Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-26
KENTUCKY CAMPAIGN
Goebel Refuses to Make Explanations
to His Opponents.
MAKES GREAT SHOW OF CONFIDENCE
Orators Of National Repute Ex-
pected to Take Part.
r EPU BLICANS REUSED


Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
LOUISVILLE. Ky, September "a, 1899.
| Several days have now elapsed since eX-
Representative John w. Caldwell printed
his open letter to Mr.. Goebel asking for
information to what member of the
Hallam family was in the penitentiary and
when and where, but the questions remain
unanswered.
| 1t has been about two weeks since eX-
Secretary of the Treasury John G. Car
Isle made public a statement to the eff
feet that Mr.. Goebel now posing a de-
voted silver man, sought his Carlisle 81
aid in taking a sound money delegation
from Kenton county to the Kentucky state
convention of 1886. On this momentous
question the candidate for governor also
remains silent.
The people of Kentucky have been wait
ing with bated breath for the prompt state
ment from Goebel which his friends de-
cared would squelch his questioners That
the king of kenton'' has injured his
cause somewhat by ignoring these two
| important matters even his admirers many
of them frankly admit.
Another fact that has not served to add
any to the strength of the regular cam
didate for governor on the democratic
| ticket IS that the recent charges of Capt.
|
Stone asserts and has but recently reit-
| Grated that he was betrayed by Mr. Goe-
bel and the nomination for governor, for
| which Stone was d candidate, was boldly
flched
Outside Interest In Election.
Correspondent from many of the larger
newspapers in the east, west and south
have during the past few days arrived
here to watch the developments and fur
| cia1 ba
! paign. The expected coming of VIM ].
| Bryan to make speeches for Goebel and the
| effect his coming may or may not have on
| Mr.. Bryans own candidacy the expected
| invasion of Goebel orators by the carload
| from Missouri, Texas, Indiana and Illinois.
| where the Cook County Marching Club 100
| strong, headed by Mayor Carter Harrison
| of Chicago. is marshaling for visit
to Kentucky; the alleged deal between
Mclean of Ohio, German of Maryland
and Goebel of Kentucky to defeat Bryaus
| nomination next year: the extraordinary
| growth of the Independent democratic
| movement, headed by ex-Gov. Brown, cou-
pied with the prominence of the men who
! are taking part in the exciting and sensa-
| tional three-cornered fight and the danger
| of personal difficulties among them, have
all served to give the most memorable
| OF Kentucky political contests a central
place in the eye of the nation.
| This man Goebel, around whom this con-
| test is waging ferccly, is one of the
most striking personalities in modern
to indicate his defeat multiply from day
| to day this man, grim, determined and
| showing confidence in every word he ut
tiers. faces the most formidable opposition
| democratic candidate in this state ever
| contended with. Pointing to his past vic
| tories against heavy odds. in voice full
! of assurance he declares he will be elect
| ed governor surely the sun rises
| the morning of November Z.
| His Claims Nystffy the People.
| Of ba obi
| figure any way by which this success can
| be won. but the adherents of the Kenton
| county leader entertain doubt to the
| result. In fact, there is occasionally found
| one who has the temerity to place money,
| at odds, on Mr.. Goebel, and one of the
men who follow his political fortunes has
! placed a wager of s. 900 to $1,000. How
ever. it is a fact that but few large bets
| have been made thus far by Goebe part-
sans though the bet-makng stage has
| hardly been reached.
| Every day seems to add fresh strength
| to the opposition to Goebel. EX-Represen-
| tative w. H. Ward of Cynthiana, now
| eighty-five years old, and considered one
| of the most influential democratic leaders
| In central or eastern Kentucky, has re-
| Gently added his name to the list of Brown
| lieutenants, stating that he intends TO
| make several speeches against Mr.. Goebel.
| This must have been a keen disappoint-
ment to the friends of Goebel, as they
had confidently counted upon Col. Wards
| support
In the past ten days three or four more
| influential democratic newspapers have
| come out in favor of Gov. Brown, notably
! the Benton Tribune. the New Haven Echo
| and the HarrodSburg Sayings. The editors
| of the latter two journals were delegates
| to the convention which nominated Mr.
| Goebei. They give as their reasons for de-
| serting the standard-bearer of the reg
| ular'' wing of their party that the methods
| by which he obtained his nomination were
unfair and undemocratic, that he has ac-
| cused a brother of Theodore Hallam of
| having been in penitentiary without hav-
! ing substantiated the charge, and that he
| has not offered any defense to the charge
| of John G. Carlisle that he (GoebeD en-
| deavored to take a sound money delegation
| to the Lexington state convention of 1886
! Gov. Browns Four Speeches.
Ex-Gov. Brown has made four speeches
| during the past week to crowds that were
! admittedly the largest seen during the cam
| paign in the towns where he appeared. At
| Elizabethtown on Saturday he spoke to
| 1200 citizens of Hardin county, and the
| enthusiasm is said by conservative men to
| have been in marked contrast to the half
/ hearted sort of welcome rendered Mr.. Coe-
| bel at the same county seat only ten days
! before. The Brown campaign managers
| have just given out for publication new
| list of speaking appointments for twenty
| eight orators, including Gov. Brown, and Il
! glance at the names and places shows
| plainly that the anti-Goebel men are
| warming to their work" and that they
| propose to make the remainder of the cam
paign even more aggressive than the politi-
! cal warfare waged up to this time. 1t Is
| now said to be almost a certainty that eX-
! Gov. Altgeld Of Illinois will speak in Ken
| lucky for the Brown ticket. 1t is also
stated by those in position to know that
| the Brown managers are about ready to
announce the coming of other national
notables, whose espousal of the anti-Goebel
| cause will add many more votes to the al
| ready resolute and powerful independen.
movement.
POpuIists in the Fray.
Another factor in the race that promises
| to assume more than ordinary proportions
/ is the populist party. A full peoples party
| ticket has been nominated. and the cam
paign is to be opened with a rousing rally
at Paducah October ?. and 4. On that
| occasion ten orators of national prominence
will speak in the interest of the populist
candidates. Tom Watson of Georgia
''Whirlwind" Davis of Texas, Golden
Rule Jones of Toledo. Ohio Ignatius Dom
nelly of Minnesota Col Thomas Thapdars