Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-06-27
Kentucky Declares for Gold.


Of the counties by vote Of 448 ayes
to 438 nays. There was loud cheer
ing by the Clay men. The Hardin
men rushed to the platform, charging
false counting and fraud. This Great
ed a tumultuous scene, which was ii.
nally checked by the crowding OF
Senator. Lindsay through to the front
of the platform. when he opened an
Their hot contest by presenting ma
iority report Of the Committee on
Resolutions.
The following was reported by Sen
ator Lindsay, Chairman of the Com
mittee on Resolutions, as a majority
report, signed by nine Of the thirteen
members:
ITO the Democratic Convention in
session at Louisville: The under
signed majority Of your committee
beg leave to submit as their report
the following resolutions:
~First-The Democracy of Kentucky
in convention assembled, congratu-
late the country upon the repeal of
the Mckinley tariff law, and upon
the evidence we have on every hand
OF returning prosperity under the
operations Of reduced and equalized
tariff legislation, and we denounce as
fraught with danger and disaster the
threat of our Republican adversaries
to re.establish protective tariff and
re-inaugurate policy of unequal tax
alton, which. in connection with the
general misgovernment by the Re-
publican party, eliminated in the
business panic in 1893.
"Second--The Democratic party,
which has always stood for the separ-
alton of church and state for the sake
alike of civil and religious freedom,
does not hesitate to condemn the
efforts to create a distinction among
citizens. because of differences in
faith, as repugnant to this enlightened
age and abhorrent to the instincts of
American freemen.
"Third-Wc reaffirm without quail
tication the principles and policies
declared by the Democratic platform
OF 1892, and declare our present Dem
ocratic administration is entitled to
the thanks Of the party for it's honest,
courageous and statesmanlike man
agement of public affairs, and we ex-
press our undiminished confidence in
the Democracy and the patriotism of
President Grover Cleveland and his
distinguished co-advisers and Secre-
tary John G. Carlisle of Kentucky"
The names Of President Cleveland
and Secretary Carlisle were received
with prolonged applause.
Elk Congressman w. T. Ellis pre-
scented the minority report.
The following Is the minority re-
port:
"The undersigned members of the
Committee on Resolutions dissent
from the views expressed by the ma.
jority OF the Committee on Resolu-
tions, which is proposed as an endorse.
ment OF the present National Demo
cratic administration, because said
resolution is ambiguous, obscure and
uncertain in it's meaning, and is, il
our opinion, an attempt to straddle
the most vital question now attract
ing the attention OF the American
people. While the undersigned dc
not concur in the views expressed il
the said res olutions nor in the views
expressed in the amendment, which
they here submit, they nevertheless
believe it is the duty of the Demo
cratic party to oxpreso itself in cleal
and uDambiguous terms on the sub
ject. The financial policy of the pres
ent Democratic administration does
not deserve the unqualified endorse
ment of the Democratic party OF Ken
lucky, and with the view of takint
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