Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-12
CAMPAIGN IN KENTUCKY
Claims of the Goebel and Anti-Goebel
Factions.
The Blue Grass state is Ringing With
the sound Of I'm pa toned
OrNtOry.


Special Correspondence OF The Evening star
LOUISVILLE, Ky. September II, 1899.
Mr.. VIM. Goebel has finished his swing
around the western and southern half of
the Kentucky circle. and this week began
his vote-hunting tour of the eastern part
of the state. On Thursday the Kenton can
didate will enter 1.-The enemys country"
speaking at Louisa. Lawrence county, and
for ten days will expend his best energies
in determined effort to win votes in
republican stronghold, the eleventh con-
gressional district. 1t is in this part of the
state that Candidate Taylor. the head of
the republican ticket, has just concluded
his initial campa gning.
One of the notable developments of the
second week of the state campaign is the
discovery that not all of his party likes Mr..
Taylor style of canvassing for votes. One
of the best known republicans in the tenth
district stated to your corTespU ndent that
he had heard many compia hts because of
the seeming inactivity" of Mr.. Taylor.
Sa. this vei eran campaigner: Our candi-
date probably knows what he is doing, and
doubtless thinks the 'stil!-hunt' plan OF
bushbeating is the best but L insist, do
many other party men, that thing that is
not worth putting up good. hard. stiff
light for is not worth having. | think Gen
erai Taylor ought to mount the stump to-
morrow and urge his felow-candidates to
do likewise, and not let a sprig of grass
the election in November. That is the onl
way To win. Hustle and keep everla ngly
at II, Is a maxim that wins in politics, as il
does in business and professional life.
= recognize that the resOiute opposition
to Mr.. Goebel within his own party is
powerful leaven and will count in the end.
nut our party should take note of every
point in the campaign and follow it up.
making sure of success by thorough
SaniZation, by constant efforts on the
stump. and individually. If we sit down
and expect the boiling democrats to win
while We hold our hands there is going to
be brain-curdling surprise for us after
the votes are counted in November.
Goebcl Appeals to Negro Vote.
A development of the past week that has
shown the republicans that they have in
VIM. Goebel a shrewd political antagonist
was the fact that the King of Kenton''
in his speech at Cloverport on Friday night
virtually came out in favor of the negro
in the separate coach law controversy.
While the democratic candidate stated that
he would not vote to repeal the law he
said he would. if governor compel the
railroads of Kentucky to comply with the
law, and if the law did not specify that
the colnred passengers are to have equal
accomm ationS with the white passengers
he would favor an amendment to the law
covering that point Mr.. Goebel talked a
some length on the subject, saving that it
was an injustice to the respectable negro
women to be conlDeled to ride in little
Jim crow box cut off in the end of smoking
cars. recurring them to share such cramped
ard UNPLEASANT quarters with rough men,
who often drink or smoke. He called at
tention to the fact that the republican
state administration had done nothing
toward securing to the negroes their rights
In this resrect That this was son thrown
to the "cuilud brother purely for cam
paign PURPOSES. as one old darkey said
To he
Mr. Goebnl's managers claim to be we'll
pleased with the net results of the first
three weeks of the campaian. and say the
end will verify their prediction of an over
whefrping ma iorirv for the Kenton leader.
However. the anti-ffoebel democrats are
just getting their wind. and are beginning
to make a showing that promises to sur
prise the regulars before the fight IS
many days older.
Brown Waking Strong Speeches.
Fx-Gov. prown Is making some strong
sreeches and his arguments are having a
telling effect on the farming class. At Har
rodsburg the home Of Gen Wat Hardin,
on Saturday afternoon Gov. Brown spoke
to an audience fully twice as large as that
which heard Mr.. Goebel ten days ago. II
was at first intended that the speaking
should be held in the court house. but it
only has Il seating CAPACITY of 10 and was
found to be Inadequate. The opera House.
w h q seating capacity of !tst, was then
secured and was crowded 10 overlooking
despite the efforts Of the Goebel men to
prevent the great gathering from hearing
Bgown by circulating circulars stating that
the Opera House had been condemned and
unsafe. Gov. Brown made the hest
epeech he has yct made and vas given an
ovation at three noints in the address. Once
he was compelled to stop for three minutes
while the great audience shouted its ap-
prevail of his expose OF the methods
pl0yed by Mr.. Goe1el in securing the NOM
iration of his party at the Louisville con-
vention.
Gov Brown will make five speeches this
week Col. Caldwell the popular eX-repre-
sentative of the third district, will take the
stump for Brown. MAJ. Johnston the can
d1Gate for lieutenant governor with Brown.
will ignore the advice of his physicians
and stump the blue grass counties. And
such well-knOwn orators and democratic
leaders these viii speak for the true
democratic" ticket all over the state dur
ing the next six weeks: EX-Rcpresen ative
Owens. Judge Ruckner, Capt w. II. Sween
ey. ex-Rcpresen alive Matt Adams, Judge
Black. Judge Whoriey. Frank Pasteur L.
p Tanner. Maj. Joe Flick. Judge John W.
Col Orville Jennings. Rev C. f. Over
street. G. ". Nandeveer. Rev. Thomas
ST eri,ian. NJ, S. Tyze. Judge Nj. d. Brown,
George \. Prentice. Hal s. Corhett, a. c.
Ruckner. Prof. Phil Drennin, Editor PowtZ
JAS. p. Reedys REPRESENTATIVES Dickinson
and brewery, Judge George Alexander
Cant. Ed. l.. Hines. Mckenzie Moss, f. T.
Miett. T.. l. OBrier, Theodore Hailam.
ex-Speaker of the House Harvey Meyers
and several others of equal prominence ard
influence.
nro,yD Cinbs Organizing.
Brown clubs are being organized in every
county some of the smaller precincts hay
ing enrolled high as eighty and ninety
names as chartered members of the polit-
ical organizations. 1t is admitted that all
the boiling element needs to make It more
formidable is to organize thoroughly and
follow up its advantages. This the lead
ers Of the movement insist is to be done.
without neglecting any village or hamlet.
On the other hand the Gocbel democrats
have on the stump this week probably fifty
local orators, who are making Rome howl
in their zeal for the boss Then the I'M
ported orators are to come from several
states, one hundred spellbnders having
promised to invade the state from Illinois
alone and assist in the history making
campaign.
The populists also promise to add quite a
bit to the interest in the political battle by
opening their campaign at Paducah on Dc
tober l with a two days rally, when. in
addition to the local speakers. ex-United
States Senator PETER of Kansas, Ignatius
Donnelly, Golden Rule Jones of Toledo
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