The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-06-27
IN THE MINORITY.
Silver Men Outnumbered at
the Kentucky Democratic
Convention.
IN FAVOR OF SOUND MONEY.
Resolutions Endorse the FL
nanCial Policy of the ADJ
miniStratiOn.

tration and Secretary Carlisle We're
certainly the favorites i'll the Demo
cratic state convention here. The sill
verites went into the district meetings
in the morning and into the conven-
ton at noon with confidence. In the
district meetings they were beaten TO
!. Thew claimed 4 out of the III dis
trict members of the committee on
resolutions but the administration men
claim that the committee stood 8 TO 3
originally against free silver. and, as
completed, to T. The complexion of
this committee could not have been
changed by the appointment of both
members at large from the silverltes.
But when Judge William Beckner. as
the temporary chairman, named the
members at large, giving one of thu
two to each side, the silver men felt
that they
Had Been OutcIassed,
although they would not confess to be-
ing outuumbered They claimed a vic
tory in the election of Beckner over
Stone, but after the former divided the
appointments equally on all the COM
mittees and announced his conservative
views no claims were made on him.
Stone would have appointed only
sound money men on the committees.
Judge Beckner is sound money man,
but favored General Hardin for gov
ernor. Although General Hardin
favors free coinage he has been sup
ported throughout by many who insist
N1atf
Thesfeature of the day was the defeat
in his home district of Senator j. G. S.
Blackburn for member of the commit
tee on resolutions by Professor Arthur
4eager, man or
Pronounced Gold Standard Views,
but who has devoted his time to col
lege work and not to politics. Senator
Blackburn aspired to the Craftsmanship
of this committee and expected to have
q majority of its members with him
for free coinage and against Cleveland
and Carlisle. When Blackburn was
defeated i'll the Seventh district it was
ascertained that the Hardin men did
not want to be embarrassed by his APP
pointment as one of the members at
large, and then w. Il. Ellis of the Sec
ond district offered Senator Blackburn
his proxy. Objections We're raised in
the convention on the announcement
of Blackburn name for the committee
from the Second district and no further
efforts in that direction were made.
Berry Permanent Chairman.
At the evening session the committee
on permanent organization reported
Congressman A. S. Berry for per-
manent chairman, and the report was
adopted. Mr.. Berry made a vigorous
speech on taking the chair
Numerous dilatory motions were in
dulged in, the Clay men wanting an
adjournment till morning. As neither
the committee on credentials nor the
one on resolutions were ready to report
this filibustering was kept up for over
two hours with much disturbance. The
committee on resolutions was ready TO
report at . p. m, but delayed its re-
port, awaiting the outcome of the Gre
dentials committee, which was
Fighting Over Contests
among the delegates from Louisville
and Newport. Senator Lindsay pre-
pared the majority report on resolu-
tons, which embraced strong honest
money plank and endorsed Cleveland
and Carlisle by name for their finan-
cial policy and administration. 1t was
signed by nine of the thirteen men,
bers of the committee There were two
minority reports, one for the free
coinage of silver at 16 to l and the
other simply reaffirming the platform
of 1892. There was intense feeling
because the fight between the Hardin
and Clay men on seating delegates in
the committee on credentials delayed
the resolutions and the proceedings of
the convention, but nothing could be
done toward facilitating business.
Adjourned ut Q a. m.
Just after midnight the committee
ON credentials reported in favor of
the Hardin delegates in Louisville
and at Newport, when the scenes
of disorder had short suspension.
When the Clay men offered a
minority report ON credentials another
lively scene was begun with the usual
motions for adjournment.
Shortly before 2 o'clock the uproar
and confusion became such that Chair
man Berry declared the convention ad.
journed until $3.50 in the morning. The
REPORTS ON credentials are still pending.