The representative., 1899-11-16

faced and absolute, has ever been sug-
gested in all the annals of reconstruct
ton, radicalism or misrule in any age
or any country. If the people of Ken
lucky submit to it then they are a race
OF slaves and will merit all the woes
and ruin it brings to them, including
the heralding of their names as slaves,
and the proud name of the old common
wealth as by-word to the ends of the
EARTH
And to all this Mr.. Bryan would sub
1ect the people of Kentucky; the Pop
ulists, who supported him in 1896, in
company with thousands of loyal Demo-
Gratis who fought for Bryan and silver
when the days were darkest and their
friends were few
| The Courier-Journal is now support
ing Goebel, 1t is true; but it does not
modify it's opinions of Goebel's policies.
On October 26, on the eve of the cleo
tion, since Mr.. Bryan has come and
gone, leaving his Endorsement Of this
support of this despotism, the Courier
Journal in double-leaded, double-col-
umn editorial, declares:
In the beginning the Courier-Journal
showed how the law was bound to work.
Now we are told that it is
the sum of villainy-as at the time
and in the time the Courier journal
said it was-and we are invoked to 20
and repeal 1t. By all means say we, let
us repeal it; to that work the Courier
Journal is wiling to consecrate its life
but how? By turning it over to the
Republicans, who were never known to
refuse anything in sight or relinquish
anything in possession? By placing its
machinery in Republican hands, on the
eve of presidential election, under the
promise that they will repeal 1t? Is
there Democrat in Keatucky SO simple
with respect to the thing he calls his
mind as to be caught in a trap so OBJ
vious and by bit of cheese that smells
SO loud? Is there a man in Kentucky
old enough to vote and able to dis
tinguish a tough beefstake from a hole
in the ground, who believes in such a
rank piece of fraud and pretense? No,
no, gentlemen. 1t does not lie with you
at this time to make an issue of the re-
peal of this Goebel law The time may
firmly seated and it's factions united on
new issues-we may all put our heads
and hearts and hands together to that
end. Pray God that the time may
come. But let us have no stuff and
nonsense about the Republicans repeal
ing it. Let them get but one paw in
reach Of it and that paw will close upon
it like turtles claw upon mig
gers toe-never to let go until the sun
goes down.
The idiocy of putting in power the
makers of law; those whose cunning
hands and crafty minds designed and
executed it, for the purpose of repeating
it, is too plain to need pointing out
Had not the cunning Goebel intended to
elevate himself into power, and once
there, to stay, with himself and cohorts
dividing up the offices and parceling out
favors and selling opportunities and
granting absolutions to the end of time,
ne would not have devised the law and
his INSCRIPTIONS partisans would not
nave passed it; and had Mr.. Bryan been
/ statesman, man of the people, OF all
he people, and not narrow partisan,
lad he not, unlike Henry Clay, rather
,e President than right, he could never
lave been drawn into the open support
le gave this measure in Kentucky and
is cunning author on every stump from
which he spoke. Least Of all could he
lave been drawn into the boast that the
election of the master of this Internal
Machine this fall would guarantee the
Electoral vote of Kentucky for Bryan
lext year, and that Kentucky would
,e Democratic state (under this in
amous law and the constituencies regi-
ne of machine politicians who live
With or die with it next week. for all
ime to come"
The Populists of Kentucky appeal to
he Populists of the Northwest not to
rucify our party on this cross Of COR
upton, between the thieves of our
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