which is standing
temptation to the persons operating it
to commit or cOuntenance frauds in
the interest of their particular party or
ticket. When We come to exercise the
right of suffrage, and to have our votes
correctly counted, through the grace
and at the will of an election machine,
we have reached the end of a repab-
lican government"
In conclusion the senator stated his
own personal position as follows:
81 am not responsible for any one of
cord with any one of the party plat
forms, but 1 regard the Lexington
movement as protest against packed
primaries aud revolutionary party
conventions, as well as against this
partisan and unconstitutional election
continuance. For that reason [ am in
hearty sympathy with that movement.
The good name of the state and the
freedom of elections demand the ce-
feat OF the Louisville ticket, and with
a free vote and an honest count, 1T will
be defeated. If it's defeat results in
the SUCCESS of the repub-
Iican party the responsibility
will be with those who organized and
controlled the Louisville convention
and attempted to make this new cleo
tton law the test of Kentucky Democ-
racy.
THE supporters of Gov. Brown are
being treated as political outlaws, I'm
worthy of appointment to the county
election boards, and, because of their
refusal to support Mr.. Goebel. legally
disqualified to act as precinct officers of
election. This proscriptive policy does
not tend to democratic harmony In the
future. 1t rather shows that the ma
chine has confidence in it's ability to
dispense with majorities and to control
the state through the certificates of
the returning boards.
Maryland.
Arthur Pue German is engaged in a
life and death contest to restore in
Maryland that political hierarchy, the
work of his life, which was rudely
shattered in 1895 and 1896, through the
adherence of the democratic party of
that state to the cause OF the 16 to
theory, and the consequent alarm OF
the sound money men OF that state.
That state SO strongly democratic.
and 80 we'll controlled by clever ma
chinery constructed byGorman, should
have broken away from it's ancient
mooring and given over 81, 0G0 major
ity for Mckinley in 1896, shows how
destructive to the party led by Cor
man was the effect of the free coinage
issue.
The fact that German is again in the
saddle, and Is trying to regain his old
seat in the senate, will serve to Indicate
the character OF the contest now going
on in Maryland. A governor and 9th
err state officers will be elected in the
state this year, but the contest has
much deeper significance from the fact
that the action of the voters at the
next election will to more or less ex-
tent determine their position with ref
erence to free coinage. German has
candidate for governor who is under
his control. The republicans nominal
ed Governor Lowndes, and, in addition
to national issues, are waging the con-
test on the good record of the party
while in power. Actively aided by Sem
ator McComas, Gov. Lowndes Is making
a strong, and, it is believed, winning
canvas, and in this he is aided by many
prominent repu blican speakers, includ-
ing Gov. Roosevelt, who has just made
a brief campaign in the state. Yet
there is factional fight of more or