The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-26
ARE Welded TO GOLD.
Kentucky Democrats Leaned All
That Way Yesterday.
Resolutions Committee Reports
a Cleveland-gOld Plank.
MINORITY REPORTS.
One Silver and One Conservative
to Be Presented.


ministration and Secretary Carlisle
were certainly faverites in the Demo
cratic state convention here yesterday.
The silverites went into the district
meetings in the morning and into the
convention at noon with confidence.
In the district meetings they were
beaten two to one. They claimed four
out of the eleven district members of
the committee on resolutions, but the
administration men claim that the
committee stood eight to three orig
inally against free silver, and as COM
pleted nine to four.
The complexion of the committee
could not have been changed by the
appointment of both mem bers at large
from the silverites. But when Judge
w. M. Breckner, as temporary chair
man, divided the members at large,
giving one of the two to each side, the
silver men felt that they had been out
classed, although they would not con-
Tess to being Outnum bered. They
claimed a victory in the election of
Breckner over Stone, but after the for
mer divided the appointments equally
on all the committees and announced
his conservative views, no claims were
made on him. Stone would have APP
pointed only ''sound money" men on
the committee. Judge Breckner is
''sound money" man, but favored GEN
eral Hardin for governor Although
General Hardin favors free coinage, he
has been supported throughout by
many who insist on a sound money
platform for him.
The feature of the day was the de-
feat in his home district of Senator J.
G. S. Blackburn for member of the
committee on resolutions by Professor
Arthur Yaeger, a man of pronounced
gold standard views, but who has de-
voted his time to college work and not
to politics. Senator Blackburn aspirsd
to the craftsmanship of this committee
and expected to have a majority of it's
members with him for free coinage and
gainst Cleveland and Carlisle. When
Blackburn was defeated in the Seventh
district it was ascertained that the
Hardin men did not want to be emhar-
raised by his appointment as one of the
members al large, and then Mr. W. L.
Ellis of the Second district offered Mr..
Blackburn his proxy. Objections were
raised in the convention on the an
nouncement of Blackburn's name for
the committee from the Second dis
! trict- and no further efforts in that di-
rectiOn were made.
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had been perfected, the convention
took recess until o'clock
On reassem bling the boxes were
filed with women in brilliant dress,
and the rush of the galleries was even
greater than during the day. The
heat made the hall almost unendur-
able. A resolution denouncing the
American Protective association was
offered, and a cOmmotion caused by
efforts to adopt it without reference.
| The resolution was defeated
The committee on permanent organ
ization reported Congressman A s.
Berry for permanent chairman and
other officers were adopted. Mr.. Berry
made a vigorous speech on taking the
chair.
The committee on resolutions was
ready to report at o. M, but DELAYED
it's report awaiting the outcome of the
credentials while fighting over con-
tests among the delegates from Louis
vile and Newport.
Senator Lindsay prepared the ma
! jOrity report on resolutions, which
embraced a strong, honest money
plank and indorsed Cleveland and
Carlisle by name for their financial
policy and administration. 1t was
signed by nine of the thirteen
memuers of the committee There
were two minority reports, one
signed by Rhea and Ellis for
the free coinage of silver at Is to
1, and the other simply reaffirming the
platform of 1892, signed by Clardy and
Coulter. There was intense feeling be-
cause the fight between the Martin 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. Several
hundred motions to adjourn were
downed, and the convention remained
waiting although the committee on
credentials at IL p. m. announced it
could not report till after midnight.
Senator Lindsay and Chairman Berry
refused to report the resolutions
or do anything till the report on
credentials came in.