The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-08-29
PARTY PURIFIERS.
Some Records to Be Dragged Into
the Glaring Light of Day.

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am not willing to believe that you
can with a search warrant find DEM
ocrat in Kentucky who is fool enough
to take a nomination at the hands of
a bolting - veDt'ca Ike that.
but If they cC Gear re it G" d put it
in the field / tel you nov / am rot
going to sag u unkiDd word or a
harsh Wcr- -. = SC 4tary man who
sees fit "a fCH-y its fGE. We may
have occasion 70 say lsthing about
the riEgUid~ fell~-'s VINO accent
places Oh thI. tic'- . ! have 70 dcubs
that ICJ -'mCyrati -peaAers from
now until NoVcL-y-. from Mills Point
to the mouth of Sandy will be exam
lining into every faulty buckle in the
harness of every fellow who is fool
enough to allow himself to be put on
that ticket Wednesday. l give notice
here and new that l shall be at it. /
don't mean to abuse them, but I mean
to do what's worse for them, l mean
to tell the truth on them, and if there
are any sore spots in their public Of
fetal political records let them hug to
their souls the assurance that until
the sun goes down on the 7th of next
November l52 or zoo Democratic ora
tors on the stump in Kentucky viii be
telling the people about 1t every Gods
blessed day. LAppiauGe.l
Now | want to ask you, my friends:
l don't want to mortiIy you by asking
you to hold up your hands in this
presence and making profert of your
apostacy: but if there Is a man within
q nf yrf.fr ~ 81,
follow the ignis fatuus and bolt, what
are you mad about? What has hurt
you, anyhow? Are you not satisfied
with the Democratic platform at Chi
cago? Are you not satisfied with the
platform adopted by the Louisville
convention the other day? If you are
not, in Gods name go and go in peace,
for you do not belong inside of the
Democratic party. But let us argue to-
gether. If | am wrong l want to be
set right and If you are wrong God
only knows how anxious l am to set
you right. If you are not mad with
your platform, what in the dickens is
1t that ails you? Are you mad with
the ticket? If so what part of it? Is
it the head of it or the tail of it that
you can net swallow? Are you mad
with your candidate for governor? If
so, go to him like an honest man and
tell him what your objection is to him.
Is it because you were not for Goebel?
Boilers, Speak Out.
That is not an explanation. A very
large majority of the Democrats of the
state OF Kentucky were not for Goebel
and a very large majority were not
were not for Hardin. That is no apol-
ogy. That is no justification, that is
no excuse. You can not afford to bolt
your ticket because you did not get
your preference in fair and open
fight for the nomination for this office.
Is there anything about Goebel's rec
ord that you do not like? If there is
put your finger on the flaw in all his
record. | challenge and defy you to
do it. He has been in public life, and
under the calcium light of criticism
for the past IL years, and If there is
single. thing to his discredit, If there is
a single utterance that has ever fallen
from his lips, il there can be shown
single piece OF aposts.cy or treason or
any failure of fealty or loyalty to his
party, point it out. ! dare you and
defy you. You can not do it for 1t is
not there.
Then, if his record is clean, and if
the platform suits you, If you can not
1nQ HaW IN Ine RECORD OF single
candidate on the ticket, ] ask you
again as honest men, tell me what in
the devil drives you out of the party?
[Applause1
Are you going to answer and tell me
you do not like the Louisville conven-
ton? Don't plead the baby act. Be
man even if you are going to be an
apostate. Tell the truth and don't
skulk or hide from it when it con-
fronts you. II your platform suits
you, and If you cannot put your finger
upon the flaw in the record of single
candidate, what is the matter? eve
don't like Redwine's rulings in the
Louisville convention!" Let us be fair.
I can afford to be, for my conscience
tells me that / have truth and right
eousness on my side, and / have no
reason to skulk and dodge. You don't
like the rulings of the chairman of the
Louisville convention. Is that JUS
tification for boiling your party? Is
the election of a Republican admins
tration In Kentucky for four years a
proper remedy for Redwine's rulings |
In the convention? Where is the man |
who RESPECTS himself and fears his God |