The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-06-27


der. The CLERK at once began 10 cah
the counties The Seventh district, III
which Cassius NJ. Clay. Jr., lives, WAS
called. but there was no response. ne
call Of counties completed Wltb1ul
any one arising 10 make nomination.
THE soNISAING sPfKcHls.
A recapitulation Of the vote was called
for When the Seventh district was called
e.. q. lOckhart, arose 70 place In noHiili-
tion Cassius NJ. Clay. Jr., for Governor;
Judge !. VI. euigley. OF LoulsNilie. III
seconding the nomination OF Mr.. Gay,
said: 1T seems TO me that instead OF
being Democrats you are here 10 XIII the
harmony Of the party
Mr. Quiltley then nourished a circular
that was freely distributed OYER the con-
vention, and ASKED II the signers had au-
thorized the use OF their names al the
end OF IT, Loud cries OF NO, no, arose
The circular (Which caused all the tfod-
bic. and the authenticity Of which Was
denied by the men whose names are sish-
cd az the end Of n, was then redd ny
Mr.. Quigley. IL was as follows
''To the Democrats Of Kentucky, IN con-
yenuOn assembled; .,.-
''Gentlcmcn,-D0 not make a mistake.
hut nominate "A standard bearer VINO mas
alwavs been found IN the front rank for
honesty. free speech. free thought ana
personal liberty. Ominate man VINO u
not bound o. snl ring, clique. or iac-
don, who Is lever found wanting When
the cause OF Democracy Is at stake.
Nominate a man who Is not tainted
hy association with former malordorous
administrations who can ana VIII stahu
squarely upon any Democratic platform
Assure perfect harmony and an oil-liine
victory by selecting Tor the head OF your
ticket either j. -. Black, OF Knox; W.
J. Stone. Of Lyon, or a. ;. Berry OF
Vow. then" continued Judge Quigley,
"aiu't YOU ashamed 10 have such
thing circulated among you? / say 10
| any man who ma. have been connectei
with this circular that he IS no Demo-
crat. If you want man who VIII repre-
sent this party nominate Mr. cay, dil
you viii have man who can stahd
/ upon the Democratic platform. rms you
| surely do Now, that you have got man
before you whom YOU put perfect trust
! in. name him.
The call OF districts proceaded ana
| Robert j. Breckenridge, of DanNiile,
| brother OF W. g. H.. Breckenridge arose
/ 10 name y. A. Hardin. a scene of ire
mcndous enthusiasm ensued, and II was
some time before order could be sum
| ciontly restored for him 20 speak.
when he could make himself heard he
named his candidate I'm highly euio-
| CYSTIC speech. which was ecnoed by
! Robert J. Tarvin IN secondlnB the hohi-
nation.
Ignatius A. Spauldng, Of Union county.
| seconded Clays nomination.
H.nDiS TIRE VICTOR.
The nominating and seconding speeches
| being concluded the secretary called the
roll of counties foI nomination LOT
Governor. hundreds Of persons In the
hau iotted down the vote as II was
| called. and before the ballot was iinisned
| such a scene as is rarely witnessed oIl-
! side Of a Democratic convention iA tHc
| South ousued 10 was seen that hardin
| h9d received the 40 votes necessary 10
| a choice and his adherents created
| scene of "A pandemOnium for aWhiie- ne
! air was fun Of hats and hurs"hs, ana
! tho counties which had been for Gay III
| many Instances began 10 change 'nciI
! votes for the successful candidate.
| Tho ballot before any changes Were
| made was: Hardin, 4Dia; Gay, '',>'
! Henry Watterson, 3; eN-IoNeI"oi DUN
ner, 3, W. j. stone, t5.
CLAY, SLAP At HARDIN.
The nomination OF Hardin was made
| unanimous before the clerk couin an,
| uounce the result OF the Ballot anu l@onl @
| cries for Hardin arose. commit -r N"'
| sont for MIN. and while 1t was GUY W.
| convention called for tassius A. o'"9'
| Ir the defeated candidate.
Mr. CLAW declared he had always Dteh
| onrosad to dragging the currency JUGS
| tion into this campaign. lie hau Az -, irs =
| been "a sound man ald az 4,iii,s.. si,,'. 81
! of Grover Cleveland ana the @ ani'i,i ~. .hie
| ,fo, ..If 1 had 80 nominated DN uis
] convention on a crce-silver platform.
said Nir. CLAY. Il would have refused
! the nomination. 20 No.
/ din 10 be- a slur on their candidate, Wfi'
is a free-sllver man, and who STANDS 20
ripht on an uncompromising soi1 pd,ll-
form. and they began 10 Mss MI ~'''
/ quickly changed the subject. -.
! cine stream can rise no higher ihau
its source" he continued, "and 40 not
/ believe IL TO be possible lot 'le IL. L.
| publican party 10 give us Deter svnt. s'
| mont than the Democrats. Iutg Hli1hl
| do ii for "A week: they might 10 IL Tot Il
| month. but IN the end they could 90 noln,,
| ing but fail. For my part, slii 10 ~. az.
| In my power TO prevent the supremacy
| OF the Republican party. and the pgS.i-
| ble establishment Of negro RUE anu 10 10
| that end / pledge myself TO the support
OF L. W. A. Hardin, your nominee ior
| Governor
HARpIs's SPEECH.
! rho arDoarance Of Mr.. Hardin upon
| the platform was the occasion for an
| ovation. Mr Hardin said;
| s.KNffh am ineNpressihle sense or Efau-
| tude 10 the friends who have so loydily,
yes. so lovingly; st9od ny me ~ III omn
| aud with profound admiration Ior INC
| friends OF my opponent VINO nave stpot
| bv me so nObly I'm this race accept
| lie rotnfnafion Differences there al
| WAYS will be. differences there always
! must be-; yet a party, Iounueu a. we. .".
| Democratic party Is iounded' ~ III, ny ~,
| 10 help me now 20 save old kentuchy.
| Kentucky. the only State i'm this Union
| which has never been anything but
Once Once more. say. she will remain
| Democratic
Tyler FoR LIEUrEN NANT-GoyERNoR.
The sneaker did not mention the cur
| rency question. nor intimate Wh1t ms
| course would be in regard 10 the pitl-
| form. ,
Some Of the delegates wanted TO ad-
| iourn. but the chair ordered roll-call,
! and candidates for Lieutcnant-FDV'
we're placed i'm nomination. They were
| r. H. Tyler, OF Fulton county; oscar
| Turner. OF Louisvilc and NJ. y. Bro"n' oI
! Christian county.
Tvler was nominated by a viva voce
| vote before the ballot was finished, ana
| the convention adjourned untI to-mor-
row morning. .
| on the ballot FOR Governor, most or
| which BELONGED 10 Hardin, and would
undoubtedly have been his had IL been
| necessary TO take. When the 40, neces-
| sary TO a choice. was secured the nele-
gates broke all bonds. They leaped IN
| the chairs. waved their hats and hand-
| kerchiefs in the air and burst into a
lusty chorus Of appreciation.
Umbrellas were raised. coats ued 70
| the ends of canes and waved frahtlcal-
| lv In the air and banners and otner
| devices were elevated by the enthusias-
| tic delegation Some OF these bore the
words: "Hardin and Harmony, others
Harmony or He'll" but there were none
so bold as 10 wave aloft the name OF the
defeated candidate.
From the border lights Of the stage, on
which the chairman sat, descended
huge piece Of canvass, on which was
inscribed the words. in letters two rect
long Democracy; Sound Money, Demo
cracy." = -41A
HkBDIS's POPULARITY WON.
The victory can be assigned to no other
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