The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-24
KENTUCKY AND BLUFF.

To the Editor of The Herald:
No better illustration of the state
ment that the Republicans are easily
the best buffers can be found than the
ridiculous alleged Tribune special of
this morning claiming Kentucky, In
diana ard Utah. People in Utah do
not have to go to Chicago to get the
news about this state. 1t is so well
understood here that Utah viii go for
Bryan by not less than 5000 majority,
that the inclusion of the Republican
claim of Utah "queers" all the remain
der of the special
It must be remembered that this is
the working plan The man in Indiana
is fed on taffy about Utah, and the
Utahn is stuffed about the conditions in
Indiana. neither of them having the
means of detection of the fraud imposed
upon him.
Take Kentucky as an illustration,
which is promised to show big sur
prise The Republican correspondent
of the Kansas City Star. writing from
ROOsevelt's train to his paper, which is
a supporter of Mckinley, says:
1.-The territory visited is known as
anti-Goebei and it was the hope of the
Republicans in charge of the Kentucky
tour that Roosevelt would bring out
big crowds and arouse great spirit The
contrary happened.
Before Roosevelt reached Louisville
he struck a frost in Kentucky today
that has not been equaled since he left
Montana. The Republicans in and out
of this state who are claiming Ken
lucky or placing it in the doubtful list
do not know the conditions as they ex-
iSt and as they appear even TO Re-
publican campaigning train hlled with
| followers of Mckinley and Roosevelt
EVERY INDICATION POINTS TO a
VICTORY FOR BRYAN IN THIS
| STATE, AND 1T Is PROBABLE
/ THAT EVEN THE WEAK TICKET
! HEADED BY GOVERNOR j. {. w.
BECKHAM WILL PULL THROUGH-f
The Republican correspondent then
goes on To give some facts, when IN
clude the following points: That the
absence of a third ticket from ooth
state and national campaigns has
1 thrown back into the Democratic ranks
| so per cent of the Palmer and Buckner
I Democra is; that the party has Deen
unified by the assassination Of Goebel;
/ that the repeal of the obnoxious Goebel
/ law in time TO be effective at TINS cleo
/ ton was blocked by Republicans Tor
political effect. and that the result has
| acted as a, boomerang
There is another reason, however,
which / deem as important as any he
mentions, and that is the advocacy OF
| Bryan this year by the Coufler-Jo our
4 nal. Here is a journal that IS owned
/ by solid business man, ana edlteo Dy
/ brilliant editors which included Greeley,
/ Raymond and BoWles. OF course, L
mean Henry Watterson- All the ire
| mendous influence OF this paper was
/ welded against Bryan in 1896, yet he
failed of carrying the state by only 2sl
votes. so staunch in its Democratic
faith is that commonwealth
! 1t is ridiculous to suppose that under
such conditions Kentucky viii go for
| Bryan for less than 10000 majority
might add that in 1896 the governor
I was Republican and this year Demo-
crat occupies the chair.
! This whole game of bluff is well IL
Illustrated. also. by the boasts OF Henry
| G. Payne, who wanted to hedge on
/ bet that tpoor mani he had toOishiy
made that MCKINLEY would not get
100000 majority in Illinois. Also, ne
wanted TO bet two TO one that Bryan
would not get as many electoral votes
as he did IN 1895. When called, Hayne
4 didn't want to bet on his latter propo-
sition, and when asked for the name