The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-30
CAN GOEBEL
CARRY KENTUCKY2
Hogg and GoebeI Attracted
Most Attention at Chicago.
THE BOLT IN KENTUCKY
THE LOUISVILLE AND NASH
VILE RAILROAD SAID TO
BE AT THE BACK OF IT.
PECULIAR "PREsTo CHANGE" OF THE
Louisville Newspapers. The People of Every
State Must Sooner or Later Take up the
Fight and put an End to Political DOM
nation by Railroad Corporation

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Chicago, H., July 22.-Editorial Cor
respondence. Next to Mr.. Bryan, the
en- who attracted most interest among
the distinguished Democrats who have
been here this week We're Ex-Governor
Hogg. Of Texas. and Mr.. VIM. Goebel,
of Kentucky. The first was haiied as
having unveiled the real sentiment of the
rank and file of Tammany's voters, and
the second as the new leader of Ken
lucky, whose nomination has evoked
such opposition in the Democratic party
in Kentucky as has not been known IN
a State which has had more than It's
share of political feuds.
Gov. Hogg's Tammany speech and the
demonstration for Bryan that followed
it is easily the most significant politlcal
event of the year. Tammany thought It
had the triggers all set to fire off the
Van Wyck boom. "A prominent corpora
ton lawyer from Alabama was given
the place OF honor, and it had been wide
ly advertised that he was to launch the
Van Wyck boom. He made a good
speech, and paid Van Wyck many de-
served compliments which We're we'll re-
ceiYed He made no allusion to Bryan.
1t had been arranged that no speaker
should mention the Nebraskans name.
Caruth in his written speech had
reference to Bryan, but the Taminany
bosses cut it out. When Gov. Hogg was
invited, at the last minute, to speak he
had written nothing and his speech could
not therefore be censored. he spoke OF
Bryan as ssthe matchless leader, and
the Tammany braves greeted his words
with spontaneous enthusiasm that was
as genuine as it was undesired at that
time. 1t showed that the men who labor
for their bread in New York are as true
to Bryan as the men of like condition in
North Carolina or Nebraska. lit was not
that they did not admire and love Van
Wyck. but that they love Bryan more.
Van Wyck is an able, clean and honest
man who would make an excellent
President The fact that Tammanyites
prefer Bryan for President merely means
that like other Democrats they have no
idea of voting for anybody else, and
when the leaders try TO switch them OH
to some other. good man, they resent IT.
LII the party should go East for candi-
date upon a modified platform, there Is
no better man than Van Wyck. He is
honest and able, but the Tamnlany
scene emphasized the fact that the plat
form of 1896 will be re-affrmed, and
Bryan will be nominated. There is but
one thing that can prevent Bryan's re-
nomination, and that is Bryan himself.
Ii he should believe another man, equally
devoted to the principles for which he
stands could receive more votes than
would be cast for him, he would be the
first to favor a new candidate AT pres
EFT that man is not in sight and scan
ming of the horizon fails to show that he
is coming.
The Kentucky situation is one tina.
has given great trouble to party leaders
In 1894, because of the Cleveland-Car
Isle recreany Kentucky elected the
first nepublican Governor III qnarte,
ef century, and Because the Repubi
cans and the Carlisle crowd were in
control I.anna's agents We're permitted
to steal the electoral vote of that State
for Mckinley Then came the reaction
from Repnblicansm that is always snrt,
to come to every Southern Statt
that the Republicans carry, and II
1898 Kentucky returned to thu
Democratic fold, and Kentucky was sup
posed to be as firmly anchored in tht
Democratic column as Georgia. Tho
nomination of William Goebel for Gov
ernor, after whole weeks bitter wal
in the State convention, has caused suci
bitter fractional war in the party as
to make some Democrats fear that thu
State viii go Republican in November
In two days there have been delegations
here from, Kentucky. representing tn.
factions, each seeking to influence Mr.
Bryan. The Goebel men, having the
stamp of regularity. have been urging
him to use his influence to elect tn.
regular ticket Nrging three reasons why
he should do
/. The col senton that nominated
Goebel reaffirmed the Chicago platform
and endorsed Bryan for denomination
and Blackburn for the Senate.
2 Ii that ticket. upon such platform
should be defeated ii would make Ken
tucky doubtful in 1900, and give a sci
back to the cause
3. The anti-Goebel men assert tha'
one reason why Goebel should be defeat
ed is that he is at heart a gold-bug anf
an enemy of Mr.. Bryan's. The Louis
vile Dispatch. the anti-Goebel organ. ha
asserted time and again that the defeat
of Goebel is necessary in order to hol,
the State for Bryan. They have invoked