Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1890-05-30
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION
To Nominate Candidate for Clerk Court
Of Appeals.
Adams Leading and Fight Between Him and
lonumoor.


Arge delegations from all over the
state filled IiederkranI Hall, LOUIS
willie. Wednesday. when at noon Chair
man Afford. OF the Central Committee
called the body Ia order The candl-
dates agreed ON Hon. W T. Cox. of
Warren. Tor temporary chairman aud lac
was chosen without opposition, deliver
ing on taking the chair an appropriate
speech OF thanks. The usual commit
tees were then appointed those from
this district being j. 4. Graft on creden-
tials. !. VI. Logan on organization, Ben
Lee Hardin on resolutions, with Judge
w. r.. Walker, OF Gsrrard. for vice-pres-
ident. From the State-at-large Henry
Watterson was named as one OF the com
mittee on resolutions. The convention
then took a recess till O.. NJ. At that
hour the committee on organization re-
ported the name OF Speaker Harvey
Myers rs permanent chairman and jas.
l.. stone a. secretary. but as the commit
tee ON credentials ~, not ready toreport
no action was taken TN Yesterday AZ =
o'clock. when the gentlemen were cho-
sen The temporary chairman presided
during the "Wednesday evenings session
when the nominating speeches we're
made. James +. Clay. OF Henderson,
nominated George II. Madden, and was
seconded by Frank Parsons, OF Louis
willie. Then Col. W. g.. Welch named
Mai. Matt Adams in the following
strong aud characteristic speech
MU. CH.IRdtN--I am charged with
the pleasant duty of placing before tins
convention a name which carries It's own
credentials wherever uttered in the Com
monwealth. In asking for him who
bears this name the most splendid
prize in the bestowal OF his party, am
happily relieved from the necessity,
which must needs be an embarrassing
one. OF explaining whence he comes or
who he il. Geo. VI, Adams needs no in
PRODUCTION 10 the democracy Of Ken
tucEv.
trust NAV also take il Tor granted
that the war record of my candidate l.
"a, IN issue, or even at all pertinent mp.
an this occasion. What side of con
tention Of a qrarter OF century ago was
espoused by boy of 20 can hardly Toe
al much moment now. Complaints
however. have been made, apparently
not without reason. that in the distrihu-
ton of its honors the democratic party
has not heretofore made an impartial or
satisfactory apportionment between the
followers OF the Lost Cause and the de-
tenders OF the Union. How this may
have been in the past it will Ice unproht'
able 10 consider. VOW, however with
the crowning struggle of its existence,
and eveL for its existence, maniiestly
near at hand eiuse to consider the
possibility even OF the commission OF 50
grave blunder 10y democratic con.
yention. II would Ice, from any point Of
view. sentimental or practical little less
than a crime. II would be bad faith,
aud it would be bad politics. | snail
prefer 10 believe, therefore, that the de-
alterations OF this convention Will be
guided by quite other considerations,
and that it's action will be such to-day
as 10 Law forever this unhappy specter OF
a loug-buried quarrel
What other considerations, Mt Chair
man Conceding, as one must the
equally high personal character OF the
gentlemen whose names have been or
NAV be mentioned in this body, admit
ting their equal fitness for the important
position which they seek. there really
...ams lint one other consideration which
should legitimately and rightly direct
our choice. Political Miss Nancys will,
| doubt not. hold it to the end OF time
that public Office should not be the re-
ward of party service, but while society
remains in a merely human and unan'
gelic state no wise party, nor other az
grecation of men, will entrust to the raw
recruit the baton OF command, nor de
cree the laurel crown to other than the
victor in actual and stubborn fight
Among the many excellent gentlemen
soliciting this exalted mark OF party ia
vor, how many have earned the right to
expect it 10y party service? Among all
these gallant aspirants for knlghthood
how many. in tourney or in field, have
won their spurs
Without one thought OF suggesting in
yidious comparisons, without the slight
est purpose of disparaging the claims OF
any gentleman upon the party we repre-
sent, but solely to sid in some degree the
making wisely and Justly of difficult
choice, let me recur for one moment to
pertinent bit of our political history.
When the civil war had ended in the DIES.
olation and universal pilnge OF the
great Commonwealth OF the South
among the brave men here in Kentucky,
who took up the abandoned standard oil