The record-union., 1892-08-05
Special to the REcoRD-USIoN.
Pies Party.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
LOUISVILLE l(Ky.), Aug. 4.-This has
been great day and night for Kentucky
Democrats. The opening and dedication
of the new Watterson Clubhouse drew
together all the leaders of the party in
the State. The Governor and staff came
from Frankfort, and the Legislature was
left without a quorum. But the chief
feature of the occasion was the presence
of Hon. Adlai e. Stevenson, Democratic
nominee for President, who came
at the invitation of the Watterson Club,
and spoke both to a great concourse OF
people at Liederkranz Hall and to a
smaller gathering at the Watterson Club
house, where he was given reception,
and where Watterson, in spite of his
recent severe illness, of which he shows
decided traces, also spoke. Flags and
bunting shone everywhere. The Wat
terson Clubhouse was gorgeous with
decorations by day and ablaze with
Examinations by night.
Hon. John Young Brown, Governor of
Kentucky, introduced General Stevenson
10 the immense audience. He was greeted
with tumultuous enthusiasm.
Mr.. Stevenson in the course of his re-
@AlSll ho odlAs w I1tH tllG Is
sues that divided the people and sections
had passed from the domain of debate
and ballot to the dread arbitrament OF
arms, l believed with Stephen A. Douglas
that the most direct road to peace lay
through the most stupendous prepare
tions for war. From the beginning to
the closing of that great conflict l was for
the maintenance, at whatever cost, of the
Federal Union. With the restoration OF
Federal authority, l believed with the
Democratic party in the North that the
perfect restoration of the Union was to
be wrought out in the spirit of patriotism
and not hate.
with some of the States the period OF
reconstruction was but another name for
misrule, for political ostracism of the
white race, for robbery of a people al
ready impoverished by war, for outrage
upon the rights of property and the peo-
pie, so monstrous as now almost to chal-
Ienge belief In a word, all that was
loathsome, and all that was offensive in
that which was called government in
many Southern States can be summed UP
In one word-ReconStructio
1T would serve no wise purpose to re-
vlve the memories of this era, but for
the reason that we are now confronted by
the startling fact that the party in power
stands pledged to re-enactment ofthe force
bill. History would but repeat itself.
ton now threatened would find their
counterpart only in those which make UP
SO shameful part of the reconstruction
period. In view of the fact mentioned.
and the further fact that with such power
1ul auxiliaries as northern enterprise and
northern capital, the South stands upon
the threshold of material development
unknown to this generation. Can it be
possible that the American people will
now consent that the hands be turned
back upon the dial and an era of misrule,
outrage and violence again be inaugu-
rated?
Il believe the dedication of the Waiter
son Clubhouse IS an event which may be
far-reaching in its consequences. Within
Its walls great public questions will be
discussed. I cannot doubt in the pend
ing struggle for political supremacy, and
in those which are to follow, the Waiter
son Club will prove faithful ally and
counselor in the great historic party
which came in with Jefferson, and which
for nearly a century has been the bulwark
of the rights of all the people. More
than all, with years will come new prob
lens for solution, grave problems, the
outgrowth of advancing civilization:
problems which pertain to social govern
ment and municipal administration;
which pertain, it may be, TO questions OF
diplomacy and of war, aye, which take
hold of the very foundations of the social
fabric.
''Let us trust that in all the coming
years, from the hall dedicated tonight.
there will spring an influence and power
ever for right, ever for the defense of the
unfortunate and of the oppressed, ever
for that which is noble and pure at the
hearthstone and in the council, ever for
the maintenance, at whatever cost, OF
our Democratic institutions and the per-
petuity of the American republic"
Speeches were made by Hon. j. Proc
tor Knott, Hon. James A. McKelzie,
Hon. A. Boyd Winchester, Hon. Albert
;. Willis and others.
After the adjournment of the mass
meeting General Stevenson gave a recep-
ton. The members of the Watterson
Club and guests then repaired to the
clubhouse, where repast, followed by a
feast of reason and flow of soul, awaited
the Democratic braves. Watterson made
an address, in which he said that before
the National Convention the Democrats
had their choice of candidates, as was
the right of each to have. Now that the
convention has made a ticket and fixed
the lines, they are one and all for Cleve-
land and Stevenson, with no longings or
regrets.
NEBRASKA REPUBLICANS.
LINCOLN (Neb.), Aug. AFTER the
most bitter struggle ever known in a
Nebraska Republican Convention, the
State Convention adjourned at O'Clock
this evening without having made NOM
lnation. The delegates will reconvene at
$3.50 tomorrow morning, and the fight
viii be continued.
The contest came on when the balloting
for Governor began. The nominees were:
Lorenzo CrounZe, Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury; eX-Congressman T.
Thomas Majors, Lawson Sheldon A. e
Cady, Jack Mccall and Judge Reese.
The first ballot resulted: Crounze SO,
Majors 344, Sheldon AZ, Cady 81, Reese L.
There was little change on the second
ballot, but when the third ballot was or
dered the trouble began. The Douglas
County Convention had instructed its
delegates to vote as a unit for CrounZe.
and tho instructions were ironclad When
Douglas County was reached one OF the
delegates demanded poll of the delega-
ton. AT once there was an uproar. and
the convention became a bowling mass.
Ali efforts to restore order proved futile
for an hour. Finally the Chair decided
that the delegates should be polled. The
poll resulted in thirteen men deserving
Crounze for Majors, and five voted for
Mccall. Enough Majors men from other
counties, however. changed TO Crounze
to offset the loss, and the result showed a
gain of twoivoteS for Crounze.
Pandemonium reigned for half an hour,
but at Gas another ballot was taken.
which resulted: Crounze 500. Majors 8 I,
sheldon 80, Cady 80, Mccall 40, Reese 2.
After the result of the ballot was made
known the convention adjourned till
morning.
A. E. Cody of st. Paul was chosen
permanent Chairman. The platform in
dorses the National Republican platform
and President Harrison; affirms friend
ship for the laboring classes in the
factory, mill, mine and farm; deplores
conflicts between labor and capital; dis
approves of the use of private armed
forces in any trouble between them;
favors the establishment in some form OF