The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1890-06-04
THE STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

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called to order at Eederkranz Hall, IN
Louisville, Wednesday, and Hon. w. I.
Cox, Of Bowling Green, was elected tenn
porary Chairman. A short afternoon ses-
sion was held, but the Committee on Gre
dentials did not finish its work until late
"Wednesday night. AT the evening ses-
sion eight candidates were put in nOmi-
nation, and the Convention adjourned at
IL o'clock to meet again Thursday morn
ing The Committee on Organization
agreed on Hon. Harvey Myers, of Cow
ington, for Permanent Chairman. The
committee also decided to remove the
State Central Committee to Louisville,
Col. John B. Castleman, Chairman, vice
Hon. NJ. c. Afford, resigned. The Com
mittee on Credentials made report. The
| Madison county contest caused a split,
| but majority of the committee reported
in favor of the LongmOor delegation,
while the minority reported in favor Of
/ Adams contestants. The Committee on
/ Resolutions recommended a cOndemna-
/ ton of the National Administration, of
the Mckinley Tariff Bill, and the pro-
posed Federal election laws; it Endorsed
| the administrations of Gov. Buckner and
President Cleveland, heartily pledging
the Kentucky Democracy to the support
of the latter in the event of his nomina-
ton for the Presidency.
Nominations being in order, Mr.. Geo.
Madden, of Louisville; Hon. George NJ.
Adams, of Frankfort Judge French, of
Mt. Sterling; Col Tom. Poore, of Frank
fort; Mr.. Martin, of Glasgow; Mr.. Brink
ley, of Somerset; Mr.. Van Zandt, Of
-, and Mr.. W. w. LOngmOor, of
Cynthiana, were put in nomination. Hon.
Jack Hendricks, of Flemingsburg, pre-
scented Longmoor's name. He said;
'NIr. Chairman and Gentlemen-I rise
for the purpose of placing in nomination
Woodford w. Longmoor, of the county OF
Harrison.
at is not a matter of surprise that the
most lucrative office in the gift of the peo-
pie of Kentucky should call to the grand
stand of the Democratic race course many
Of the abIest coursers in the ranks of the
party.
'The Office is one requiring good bust
ness habits and clerkly skill for the sue
cessful discharge Of It's duties. Can it be
possible that these qualities alone found
in any candidate are sufficient to heat
these gathering clans to enthusiastic fury
for their respective entries? think not.
On the contrary, l am sure voice the
sentiment of every delegate here when /
say that to him, beside these qualities,
there is that in the life and character OF
his candidate which inspires the devotion
and commands the admiration of geneT-
Gus hearts. For those who seek with me
the nomination of Mr.. LOngmOOr, l do
not hesitate to say that, while he possesses
the perfect business habits and clerkly
skill necessary TO the faithful discharge OF
the duties Of this office, rising like Ten
eriffe above these, are qualities Of head
and heart woven into the web of a hum
bic but heroic life, which move ami 81;
the profoundest depths Of human feeling,
and breathe in cadences as tender as the
wind harp's wild and touching wall.
"Will you give me audience while with
unskilled fingers ! touch a few of the
chords in a life symphony as beautiful in
conception, as heroic in effort, as patient
in suffering, as modest in triumph as any
that ever found birth in the brain OF
Beethoven OF Mozart or Wagner?
Born in the county Of KentOn, in 1910
he had scarcely known his mother smile
before father and mother were both
snatched from him, and penniless, he be-
gan life's battle in lisping infancy.
With the hardy pioneer blood that
warmed his veins he sought no aid but
Gods, and looked to no other hand than
his own for bread. Acquiring by dint OF
industry and perseverance an education
better than most youths Of his day Sc
cured, he was well equipped for lite's
struggle when, in 1861, the demon Of civil
war sounded his savage blast.
''The habits, the blood, the education,
the association, the instincts of this man
drew him irresistibly to the stars and BAN
Of the Confederacy. Under that banner
he enlisted in 1851 in the Second Ken
lucky Cavalry, and with what unfaltering
courage, with what devotion, with what
soldierly patience he endured for four
continuous years of military service, let
those speak who survive with him the
shock of battle.
Coming unscathed through nearly
four years of arduOus service it was in the
borders Of the county which now pre-
SCENTS him as her candidate that his good
right leg was shattered by a mimic ball,
requiring first an amputation and finally
an unsocketing Of the hip joint. For
months, stretched upon a couch of con-
slant pain, he grappled with the grim
monster and finally conquered. Tortured
ever with the pain of an incurable wound,
he uttered no complaint, sought no sym.
pathy, asked for no aid, but with his face
set like a flint, he began again the build
ing of his ruined fortunes.
''But he rose TO find his cause lost, his
health shattered, his hopes destroyed, his
friends and himself under the ban of pro-
scriptiOn, strangers in their fatherland
and aliens to their sires. What difficult
ties he surmounted, with what truth and
candor and justice he wrought out his
problem, upon what sure foundations he
has built the rounded dome of a pure and
lofty manhood, let the testimony of these
men of Harrison who bring him here
upon their hearts attest. The people he
has served for fourteen years as Circuit
Clerk know him better, and love him
more, than any of us. They have seen
him at his desk, refusing to leave his post
Of duty until all was fulfilled His life
is to them an open book, and not a page
in it would they hide from the gaze Of
mankind.
"And yet, there is a story on one of its
pages which, in any other than Conven-
ton of Kentucky Democrats, I should
hesitate to tell in public. Sacred as are
the affections, / am sure do no violence
to the canons Of good taste in commune
eating that story.
"When W. W. Longmoor awoke from
the effects Of the anesthetic given him III