Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-06
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 lice belonging 10 the Weaver courier Journal combination, who stood in long lines around the chairman. while all throughout the hall were scattered uniformed policemen and firemen. vir- tually holding tbe representatives Of Kentucky Democracy prisoners of war
 Redwine Acted For Goebel.
 You hear it said on every hand that we can not and do not defend RedWinc Then how can you defend Goebel who through all of these proceedings sat less than 20 feet away dietatine every ruling made by the Infamous creature in the chair2
 Remember, now. that under this in- famous. fraudulent and therefore void contract to which I have referred the title tO 322 votes was put in issue The right by which 322 delegates in that convention cast their votes on ali sub sequent questions was fixed not by the Democrats of the different counties, not by the testimony. not by the mer- it's, but by this outrageous contract between Stone and GOebel On the final ballot between G0ebel and Har- din, Goebel received 5Gf votes just ii more than was necessary to nominate him. or these 561 yOtes 249 were east by men whose right to vote in that convention had been fixed by that iEdUdNtEHE HDH1Ea{ts but tfiJTA IgHS than half of all the votes that he re- ceived were votes secured tn this fash ion. and yet We are told he is the rightful nominee of the Democratic party.
 The afiidaFits of 10 respectable citi- Zens proved that the vote in KeRten county, the country district outside of the city stood for Goebel 139 against him BPS, yet his henehman, whom he had made chairman in that district gave the credentials to the 139. and sent the BPS home with their thumbs in their mouths. The delegates selected by the 139 were seated in the conven~ tfon, and gave their votes to Goebel and his schemes. 4 number of his votes were secured by combination with Stone in different counties and It is safe to say that on his own merits and on his own strength he didnt re eeive as the free gift of the people as many as 75 votes.
 Referring to the fact that Goebel had spent his money like water to secure the nomination recalls a pathetic incl dent that occurred in the city of 0wensboro. After the speaking there came forward an old man, bent by the weight and snows of many winters, who said. You talk about GOebel spending money to get the nomination, here IS what his money did for me pointing to a long gash across his forehead. and besides. he said, "9t murdered my son" IL appeared that on the day of the primary convention at Owensbero a lot 6f men were taken to that town to assist in carrying Dayiess county for Goebel.
 Murdered His Son.
 They got drunk and on their war home were torrorizing the people. All officer summoned this old mans son to assist in preserving the peace and these drunken roWdies cut the boy to pieces and slashed this old man across the face. They were arrested and brought to OWensboro, and on the ex- amining trial it was developed that net one of them was a legal voter in Da- Yiess county. In such fashion as this he secured l69 votes.
 You have no doubt read the declar- atlon of the COurier-Journal that the honest Democrats of Kentucky had not sunk so low as to ind0rsa this Goebei election bill It was right for once, the honest Democrats have not sunk 50 low as that, but the Gourier-J0urnal has; the Courier-Journal that declares through it's chief editor that it is sup- porting Mckinley for the same reason that 1t is supporting Goehel What reason could there he for the support or these tickets by a prOfessed Demo cratic paper unless 1t be the hope of plunder and booty2 Can you imagine an honest motive for such 8 course? | To Defeat Bryan.
 In my judgment it means two things. First the defeat of Mr Bryan: second. the public printing If a Goebel legis- lature be elected the state will be con- mitted to the publication of it's own school books. although nearly every state in the Union that has tried that scheme has quickly abandoned it. Of course the Courier-JourEal Job Print ing company will get the job of print ing them. The result will be. as every one knows the mosi colossal job in our history. But we arc told in an- swer to all this that political conven- tons are not supposed to be Sunday school affairs. 1 have heard my own congressman declare that this conven- tion was like all other conventions just such as our fathers had held in the years gone by. l absolutely deny it. l declare that it is the first time in the history of Kentucky politics that candidate for governor was ever charged with having obtained his nomination by deliberate lie. and stood dumb in the presence of that charge. Whose fathers held such con. ventions? In the name of a father who hated q lie and scorned a liar, deny this calumny.
 You may charge such viIIiany if you will to their degenerate sons, let those degenerates vindicate you at the polls if there are enough of them. but I will not listen in silence to this foul charge against the men who made Kentucky great and gave to Democracy a world wide fame.
 They tell us that anybody would have taken the nomination in the same way: that all the Democratic politi- clans and public men are liars and Togues, and that rascality is and has been the prevailing rule in Democratic conventions In the name of the great mass of honest Democrats l deny it. On what is the Democratic party to live in the future2 From what source