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of silver men
■Object to Test the Fooling
Among Delegates,
MEN SCORE ONE POINT
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Cleveland.
■ * - .:-, June 26—Tho Di'ino-
i convention assembled at
promptly, after having ad-
W r 2a - In - in the midst of unu-
was offered by Rev. J. W.
35 Hardin mon were considered
; ;j fl in the lead, notwithstanding
Kfct that General Hardin and Sen
■ Blackburn had been canvassing
KRfl tate * n their mutual interests on
flssue of free coinage, and that- the
men had carried a majority
||||fl.e district meetings and organized
: so as to control it as de
fllgfly as the committee on resolutions,
flnl along, there were many “sound
fliey" delegates for Hardin, notwith-
his pronounced views for sil-
There were not so many silver
Olay, who agrees with Carlisle
/ administration on the financial
fltion. The Clay men won their
point in postponing the nomina
sffifl. in the hope of gaining time to get
flantisilver men away from Hardin.
Aras for this reason that Hardin’s
Hjfles fought so desperately to force a
the fight between Hardin
: fld Clay for governor is intensified in
and bitterness.
■Everybody knew what the platform
as to be, although they could not an
flcipate the struggle in disposing of the
fliinority reports on resolutions. The
■kterest, however, centered in the nom
■nation for governor and the gold-silver
(question was involved in the fight, as
I the views of Clay and Hardin were as
I divergent as those of Carlisle and Black
burn.
The fight by the Hardin men was to
have nominations precede the report on
, the platform, so that the Clay men
I could not say the platform was unsuit
’ed to Hardin. Meantime the Clay men
1 were working for the adoption of the
WBljority report on resolutions as a
ijflidicap to Hardin, and for its adop
■l before the nominations were called
? fliVhen the convention adjourned in
early hours of the morning, the
Aiding question was on the minority
iJfflLort from the committee on creden
flils, and the discussion thereon was
■ After discussing an hour and a half,
Rne motion to substitute the minority
Freport on credentials for the majority
report, the call of 119 counties began.
The Clay men favored the substitute
and the Hardin men opposed it. As the
vote was considered a test of strength
it was watched with great interest and
| resulted, 448 ayes; 425 nays. The re
sult was greeted with loud cheering by
, the Clay men.
L The Hardin men rushed to the plat
■orm, charging false counting and fraud
■and created a most tumultuous scene,
Lvuich was finally checked by crowding
flknator Lindsay through the fighters
fl the front of the platform when
’Hi opened another hot contest by pre
.fluting the majority report.
■ The following was reported by Sena
fl>r Lindsay, chairman of the commit
■e on resolutions, as the majority re-
signed by nine of the 13 members:
’•■> the Democratic Convention in Louis
fl ville:
undersigned, a majority of your
Hflrnmittee, beg leave to submit as their
the accompanying resolutions,
—The Democracy of Kentucky in
assembled congratulate the
ifliintry upon the repeal of the McKinley
fflriff law and upon the evidences we have
every hand of returning prosperity,
Kinder the operations of reduced and equit-
Hable tariff taxation; and we denounce as
■fraught with danger and disaster the
■ threat of our Republican adversaries to
|Te-establish a protective tariff and to re-
I inaugurate a policy of unequal taxation,
’ which in connection with misgovernment
by the Republican party culminated in
the business panic of 1893.
Second —The Democratic party, which
has always stood for the separation of
church and state, for the sake alike of
civil and religious freedom, does not hesi
tate to-condemn all efforts to create a dis
tinction among citizens because of differ
ences in faith, as repugnant to an en
lightened age and abhorrent to the in
stincts of American freemen.
Third —We reaffirm without qualifica
tion the principles and policies declared
/by the national Democratic platform of
' 1891. and declare that our present national
Democratic administration is entitled to
the thanks of the party for its honest,
Courageous and statesmanlike manage
ment of public affairs; and we express our
undiminished confidence in the Democracy
and patriotism of President Grover Cleve
land and his distinguished co-adviser and
secretary, John G. Carlisle of Kentucky.
The names of President Cleveland
and Secretary Carlisle were received
with prolonged and most demonstra
tive shouting.
Ex-Congressman W. T. Ellis present
ed the minority report, when John S.
Rhea took the floor to read it himself
and not trust it to the secretary.
