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OLD PLATFORM REAFFIRMED
By Kentucky Democrats In State Convention
Assembled at Louisville.
HARDIN WITHDREW FROM GUBERNATORIAL RACE.
4 Week of Wrangling Over Nomination For Governor.
Republican State Administration Condemned.
Afte” a -week of wrangling and ten
ineffectual I ballots, the Kentucky
,. .
ocratic state conven ion in session
Louisville took an adjournment Satur
day until Monday. It was a few min
ntes before midnight when the motion
^
every man in the cenvention hall was
heartily glad that a day of compara
tive rest was in sight,
The first feature of the day
was General Hardin’s sensational with
drawal from the race. At a highly
interesting stage of the morning’s
ceedings, when the tension was great,
and there was much talk of the proba
bility of the Hardin forces withdraw
ing because of the rulings of the chair
and the adverse decision of the creden
tials committee, General Hardin sud
denlv appeared, and in an impassioned
speech declared that he would witll .
draw from the race.
Harmony and I he party’s good were,
he declared, more to him than his per¬
sonal ambitions, and to prevent
trouble impending he would withdraw.
Whether this was done in good faith
or not is open to conjecture, but
was so taken until the Stone
saw that Goebel would surely be
inated. Then they rushed a lot
votes to Hardin and drew a lot of
din men from Goebel,
the latter’s nomination.
Nine other ballots were taken
that, the dreary sing song of the
call and answer being up until
II o’clock. On the tenth ballot the
stood: Stone, 37G; Hardin, 365; Goe¬
bel, 346.
Stone had led on most of the ballots,
with the other two alternating in sec¬
ond and third places. There was,
however, very little difference between
the real strength of the three men,
few votes being scattered about
time, in the hope of creating a
sion.
The Platform Adopted.
The platform adopted by the
vention for the presidential campaign
of 1900 reads in part as follows:
“The democrats of Kentucky in con¬
vention assembled, reaffiiun,
the slightest qualification, the princi¬
ples and policies declared in the dem¬
ocratic national platform adopted
Chicago in 1896.
“Our faith in bimetallism is vindi
cated by events. The
for the restoration of the
standard u r as acknowledged by
president and congress in
when a commission was sent to Eu
rope to entreat other nations to aid in
establishing bimetallism, and the fail
ure of the commission to secure Euro
pean co-operation confirms the friends
of free coinage in their belief that re
lief can only come by the
action of the United States. The pres
ent legal ratio of 16 to 1 is the only
ratio at which bimetallism can be re
stored and opposition to it is confined
to those who oppose bimetallism
any ratio and those who misapprehend
or ignore the reasons which led three
national conventions to adopt it.
“We denounce the present republi¬
can national administration for its
reckless extravagance in the conduct
of public affairs; for its cruel and in¬
human neglect in its treatment of our
soldiers and sailors during the Span¬
ish war; for its complete subordina¬
tion to the interest of organized
wealth; for its protection and encour¬
agement of trusts and combinations,
and especially for its appointment and
retention in office of an attorney gen
eral devoted to the interests of trusts
and combinations.
President Kruger Buying Gnus.
A London special says: The govern¬
ment of the South African Republic,
according to a dispatch to The Daily
Mail from Rome, is ordering large
quantities of rifles from Italian firms
for immediate shipment.
FEVER SPREADS AT SANTIAGO.
Thirty-Three Case* and Five Deaths Make
the Kecord So Far.
Thirty-three cases of yellow fever
"vith. five deaths have been officially
reported at Santiago since the begin
ning of the present outbreak. One of
the deaths oce-ured in the Fifth iufan
try. The other four fatal cases were
civilians.
Captain Fabricus, a popular medical
officer, died Sunday.
For three days the Cubs.ns the past
week conducted a patrioth-demonstra
tion, the festival of San Juan, in honor
of the victory won there by the Amer
iean troops over the Spaniards.
