El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-11
HOT KENTUCKY FIGHT.
Every indication Points to Cam
palgn of Bitterness Until Close
of the Dolls.


The political situation in this state
is far from satisfactory to the demo-
Gratis, and there is yet no indication
that q peace will be patched. up be-
tween the contending factions. Mr..
Bryan's letter urging his friends to
abandon their opposition to Goebel has
had very little effect SO far, unless II
has been to infuriate the anti-Goebel-
ties to the point of telling the Nebras-
kan to mind his own business and keep
his fingers out of Kentucky.
If the opposition to Goebel was con
fined to the Palmer and Buckner Gle
ments no attention would be paid to 1t,
but since the Bryan leaders in many OF
the strong democratic counties are
raising the disturbance the situation
presents a very serious phase. The
Goebel law, which has put the election
machinery of the state in the hands of
Goebel's friends. may not proves to be
an element of strength after all, as the
anti-Goe bellies are giving notice that
any attempts at fraud will be resisted
in an emphatic manner. This is IN
derstoOd 10 mean that if fraud Is at
tempted it will be resisted by force.
Some of Goebel's friends, realizing
that it will be impossible to win unless
harmony can be had, are thinking of
advising him to withdraw in favor OF
John Young Brown. These friends as
a rule belong to the oficeholding class
and they do not wish to revolt against
Goebel for fear of being accused of not
being regular, and the easiest way out
of the difficulty in which they have
placed themselves is to ask his with
drawal on the ground that he stands in
the way of success of the democratic
party.
Those who know Goebel say that it
will be impossible to induce him to
withdraw: that he Is so firmly con-
WINGED of the efficacy of his machine
that he believes he will win the cleo
ton In the same manner that be won
the nomination at Louisville; that the
machine will overcome his unpopular
ity and will enable him to be counted
in, no matter how many votes may be
cast against him. In fact, some of his
indiscreet friends are making this
boast.
Thousands of leading democrats are
opposed to counting Goebel in by fraud.
They are beginning to learn that the
men who are opposed to Goebel-the
that they are eX-confederates who Hare
not afraid to stand up for their ights
and to make an uncompromising war
on fraud; tn at they are determined to
go ahead and fight the battle to a
| finish, even if that finish Is found in the
higher courts of the land: that they
Will send election culprits to the peni-
tentary, no matter who interferes in
their behalf; that they do not propose
to be robbed at the coming election,
and there is to-day grester danger to
the men who juggle the returns than
ever before in the history of Kentucky.
It is generally admitted, even by
Goebel's conservative friends, that the
leaders and the rank and file of the
Bryan democrats who are trying to de-
feat Goebel will not allow fraud at the
polls to 90 un punished, and it Is on
this account that conservative Goebel
men are seriously thinking of asking
him to withd- aw.
The magnitude of the revolt against
Goebel was not understood by even the
warmest friends of the movement until
the recent conference in this city.
There were present leading democrats.
warm supporters of Bryan, from at
least thirty counties, and these coun-
ties the hotbeds of the Bryan demo-
cracy.
They do not believe that Goebel
secured his nomination honestly; they
believe that he is secretly against