The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-02
TEE KENruoKY CAMPAIGN.
some Peculiar Features OF the Coming Con-
test In the state which Mckinley Carried

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publican candidates for Governor Of Kentucky
this year to succeed ". o. Bradley OF Lancas-
ter. the frat Republican Executive since the
close OF the civil war. One IA n General. ono Is
A Colonel. the other is n Judge: and. as things
20 In Kentucky. where Colonies have always
been plentiful. the Colonel will have the
fret choice and the Judge the second
choice Of the nomination In stato where
some OF tho best Judges are not Judges IN
court. and have never been. The Republican
ahpirant who 10 a General Ia not. however. q
military General. but only mn Attorney Gen
eral. the present Attorney General 81 the
State. Nr. Taylor. whose friends assert that he
haa already enough votes pledged to him
TO assure his nomination The other nspr-
ants are Col. Stone and Judge Pratt, the Sup
port OF the former coming chiefly from tho
blus grass district and ncighborhooh and OF
the latter from southwestern Kentucky par
ticularly the part OF IL whore colorcd voters
are m ost numerous.
The circumstances preceding the last cleo
ton for Governor and the conditions determin-
Ing the contest are not duplicated this year In
1906 the Republicans hold their convention ut
Louisville nearly three weeks before that u
the Democrats and they came out forcibly on
State matters. dcnouncing the Democratic Adj
ministration then In ONCE for " saddlinga debt
of millions Of dollars upon the state, for ex-
trayaGant legislation. for diversion OF the
school funds. for leaving the charitable in
situations OF the state without means for
their continuance. for bringing convict labor
into competition with free labor. Tor overriding
the State Constitution, neglecting the public
business. misusing the public funds aud for
enforcing existing laws oppressvely and I'M
equally. The Republicans also came out dell
niely in opposition to free silver. declaring
that 1t would involve the country in financial
ruin. That TO- the Republicans OF Kentucky,
accordingly. forced the fighting and selected
the issues upon which tho campaign was to be
fought. They chose as their standard bearer.
too. candidate who was we'll acquainted with
the voters. and with existing political condi-
tions. because Of his candidacy for the same
office eight years before. He came, too, from
the agricultural district. as Republican nomi
nees In that State have not usually done.
The euhsequent Democratic convention was
divided into two factions. one fayoring an
evaaive course on the subject OF .he currency.
an Endorsement Of tho Cleveland Administra-
ton and a denunciatien of Republican tariff
legislation, while the minority was outspoken
for silver and silent on the subject IF the ma
| tIonhl Administration. T. compromise between
| the two was effected, whereby the conserva-
tives had control on tho platform and the
| radicals had the choice OF candidates Hence
| p. Wat Hardin was put forward as can
! didate for Governor. n silver nominee
| on no silver platform. Tn" nanuuvre
| proved unpopular, for the gold Demo
| Gratis. mistrusing the position Of Mr. Hardin.
gave their support to the Republican canhi-
date. Col. Bradley. whereas the ardent and sin
| cere silveries. regarding the Democrats as
| lukewarm in the silver cause. nominated a
| candidate OF their own NJ. Petit. who poed
| 1000 votes. or twice as much as the plurality
l ~ 'nl 81
the city OF Louisville. where gold Democrats
are most numerous. the Republican lead was
| 1000 though it is usually Democratic by
| large majority
| Col. Bradley, now in the closing year Of his
term. is not a candidate for reelection. and the
leading Republican candidate ia the Attorney
General. Mr. Taylor. His chief opponent Is
| Auditor Stone. another NJ emf her Of the bradley
Administration. which. in the event OF the
nomination OF either. will consequently he
brought directly into the contest The Rrpub-
| lican convention meets July ~
In the Presidential election 81 1896. In a total
vote OF 445,oOO. the Mckinley plurality was
only 2Sl and one OF the Bryan electors who ran
ahead OF his ticket. was elected. Last year
| there was no State election. but In 1897 Ken
| lucky was carried by the Silverites by a major
ity OF 1000. The Democrats at the recent
Louisville convention, participated IN ly
data
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