The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-07-17
Speclal 70 The Wstlinytnn post

Louisville, KY, July 16-"There IS a Sc
rious crisis In the affairs of Kentucky" Z"
says { double column editorial In the
Evening Post to-day. The right OF the
people to choose their own officers is de-
MED by an organized band of political out
laws. Partisan passion mas prostituted
the processes OF the courts 10 the base
uses OF the cons piracy, and unless the
people will speak clearly and d-cislvely
Cn the single issue Of the hour, the State
may drift into anarchy"
With such language as this the dele
gates who ara arriving tonight 10 at
tend the Republican State convention to-
morrow are being crested Kentucky Is
on the eve Of campaign beside which
the contest last fan will seem as peace
ful as q Sunday-school picnic. The Re
pubicans, embittered at the ousting of
Taylor, their gubernatorial candidate last
year, are determined TO frustrate at any
cost the frauds which they claim were
then practiced upon them Violence, which
Is defined As the right of revolution" is
openly advocated IN circular which is
being widely distributed, and which de-
nounces the GOebpI law. Thus II is that
Goebel although lying dead in Coyington
Cemetery, still throws hi ghostly shadow
over the State. The fatal shot fired from
the window OF he tXecutIve Office bull ing
al Frankfort may have removed him. bat
II did not eliminate his personality. The
fight in Kentucky this year is as much
GOebelism and anti-Goebelism as ever.
Indeed there is to be. apparently. more
bitterness and strife, for the blood of
Goebel has fed the flames of partisan pas
sion.
Platform Limited to Two Planks.
The Republican platform tomorrow
will cover a single Sheet Of typewr.ttal
paper. II will be boiled down almost 20
single para graph. Imperialism and
money will not be mentioned. The decla-
ration viii be condensed into dsnuncia-
tiOn of the GOebel law, with no reference
10 national affairs save an Endorsement
Of Mckinley and Roosevelt. Civil lib
erty' is to be the Republican campaign
cry. What IS the use OF discussing alb
stract qUestiOns?" said Republican State
Chairman Barnett this afternoon, 'when
the one question of how the people shall
honestly record their judgment IS left un-
settled?" This is the Republican position
in a nutshell. They are determined 10
stake their all upon an effort to over
throw d law which, they assert, binds
them in chains. Their speakers will dis-
cuss no other topic on the stump. The
Democrats are TO be placed on the defen-
sive from the start.
United in the effort to make one last
stand to overflow the Democracy, the
Republicans were, nevertheless, prepared
three weeks ago to enter upon the strug-
gle without outside aid. Until about the
time Of The Philadelphia convention both
President Mckinley and Chairman Hanna
were inclined to concede Kentucky 10 the
Democrats. Mckinley was especially
stubborn, and no amount of argument
seemed able 10 convince him that sAe
electoral vote of Kentucky might be given
him. To-day, however, the Republican
managers are happy in the knowledge
that aid from the national committee IS
TO be given. Roosevelt, Dolliver, and
other Republicans are to be sent into the
State, and money is not II be withheld.
They have Hanna's promise. With this
knowledge John ". Yerkes, who has
hitherto looked askance at the Guberna-
torial nomination. will enter the lists to-
morrow as the Republican candidate, \
popular man is Yerkes, conce1 9d!y the
strongest man whom the Republicans
could name
Every county in the State has instruct
ed for him. He will be named by acela-
nation, with an enthusiastic and united
party behind him. Unlike Taylor, whose
pedigree is mentioned in whisper,
Nerkes Is a gentleman born and bred
He is typical KentuCkian, six feet tall
and Is built in proportion. A graduate of
Center College, in this State, he has class
mates in almost every county. A law
Yer by profession. he has a practice
which he is a professor IN a law school
al a good salary, and represents many
railroad and other corporations. No one
ddreS breathe a word against him. His
manners are genial. He loves a good
story and bubbles over with interesting
anecdotes. He will make an effective
campaign on the stump. With him al the
head of the ticket, the Republicans are
confident of majority which cannot
be counted out.
The Democratic Programme.
The convention which will nominate him
tomorrow will not last over three hours.
There will be no contesting delegations.
John Marshall, a Louisville lawyer. VINO
is a lineal descendant of the Chief JUS
tice, will be temporary chairman, and Il
is expected that Gov Bradley Wit place
YPrkes' name in nomination
The programme will all be arranged be-
forehand, and will be carried out without
a hitch. Meanwhile, the Democrats are
preparing for their convention. which
meets at Lexington on the 18Th, and when
according 10 the present outlook, ]. c. w.
Beckham. the boy governor, who stepped
into GOebeTS shoes. will be the nominee
He has a strong machine back of him but
he is not the strongest man whom the
Democrats could name Senator Black