The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-06-28
VICTORY FOR COLD MEN
Tbev WillShape Kentucky's
Democratic Platform.
u,rdin,s Man Made Temporary
Chairman--The Committee on Res
olutions o to 4 Against silver---sen.
ator Blackburn Beaten in His Own
DistrIct for Chairman.

rorisviIle June 26.-The first dav Of
.ha democratic state convention proved
~, tbe prediction that the ADMINISTRATION
"nd secretary Carlisle would be favor
- was correct. The silvertes went
40 the district meetings in the morn
tng and into the convention at noon,
,ri1b confidence In the district meet
4 ,rgs they were beaten two to one. They
rIaimed our out of the eleven district
+ s.orbsrs OF the committee on resolu-
.jons. but the admins ration men claim
s .Sot The comm ttee stood eight to three.
originalIv. aLainst free silver, and as
oomnleteI nine to four The complexion
A. the committee could not have been
d changed by the appointment of both
membe large froau the sllverites.
Admitted They We're Outclassed.
But when Judge William Beckner. AZ
4temporai chairman, divided the mem-
'hsrs.at-iar-e. giving one of the two 10
}each side ta, silver men felt that they
had been outclassed although they
3would not cJnfess to being outnum-
8berel They claimed a victory in the
election Of Ncckner over Stone, but after
4 the former divided the appointments
a equally on all committees, and an
Y Anouuced hi~ conservative views, no
& claims were made on him. Stone would
have app1 ted only "sound money!
men on the e1mmittees. Judge Beckner
Hisia Sound money" man, but favors
General iiadin for governor. Although
.Generai Hardin favors free coinage. he
/ has been Imported throughout by many
who insist ON a sound money platform
for him.
Blackburn's Defeat.
The feature of the day was the defeat
|in his home district of Senator Black
burn for member of the committee on
RESOLUTIONS by Professor Arthur Yeager,
Ia mar of pronounced gold standard
views, but who has devoted his time to
college work and not to politics. Sena-
tor Blackburn aspired to the chairman
ship OF this committee, and expected to
have majority of its mem bers with him
for free coinage and against Cleveland
and Carlisle When Black burn was de-
teated in the seventh district, it was as
certaiued that the Hardin men did not
want TO he embarrassed by his appoint
ment as one OF the members at large.
Resumed in a Great Hubbub.
Music hal was packed to overhowing
when Chairman Beckner called the con.
yent!0u 10 order for the night session last
even ng The convention began in
hubbub over resolution offered by
Arthur Wallace, of Louisville, declaring
il uu American to discriminate against
any man or woman because of their re-
llg1I1l. npafa 4 ion TO- at
until 10 o'clock in the morning WAS
made by the Clay men. The clerk was
al hour in calling the roll, owing 10 the
tremendous confusion. 1t was half an
hour more before quiet could be suili-
ciently restored for the chairman to All
nounce the results-601 noes to 2l1 ayes.
After The announcement the disorder
inorease sed. A hundred motions were
now made, but the chairman recognized
nobody.
Pandemonium Supreme.
At o'clock this morning it looked as
|thou4h business has come to an end for
the n ght. For hours there was nothing
but noise and confusion on the part of
'fhs vast assemblage Every effort of the
la'rman to restore order was ineffect-
ua Hundreds OF motions were made
out none put to a vote, and the entire
ession was one continuous pandemo-
lium.
Three Reports To Be Presented.
The committee on resolutions will
make three reports. One of them, signed
by John ). Rhea and w. I. Ellis, declares
In favor of free coinage; the second,
signed by j. d. Clardy and f. d. Walker,
the Chicago platform of 1882,
whieh IS a conservative endorsement of
a gold standard, and third to which is
ahNed the names of other members, en-
corses the administration and mentions
especially the names Of Carlisle and
Cleveland.
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