“We call attention to the incompe
teucy of the present republican ad
ministration in Kentucky; to the
abuses in scandals in the management
0 f penitentiaries and assylums while
under republican coutrol, and we
commend the wisdom of the last gen
aU( j economical administration of the
penitentiaries and other public insti¬
tutions of the state under democratic
‘‘XV e believe the ... trust , is . the ,, result, ..
“ . a ar ^ measure of the policies
adopted and pursued by the republican
Party chief among which are the de
monetization of silver by which the
J^urne currency has been kept be¬
low demands of business ana the
enactment and enforcement of vicious,
™ 19e ^ unpatriotic legislation,
9llch known as as the * he .f° McKinley tec , tlve and tan £ Dmgley laws
bills, whereby there is a discrimina¬
tion in favor of corporate wealth and
against individual enterprise.
“We favor the destruction of the re¬
sult as well as tho removal of the
causes. The re-establishment of in¬
dependent bimetalism at 16 to 1 and
the repeal of the protective tariff laws
would do more to cripple and destroy
the organiztion and operation of the
trusts than any other laws.
“We believe the law in Kentucky
known as the anti-trust law should be
so amended as to make unlawful any
agreement, combination or arrange¬
ment by corporations or indiviuals un¬
der which iu the carrying on of any
business the prices change should
thereby be fixed, controlled or regu¬
lated.
“We indorse the amendment to the
state election law passed by the last
democratic general assembly of Ken¬
tucky over the veto of a republican
governor. We declare the amendment
to the law to be in the interest of fair
and honest elections. Its faithful en¬
forcement will render impossible the
commission of such frauds and Job¬
beries as were perpetrated in this state
in 1896 whereby the will of the people
was overthrown and the state lost to
William J. Bryan.
“We indorse the provision of the
bill passed by the democratic general
assembly of Kentucky to prevent ex¬
tortionate, unfair, discriminating and
ruinous freight rates by transportation
companies, which bill was vetoed by a
republican governor; and we likewise
indorse the provisions of the bill pass
ed by said general assembly to insure
competition in the sale of school books
for the use of the children of this state,
the purpose of which bill was to de
stroy the extortionate and oppressive
prices now maintained by the school
book trust in this state—and we pledge
the democracy to such revision or
amendment as time or necessity may
show is beneficial to the school child
ren of this state,
( i We hereby express our continued
confidence in William J. Bryan and
favor his nomination for the presidency
of the United States by the democratic
national convention of 1900.
< ( We recommend to the democracy
of Kentucky J. C. S. Blackburn as the
successor of William Lindsay in the
United States senate,
•i We indorse the war carried to suc¬
cess for the freedom of the enslaved
Cubans; aud we appreciate and honor
the courage and heroism of our sol¬
diers and sailors therein engaged.
But we declare the conduct of the
present national administration as to
the Philippines to be repugnant to
every line of the bill of rights, the
constitution and the declaration of in
dependence.”
Havana’s Customs Receipts.
Acting Secretary of War Meiklejohn
announced Saturday the customs re¬
ceipts at Havana for the week ending
June 17th, exceed those of any pre¬
vious week for 1899 by $9,600.
RECRUITING STILL GOES ON.
The An-jr I» Sow Up to Legal Maximum
of 65,000 Men.
Recruiting officials at the war de
partrnent say the work is progressing
with pleasing rapidity. Recruits have
been received at the rata of 1,000 per
week for the past three weeks and
there are now at San Francisco about
5,000 recruits awaiting transportation
to the Philippines. practically recruit
The army is now
ed up to its legal maximum of 65,000
men, but it is understood that the re¬
eruiting at the preseut rate will be
kept up for some time, or at least till
the department receives further au
vices from General Otis.
ALGER FOR SENATE.
War Secretary Formally Announce* HI*
Candidacy At Chicago.
General Russell A. Alger, secretary
of war, announced at Chicago Friday
that he is in the Michigan senatorial
fight with “anti-trust" and “election
of senators by direct vote of the peo¬
ple” on his banner.
