New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-03
BLUE GRASS AMENITIES.
GOEBELS SCrRRILOUS CAMPAIGN FOR
THE GOVERNORSHIP.
A MARKED DETERIORATION IL THE TONE
or KENTUCKY POLIT1CS-ABUSE OF
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS

IN Kentucky have rivalied the one just ending
In personal harshness and venom. Kentuckans
%, the older school are az loss % account FOR
the unmanneriiness 81 this extraordinary can
vass. They can condone certain latitude ana
herceness on the stump. for political struggles
In this state have always been marked by per-
solal friction and by extreme frankness OF
speech. But a new spirit % meanness and bTu-
tally seems 20 have entered thu present contest,
which divides il sharply from the rough and
tumble. hut still manly. political rivalries OF
ot1er days \ candidacy Ike that Of William
Goehe could scarcely fail 10 unloose unruly and
violent passions: and local opinion IS disposed
20 credit entirely 10 his personality and methods
the abusive vulgarity Of the present campaign.
Tactics such as the Kenton County boss has re-
sorted 10 would sharpen the temper Of any self
respecting community: and his coarseness and
offrontery on the stump have been a constant
invitation 70 counter vehemence and irritsoility.
II may not be- quite fair 70 lay the offensive
ness u this campaign altogether at MI Goe-
bells door The shower OF unmarketahie eggs
which greeted Secretary Carlisle at Covington
in 1896 was symptom ~ the spirit of ro"dyism
then beginning 10 assert itself In Kentucky
politics The years ls96 1871 and ls.s have
seen a steady growth within the Democratic
party Of fanaficism and Intolerance. and GER
rainlv the Must, Hall Convention o, 1899. on
which Nj. Goehel practsed his hold and de-
liver" strategy. showed as d body. in It's six
DAYS u riotous deliberations as little sense -
dignity. fairness and the distinctions 81 meum
and tuum a. the Burglar Candidate who
finally manipulated its voting lists 70 force his
own Illegal nomination.
EARLIER TRADITIONS UPSET
Wherever the blame lies Kentucky has had
an exnerience this year which has upset all her
earlier traditions of rough and hard. but in the
main fair spirited campaigning. In the Old
DAYS. when men Ike Beck. Blackburn BreoH'n-
ridge Knott and Marshall fought out their po-
Mtcal battles sharp blows were given ana
taken. but there was little personal malice DO
hind them. All Kentucky laughed when Mar
shall said e blackburn in 1874 when they were
contrasting control Of the Ashland district Ny
follow citizens when Joe discusses the broad
and exhaustive question ~ finance he reminds
me ~ duck sailing on the placid bosom u
vast lake drawing something less than two
inches ~ water. creating not a ripple on the
class, surface and hlissfuliy and dehantly ig-
rorar- ~ the farhomless depths beneath MIN
r. was palpahle hit az one Of blackburn
salient weaknesses, yet the shaft carried no
venom and left 10 hatred ranking behind IL
Even the sensational struggle made in 1874 10
defeat Representative ". c. 2 Breckenridge foT
renomination developed no personal bitterness
COMPARABLE 70 that aroused by Mr.. 'ioeoeis
effort - "sardbag' the Governorship
Th4 secret - this difference u feeling Is not
far to seek. It lies In the Covlngton Senator
absolute lack Of touch with the generous tFadl-
lions which have always governed KENTUCKY
public life An alien an intruder IN her poli'ltS'
without personal ~ oratorical graces or the
training which has hitherto been held essential
~ leadership domin erng IN his use ~ power
Indifferent 70 tho means by which he secures his
ends-this self-created Pennsylvania German
LAWYER. though gradually mastering me ma
rhinorv = politics has made his ambitions JUST
r. odous 20 all the older school ~ Kentucky po"-
,foians Their disgust with his character his
career and the methods and policies he STANDS
for * unbounded. and has found vent IN a VOL
INNS ~ nersonal lenunciation such az lew cam
raigns in this state have ever witnessed IN
srriarea bv the attacks made % him Mr.. Goeoel
has struck hack hnndiy and wildly. hlling MS
stump speeches With an abasivene~s as fan-
,ss,ic as +. has been uncailed for and irrelevant
CHARGES AGAINST GOEBEL.
Most Of the charges made against the Demo-
cratic candidate are If @ public character lie
IS accused e manslaughter. having allied III
s.-ao. arh+ in Covington a wei, known eX-Con-
Tolerate veteran and Democratic politician
co,one, john sanford He is charged with hay
ing stolen his nomination for Governor FIRST
ttroueh The unseating ~ more than one hun
srad delegates with lawful credentials. and then
lv breaking lis pledges and promises To his CO.
,.,r.,,.- IN this lish-hanl.d outrage. eX-kepre-
sentative vs. J. Stone. H. is arralgned az a con-
,riratur against tne loi liar surrasr' h"N.N5
devised and fathered scheme - put the '"httoI
~ elections in the hands ~ three irresi )ns.Die
agents ~ his own choosing. ana ma NE vir"s
r..ast.l 0u Tho stump. j nave me f4'e'lvH H'"
,tist where had the Democratic state toiFch-
,.., H. addition Nh Go,hc. has been lavlsn4y
denounced by his enemies as a vulgar party
lass without principles OF integrity, eneeatof-
ing TO introduce into A-ntlcH> tHe ~,
and practice ~ Tammany Hall or the COOK
County Democracy.
ABUSING DEMOCRATIC LEADERS
Having in John Young Brown a fact!onal OPP
,anent Al whom 10 campaign mud could be
thrown Mr.. Goebel has been forced 70 make
targets Y the various other leaders OF the true
democracy movement. one Of the first Of these
, f.ei his srurril0us abuse was Theodore Hal
Ian, If Covlngton. Because Nh. Hallam saw nj
- renriiat- Mr. G0cbers title q head tn
Democratic state ticket, the Kenton County boss
went out c, his way GA the stump TO proclaim
thar Mr. Italians opinion carried ~ weight be-
cause h. had i brother VINO once served term
IN The n.nitentiary To this Mr.. Halam replied
hat - brother of his had been a prisoner OF war
f"r some time in Federal prison. Mr.. Goenel
,t., described Mr.. Halam according 70 me
-'.,ri.'r Journal. .s "a lrunkard and a de-
,s,'e1..' With face Ike q "cancerous bee:-
steak" Whereupon Mr. Italian answered mat nat
Mr. Go.hels own face would put 20 blush the
.''',r,noslte oadaver manufactured By Franken-
In me O., his earlier visits 10 Lexington Nj
c1ral alec fell foul ~ Representatives W. Z.
=, tsr.i-i-rid,e and " &. owens who are lead
he IA. light against him in the Ashland DIS
met The Music Hall candidate having made
some -oathing illusions 10 the causes when seu
o. -oiorei Brec kinridge's retirement from Coh-
.,,as ~ 1891 the Colonel replied In an editoria.
- Tho lexington Herald that Goeoei rested
i,rl4r public and still undisproved charges OF De-
... 30. .biae and a liar Goebe having tTleu -