The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1895-07-05
dominates ?. Wat Hardin for
Governor Of Kentucky.
Bon R. I. tyler, Of FHllnR County,
EunllaedAr Lieutenant Governor.


tftct mctQnfh nave clpaIus nnA Nio ~
suits show that sound money swept
V fold. Tho committee on resoln-
y IA a. choaen by tho delegates.
kts> ds, lirsI Second and Third dis
iiiets represented by silver men, 0nd
the other eight dietriets by sound
money" men Following are the gen
tlrmen named;
First di,irict Gus Cotton, second,
W. T. Ellis; Third. John 4 Rhea,
Fourth. y n Walker; Fifth, J. IL
Atherton; Sixth, Robert EllistonI
Eighth. Gov. J. H. Mccrearyl Ninth,
John 2. lager, Tenth, John =. Sal
yerH Eleventh, J. q. Stone.
In the seventh Senator blackburn
was beaten by 10 voteA Ycager win
ming ~ that majority. Tho eonvcn-
uon h being held in Music hall, in
stead Of the Auditorium. a. expected
Tho place l. packed 70 sufocation.
and the weather b extremely warm
Gen. r. Watt Hhrdin's headquarters
ore ~ the Willard formerly the Alex
nnder) hotel aud his rooms arc
throngcd with friends and ndmlrcra
Ills staanch lieutenant, urey Wood.
900. of 0wensboro, is frequently seen
consulting with the FREQ silver oandt
date for governor, and they both
looked very cheerful Tuesday morning.
Mr. woodson expressing himself as per
fectiy satisfied with tho OUTLOOK. Gen
Hardin aid he was confident Of recelv-
ing the nomination
My. ciay's headquarters sro al the
Calf house, and. although he has suit
of large. magnificent rooms. they az
tact comparatively few persons In
comparison with the many that flock
20 Ilardin's headquarters
Hon James D. Carroll, chairman OF
tho state democratic committee, called
the convention 10 order At 1910 ?. m.
Rev Dr. ChaA NJ HemphIll offered
prayer
Mr.. Carroll then made short speech
IN which he said that no convention
ever called together in Kentucky had
. more important duty 10 perform.
Upon the action of this convention. he
declared, the welfare and safety of this
people iarRely depended lie eoanseled
harmony and closed by sayinR Let
us stand together. silver and gold, to
fight common foo
w. }. Stone. Of Lyon county, and
VIM. iicokncr. Of Clark. were placed In
nomination for temporary ehaiFrnHn,
tho former by n Clay 'sound-money'
man, the latter by Hardin silver man,
Tho test vote rcsultcdi Beeiner
tIlardlnL tsshl Stone. (ClAyl seOkl
, necessary 10 a choice. tt0
Judge Rcckner, In taking his place
NJ chairman Of the convention. saidi
Il Do not take the result of this ballot NJ
compliment 10 myself The gentleman havs
socn % 20 nsprcscnt IN thls ooIvcntion has
van me nrht We have met here a. a time
when the return a prosperity Is vtndieatinl
the democratic party Evcrything is happen
4 ~ act IN harmony.-
Vim. n Cromwell, OF Franklin; J. II
shroder and James y Stone. OF Jeffer
ton. were made secretaries
In the selection Of Beckner, who wal
IIardin's candidate, and the gold make
up Of the committee ON resolutions
there was no deal Hardin wns simply
stronger than the silver men.
CoSvESTfos HALL, LouIsyTfLR Ky.
ea m, June ed--Evcr since tho even
ing session commenced up 20 a m :
has been impossible 10 aocomplish any
thing. Tho Clay men. who arc tn
gold men, kept up an unsarthly nois
y prevent action on the report OF tn
committee on credentials, which ha
been trying 70 get a hearing for n
hour OF moro Tho Hardin men, fre
ailvcritca, tried hard 70 prevent an nd
iournment because II would injur
Eardin.
The hght IN the resolution commit
teo. which was In session at the Gal
house from o'clock until II, was eH
tremely bitter. The silver people wer
In the minority, but they made then
selves felt One resolution which job
Rhea wanted put before the CONVEX
tion will suffice TO show what sort Q
tactics the silver men resorted To
was asfollowE
we believe That next 70 the pre.ioen, an
o,sss, M ne, s,, n',S1s "a so.o9 Sn y, !,
suec~s All opernslon Of the bond ryndiras
en- rther believe that the syndicate mad
iaf.s profits. as u had right 70 DO, eonsidei
M, srs,.. ~. ,,s, yssnrrss ~ ~ M Ron,
shllds in ever financial oenier of the world
Az midnight the credentials commit
tee reported There was a majorit
report In favor of the gold men and
minority report favorable TO free 81
YER As soon rs they were read one {
the silver men on the committee move
70 adjourn. Another wrangie ensue
and finally another ballot was takeI
II took three-quartcrs Of an hour fC
the convention to ballot onco Tn
convention refused 70 adjourn. n
one can make himself heard above N
uproar. Tho confusion Is too great 1
permit ballot on tho committee r.
port
The chair announced that tho con
mittec on organization was ready
report The report was handed up /