“It is perhaps a little early to say
that trusts and trust legislation are to
be great factors iu coming elections,”
said General Alger. “Other issues of
greater importance may arise, but,
however that may be, it is certain that
the widespread spirit of consolidation
of great financial interests is an evil
which must be contended against
legislatively. I am a foe to these great
amalgamations and believe iu the
election of senators by the direct vote
of the people, as Governor Pingree
states, on these planks I will stand.”
TRUSTEES ACCUSED OF FRAUD.
Managers of Georgia Lunatic Asylum Un¬
der Hot Fire.
The report of the Georgia legislative
committee appointed to examine into
the condition and management of the
state asylum at Milledgeville contains
some very sensational features. The
committee was at work iu the senate
chamber at the capitol for nearly a
week, and distinct charges of dishon¬
est management are fearlessly brought
against three trustees of the sanita¬
rium, the inevitable result of which,
it is predicted, will be prompt and
vigorous legislation by tbo house and
senate, for whose consideration the
committee was appointed and the re¬
port drawn up.
DEEDS ARE RECORDED.
Swift Company Paid 8(150,000 For the
Smith Chemical Works.
An Atlanta dispatch says: The deeds
of purchase by Gustavus F. Swfift
from O. A. Smith & Co., of the Chem
cial Works on the Western and Atlan¬
tic railroad were filed for record
Thursday morning. The considera¬
tion named is $150,000. tit required
$150 of revenue stamps to make the
execution of the deed legal.
The history of the financial troubles
of O. A.'jSmitli & Co. <S^Brewster, dates back and to
the failure of Moody
to the large amount of accommodation
endorsements by O. A. Smith & Co.
for Moody and Brewster.
These embarrassments culminated
in an application for an adjudication
in involuntary bankruptcy.
A “STANDSTILL’’ RESOLUTION
Will Be I>Uou»s»e<l l>y Members of the
Peace Conference.
M. de Staai, president of the
conference at The Hague, introduced
before a committee Friday the Russian
proposals, looking to the arrest of
armaments and rea 1 a declaration
claiming all intention of proposing
reduction of the armaments at present.
But, be added, he was of thi opin¬
ion that if a standstill could be agreed
upon, a reducl’on would soon come of
itself.
The speeches and the resolution
were ordered to be printed and cir¬
culated and the discussion was ad¬
journed until Monday.
A naval standstill resolution will be
introduced later.
NEW CABINET PORTFOLIO.
President To Suggest "Department of Col¬
onial Affairs and Foreign Commerce."
A special to The New York Herald
from Washington says:
A new executive branch of the gov¬
ernment with the title of “Department
of Colonial Affairs and Foreign Com¬
merce,” or something similar to it, is
deemed by the administration abso¬
lutely necessary to meet the new con¬
ditions which confront the United
States as a result with the war with
Spain.
The word “colonial” is repugnant,
for political reasons, to some members
of the cabinet, because it smacks of
imperialism, aiul it is probable that
some other title will be adopted. The
meaning, however, will be the same.
CUBA IT’LL OF FEVER!
New York’* Health Officer Believes True
Situation I* Withheld.
Dr. A. H. Doty, health officer of
the port of New York, is of the opin¬
ion that there is more yellow fever
among the troops in Cuba than is re¬
ported by the war department. With¬
in six months he’ says 6,000 soldiers
have returned from Cuba and more
than 6,000 more will arrive in New
York within the next two months. He
proposes to make special precaution.
WELL-KNOWN MINISTER DEAD.
Dr. Christian, Editor of Wesleyan Chris¬
tian Advocate, Passes Away.
Rev. T. T. Christian, assistant edi¬
tor and business manager of the Wes¬
leyan Christian Advocate, and one of
the best known ministers in the state,
died at his home in College Park, near
Atlanta, Ga., Thursday morning.
Dr. Christian suffered with a com¬
plication of diseases and his death was
not unexpected. The news of his
death created profound sorrow all over
Georgia, for the able minister and
writer was known in every part of the
state. He has been connected with
The Advocate for the past eight years
THE WAR TAX
IS INADEQUATE
Will Not Produce as Much Reve¬
nue as Was Expected.