The following is the minority report
in which the silver men sought to load
down the majority rather than advocate
their own views:
The undersigned members of the com
mittee on resolutions dissent from the
views expressed by the majority of the
committee on resolutiouswhieh is proposed
as an endorsement of the present national
Democratic administration, because the
said resolution is ambiguous, obscure and
uncertain in its meaning, and is, in our
opinion, an attempt to straddle the most
vital question now attracting the atten
tion of the American people. And. while
the undersigned do not concur in the
views expressed in said resolution, nor in
the views expressed in the amendment
which t*ey hero submit, they nevertheless
believe Bhat it is the duty of the De mo
ral ic papy to express itself in clear and
unamfiflious terms on this subiecj,. The
unsocial poncy ot me present uemocratac
administration deserves an unqualified
endorsement at the hands of the Demo
cratic party of Kentucky, or it does not
deserve such endorsement; and, with a
view of taking the opinion of the repre
sentatives of the Democrats of Kentucky
in convention assembled, we submit the
following as an amendment to said resolu
tion:
Resolved, by the Democrats of Ken
tucky assembled, that the present Demo
cratic administration is entitled to the
thanks of the whole country for its states
manlike management of public affairs;
and we further declare that both Presi
dent Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle are
entitled to the unqualified endorsement of
the American people for maintaining the
gold standard, thus maintaining the cred
it of the government; and the issuance of
$160,000,000 of interest bearing bonds is
hereby expressly endorsed.
The undersigned members of the com
mittee on resolutions believing that the
Democratic party of Kentucky should
plainly declare in favor of true bimetal
lism, or tne gold standard, offer the fol
lowing as a separate resolution and ask its
adoption:
Resolved, that we believe in the coinage
of both gold and silver as the primary
money of the country into legal tender
dollars, receivable in payment of all debts,
public and private, upon terms of exact
equality.
M;r. Rhea made a most vigorous ar
gument and offered a second or supple
mental minority report which simply
reaffirmed the national platform of the
party in 1893 and urged its adoption as
a measure of expediency owing to the
divergent views in the party in Ken
tucky on the financial question.
After much discussion, the Hardin
men insisted on a recount of the vote
by which the minority report was sub
stituted for the majority report on cre
dentials and the convention hall for
some time resembled a riot.
The secretaries discovered errors and
Chairman A S. Berry announced that
the correction would be made later if
the delegates would allow the consider
ation of the resolutions to proceed.
The most notable tilt during the de
bate upon the two committee reports
on resolutions was between Senators
Blackburn and Lindsay.
Senator Blackburn, who had been
called for all day, finally came to the
front. He said at the outset that he
was opposed to Bradley, the Republi
can candidate for governor of Ken
tucky, and for that reason he was op
posed to the majority report on resolu
tions. He replied especially to the ar
gument of Congressman McCreary with
most intense earnestness. He plead for
harmony, but he warned the conven
tion against endorsing Sherman instead
of Jefferson.
He had never endorsed a Republican
platform and he did not want the Ken
tucky Democracy to do so today. He
was for Democratic bimetallism nnd not
for Republican gold standard. He was
not here for any new departure but for
oldtime honored Democratic principles
and to oppose the newfangled policies
of the Republican element that was
trying to shape the policies today for
the Democracy of Kentucky. The ap
plause of Blackburn was tremendous.
Senator Lindsay was then introduced
and made a remarkably strong reply to
Senator Blackburn. His defense of the
administration, especially when he
named President Cleveland, was greet
ed with stirring demonstrations.
The convention reached climaxes of
the highest pitch when the senator de
nounced the insinuation that the ma
jority report was a Republican plat
form. His voice sounded like the roar
ing of the lion as he warmed up in re
plying to the insinuations that the ma
jority of those on the committee or in
the convention were advocating Repub
lican doctrines of any kind.
Senator Lindsay was interrupted by
numerous questions from the silver
men, among them being one “Why the
reaffirming of the platform of 1892
would not be enough?” He replied that
they wanted more of a good thing.
Senator Lindsay moved the adoption of
the majority report and there was a re
sponse of nays in loud tones.
Chairman Berry announced that a
revision of the count by the secretaries
sustained the previous announcement
of the substitution of the minority re
port on credentials for the majority re
port. The Clay men cheered this an
nouncement, and the Hardin men pre
cipitated another row.
The previous question was ordered on
a viva voce vote after 1 o’clock on the
adoption of the reports on resolutions.
In this proceeding Chairman Berry
was equal to the emergency in his rul
ings or the vote ana the resolution
would never have been reached.
Ex-Congressman Ellis moved to
amend section 3 of the majority report
after the words ‘‘platform of 1892.”
This amendment struck out that part
endorsing the administration of Presi
dent Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle.
Mr. Rhea offered as a substitute his
resolution of thanks to Cleveland and
Carlisle for their negotiations with
Rothschilds and Morgan. This was
ruled out and the first vote taken was
on the amendment of Mr. Ellis, which
reaffirmed the Cuioago platform of 1892
and cut out the endorsement of Cleve
land and Carlisle. At 1:30 o’clock the
secretaries began calling the roll on
what was termed the vote on Cleveland
and Carlisle.
