The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-06-29
KENTUCKY DEMOCRATS.


ncrry Is Chairman.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. June eT.-At noon
| Tuesday John l.. Carroll, chairman OF
| the state central committee called the
! kentucky state democratic convention
| 70 order
Upon opening the convention John
| ID. Carroll. chairman of The democratic
state central committee. spoke at some
| length.
Nominations for the office Of tenn
rorary chairman being next In order,
Judge William Nj. BeclSner and ex-
Congressman w. J. Stone. OF Lyons
county. were nominated. The roll call
showed 4ls for the fo-mer, against $50
for the latter.
A significant incident of the morning
session was the defeat of senator
Blaclsbur in his own congressional
district for place on the platform
committee. Arthur Ycager gold man
and professor in the Georgetown Bap-
tist college. defeated him by 571l votes
70 S71S. Then the district elected free
silver member OF the organization COM
mittee. II was very quickly done. An
attempt was made TO put on Mr.. Black
burn by proxy from the Second dis
trict and have cx Congressman Ellis
appointed on the committee at large,
but Chairman Beckner ruled otherwise
aud Mr.. Blackburn was left again.
Following is the committee on reso-
lutions:
First district August Coulter tsilvor): Sec
ond, w. T. Ellis lsiiverl; Third. john ;. Rhoa
silver. Fourth, T. y walker tconservatiye);
Firth J. M Atherton tgold): Sixth. H. A. Ell
iiston tgod): seventh. Prof Arthur Yeager
gold; Eighth. james ID. McCreary gold,
Ninth. John r. Harger gold: Tenth. John T..
Salyer gold; Eleventh. r. NJ Jackson scon-
servatlve).
The convention, In accordance with
resolution adopted at the afternoon
session. met at Music hall at p. m.
The session began in hubbub over q
resolution offered by Arthur Wallace.
of Louisville, declaring IL un-American
TO discriminate against any man or
woman because of their religious pref
erence. The chair referred the resolu-
tion to the committee on resolutions,
as has always been the custom In state
conventions. Several of the anti
A. p. A. delegates insisted on having
the resolution put to the convention.
but instead one was put and passed
that all resolutions go 10 the commit
tee for consideration.
In accordance with recommenda-
tion by the committee on permanent
organization. Congressman j. 5. Berry
was chosen permanent chairman. The
Clay faction offered a motion TO adj
journ until 10 a. IN. to-day. The clerk
was an hour calling the roll owing TO
IL. H.. II.
half an hour more before quiet
could be sufficiently restored for the
chairman to announce the result--G6l
noes TO el7 ayes. After the announce
ment the disorder increased. A hum
dred motions were made, but the chair
man recognized nobody.
Word was sent to the chair that the
committee on credentials would not be
ready TO report until midnight, and
il was announced by the chair
man that no business could be
properly transacted until the mem
bers were properly seated. There were
several contested delegations. one
of them being from the city of Louis
vile. Notwithstanding the fact that
no business could be transacted, even
II the noise would permit, the
convention persistently refused to ad-
journ and kept up constant yelling
interspersed with cat-calls and cries of
MIR. Chairman" They might as well
have appealed TO a post.
AT ii:40 p m. the committee on Gre
dentials, through its chairman. Little"
fhii Thompson, made It's report. This
put the convention In happy tone 10
transact business. 1t reported no Sc
rious contests. A minority report was
presented, which gave rise to another
scene
At l:45 n IN. the convention was still
In session, with no immediate prospect
Of adjournment No business was be-
ing transacted. The body has re-
solved itself into bowling mob.
shortly before 2 o'clock the uproar
and confusion became such that Chair
man Berry declared the convention adj
journed until $3.50 a. IN.