DEFICIT A HUNDRED MILLION
Shortage, However, Is Considered
Small—Cost of the Spanish
War Is Conjectured.
A Washington special says: It is re¬
garded as a conservative estimate that
the treasury deficit for the fiscal year
1899, which closes tcu days hence,
will be less than $100,000,000. Already
the receipts for the year aggregate
over $498,800,000, with the expendi¬
ture barely $300,000,000 more, with
ten days, judging from past years, of
heavy receipts yet to be accounted for.
Up to this date the customs receipts
amount to over $200,400,000; from in¬
ternal revenue $263,550,000 was real¬
ized ami from miscellaneous
there was received $35,500,000.
The totat receipts from all sources
last year amounted to $405,321,335,
while the expenditures aggregated
$443,368,582, leaving a deficit of $38,
047,247.
From the closest calculation that
can now be made, tlie war revenue
act, which, with the exception of a
few items, went into effect July 1,
1898, will realize for the year a little
less than $100,000,000. The receipt
from tobacco alone will probably show
an increase of $6,500,000; beer and
other fermented liquors an increase
of over $28,000,000, and oleomargarine
an increase of about $585,000. The
two it£ms which have produced more
than ten times as much revenue as
any two others are those applying to
documentary and proprietary stamps.
On April 3d last these items hud pro¬
duced over $.'b>,50(),000, and it is not
improbable that by July 1st the total
will exceed $44,000,000. The tax on
legacies will probably produce not
much in excess of $1,009,000, while
the special tax collected from bankers
will exceed $3,500,000.
At this time it is impossible to state
with any degreo of certainty what the
war with Spain and the troubles in the
Philippines have cost during the year,
but an approximation of the cash pay¬
ment on those accounts which places
the amount at $230,000,000. A calcu¬
lation has been made at the treasury
which shows that the leaving out of
the reckoning the $230,000,000 ex¬
pended this year on account of the
war; the $100,000,000 produced by the
war revenue act and the $11,798,314
received from the Central Pacific, the
figures would show a surplus for the
year approximating $20,000,000.
MINERS FIRE ON NEGROES.
Flrut niocduhed ItcAiilts From tlie Strike
In Indiana
The first bloodshed of the miners’
strike, that has been in progress at
Evansville, Ind., for two months, oc¬
curred shortly after midnight Tuesday
night. It had been decided by the
proprietors of the Sunny Side mine
that foreign miners would be imported
to start the mines.
The decision was made known to the
union men when the Chicago scale had
been offered them. About thirty col¬
ored miners from Madisonville, Ky.,
came in over the Louisville and Nash¬
ville and were met at the station and by
James H. Moore, kookkeeper
stockholder in the Sunny Side com¬
pany. The wagonette was driven by
Edward Geiger.
The company’s plant is located on
the northwestern eftlge of the city.
Mr. Moore and Mr. Geiger were in
the front of the wagonette. While the
vehicle was passing a vacant lot just
before making a turn in the road to go
to the mines, parties on the sides of
the road fired in the dark upon the men
in the wagonette, wounding a num¬
ber of them. The volley produced
great excitement among the occupants
of the wagonette and the driver, whip¬ the
ping np his horses, hurried to
mine, while those who had done the
firing escaped in the darkness.
FEVER RAGES IN SANTIAGO.
Fourteen Cases In the Hospital and Two
Death* Reported.
Surgeon General Wyman, of the
marine hospital service received a
cable from Dr. Park, of the quaran¬
tine office at Santiago, Wednesday, re¬
porting the existence at the port of
fourteen cases of yellow fever, and
four deaths from that cause.
This is not the first report the ma¬
rine hospital service has received of
the existence of the scourge at Santi¬
ago. Five days ago came the first re¬
port of the appearance of the fever.
On that day five cases were reported.
FRENCH CABINET FORMFn 1
SenatorVY r aldeck_Rouseau Finally
Succeeds In Difficult
Task.
A Paris special says: Senator Wal
deck-Rosseau was called to the Elysee
palace Thursday morning, where Pres¬
ident Lonbet proposed that he form a
cabinet immediately.
