The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-27
A VICTORY FOR SOUND MONEY.
THE SILVER MEN SHOWED UNDER
IN KENTUCKY.

the BOdy-Harden Nominated for
Governor on the First Ballot.
Convention Hall, Louisville. Ky. June
Notwithstanding the fact that the dele
gates sat up until 1:SO o'clock this morn
ing trying to trasact some business of the
convention, with practically no success at
all. they were up and at it again bright
and early this morning The convention
was in running order by $50 o'clock. The
Sixth district of Louisville was the bone
OF contention. The majority and minority
reports of the committee on credentials
differed in that one unscated the regular
delegation and the other recommended
that it be seated. The fight over this ap-
parently small matter was as hot as if
there had been millions at stake. 1t
plainly showed the temper of the body and
promised a bitter fight when the guberna-
torial nomination did come up for con-
sideration.
The Clay men claim that last nights
adjournment without taking ballot help
ed them and it is certain that the Hardin
men held out obstinately against adjourn
ment Every roll call on adjournment last
night showed a majority Of Hardin men
against it. Each was a strictly factional
vote. and when the convention was ended
last night it was ended by the chairman.
who peremptorily adjourned it without
roll call, while the MuhIenberg delega-
ton was still squabbling.
The convention adopted the majority
report of the committee on credentials, as
amended by the minority report, by vote
of AS TO 42j. This was a victory for the
Clay men and turned the tide of the con-
vention. A scene of widest confusion fol-
lowed. Hats were tossed in the air and
waved on the ends of canes, and it was
several minutes before order could be re-
stored. The committee on resolutions,
through its chairman, Senator William
Lindsay. reported the majority report as
follows:
Louisville, KY June 26.-To the Demo-
cratic Convention in session at Louisville.
The undersigned majority Of your COM
mittee beg leave to submit as their report
the accompanying resolutions:
j. The democracy of Kentucky in con-
vention assembled congratulate the coun-
try upon the repeal Of the Mckinley tariff
law and upon the evidences we have on
every manu- Ol prosperity uIlQef
the opera tions of reduced and equalized
tariff taxation, and we denounce as
fraught with danger and disaster the
threat of our republican adversaries to
re-establish protective tarim and to re-
inaugurate the policy of unequal taxation
which, in connection with the general
misgovernment of the Republican party,
eliminated in the business panic of 1898.
2. The Democratic party, which has al
ways stood for the separation of church
and state for the sake alike of civil and
religious freedom does not hesitate to con-
denim all efforts TO create distinction
among citizens because of differences in
faith as repugnant to an enlightened age
and abhorent to the instincts of American
freemen.
3. We affirm without qualification the
principles and policies declared by the
national democratic platform of 1892, and
declare that our present national demo-
cratic administration is entitled to the
thanks of the party for its honest, cour-
ageous and statesmanlike management of
public affairs; and we express our undi-
minished confidence in the democracy and
patriotism of President Grover Cleveland
and his distinguished o-adviser-Secretary
John G. Carlisle of Kentucky.
The fourth and fifth resolutions are de-
voted to state matters.
Another scene of unbounded enthusiasm
followed the reading of rne majority report
The names of President Cleveland and Sec
retary Carlisle We're received with loud
Shouts of appreciation.
John S. Rhea read the minority report
which declares for the single gold standard
and which was an effort to split the sound
money men. 1t read as follows:
The undersigned members of the commit
tee on resolutions dissent from the views
expressed by the majority of the committee
In resolution No. 3, which is proposed as
an Endorsement of the present national
f-4, Fsr,F.
resolution is ambiguous, obscure and un-
certain in its meaning and is, in our opin-
ion, attempt to straddle the most vital
question now attracting the attention of
the American people, and while the under
signed do not concur in the views express
ed in said resolution, nor in the views ex-
pressed in the amendment which they here
submit, they nevertheless believe that it is
the duty of the Democratic party to eX-
press Itself in clear and unambiguous
terms on this subject The financial policy
of the present democratic administration
deserves unqualified Endorsement at the
hands of the Democratic party of Ken
tucky, and with a view to taking the Opin-
ion of the representatives, of the democrats
of Kentucky in convention assembled we
submit the following as an amendment to
said resolution.
Resolved, BY the democrats of Kentucky
in convention assembled, That the present
democratic administration is entitled to
the thanks of the whole country for its
statesmanlike management of public af-
fairs, and we further declare that both
President Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle
are entitled to the unqualified Endorsement
of the American people for maintaining the
gold standard, thus maintaining the credit
of the government and their issuance of
$3.50 600, 900 interest bearing bonds is hereby
expressly indorsed.
The undersigned members of the commit
tee on resolutions believing the Democratic
party of Kentucky plainly declare in fa-
vor of true bimetallism or the gold stand
ard offer the following separate resolu-
tion and ask it's adoption:
Resolved. That we believe in the coinage
of both gold and silver as the primary
money of the country into legal tender dol
lars receivable in payment of all its debts,
public and private. upon terms Of exact
equality.
The minority report was signed by three
of the committee
Mr.. Rhea also offered a resolution that
all that part of the majority report after
the words 1892 be stricken out, so as 10