The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-07
The kentucky Democracy.

INe AenntcKy Oem0CTucy
FRANKFORT, May 1.-THE Convention
which assembled at the Capitol grounds
yesterday was one of the largest ever
known in this State. Gen. Lqcius De.
sha, of Harrison county, was elected tenn
uel, Thos. Pettet and Robert Campbell
were appointed Secretaries. The follow
ing Committees were then appointed: On
Organization, First District-G. G. Gil
bert, of McCracken; Seeend--Colonel j.
w. Beckers, OF Mclean; Third--W. H.
Payne, Of Warren; Fourth-W. p. Bell,
of Hardin; Flith-Charles r.. Long, OF
Louisyille; Sixth-Judge o. p. Hogan,
of Grant; Seventh-C. M. Harwood, OF
Shelby; Eighth. III. Bruce, Of Garrard;
Ninth-Rlchard Reed, OF Montgomery;
at Large-W. q. r. Breckinridge, of Lex
ington, and James z. Clay, of Henderson.
Committee on Credentials-1. Chas. Ii.
Corbett, of Ballard; 2. j. +. Dempsey, of
Hopkins; 8. j. P. Nuckol, of Barren; 4.
w. N. Bickhan, OF Nelson; g.. Geo. N.
Anderson, of Louisyille;' 8. smith N.
Haws, of Kenton; Z. Alvin Duvall, of
hamilton; 8. d. g. Mitchell, Of Taylor;
8. L. j. Henry, Of Morgan; 10. A. W.
Bascom, Of Bath.
The Committee on Organization were
instructed TO hold their meeting at the
Land Office, and the Committee on Gre
dentials at the Senate Chamber.
Committee on Resolutions-First Dis
trict, u. J. Bullock, Of Hickman; Second,
James I. Clay, Of Henderson,; Third,
Thomas FL. Hines, OF Warren; Fourth,
J. w. Hoffer, OF Warren; Filth, Robert
Mallory, olNOldham; Sixth, u. McMana-
ma, Of Grant; Seventh, Ben Selby, OF
Henry; Eighth, J. w. Alicorn, OF Lin
coin; Ninth, Il. w. Mcclure, of Rock
castle; Tenth, J. w. RleI, OF Lawrence;
members at large, Joshua +. Bullitt and
j. Warren. .Grigsiey.
The Committee on Resolutions was
instructed to hold its meetings in the
room Of the Court Of Appeals. 3Ihe Con.
yention then took recess until the at
ternoon.
On reassemblng in the afternoon the
report of tne Committee on Permanent
Organization was presented by w. U. II.
Breckinridge, Chairman OF the Commit
tee, as follows: Permanent Chairman,
General Luclus Desha; Vice President,
Oscar A. Turner, of Ballard; John Ill.
McEnry, of Daviess; }. j. Gatewood, of
Allen; IM onroe Adair, of Hart; s. L.
Gaar, of Jefferson; Martin, Of Harrison;
George W. Craddock, OF Franklin; Cas-
sius NJ. Clay, OF Madison; D.. D. Sub
blett, of Magofin, and Frank Cleveland,
of >Bracken. Permanent Secretary,
Secretaries, b. 0. Wilcox, of Nc
Cracken; Robert Campbell, OF Dayiess !;
j. j. Smith, of Logan; ID. q. Gilbert, OF
Spencer; j. NJ. Wright, OF Louisville; !;
/ Wm. Peake, of Trlmble; w. L. Samuels,
of Franklin; James z. Wars, of Boyle; !;
Howard L. French, OF Montgomery; e..
M. Ashborn, OF Fleming.
Gen. Desha again returned thanks, af.
ter Which speeches were made by Hon.
Cassius M. Clay, Gen, w. =. 9. Breckin-
ridge, Hon. James b. Beck and others.
Nominations for Governor then being
in order, the names Of J: B. McCreary,
gomery, J. St0ddard Johnston, OF Frank
Fin, and j. @. A. King, Of McCracken,
we're presenled.
Three unsuccessful ballots were then
taken, tue last one standing, Williams,
561; MeCreary, 1861; Johnston. l25;
King, 10S, after Whicn the Convention
took recesspntiI half past eight o'clock.
On reassembling at night the first bal
lot was taken, resulting in the selection
of Col. McCreary, as follows: Williams,
sos; McCreary. 653.
Colonel McCreary, on being presented
| to the Convention, thanked them for the
honor Of the nomination, concluding his
speech as tollows: SIT has been but a
few years since the fragments Of the
Democratic party We're gathered at
Louis Vile. Now it has its victories in
| almost every State in the Union. Ken
lucky was the first Stale to send an un-
broken delegation OF Democrats to Con-
gress. Now they have had Democratic
Victories in almost every State, from
| Maine to California; and next year /
expect the people will be greeted with
the word that that party has elected a
Democratic President and Yice-Presi-
dent" [Cheers].
For Lieutenant Governor the follow
ing names were presented: John G.
Underwood, Thomas G. Grundy, James
W. Hays, Il. Burton and John @. A.
King, and the first ballot resulted in the
selection Of Dir. Underwood, after which
the Convention adjourned till II O'Clock
to-day.