The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-10-24
EXTRACT from w. j. Bruan's Speech
In Kentucky.

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And want to say to the Brown men
that while ] am glad to have them
think well OF me, am glad to have
them have confidence in me. want to
tell them that am going to give them
new reason for loving me and having
confidence in me. am going to tell
them that would rather every one
OF them would vote against me and
stand by the principles OF Democracy,
than stand by me and vote to elect a
Republican governor. Great and con-
tinued applause.) have higher am
bition than being president of the
United States. (Applause.)
] have an ambition that can be
shared by every citizen. If know my
own heart, my highest ambition Is to
do all within my power to make this
government so good that to be an
American citizen will be greater than
to be king cloud applause), and I
want to show you my interest In DEM
ocratic principles by coming to Ken
lucky, and warning you of the risks
you take when you array yourselves
against ticket that stands upon a
platform that indorses the Chicago
platform ideas. Let me repeat. want
to burn the words into your memories,
that while you have a right to bolt,
yet when you bolt you assume respon-
sibility for all that your boiling does.
What has your boiling done in this
state? 1t has divided Democracy into
warning factions, and the Brown DEM
ocracy has spent its time denouncing
the Goebel Democracy, instead of de-
nouncing the Republican party. (Great
applause.)
My friends, there will be time enough
when this election is over to adjust the
equities between Democrats. Now we
are trying to remedy the injustice that
Republicanism is forcing upon the
United States. (Applause.) This bolt
in this state, this division Of Democra-
cy into warning factions, is the only
hope OF the Republican party In this
state. The Republicans have no
hope of winning over a united DEM
ocracy, but II they can divide Democ-
racy, then they may hope for the
triumph of a minority over defeated
majority. The only hope that they
have of electing Republican senator
In this state is to divide Democracy
into warning factions, and | want you
to understand that il your boiling
jeopardizes the election Of Joseph c.
S. Blackburn you become responsible
for six years of Republicanism in the
senate of the United States. CAP
plause.)
I believe in an income tax. / believe
it is just tax. believe the present
system by which we collect all the
taxes to support the federal govern
ment, or practically all, in time of
peace from tax upon consumption--I
say believe the system is unjust and
negotiable, because it makes the poor
pay more than their share and the rich
pay less, ard | want 10 Blackburn in
the senate to vote for an amendment
to the constitution that will specifically
authorize an income tax, so that
neither one Judge nor nine judges can
build a legal bulwark around the for
tunes of the great. cloud applause.)
BIaekburn's Vote Needed.
The Republican party is attempting
to retire the greenbacks. The Demo-
cratic party Is opposed to the retire
ment OF the greenbacks, and want 10
Blackburn in the senate to vote against
the retirement Of the greenbacks and
a national bank currency, because the
national banks are seeking to secure
from the federal government the right
to issue and control the paper money
Of the country; and I want 10 Black
burn there to stand for six years as the
representative Of the toiling and pro-
ducing masses against the policy of