Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-25
CAMPAIGN IN KENTUCKY
Political Big Guns Already Brought Into the
Action.
Gov. Brown to Open Up mt Bowling
Green Saturday-"FrOst" for
10 Blackburn.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.


LOUISVILLE, KY, August "A, 1889.
The speech to be made at Bowling Green
Saturday afternoon by John Young Brown,
who heads the anti-Goebel democratic
ticket, will mark the introduction into the
Kentucky campaign of the third great con-
testing oratorical force. and from now on
the hills and valleys of 1.-The old common
wealth. will ring with eloquence.
No such heavy batteries of speakers have
ever been trained on the voters of the state
even in this home of political spellbinders
and southern fire-eaters. Hardly day
passes without experimenting some
where, and for the past ten days as many
as fifty speeches have been made in one
day in the different counties.
The republicans are Smelling the woods
in their strongholds in the mountains Gen.
Taylor, their nominee for governor, having
opened his campaign at London. Laurel
county, this week, while the Goebei and
Brown orators are bombarding each other
in the 'low ground Imported talent is
coming from other states to help one or
another of the factions, although state is
sues are being made the most prominent
By the time Mr.. Bryan comes, If he really
does, every voter will have had an oppor-
tunity to view the much-disturbed situa-
ton from at least three standponts, not
including the points of view of the popu-
lists and prohibitionists, who, following the
general example, have put out speakers
for an aggressive campaign.
Clayton Speaking for Goebel.
Representative Clayton of Mississippi Is
now speaking in the interest of Mr.. Goebei
Col. Overmeyer of Indiana will shortly
come it is announced, and with such men
as Governor McMillin of Tennessee, Con-
gresham Carmack of Tennessee and Mr.
Towne of Colorado in reserve, the Goebel-
zIoSn. 70 a
the stump before the fight Is far advanced
that will open their opponents eyes in as
constituent.
1t is announced that ex-Gov. Altgeld of
Illinois has been invited to speak in behai1
of the anti-Goebel ticket and will most
likely agree to do so. 1t Is said seveTa!
other orators of national prominence Will
also be enlisted in the fight against poss-
ISM" while the republicans are to brlng
five or six of their notables to the state
to keep the interest from tagging.
The oldest and best-posted politicians say
that Mr.. Goebel is defeated man, but the
GoebeI men insist that they are rapidly dis
sipating the disaffection and uniting their
party for great victory in November
This is not fully warranted by the facts.
The church people all over Kentucky are
coming together in determined fight on
Mr.. Goebel because of his being the al
legged cause of the defeat Of the Roberts
local option bill in the last legislature, and
for another reason that the editors of three
or four of his best-known organs have
made bitter attacks on the spoke smen at
some of these anti-Goebel meetings re-
Gently held. AS the speakers at these re-
HgiouS gatherings We're ministers of prOmi
hence in the state, the attacks have proved
to be boomerangs of the worst character.
and nobody realizes the fact more fully
now, perhaps, than these same editors.
Small Crowds to Hear Blackburn.
Another fact that he who runs may
guess the meaning of is that the crowds
that have been greeting Mr.. Goebel and
that popular old campaigner, ex-senator
Blackburn, have been smallest and least
enthusiastic in the best-known democratic
strongholds. For instance, take the meet
ing at Harrodsburg, the county seat Of
Mercer, last Saturday. If two candidates
ever encountered a frost more chilling
than these two democratic orators met on
that occasion it is not a matter of record
or of memory. Col. John b. Thompson a
popular old democratic leader, who was a
listener at Harrodsburg, is alleged to have
said he didn't think the gentleman from
Kenton county would be beaten by more
than D.0tO, and I'm for him." Thompson
is quoted as saying.
In 90 the populist candidate for governor
polled 1900 votes in the state. AS these
voters almost to man will support their
party nominees this year and not vote
with the democrats, as they have in the
last two years, it is hard to understand
how Mr.. Goebers managers can take such
roseate view when making predictions as
to the final result in November.
Republican Success Predicted.
The republicans are delighted with the
opening Of their campaign Tuesday. They
say the enthusiasm among the GOO voters
gathered at London to hear Gen Taylor and
the other nominees was of such genuine
character as to leave no doubt of the way
that crowd thought of the republican ticket.
One republican leader who was at Lon
don said he had never seen any of the old
time war horses of his party given a
more sincere ovation than that demonstra-
ton to Gen. Taylor when he arose to
speak. Said this G. o. P. worker in the
ranks. Il believe the republicans will win
by at least 10000"