Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-06-27
POLITICS rs MIXED
DOWN IN THE STATE OF CAR
Isle AND BLACKBURN,

Sound Money Temporary Chairman
VIII" Is for n Free silver Gubernatorial
Candidate. and n "Sound Money" Reso-
lutions Committee in Convention
Which VIII Nominate the Temporary
Cha rman's Man.
LOUISVILLE, June 26-The administra.
ton and Secretary Carlisle were certain.
ly favorites in the Democratic state con.
vention at its first session. The silverites
went into the district meetings in the
morning and into the convention at noon
with confidence. 1t the district meet.
ings they were beaten two to one. They
claimed four out of eleven district mem.
beers of the committee on resolutions, but
the administration men claim that the
committee stands eight to three origi.
nally, against free silver, and as COM
pleted nine to four The complexion of
this committee could not have been
changed by the appointment of both
members at large from the silverites.
But when Judge William Beckner, as
temporary chairman, divided the mem.
bers at large, giving one of the two to
each side, the silver men felt that they
had been outclassed, although they would
not confess to being outnumbered.
"sound Money" Men for Hardin,
They claimed q victory in the election
of Beckner over Stone. but after the for.
mer divided the appointments equally on
all the committees and announced his
ua mn rn fon nd
on him. Stone would have appointed
only Sound money" men on the commit
tees Judge Beckner is sound money"
man, but favors General Hardin for
governor. Although General Hardin ia.
vors tree coinage he has been supported
throughout by many who insist on
Sound money" platform for him. The
feature of the day was the defeat in his
home district of Senator j. G. S. Black.
burn for member of the committee on
resolutions by Professor Arthur Yeager,
man of pronounced gold standard views,
but who has devoted his time to college
work and not to politics.
And Blackburn Knaws the File.
Senator Black burn aspired to tho chair
manship of this committee and expected
to have a ma ority of its members with
him for free silver and against Cleveland
and Carlisle. When Blackburn was de.
featcd in the Seventh district it was as
certained that the Hardin men did not
want to be embarrassed by his appoint.
ment as one of the members .at-large and
then w. II. Ellis, of the Second district,
offered Senator Black burn his proxy.
Objections were raised in the convention
on the announcement of Blackburn's
name for the committee from the Sec
ond district. Black burn S friends thought
he should be ON tho committee and es-
pecially alter the appointments of his col.
league, Senator Lindsay, and the selec-
ton of his opponent James b. McCreary,
but Blackburn did not want to serve on
the committee after his defeat in his old
district, and especially after it was known
that he would be in such small minor
ity.
Meaning of the Resolutions Contest.
There was a double contest in selecting
members of the committee on resolutions.
First, both the silver and gold men
wanted to get n majority of members SO
as to have their respective views incorpor-
ated in the platform. Second, Senator
Joe Black burn and Ex-Governor j. b. Nc
Creary, both candidates for the senator
ship, were running their first heats in
competing for the craftsmanship OF the
committee OH resolutions. Tho senator
ship is involved in the control of the con-
vention more than the governorship or
any of the state offices. The other candi.
dates for senator are Ex-Governor Buck
ner and Governor Brown. Blackburn
and Brown are for free silver; McCreary
and Buckner arc against 1t.