The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1900-02-13

taking of is domestic. The issue u
national.
William Goebel was not man t.
attract the public. He was not q
man to convulse an audience or tc
set the table in a roar. But his broth
ers and sisters loved him and he was
so good son that, after his mothers
death, he kept her membership of her
church alive and paid for her pew, al
if she herself had still been living
He had the misfortune to be born Of
poor German parentage. Before he
was five andstwenty, he was the law
partner of the late Gov. Stephenson,
the very Ultima Thule of the patti
cianism Of Virginia and Kentucky
who, diving, left him his great estate
to manage without bond and, lat
err, the law partner of John q. Car
Isle, who did little credit to himself
and his real friends in Kentucky,
when, during the late campaign, he
permitted himself to be quoted even
seemingly against Mr.. Goebei. for Mr..
Carlisle knows, and so does the Edi-
tor of the Courier-J journal, Mr.. Car
lisle's stesdfsst friend, that in 1896
Mr.. Goebel did Mr.. Carlisle no wrong
whatever.
The killing Of Mr.. Sanford by Mr..
Goebel is the pivotal point upon
which Mr.. Goebe's character has
been arraigned. 1t was q street duel.
Mr.. Sanford was a dead shot. But,
when the bullets passed, Goebeps bull
let hit and Sanford's bullet missed
1t was so clear case of self-defense
that in a city where Sanford had ten
devoted friends to Goebels one, no.
BODY seriously thought of lndiciing
Goebel.
In the convention that nominated
Mr.. Goebel for Governor the Louis
vile and Nashville Railroad was the
main factor. After week of battle,
day and night, Mr.. Goebal beat the
combination of brute force and money,
and won the nomination; deing moth
ing to his oempetitors-whateVer he
did to them-that thew were not ready
to do to him. Every man woman
and child in kentucky knows this to
be the truth.
Inc one just accusation against Mr..
Goebel is the Election law that bears
his name. The Courier-Journal OPP
posed it earnestly. Mr.. Goebel him
self doubted its wisdom. The law
was not of his originstion. His
instincts and his intelligence were
against it. He found it 10 be a
stumbling-block in his canvass for
Governor. He became convinced that
it was an ill-judged law. He stood
resdy to have 1t so modined AS 10
make it good law. But, during the
period of its passage-when the Cou-
rier.Journsl pleaded with him never
uttering 3 word against him, tor we
recognized him then as the one prom
Using force in Kentucky poli,ics-,he
one leader who had opinions. and who
was ] eady to fight for them-the very
embodiment and incarnation of all the
CourieI-Journal has fought for these
thirty years-he could not see these
things, and SO the G0ebei Bill was en-
acted a law and ali the efforts of the
Courjer-Journal to prevent it were
futile. Even the Republicans did not
think enough of the dangers it EN-.
bodied to get up public meetings
against il. Outside of The Legisla-
ture-with tine Courier journal max
ing a daily exposition of it's objection
able featnres-it passed against but a
weak and scattered protest. 1t show
ed itself very poor law indeed; be-
cause, admitting its purpose, it failed
signally it proved to be full of holes f;
End, indirectly, has been one of the
provoking causes OF the death of the
brave and noble young man, who re-
luctantly gave it his name, and, as
suredly, the most potential issue
against him in the recent State can
vass.
We feel that this resume of the
facts Of the case is right and proper.
We have no concrete interests at
stake. tits the prosperity of this
community, and the honor and fame
OF the SA-tr, that concern us; and we
entreat all mem but chiefly the Re-
publicans of Kentucky, who have
been lured into false position-who
know that we are incapable of doing
them any private wrong, however
our opinions may differ and our paths
diVerge--to atop exactly where they
are and to ask themselves whether