The vote on the Ellis amendment was
announced: Yeas, 270 6-85; nays, 598
27 35, when there was lOud cheering for
Cleveland and Carlisle. The Clay men
claim a victory, ft
After further skirmishing the ma
jority report was adopted by the con
vention.
Cleveland, June 26.—A special to
The Evening Post from St. Mary’s, 0.,
says: A fire here during the night de
stroyed the woolen mills and seven
buildings. The loss will probably reach
1100,000.
Montevallo has been selected as the
seat of the Alabama industrial school.
W. B. Parkins, a railroad engineer,
died in Montgomery, Ala., from the
effects of an operation to relieve appen
dicitis.
W. L. Hill, one of the largest mer
chants at Winston, N. C., has assigned
to E. B. Jones for the benefit of his
creditors.
The First regiment of the Georgia
cavalry volunteers will go into camp at
Meldrim, 17 miles from Savannah, from
July 6 to 13. <
George Trollinger fired a pistol at Da
vid Singletary in Richmond county, N.
C., but the bullet missed him and
struck and instantly killed Singletary’s
10-vear-old daughter.
THE HOME TRIBUNE. THURSDAY. JUNE 27. 1895.
LEFT TO THE STATE.
Missouri Democrats to Decide tbe Con-
Yention Question.
MAFFETT TO COUNTY CHAIRMEN
Coinage Question Is the Bone
of Contention.
SAYS IT IS A POPULIST QUESTION.
Maffett Argues Strongly Against Going on
Record in Matters Belonging to the
National Convention.
ST. Lovis, June 26.—Chairman C. C.
Maffett, of the Democratic state central
committee, hak mailed to each county
chairman in Missouri an address, of
which the following is a part;
“Your state Democratic committee
having noted through the public press
that some of the enthusiasts in behalf
of the free, unlimited and uncondition
al coinage of silver at the ratio of 16
to 1, were clamorous for a convention
of the Democratic party in this state
for the purpose of giving expression of
sentiment upon that to the exclusion of
all other important articles of the Dem
ocratic creed convened on June 1 with
the view of canvassing the policy, pro
priety and wisdom of committing the
party by its action to such an unusual
and unprecedented project. Upon the
assembling of a full committee the gen
eral phase of the subject was considered
and thoroughly canvassed, the argu
ments for and against having been pa
tiently heard and carefully and dispas
sionately weighed.
‘‘The judgment of the committee was
registered against the calling of a con
vention by the decisive vote of 10 to 5.
It is due alike to this committee and to
you in behalf of the good of the party
to briefly outline the reasons which in
fluenced it in deciding against such a
convention, as well as some of the more
important views urged in its favor
which were considered by this commit
tee. ”
The chairman gave as reasons that
to call a convention for the purpose of
formulating a declaration of belief sole
ly upon a single one of the national
issues might be justly construed as an
abandonment of all others—that it
would create schisms, ostracism and
anarchy; that neither tradition nor
usage afforded a precedent for a con
ver. *ion to predeclare upon any subject
wh.ch must be dealt with by a regular
convention that puts forth a declara
tion of principles for its party candi
dates; that the committee did not feel
clothed with the power to call such a
convention.
Continuing, the address says:
“It was argued that if such a con
vention declared in favor of the free
and unlimited and unconditional coin
age of silver at 16 to 1, it would give an
impetus to that sentiment in other
states and help on the cause. The re
sult of the election following admon
ishes us that we must be careful to be
strong at home before we lend strength
to our neighbors.
“It was argued that by a timely dec
laration upon the silver question and in
the right way we might be able to re
claim those who had strayed away from
the fold into the People’s party. It
was then answered that if we commit
the Democratic party to this single is
sue, the one very conspicuous in the
Populist platform, might not that par
ty, without arrogance, claim that it had
been recruited by the accession of the
Democratic party in this state?
“It is an argument that cuts two
ways.
“And now, notwithstanding the pre
vious decisions of the committee, I, as
its executive officer, will again convene
it if it be the sense of the party ex
pressed through the members of the
county committees that a state conven
tion ought to be called to consider the
special question before indicated.”
DELEGATES ARRIVE.
The Great League Meeting Held In Chat
tanooga This Week.
Chattanooga, June 26.—Delegates
from every state in the union, from
Maine to California and from other
Christian countries are arriving on
every train to attend the international
conference of all Epworth leagues
which convenes in this city.
From advance bulletins received as to
special trains, it is estimated that there
will be fully 15,000 delegates in attend
ance by noon. It is estimated that the
full attendance will be about 25,000
The exercises will be held in a tent
which has a seating capacity of about
10,000.
