The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-07-04
SOMEWHAT MIXED
FREE SILVER CANDIDATE ON 4
GOLD PLATFORM.

"Sound Money" Mon Run the Resolutions
End Of the kentucky Democratic Con.
ventiou, but Cannot Control the Nom.
nations.
LOUISVILLE, June 27.-The Demo
cratic state convention of Kentucky
has certainly endorsed the administra-
ton, with special tributes to President
Cleveland and his distinguished CO.
advisor and secretary, J. g. Carlisle.
No outing was ever productive of more
effective results than that of Secretary
Carlisle to Kentucky and the Memphis
convention. The silverites, including
Senator Blackburn, attribute their de-
feat to the recent speeches of Carlisle
and the circulation that was given
them. The free coinage men do not
deny that they expected to control the
convention and all its committees,
platform and nominations. They
fought gamely to finish and acknowl-
edge their defeat. although they make
charges about the way it was done,
especially on the part of Auditor Of
State Norman and others at Frank
fort
The Free Silver Men
were beaten by the adoption of the
minority report Of the committee on
credentials, seating Clay's Sound
money" delegates, as we'll as by the
adoption of majority report on reso-
lutions for sound money and the en-
dorsement of the president and Secre-
tary Carlisle. The committee on Gre
dentials is one that the sound money
men did not look after and the silver
men had majority on it, but the con-
vention overruled that majority by
adopting the minority report.
The silver men felt that General
Hardin had been looking more after his
nomination than after free silver
plank, and some of them deserted
Hardin, while the Clay men were urg-
ing the sound money delegates to
stand together on nominations as we'll
as on the platform.
Senator Blackburn and other free
silver leaders remained on the floor of
the convention and fought to the last
on the resolutions, after which they
did not take much interest in those
who, as they said, had previously de-
serted them.
They were very bitter towards Audi
tor of State Norman, who was General
Hardin's manager, and himself can
didate for denomination. In Senator
Blackburn's speech against the major
ity report on resolutions he showed his
feeling towards some on whom he had
depended, while he referred very re-
spectfully to Senator Lindsay, Con-
gresham McCreary and others who
had opposed him openly. The conven-
ton was a record breaker in great
speeches as we'll as in other respects.
Hardin Nominated.
After the adoption of the report Of
the committee on resolutions, dilatory
measures occupied almost an hour
when the name of General Csssius M.
Clay was presented by George G.
Lockhart for the nomination for gov
ernor. ]. R Breckenridge, the elo-
quent brother of w. G. P. Breckin-
ridge, presented the name of General
Hardin. Before the result of the bal
lot was announced the Clay men
moved that the nomination Of General
Hardin be made unanimous, and it car
ried with a great hurrah. The
ticket as completed is as follows: For
governor, p. Watt Hardin; lieutenant
governor, R. T. Tyler; treasurer, R. c.
Ford; auditor. L. G. Norman; register
of the land office, G. B. Swango; at
torney general. w. J. Hendrick; secre-
tary Of state, Henry S. Hale; superin-