Show worked on it for a week MM OF denies allegations defies the Ale gators never no never was he in favor of a compromising policy on the financial question nor did mckenley ever dictate to him he bradley was always in favor of a gold standard and Is pining for fear the republicans may compromise frankfort ky juno 10 for nearly a week governor bradley has been threatening to give oat a statement in reply to a recent distention from washington to the effect that he did believe originally in favor ot a compromising policy on the financial question but he was induced by governor mckinley to make the race 0 kentucky last fall on a gold standard platform and further that bradley has since negotiated with mckinley and other candidates articles have also been cent from here stating that gov bradley had letters in his possession po session written to him by various republican leaders which letters ho intended to make public after la borine several days the governor tonight gave out the following statement w aich was carefully written and more carefully revised 1 cannot nermit the washington dispatch to the chicago record to pass unchallenged in response I 1 deny that I 1 effel waa the representative of mr bianna in any way nor is it true that my actions were ever controlled or governed in the slightest degree by what is politically called in that dispatch the platt crowd there never was any combination between those gentlemen or any of them and myself or any of my friends I 1 have not attempted to make terms with mckinley or any of his managers I 1 have not offered to trade sixteen votes or any vote for vice president nor will be a candidate for vice president pies ident nor would I 1 accept a cabinet position 1 I did not teto mckinley and at the same time to a number of leading republicans throughout the country concerning the kentucky cam pait n the insinuation that I 1 wrote favoring a straddle on the currency question or that mckinley advised me not to pursue such a course or said that the silver agitation asi tation was the result 0 hard times busl as the greenback craze was the result of the panic of 72 is totally false I 1 did abt write him that a majority of the people in kentucky were in favor of free coinage or that both parties were rapidly drifting that way my expressed opinion was that the minneapolis platform was too general and that the party must make a clear and distinct my views are too well known to require explanation in kentucky weeks before the convention assembled at louisville the sunday critic announced my that i would not accept the nomination on a free silver platform and I 1 gave the inner journal an interview almost as explicit 1 have time and time again declared in favor of the gold standard with every dollar made of equal value aad against the free and unlimited coinage of silver my canvass was made on a platform embodying these ideas and I 1 adhere to that platform I 1 believe that sound currency will be ahe leading issue of the coming campaign the honor of the republic and the welfare of the people demand its or solution it is far above personal success or individual advancement and in this hour of supreme trial the republican convention should declare in favor ot the single gold standard there is no time for quibbling or evasion we mav lose gome states this loss wilf be more than compensated by gain in the old slave border stales but if I 1 thought such a declaration would cause the republican nominee to be defeated I 1 would none the leas favor it success at the expense of the national welfare would be neither creditable nor profitable la justice to mckinley McKin lev I 1 will add the statement in courier journal that he wrote roe recommending the adoption of a plank with a strong free silver tinge is not true neither did be or any one of the gentleman addressed suggest anything of the kind |