The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-25
silver Men and Advocates Of Honest
Money Battling for Control of
To-Day's State Convention.
HARDIN STILL In THE LEAD
BlCkNER OFT OF THE CONTEST
FOR THE GOvERNORsHIP.
Senator Blackburn's Position-Fight
Anti-Administration Forces.

l-Ol 10 LILLE. NY. June Zi-lne Demo-
cratic State convention here tomorrow
Will be among the hottest contests in the
history Of the commonwealth. Many dele
gates were here over Sunday. and all were
here to-day for the preliminary skirmish
in the district meetings. The polling of all
the Louisville papers show the sound mon
ey delegates to be in the majority The
silver dispute their estimate and
charge that the Louisville papers claim
most of the uninstructed delegates. when
those delegates are equally divided. The
Post. which strongly supports the admin
istration's financial policy, to-day has a
full poll Of the delegates showing As for
Hardin. SIS for Clay and s. doubtful. The
Post says there are SIS delegates. 40 neces-
sary 10 choice, anu the poll indicates
that Hardin lacks only five votes. The
Hardin men say that they have the five
votes. This is not by any means certain.
Gen. Cerro Gordo Williams was defeated
sixteen years ago by James Il. McCreary.
when within five votes Of the nomination.
The lines are drawn on the Endorsement
OF the administration. with Carlisle's
friends leading for the administration and
Blackburn's friends against its financial
policy. Gen. Cassius NJ. Clay is the ad.
ministraton candidate for Governor and
Gen. w. =. Hardin is the anti-admnistra-
ton candidate. The silver men will try 10
force nominations before the adoption of
a platform. The gold men are bitterly op-
posing this order of business, as they claim
that Hardin is stronger than the free sil-
verites. Hardin is a pronounced free coin
age man much as Senator Blackburn,
and IL nominated wants a free-silver plank
The first test of strength will come to-
lo nf
chairman. who has the appointment OF
Two members at large on all the commits
tees Ihere are eleven congressional dis
tricts. 1t is estimated that the sound money
men VIII have six and the silver men FIVE
on the committee on resolutions from dis
ttcts. but If the silver men secure the
temporary organization the platform maxi
ers will stand seven to six.
Tonight the sound-money delegates an
nounce ex-Congressman W. j. stone as
their candidate for temporary chairman.
They say Judge Beckner is Blackburn'S
man. who at the Winchester convention
last week. opposed the Endorsement OF
Cleveland and Carlisle. They will make
a test on the vote between Beckner and
stone. the latter being popular with some
si,verites and Harden men. Meantime the
conservatives want both Beckner and
stone to promise to appoint one silver man
ana one sound-noney man members at
large OF the committee on resolutions,
and. in fact, TO divide equally the members
Blackburn, who has more at stake at this
convention than any of the State candi-
dates, and more even that Secretary Car
Isle, was disposed TO concede 10 the con-
servative plan of an equal division OF the
members at large on each OF the commit-
tees, but the radical silver men opposed
it, and meeting of abe silver men was ac-
cordingly called for II o'clock tonight.
Tonight the contest between the admin
istraton and anti-adminlstration delegates
is more bitter than ever. The fighting is
for the temporary organization. with a
view TO securing the chairman. two men,
bers at large OF the committee on resolu-
tiOnS and controlling the rules and order of
business, so that nominations shall be
made before the platform is adopted. As
General Hardin claims enough votes to
nominate him, the ''honest-money' dele
gates want the platform adopted first.
Hardin who are opposed TO free coinage:
General Hardin is reported 10 have said
he would insist, on free-slver platform.
friends claim that he could not run on a
Carlisle or administration platform after
the canvass he has made with Blackburn
and others on the free-coinage issue There
is a conservative element that wants the
convention to reaffirm the national plat
financial question. but the silverites say
that would imply an Endorsement OF the
administration Senator blackburn favors
the reaffirming OF the platform OF 1872. with
an additional affirmation that the pledges
of 1892 have not been fulfilled by President
Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle. The CON-
servatiyes argue IL General Hardin In nonl-
mated. and controls the convention as to
prevent the ,reaffirming OF the national
utcldTdtlOIs Ol lo1-. ludt the Sidlt ltktt
ad platform would be outside of the party.
and that there might be some Justification
in the threatened bolt OF the ultra sound
money men. The conservatives hope to
have the balance of power i'm the conven-
tion, but they evidently have very little
influence i'm the fighting that is going on
tonight for the chairmanship and control
of the committees. Ii will be fighting 10
finish when the district delegates meet at
10 a. m. tomorrow TO select vice presidents
and members of the committees. and when
the convention assemblies In the aflerno01
there will be general engagement at the
| start. The State committee does not name
| the Temporary chairman for this conven-
| tion I'm advance. Chairman Carroll. OF the
| state committee. holds the gavei till the
| convention selects its temporary
| chairman and the first thing
! In order is the election OF temporary ON
GERS on which at this time depends the
| fate OF senatorial. gubernatorial apd other
| candidates and the metallic compk xion or
| the platform.
Ex-Governor Buckner publishes card to-
| day stating that he would not accept the
nomination fer Governor. and insists that
| the sound-money Democrats must select
some other man n they cannot nominate
General CLAY. General Buckner says he
| is a candidate for Senator on sound
money platform. and viii have nothing
| els