Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-05
Democratic Factions in Kentucky In
dulge in Personalities.
GoEBEL STRIKES RIGHT and LEFT
The "BoIters RetaIiate With
Similar Vigo.
With
TINES COMING

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
LOUISVILLE, KY, September 4, 1892
The sensational personal attacks of Mr..
Goebel on leaders In the boiling movement.
and the equally sharp replies of the men
assailed, were the most notable develop
ments of the second week of the state
campaign.
| Mr.. Goebel stated in his speech at Bowl
ing Green last Monday, after bitter at
tack on Mr.. Theodore Hallam of Coving-
ton, who is of the Brown campaigners,
that he thanked God he (GoebeD had never
had brother in the penitentiary This
set the state afire, SO to speak, as the Hal
lams are among the best people in the
state, and Theodore, a prominent lawyer
| of kentonk county. The first chance Hal
lam had to reply to this allusion of Mr..
| Goebel's was at Princeton. where Hallam
| spoke to a large audience on Tuesday after
noon. There Hallam said that Mr.. Goebel
| had probably by accident" told the
| truth. He Hallam) did have brother in
the .penitentiary, but it was a one-legged
confederate brother, who, with thousands
| OF other southern soldiers was captured
| and placed in federal prison. This stirred
| up the confederates anew, and they de-
| clare that the effort of Goebel to make this
| fact a feature of the campaign is a direct
| blow at the confederates, and many old
| southern soldiers insist that this one state
| ment of Goebel al Bowling Green will lose
| him hundreds and hundreds of votes that
| he would probably have polled.
| Attack on Col. Breckinridge.
| Mr.. Goebel also paid his respects to Col
| Breckenridge of Lexington, in rather Wig
| o1ous language Col. Breckenridge replied
| in double-column, double-leaded editorial
| in the Lexington Herald, in which he said
| that Mr.. Goebel rested under the charge of
thief and liar because of Capt. Stones
| statements that Goebel had promised Stone
| the gubernatorial nomination at the Louis
| vile convention, and had deliberately
| broken that promise. Col. Breckenridge
| said some other pretty severe things about
| the candidate from kentOn.
| Ex-Representattve w. c. Owens of the
| seventh district came in for a biting refer
| ence by Mr. Goebel at Bowling Green. The
| kenton leader stated that he knew why
| Owens opposed him; that 1t was because he
| (GoebeD, while in the legislature, had been
| instrumental in having enacted legislation
which prohibited the game of oontz,
craps, and that this .'brokeup Mr. Owens
| business"
| Mr.. Owens speech at Lexington, replying
to these structures, was the most scathing
arlaignment ever heard Owens stated that
the bill Mr. Goebel referred to-making
gambling felony-was passed at time
when Goebel was not a member of the leg
islature. Having disposed of that Mr..
Owens became bitter in his denunciation of
Goebel, saying the nominee of the Louis
vile convention had violated the three
| mmandments: Thou shalt not lie. thou
|
two sensations the same week in Lexing-
tcn-BreckinridgeS editorial and Owens
speech-set the little bluegrass city agog.
The Sanford Murder Revived.
| Another unexpected incident Of the cam
| paign is the fact that two of the Goebel
| speakers have injected the Goebel-Sanford
| tragedy into the contest Representative
| Wheeler and Mr. Frank Peake have both
| spoken at considerable length of the killing
of Banker John L. Sanford by Senator Goe-
| bel on the street IN Covington, and in each
speech they've made have undertaken to
justify the candidate for governor by pre-
senting what they allege are the real
facts in the case. What had always been
considered the real cause Of the tragedy
was the publication in the Covington
Ledger of a scurrilous article rejecting on
Mr.. Sanford, the authorship of which SEN
ator Goebel is alleged to have admitted to
Mr.. Sanford at the time of the killing.
These two Goebel speakers, however, are
asserting that Mr.. Goebel was not the
writer of that article and was in no way
concerned in its publication.
The Louisville Dispatch of Sunday pub
lished what purported to be proof Of the
fact that Mr.. Goebel penned the lines which
led up to the tragedy which SO shocked
Kentucky. The Dispatch prints what it
claims are Photographic reproductions
of letters from the editor Of the Covington
Record, J. w. Morris. who states in his
letter that VIM. Goebel. just prior to the
shooting, requested the editor of the Ledger
| to publish the attack on Sanford. but that
he CMorris) declined to do SO, saying that
it might bring about serious trouble. Nor
ris says Goebel replied: THAT is what 1
| want"
Hotter Times Coming.
| Old politicians who have watched state
political battles and engaged in them for
years past say they expect the clustering
stage" of the campaign Is yet to be
reached. In other words they do not think
| the really exciting point will be touched
| until a little later on. when all the parties
| get warmed up few degrees more and the
| fur begins to fly
The republican candidate for governor
| seems to be satisfied to make a still hunt,
| letting the democratic factions fight 1t out
among themselves. The Brown faction has
| mean quantity a factor in the contest
and the Goebel element realizes this fact
but say the dissatisfaction is rapidly dis
| appearing.
has been with Mr.. Goebel and Senator
Blackburn at most of their speaking ap-
pontments during the past ten days. says
he never saw larger or more enthusiastic
crowds so early in the campaign, and he
predicts an overwhelming majority for
Goebel in November.
just beginning to strike telling pace in
. the race and is speaking with his old-time
vim and fire. Numerous prominent speak
ers are to keep the ''well<in ringing from
now until November. and other forces are
doing effective work in the interest Of true
: democracy, or the Brown ticket. One
= Brown manager, VINO mas Just returned
he would not be surprised to see enough
republicans aud democrats vote for Gov
f ernor Brown 10 .insure that candidates
all improbable as he is able to show with
his facts and figures"
WON SHOULDER STRAPS.
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