Suicide of a Broker.
New York, June 26.—Louis M. Cor
nish, a broker with an office at 2 Wall
street, was found dead in the library of
his home. There was a bullet hole in
his temple and a revolver at his side.
He had evidently been dead several
hours when his body was found. His
physician was said to have remarked
that financial difficulties led Mr. Cor
nish to commit the deed.
Mow ix»c r rauce viaim aia.
Paris, June 26.—The Eclair, referring
to the conflict which has taken place
between French citizens and citizens of
Brazil on the frontier of French
Guiana, says that advantage must I •
taken of the occurrence by France to
formally claim the whole disputed ter
ritory, especially to annex the entire
country so far as the River Amazon.
One Office Is Enough.
Raleigh, June 26.—The state audi
tor asked the opinion of the attorney
general as to whether the fusionists
who were elected by the legislature to
two positions each as trustees could
hold both. The opinion given is that
the last election to a position vitiated
the formes e ectian. This knocked out
a number of them.
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PREPARING FOR THE FIGHT.
Dallas Is Getting Ready to Handle the
Corbett-Fitzsimmons Mill.
Dallas, June 26 —The plans for the
great amphitheater for the seating of
40,000 people who are expected to wit
ness the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight,
are about complete. The ground chosen
is two miles from the heart of the city,
in good walking distance from the
yards of the Texas Pacific and Central
railroads, along the lines of the former.
The Pacific will doubtless run an ac
commodation of 25 coaches to relieve
the four street car lines which run to
the grounds.
Dallas has four firstclass hotels, one
boasting of being the finest in the south,
30 of the second class, and boarding
houses by the mile.
The suggestion that John Duffy of
New Orleans, referee the fight is well
received at the headquarters. It is con
ceded that he is a perfect master of
prize ring rules and that no fairer man
could have been found in the world.
The story that Corbett will train at
Terrell is not credited here. The
weather in Texas up to the beginning
of October is too hot for that work. He
will doubtlessly be the guest of Presi
dent Green for three or four weeks be
fore the fight or during October. The
odds are still on Corbett, but the bet by
Green of $3,000 to $2,000 on him is the
only one yet reported.
CHAMBERLAIN A JUDAS.
The Irish la Parliament Intimate That
He Betrayed the Party.
London, June 26.—Replying to Mr.
Henry Labouchere, member for North
ampton, in the house of commons, the
Right Hon. Akers Douglas, the Con
servative whip, said his party was anx
ious for a dissolution of parliament at
the earliest possible moment and hoped
to be able to make a statement on the
subject on Monday next.
He then moved that new writs for
election be issued in the cases of East
Manchester, West Bristol, St.
George’s, Hanover Square and West
Birmingham, represented respective
ly by the Right Hon. A. J. Balfour,
the new first lord of the treasury; the
Right Hon. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach,
the new chancellor of the exchequer;
the Right EAn. George J. Goschen, the
new first lord of the admiralty, and the
Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, the
new secretary of state for the colonies,
all of whom have to be re-elected upon
their appointments as cabinet min
isters.
The mention of Mr. Chamberlain’s
name was greeted with cries of “Judas”
from the Irish benches.
ANOTHER FAIR SENSATION.
Somebody Hal Found a Wife and One
Child Now Living*
San Francisco, June 26.—According
to a local paper Mrs. Lobo, a dress
maker for the Fair family, a-iserts that
Senator Fair called at her house some
time before his death and there met a
Miss McKenna. Senator Fair after
wards married Miss McKenna before a
justice of the peace in Oakland. Two
children were born, and one, a boy 14
months of age, is still living. A few
weeks before his death Senator Fair
called on the mother and read a paper
purporting to be a will, in which he
provided for the children.
The mother of the children now lives
at Lodi, Cal., and is preparing to make
a fight for some of the dead man’s mil
lions.
For th* Cotton Exposition.
Albany, June 26.—The governor has
appointed Algar M. Wheeler of Buffalo
to be secretary of the New York state
commission of the Cotton States and
International exposition at Atlanta.
The commission is to hold its first meet
ing on Saturday next at 229 Broadway,
New York.
A Receiver Appointed.
Cleveland, June 26.—Thomas W.
Hill, cashier of the Cleveland National
bank, has been appointed as receiver
for the Lorraine Manufacturing com
pany. Suit was brought by Adolph
Pollock to subject stockholders to the
liabilities. >
CTiiiißm Dined by the American Marine*.
Kiel, June 26.—Emperor William
will be the guest of the officers of the
United States cruiser New York at din
ner on board that war vessel.
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