The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-06-26
TO NOMINATE A GOVERNOR
The Democrats of Kentucky Meet
tor Important Business.
Judge Breckner is Selected as Per-
mancnt Chairman. A WrangIc
Between the Gold and Silver
Men. The Course Of
Cleveland Endorsed.
Bv Southern Assoc,atsd prs,s.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Juno 25.-Ou the
evo of the Democratic State Convcn-
tion only one thing can be predicted
with any degree of probability, aud
that Is the platform will declare for a
gold standard. The race Is very close
between Hardin aud Ciay for the Gubcr-
natoriai nomination, with the chGuces
slightly III invor oi the latter, Most OF
the delegations are Instructed for Har
din und sound money, but the majority
OF the delegations ure uninstructed, md
with these Clay Is rapidly gaining
ground.
For Chairman, Judge Breck uor re-
cclved Iio! votes On the first ballot.
against $40! received by Stone.
}. X. Shrader, Wm. Cromwell and
Jnmes E.Stone were elected secretaries.
Tho list OF committees were sent to tho
clerk S desk, aitor which the chairman
ANNOUNCED the members-at large OF tho
Committee on RESOLUTIONS as Judcu
William Lindsay aud Il. ID. Clenry.
Mr.. Lindsay ls strong gold advocate,
while MIR. Clenry is II free SILVER advo.
cato, but has not vet determined
whether he wants IL IL to ratio, The
convention then took recess until 5
O'Clock to night,
At n late hour 1T looks as though bus.
iness had come to au end for the night.
For hours there has been nothing but
NOISE aud confusion on the purt of the
vast >aemblaRe which completely fills
hinslc linll. Every effort ot tho chair
| man up To 1880 10 restore orucr has
been lnciieciuni. hundreds of notluns
! have been made nui none pat to n vote
! aud The entire session has been one
continuous pnEdemoulum.
AT the DAY session tho Cuid Gdyocatos
claim they achieved II decided victory
IN the election OF Judge Beckner, an
admirer OF tile yellow currency To the
temporary chaITmauship. The vote
was iiN! Tor Bcckuer TO IlS5 for w. J.
Stone. Had Stone been elected the
victory would hnve b1eu claimed with
equal confidence, Tor he also WAS
an opponent OF free silver, This
vote, 1t Is claimed, WAS test of tho re-
| spcctivc strength of the Clay and
| Hardin iacllouH. Tho Hardin mon b..
iicvc that their candidate showed
| enough strength TO win, but the Clay
men sny there will he some changes
| when ballot for Governor Ii taken.
| The committee on resolutions will
make three reports. One OF them,
| signed by John 5. Rhea and w. T.,
i.liis. declnres III favor OF free coinage,
the second, signed by j. y. Cieary nnd
| Ed. Walker, renilirms the Chlvago
platform, OF lSJ2 Which is II cOusorya.
tive endorsement of gold standard.
and II third, to which is affixed
| the names of the other members
endorsing the administration aud es.
| pecinlly the names of Carlisle and
Cleveland. The report sigued 10y
Cleary aud Walker also endorses the
| administration but mention no names.
The committee SO fur hns not been
harmonious one. With two factions.
each OF nearly equal strength 10 con.
test every point raised 1t could hardly
be au entirely harmonious ussemblage.
The city Is full OF Eepublicans, who
| are waiting auXiously to see who is
! nominated. Among these IL w. O.
Bradley, The Republican nominee for
| Governor. and George Denny, Jr. who
recently beat ". &. Owens IN the race
Tor Congress III the Ashland District.
They would like to see Hardin nomi.
mated, because he would present tho
spectacle of free silver man running
on platform which has q plank for
gold md endorses the administration.
Hardin, II Is claimed, asked the com.
mlttae on resolutions to give HIM q
silver PLANK to stand on for the bonetit
of the party, but the gold standard
| men would not agree to sacrifice their
principles and the minority report was
| the result.
Senator Joe Blackburn is being
somewhat criticised for trying to get
III on the Committee on Resolutions
after he had been beaten for the place
In his own distriot-the seventh. When
the clerk called out the second district
the chairman announced that Black burn
had received the proxy of W Il Ellis
who was regularly chosen by the dele
CATION. The second is q free silver dis
trict aud rendily consented to the ar
rangement that the eloquent Senator
might have chance to use his oratory
to some advantage in cham pioning the
! cause OF the white metal. Chairman
Becknor did not see it that why, how
over, and sent word that he could not
for q moment entertain suoh q PROPOSE
| ton, as Blackburn was not resident
of the Second District.
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