The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-09-13
GOEBEL AND
BLACKBURN.
They Are Given a Grand Ovation
at Hardinsburg.
Enthusiastic Crowd and a New Inn
petus dlven to Democracy.

Last Saturday was big day for Har-
dinsburg The Goebel-B Blackburn
speaking and the Catholic picnic served
as lucky combination in drawing a
large crowd II has been many day
since there was such gathering there.
There were people from Meade and
Grayson counties and from nearly all, If
not the entire section, Of Breckenridge.
The crowd, men, women and children
was estimated at about $500 The picnic
was held at the beautiful and spacious
lake park. near the town. Every ar
rangement bad been made to make the
surroundings attractive.
Dinner was served by the Catholic
church people, and there was abundance
for the vast crowd.
In company with Hon. d. R. Murray
4 and other friends Of Cloverport, w Goe-
bel arrived at the Parham house at IL
o'clock. He went over by the pike,
having spoken in this city the night
previous. Hon. J. G. s. Blackburn
came by rail over the Henderson route,
and reached the hotel at 1880. Prom
inent democrats Of the county called az
the hotel and paid their respects to Mr.
Gosbel during his short stay there.
AT one o'clock he was driven to the
picnic grounds, where stand had been
erected and the necessary arrangements
made for the speaking. The crowd
around the stand was immense, and 1t
seemed to be eveIybody's aim to shake
hands with the man Goebel, who had
become 90 prominent in state matters
The speaker was introduced by DR.
Milton Board, of Kirk, in his most en-
thusiastic style. Mr.. Goebel began in
his usual matter.offact way, and said in
the cut set that this was fight between
the people Of Kentucky on one hand,
and the L. and N railroad, a gigantic
corporation on the other.
He spoke of this corporations In
fluence, and the means'they were using
to accomplish his defeat He referred to
the Louisville Dispatch and the Evening
Post and said that the number of thous-
ands Of these papers which we're now
being scattered over the state, were paid
for by the L. & n railroad company.
In fact he said that this corporation
through it's agents and with all the mon
ey it could rake aud scrape was trying to
defeat him. He said he did not know
why this was the case, unless 1t was be-
cause he had fought the L. & NJ while
in the Legislature. In this connection
Mr.. Goebel spoke of his course in the
Legislature, and the bills he had favored
in the interest Of the people as against
this corporation. If thai was their COM
plant he pleaded guilty to the charge,
and whenever he was put in a position
to do so, he would always favor the peo-
pies interest over that of a corporation.
He declared that If he was elected Gov
ernor, the railroads should be made to
abide by the law as we'll as the people
The McChord bill, the Fellow Servants
bill, and the duties of the railroad Com
missioners, were other matters referred
to by Mr.. Goebel. He said he was glad
that the people Of the state still had a
railroad commission. He said it was in
their power TO fix the rate of charges
tor long and short haults on heights, and
that II the railroads we're not restricted
in this respect, there would hardly be a
limit 10 their charges. Mr.. GOebel
spoke about one hour and a half He
closed by saying that he hoped to be
their next Governor.
He was followed by ], o. 9. Black
burn, who made one Of his charaoteris-
tic campaign speeches.
CONVENTION NOTES.
Goebel is certainly a drawing card.
n was a Rna dav for the watermelon