El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-03
CONTINUED from yesterday.l
Kentucky.

NatlOQ6l ISSUES hoSO OSS - ~ oOSAS-~J
eliminated from the contest Kentuc-
XIV this fall, and the fight as been
waged almost entirely over he new
state election law, for which the chlef
liability is laid at the door OF Goebel,
the regular democratic pom1nee Tor
governor. The republicans are resting
their whole case on the contention that
the new election law practicaliy oisen-
franchises the voters OF the state.
Voters of Kentucky will elect this
fall a governor and state officers, and
LEGISLATURE that will choose United
States senator. The republicans nave
nominated the present attorney gener-
al, TAYLOR, a man with an honorable re-
cord, and who is making brave sno
aggressive campaign. Inc oemoo.Sse
nominated, after long and bitter con-
test, Goebel, who has made rather
unsavory record as state senator, ana
was mainly Instrumental in securing
the enactment of the much debated
state election law. By clever m an1pu-
latiou of the party machinery, Goeoel
secured the nomination Tor goVernor
by sharp practice, and this ocGasloneo
serious split in the party. The oolt-
ing democrats met and nominated Tor
governor Ex-Governor John Young
Brown, who belongs to the old school
division of the party.
Under the new election law IN Ken
lucky, it may be dou btful ii a fair cleo
ton can be held. This law provides
for the selection OF three Judges OF
election, two OF whom are to be demo.
Gratis, and one republican. The plan OF
the Goebel forces is, to secure two
trusty democrats, and an aged or In
| firm republican who can be easily Dull
| dozed, aud the election board as tnus
organized shall count and pass upon
the returns. Under the law, the bal,
to. are to be burned. To prevent q
wholesale fraud, and the stealing OF
the state, under such a plan, the re.
publicans purpose, through the aid OF
the national republican committee, to
place men in every voting place VINO
shall ask voters as they leave the
place. how they voted, and tsbulate
the result. Then if the result as an
nounced by the board does not tally
with the results obtained by the watch
ers, it is purposed to secure an In
junction against the destruction OF the
ballots.
The advent of Bryan In the Ken
lucky campaign has been commented
on with much fervor, and it seems to
be the opinion of we'll informed obser-
vers on political matters, that 1t was
serious blunder to inject his dominant
influence into the contest Speaking
on this point the St. Louis Globe Dem
ocrst says editorially:
at is beginning to be apparent 10
some of the GOebel leaders That IL was
| q tactical blunder for them to put Bry-
an on the stump ia their state. Bryan
has not only injured himself, which. OF
| course, is not much of 3 consideration
| for the Goebel men, but he has widen
ed the breach in the democratic ranks
| in the state canvass, aud has given
votes to ex-Gov. Brown, the indepen-
dent democratic candidate.
"Bryan started out with the 1nten-
| ton of whoopiug 1t up for the party
while ignoring the candidate. but he
| quickly found that this trlckery couio
not be carried out. Goebel is the
democracy of Kentucky in 1899, and
the democracy is Goebel. There Is no
way to separate the one from the other.
In indorsing Goebel and his dishonest
election law the democratic party
stands sponsor for all the political
vices which Goebel started out to com
nit, and which he will commit II he
gets into power. No reasonable DEM
ocrat can be in any doubt as to the uses
which Goebel intends to make OF ht-
| dishonest election law If he gets into
office. II Goebl wanted an honest
poll and count he would have left on
the statute book the act which he re-
pealed. In framing and pushing to
enactment law which is designed to
set aside the will of the majority and
to make the minority the governing
influence in the state Goebel. as
Bryan and every other sane person
knows, intended to do the very thing
which his law permits to be done, and
which it was designed to do.
"The denunciatlons which have been
heaped upon Bryan by ex-Gov. Brown
| and other democrats who were support
ers of Bryan in 1896, and until his ap-
pearance in the canvass In kentucky,
shows the strength OF the revolt OF the
decent democrats of that state against
Goebel. Bryan's entrance into what
the independent democrats called
family quarrel has turned thousands OF
Bryanites against Bryan, and has
| created an excitement in the canvass
which is sure to give Brown many
belism. but whom the claim of 'regu-
larity' would have kept in the party
line In still another way Bryan's In
trusion has injured Goebel. 1t has In.
| spired the republicans to make ct IL
greater efforts to increase their msJo-
rity in the coming election, and has
put upon the stump Gov. Bradley and
| other republican leaders who had not
intended to take an active part in the
canvass. The outlook for the election
of Taylor, the republican nominee.
grows brighter as the day of the cleo
tion approaches"
The success of the democrats in Ken
lucky means the return to the United
States senate of the fre-eating and
furious statesman. Col. j. s. @. Black
burn, as q successor of Senator Lind
say.
One thing whicb will hurt Goebel in
Kentucky, is the publication of a let
ter from Ex-Secretary Carlisle, charg-
ing him with double dealing in con-
nection with the silver cause in 1896.
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