The herald., 1895-06-25
DELEGATES ARE ON DECK
The Kentucky Convention Will
Open Today
EVERYBODY HAS AN AXE
Some of Them Have Silver, Others
Golden Edges
Principal Fight VIII Be 1ade on the Chair
manship, as Great Results Are Ex-
pected From Committees
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special wire.
LOUISVILLE, June 24.-The Demo-
cratic state convention tomorrow will be
among the hottest contests in the history
of the commonwealth. All the delegates
are here today Tor the preliminary Skin
mish in the district meetings. Polling,
by all the Louisville papers shows the
gold delegates In the majority. The Sill
yer men claim the majority of delegates.
The lines are drawn on endorsement CT
the administration, with Carlisle's friends
leading for the administration and Black
bL Lrn' s friends asainst its financial policy.
General Cassius NJ. Clay is the admins
tration candidate for governor, and Cen
eral p. W. Hardin the anti-administraton
candidate. The silver men will try to
force nominations before adoption OF the
platform. The gold men are bitterly op-
posed to this order OF business as they
| claim Hardin is stronger than the free
| slverites. The first test OF strength Will
| come tomorrow ON the selection OF tenn
porary chairman, who has the appoint
ment of two mem bers at large on all the
| committees 1t is estimated the gold men
will have six and the silver men five on
! the committee on resolutions from the dis
| tricts, but if the silver men secure the
temporary organization, the platform
| makers will stand seven to SIX. ms IS
the light being made today.
| The Post which stionghly supports the
administration financial policy, today
has poll of delegates, showing 435 Tor
Hardin, 37S for Clay, IS doubtful. The
Post says There are IS delegates; 40
necessary for choice, and the polling IN
dicates Hardin only lacks five votes. The
Hardin men say they have five votes.
/ This is not by any means certain. CEN
era G. Gordon Williams was defeated
! sixteen years ago by James b. McCreary
| when within five votes of nomination..
x-Governor Buckner publishes card
today saying he would not accept the
nomination for governor. Buckner is
candidate for senator on the sound money
platform, and will have nothing else.
Hon. James b. McCreary, chairman of
the house committee on foreign affairs,
is in this city to attend the democratic
state convention, and is running against
| Senator Blackburn for chairman of the
committee on resolutions. McCreary was
a member OF the international monetary
conference which met at Brussels in 1882.
When seen today by a representative OF
| the Associated Press Mr.. McCreary stated
! that his experience with the Engnsh
mem bers of that conference gives him as
surance that the advent of the Salisbury
ministry Will he in the interest OF bimet-
ALI ism, as Lord Salisbury, Balfour and
others are more favorable than Rosebery
and his associates were Tor such confer
ence Mr. McCreary said he was more
hopeful now than before of such interna-
tional action as would settle the ratio be-
| tween the two metals. He not only re-
garded Lord Salisbury as friendly to an
international agreement, but also very
great statesman, who will be more liberal
in his general policy t!:an Rosenery..
There were active friends in England OF
bin etallism and Lord Salisbury would
recognize them. Mr.. McCreary referred
to Sir william Houldworth Balfour,
| Chaplin and others, who are friendly to
binN llism and who are close to Sails
bury. While England bad maintained
gold standard since 1876 MIR. McCreary
has no doubt that bimetallism had many
| friends among the manufacturers, agr-
culturists and business men IN England,
and that this sentiment was growing so
that the ministry would be sustained in
supporting an international agreement.
Mr.. McCreary thought such an agreement
might be secured without the participa-
I tion of England, ,but when an interna-
tional monetary conference assem- bles in
Europe, it would be very encouraging to
have the support of the leading states
men in the English ministry. The house
of commons had already adopted reso-
luton that was regarded as favorable for
an international conference. Germany,
France and the United States had taken
action for such a conference, and II Eng
land will now cooperate the metaillc
problem can be solved.
Mr.. McCreary regarded Salisbury as bet
ter equipped every way than Rosebery
for a more liberal and more enlightened
policy which would extend to Nicaras na,
Venezuela and other American countries
in which the United States is interested.
He thought England was paying very lit
tie attention to Hawaii, and that the
United States was paying entirely too
much atten ton to these little islands.
Mr. McCreary SAID he was not only op'
posed to the annexation of Hawaii, but
also opposed to any subsidy Tor cable
from San Francisco to Honolulu. There
were fourteen submarine telegraphic
lines in operation, and all had been built
by private capital. If any such enter
prses were needed, the capital could be
found for them.
Tonight the 'sound money" delegates
chose ex-Congressmon w. J. St"ne as
their candidate for temporary chairman.
They say Judge Beckner is Blackburne's
man They will make test on the vote
between Beckner and Stone, the latter
being popular with some OF the silverites
and Hardin men. Meantime the conser-
vatives want both Beck ner and Stone to
promise to appoint one silver and one
gold man as members at large of the COM
mittee on resolutions. and in fact to di-
vide equally the members at large OF all
the committees.
Senator Blackburn, who has more at
stake at this convention than any of the
state candidates, and more even than
Secretary Carlisle. was disposed to con-
cede to the conservative plan OF an equal
division of the members at large on each
of the commit es. but the radical silver
men oppose it, and meeting OF the Sill
yer men was called for IL o'clock tonight.
The silver men may be in conference all
night preparatory to the fight which be-
gins in the congressional district meet
ings in the morning.
Tonight the contest between the ad-
ministration and ti-admin isJration
delegates has been more bitter than ever.
The fighting is for temporary organiza-
ton, with view to securing the chair
man. two members at large OF the com
mittee ON resolutions and controlling the
rules aud order of business so that omi-
nations shall he made before the platform
is adopted,
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