Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-06-26
. 5 flIR SOUND MONEY.
Il Kentucky Democracy Gives Sub
Stantial Endorsement
To Secretary Carlisle, President
Cleveland, and Their Financial
Policy - Senator Blackburn De-
feated in His Home District-His
Opponent a Man of Pronounced
Gold Standard Views.

Gold Standard Views.
Louisville, KY, June 25.-The ad-
ministration and Secretary Carlisle
were certainly favorites in the Demo-
cratic State convention here to-day.
The silverites went into the district
meetings in the morning and into the
convention at noon with confidence. In
the district meetings they were beater.
, to /. They claimed four out of the
eleven district members of the COM
mittee on resolutions, but the admins
tration men claim that the committee
stood eight to three originally against
free silver and as completed nine to
four The complexion OF this commit
tee could not have been changed by
the appointment of both members at
large from the silverites. But when
Judge VIM. Beckner as temporary
chairman, divided the members at large,
giving one of the two TO each side, the
silver men felt that they had been out
classed, although they would not con-
fess to being outnumbered. They
claimed a victory in the election of
Beckner over Stone, but after the for
mer divided the appointments equally
on all the committees and announced
his conservative views, no claims were
made on him. Stone would have ap-
pointed only Sound money" men on
the committees. Judge Beckner is a
sound money" man. but favored Gen
eral Hardin for Governor. Although
General Hardin favOrs free coinage, he
has been supported throughout by many
no insist on
SOUND MONEY PLATFORM
for him. The silver men on the COM
mittee on resolutions are: First dis
trict, Augustus Coulter; Second dis
trict, w. T. Ellis; Third district, John
S Rhea; at large, J. D. Clardy. The
gold men on the committee are: Fourth
district, e. D. Walker; Fifth district,
J. NJ. Atherton Sixth. r. A. EllistOn;
Seventh, Arthur Yeager; Eighth, James
B. McCreary; Ninth John F. Haager;
Tenth, John P. Salyer; Eleventh, E. NJ.
Jackson; at large, Senator William
Lindsay.
The feature of the day was the defeat
in his home district OF Senator !. c. S.
Blackburn for member of the commit
tee on resolutions by Prof. Arthur Yea
ger, a man Of pronounced gold standard
views, but who has devoted his time to
college work and not to politics.
Senator Blackburn aspired to the
Craftsmanship of the committee and eX-
pected to have a majority OF its men,
bers with him for free coinage and
against Cleveland and Carlisle. When
Blackburn was defeated in the Seventh
district it was ascertained that the
Hardin men did not want 10 be embar-
rassed by his appointment as one Of
the members at large, and then Mr.. w.
T. Ellis, of the Second district, offered
Senator Blackburn his proxy. Objec-
tions were raised in the convention on
the announcement of Blackburn S
name for the committee from the Sec
ond district and no further efforts in
that direction were made.
Senator Blackburn did not meet with
the committee on resolutions. The use
of his name by proxy for the Second
district was without his knowledge or
consent. His friends thought he should
be on the committee especially after
the appointment of his colleague, Sen
ator Lindsay. and the selection 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 1t was
known that he would be In such small
minority.
Promptly at noon the convention was
called TO order by Chairman Carroll.
The election of temporary chair
man was first in order. EX-COngress-
man W. J. Stone and Judge w. n.
Buckner were presented. The result
was announced at 2 o'clock as follows:
Beckner 44S1a; Stone 37912. The
election of Beckner was made unani-
nous.
On assuming the chair, Judge Beck
ner plead for harmony. William Crom-
well. J. E. Stone and ]. X. Schrader
we're elected secretaries.
On reassembling at s p. m, the boxes
at Music Hall were filled with ladies'
in brilliant dress and the ruch for the
galleries was even greater than during
the day. The heat made the hail al
most uncomfortable.
A resolution denouncing the Ameri-
can Protective Association was refer
red.
The committee on permanent organ
iza+ion reported Congressman A. S.
Berry for permanent chairman and
other officers; adopted. Mr.. Berry made
a vigorous speech on taking the chair.
The committee on resolutions report
ed a strong honest money plank and en-
dorsed Cleveland and Carlisle by name
for their financial policy and admins
trations. 1t was signed by nine Of the
thirteen members of the committee.
At a. m. the indications were that
the convention would remain In session
all night.
oorrrNrr1 Ann QUITTING