Late iu the afternoon the announce¬
ment was made that Senator Waldeck
Ronsseau had completed the formation
of a cabinet. The senator, accompa¬
nied by the now cabinet ministers,
proceeded to the Elysee palace at 6:10
p. m., to preseut his colleagues to
President Lonbet. The new cabinet
as organized is a follows:
Senator Waldeok-Rossoau, president
of council of ministers and minister of
the interior.
M. Del Casse, minister of foreign
affairs.
General the Marquis de Gallifet,
minister of war.
M. do Lanossan, minister of ma¬
rine.
M. Monis, minister of justice.
M. Cailloux, minister of finance.
M. Millerand, minister of commerce.
M. Leygues, minister of publio in¬
struction.
M. do Crais, minister of the colo¬
nies.
M, Jean Dnpny, minister of agri¬
culture.
M. Pierre Raudin, minister of publio
works.
The appointment of General the Mar¬
quis de Gallifet as minister of war
is an extraordinary example of the
way in which the Dreyfus case has
revolutionized political conditions.
For years past the general lias been
the bugaboo of the extremists, not
only because of his monarchial sym¬
pathies, but on account of tho rigor¬
ous manner in which he took part in
repressing the commune. His entry
into the cabinet is undoubtedly due to
his attitude toward the Dreyfus case,
which lias been throughout favorable
to Dreyfus, although he holds that the
proclamation of tho prisoner's inno¬
cence docs not include placing the re¬
sponsibility for the judicial blunders
upon the general staff.
Senator Waldeck-Rosseau entered
parliament from Rennes, where he
once practiced law.
LONG SENTENCE FOR ARGUELES.
Prominent Filipino Commissioner Con
v let ml of Chnrjfo of fronnon.
Details of the sentencing of Colonel
Argueles, a Filipino commissioner, to
twelve years’ imprisonment have just
been obtained at Manila. It was at
first reported that his condemnation
by the Filipinos w as duo to the friend¬
ship he displayed toward Americans,
but the information just received
shows the accusation against him was
not based on his per.ee conference at
Manila as supposed. They confirm
President Schurman’s belief in his in¬
sincerity, rnd show that his advocacy
of autonomy among the insurgents
was treated as treason.
Tho charge against tho colonel was
that in conversation with Filipino offi¬
cers he predicted that, disorders-with
in the insurgent territory would lead
to civil war, and therefore, he said, ho
considered autonomy under tho Amer¬
icans preferable to independence. The
Filipino congress tried him on the
charge of treason and a heated debate
over autonomy followed. Finally the
colonel was sentenced to death, hut
this was commuted to twelve years’
imprisonment, on account of his pre¬
vious services to the cause, after an
eloquent plea upon the part of coun¬
sel.
SNATCHED DIG HILLS.
Bold Sneak Thief Get* In Hi* Work At a
Holton Bank.
A sneak thief entered the Metropol¬
itan National bank at Boston, Mass.,
Thursday and stole $10,000 while the
paying teller’s attention was drawn
away for a moment.
A well-dressed man, apparently 28
years of age, entered the bank at
about 11 o’clock and at the teller’s
window asked for some directions
about sending a money order. Tbo
teller gave the information desired,
and the stranger stood at the counter,
apparently making notes.
Just then the teller was called to
another part of the office and the vis¬
itor quickly thrust his arm through
the grating of the window aud took 50
$100 notes and five $1,000 notes aud
escaped.
PROBA BLY KI (MAPPED.
Eleven-Year-Old Daughter of a Million¬
aire Mysteriously Disappear*.
The community of South Farming
ham, Mass., is excited over the dis¬
appearance of Helen Eames, the 11
year-old daughter of Alfred M. Eames,
a millionaire wheel manufacturer of
that town.
She was last seen leaviug her father’s
office about 2 o’clock Wednesday after¬
noon. Mr. Eames fears that the child
has been kidnapped. The girl went
to her father’s office on her bicycle.
She remained in the building a short
time and then started away, leaving
her wheel there.