Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-06-26

Logic is The science q thinking
and reasoning aud we take III,
term "logical candidate to near
one vhose candidacy could be.sp
Iproved by good Judgment and
sound reasoning. II the object is tc
elect the nominee, we fail to see il
what sense Gov, Beckham can be
considered "the logical candidate. =
With all due respect to the young
Governor, be did not make a popu-
lar candidate last year and lost the
support of something more than 2l.-
900 Democratic voters, 10000 who
voted for Brown and 5000 who vo-
ted for Goebel. The fight of the
corporations was made on Goebel
last year, while Mr.. Beckham kept
in the back ground, and yet Goebel
ran far ahead of his associate on
the ticket, as shown by the large
vote he received.
Goebel's power with the people
lay in his great ability, his popu-
lar leadership, his successful or
ganization, his knowledge of char
acter, his wide acquaintance, his
force. as a speaker, his matchless
judgment and his intrepid courage.
There is no man IN Kentucky who
is the logical successor of such
man, for the reason that he died
leaving no man in the State pos
sessing the qualities that made him
the greatest of Kentucky's Cover
nors.
There is no leader qualified to
take up Gov. Goebel's unfinished
work and carry it to completion.
There is no logical candidate" to
fill his place, if the words have been
used in that sense. There may be
"a logical candidate" if we mean
man whose availability will be ap-
proved by the reason of sensible
men. In searching for such man,
the foremost consideration should
be strength before the people. He
must be a mau who can be elected.
Bryan in 1896 received 218.000
votes, Goebel in 1899 got 191. .00O
)f this shortage of $1,000 votes,
1000 voted for Brown, 5000 for
he Populist ticket and $4,000 did
lot vote at all These dissatisfied
oters will elect the next Governor
f Kentucky and the logical can
Iidate" is the man who can get
hem.
Since they had an opportunity
even months ago to vote for Gov.
ieckham and did not do so, we may
conclude that he is not
ne man to unite the party in this
risis. when Hanna, the boodler;
,aylor the fugitive, and Yerkes the !,
eader upon whom Taylor's bloody c
Mantle has fallen, are all claiming o
Kentucky. This is no time for seu- ;
iment. 1t is no time for child S
,lav The Democrats of Kentucky {
IRE face to face with the problem OF I
electing a Governor over the COM
bined opposition of national cor
ruption fund, of organized wealth,
of reyengeful corporations, OF as
sassins in Jail clamoring for
'Iiberty" and federal intimidation.
These obstacles, great as they
seem, can be met and overcome.
Kentucky is a Democratic State
and when Democrats vote together
the State is all right. This year
our leader must be man who has
not been prominently identified with |
any faction. He must be able tol
harmonic the party and lead it to
victory.
He must be man who can do
three thiugs-harmonize. talk and
run. A conservative leader who
can unite all factions, go upon the
stump and uphold his party ably
and eloquently and bring back to
the support Of the ticket all dis
satisfied Democrats is needed at
this time. Let Gov. Beckham and
all other candidates, illogical or
otherwise, be measured by this
standard.