Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-03
Expected Action Of the Gold Demo
Gratis in KENTUCKY.
BITTER OPPOSITION TO GOEBEL
indications of a Light Vote IN
Democratic Stronghold
FIGHT ON IHh RAILROADS
Special From a STAFF Corr, spoudent.

Special From STAFF Corr spondent
LOUISVILLE. ny. November S.-Thera
So, ms To- be no doubt that .at. JriZy of the
gold democrats will v0te tor ,ne republican
candidate for g"yernor-Mr. Taylor. W h4le
many OF then openly a...s.aie with TN fac
ton of the ucmocTa ic party known As the
Brown democrats tHe general und T
standing is that when election day comes
they will vote for The republican candidate.
The best informa ton oblanabie IS tflat This
course will he entirely satisfactory to the
leaders of the Brown section. In point of
numbers this element OF the democracy is
an important factor IN the campaign.
In taking this course, the gold democrats
will be actuaIed oy a dounlv motive: First,
is their invcJerale hatred of GOcbel, per-
scnaIly; then GoebeI has received the per
sonaI sanction OF Mr. Bryan 10 his canvass.
and this alone would b enough To ahenate
tie gold dcmoCra il vule- Thus. the curious
spectacle Will h., presented on e4"cu0n day
Of original free silver men, the promoters
of tn. free SILVER movement III hentuCAy,
standing in lire with sound money demo
Gratis to vote Tor a republican candida - Tor
governor All this vi CoUfSe. 10 drfrttt MI
GoebeI. who. 1t is alleged, inaugural rev
dictionary methods IN Democratic politics
in KENTUCKY Sine Mir Goeb-i began has
bitter onslaught upon the LoulsEn!e ana
Nashville Railway Company that corpora
ton has taken an active part IN the cam
paign There is doubt that the railway
Company is encouraging the republican
canvass 1t is probably lending AID to the
Brown movement, Eili II = row r@Coguiz1u
as tending 10 alu the election u IaE!or-
Stealing TayIor's Thunder
In this connection. il may be stated as a
curious fact that Mr, Taylor himself has
done more against the Louisville ana Nash
willie railway than SIR. tiocDel would prob
1hI- ,tt, 81
TAYLOR was attorney general of the state
he caused the Louisville and Nashville rail-
way, together with other numerous cor
porationS which ns4u not paid a doiiar mo
the state treasury for thlrty-itFe Years, To
pay franchise taxes The state treasury
was enriched more than SlDopyo 10y At
torney General TayiorS Efforts against
these corporations, wiAcn hdd BEN lodging
taxation under democratic administration.
Preparations continue to bring about an
honest election ana a fair count IN LOUIS
willie next Tuesday. The people are thur-
oughly aroused to the danger OF an unfair
election, which they think menaces them.
Last night local militia company was
armed and equipped with ammunition to
be used on election day, if necessity de-
mands The honest election league con-
tinueS to enroll members ana 10 assign
squads Of men for duty at the various
polling precincts. \ shotgun brigade has
been organized with the object Of using
buckshot IL that persuasive should be
necessary. to prevent rdiding of the polls
An oIu
One of the faYorite plans which has been
used in Louisville heretofore TO influence a
city election is to be repeated it is said.
The local election machinery. which is in
the hands Of the Coebeiites. Is operating
this old scheme In some of the precincts
which are known 10 be strong republican
bailiwicks the boundaries Of The precinct
have beer extended Il 10 Include about
go voters Under the existing election law
and the system Of challenging IL would be
physically impossible to cast the full vote
OF such large precinct between : o'clock
In the morning and 4 O'Clock In the after
noon On the other hand. the boundaries
Of the strong democratic precincts have
been contracted so that, notwithstanding
the greatest liberty of challenging. the full
democratic vote can be pOed. This Is the
favorite dodge which has been practiced
by democrats IN the past The chickens are
coming home to rOOSt with the anti-Ci0ebel
democrats. In the last election in one of
the republican strOnghOlds Il Une-armed
clerk was stationed He could not handle
the ballots fast enough. and at least half
OF the precinct Was unable to get to the
ballot box in time. This merely an in
Cident.
Reports from the western part of the
state Indicate that the democratic vote will
fall off. This is the democratic strong
mold Of the state and rolled up magniti-
cent majority for Bryan. II is admitted
that Goebel will not begin to get all of this
strength. which is depended upon to offset
the republican vote in Louisville The
democratic chairman of Hardin county was
here yesterday. His county gave Bryan
majority of aI5- The chairman said that
ne would be contented with 300 III this
ratio of loss holds good GoebeTs defeat
would seem likely. In the mountain dis
tricts the republican vote seems TO have
largely increased. IL is said that from
1000 to 15.O00 more men are at work in
the lumber yards. coal mines and on the
railroads than in 1896. This vote. it is
Claimed, will be largely republican.
Railroads Defensive Fight
There is no doubt that the Louisville and
Nashville Is making a great fight in self
defense This is corporation which has
100000 invested south of the Ohio river
and west of the Carolinas The corpora
ton Is strongly intrenched in Kentucky
and is not likely to yield to its avowed
enemies without struggle. While the re-
publican party has shown in the present
administration that it will compel this cor
p"rtalon To obey the state laws, it has evil
oenced its disposition to give fair play and
the corporation would doubtless prefer its
domination to that Of people of the CsoebeI
persuasion
The Brown faction received decided en-
couraseEnrnt yesterday from the decision
ol Inc appellate court at Frankfort that
IL mas a right to place challengers in the
voting precincts. This the Brown men
claim will enable them to see that they
Rave a fair show at ;he election AMI IritI
such an assurance their hopes and the
hopes OF the republicans for victory are
enlarged. "
There is no diminution in the bitterness
OF the campaign. On the contrary as cleo
tlon day draws near II seems 10 Increase
me prospect for blOodshed depends en-
trely upon whether efforts are made TO
control the election by force \ q NJ
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Petition In Bankruptcy
George A Coolidge, an agent and pub
usher located at g and 18th streets, today
filed a petition in voluntary bankr,Iptcv