Blackburn Still In The Race
Versaillks, Ky., July 11. - Senator Blackburn lauarhed whon shovvn a telegram trom tno New York Horald sayiriy it was roported in tho east that he had withdrawn froun the senatorial race. "I was never more ia the race than I am novv," said the senator, "and I never feit more confi.leni of succesa." When asked about ihe reporta thac he had beou roquested by the chalrman of the state comniittee to not mako any more silver speeches ho said: "The committee has made no request of me to ignoro the currency que9tion. "ïhe late state convention, by a very decided maj n-ity, reiusod to put a free silver plank ia tho platform, and by a very much more decided majority it refused to indorse a single gold Standard. lts only utteranoe on the currency questlon was a reafflrmatlon of the national platform of 1892, letwing the party in Kontucky, eo far aa this issue is ooncerned, precisely where it has been for the last three yearg. My views upon this subjeot are well known and of long standing. They have not been changed or modifled to any extent whatever. "
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