Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-18
KENTUCKY DELEGATES.
Considerable Speculation as to
How They Stand.
Cleveland People Claim That They viii
Get Majority on the First
Ballot.
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LOUISVILLE, June lS.-There is
considerable speculation as to the
standing OF the Kentucky delegates
in the fight for the Presidential NOM
ination. The Cleveland people claim
that out of the twenty-five district
delegates at least sixteen will vote
for the ex-President. The Carlisle
boomers, on the other hand, assert
that eleven of the twenty-five will
support Kentucky's honored son.
The delegates whom the Carlisle
leaders are claiming are Hon. John
s. Rhea, of the Third District; b. l..
Litsey, of the Fourth w. B. Halde-
man and w. j. Abraham, of the
Fifth John p. Salyer and j. M. Pike,
of the Tenth, and O. H. Waddell, of
the Eleventh. Some of the delegates
mentioned have announced them
selves as favoring Mr.. Carlisle, but
the majority of them have remained
quiet and are awaiting developments.
The delegates who have announc-
ed in emphatic terms that they are
for Mr.. Cleveland are: B. F. Beard,
of the Fourth District Hon. Charles
J. Bronston and William Lindsay, Of
the Seventh district; G. II. Rhodes
and J. H. Sullivan, of the Eighth;
Walter Sharp and J. II. Northup, of
the Ninth. Delegates II. e. Moss
and Robert Walker, of the First Dis
trict, and Reuben Miller and Charles
Meacham, of the Second, claim to be
conservative, bat, it is understood,
have leaning toward Cleveland.
Col. John B. Castleman, delegate
at-large, expressed the opinion this
that the above estimate is
correct, except that possibly two or
three of the delegates claimed for
Carlisle will vote for Cleveland. OF
the delegates-at-large, Col. Castleman
and Hon. James A. Mckenzie are
out-and-out Cleveland men; Hon. w.
c. Owens is for Cleveland, but cou
and Mr. Watterson is for
the man who he thinks will stand
the best chance of leading the Demo-
cratic party to victory.
After all, the way the votes of Ken
lucky will go may depend in great
measure upon the proceedings in
the meeting of the State delega-
ton in Chicago. AT present there
are no signs of spirited con-
test for the various committee
places, but it has been often dis
covered that in politics there is little
telling what day may bring forth.
Hon. w. G. Owens has been strongly
tipped for chairman of the Kentucky
delegation, and if there is to be any
opposition to conferring this honor
upon him, it has not yet publicly de-
veloped. 1t is also said that Hon.
John S. Rhea is booked to be the
Kentucky member of the Committee
on Permanent Organization. AS to
the other posts of honor, there may
be some quiet work progressing, but
there is very little gossip about them
at present ahoat, the idea of the dele
gates evidently being to wait until
the delegation gets to Chicago, and
then be guided by circumstances
arising in the Kentucky meeting.
AT the least calculation there will
be between 400 and 500 Kentuckians
at the Chicago convention, including
the members OF the WatterSonrand
Bandana clubs, and members of the
Legislature. This number will also
include many of the leading politi-
clans who will go from every section
OF the State. Gen. =. w. Gardin
will be there as spectator and there
will be many distinguished men who
are honored now and have been in
the past honored by Kentuckians.
Most of the travellers to Chicago will
pass through Louisville and will stop
here en- route, and will leave here to-
morrow morning. Others will 60 by
way OF Cincinnati, and those from
the Western portion of the State will
90 via Evansville. All the delegates
expect to be in Chicago by 10 O'Clock
Monday morning, and the Kentucky
meeting may be held then or may be
postponed until the morning of the