Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-07-04

honest, courageous and statesman
like management of public affairs; and
we express our undiminished conf
dence in the Democracy and patriot
ism of President Grover Cleveland
and his distinguished co-advisors and
Secretary John G.. Carlisle of Ken
lucky.
The names of President Cleveland
and Secretary Carlisle were received
with prolonged applause.
II MINORITY QUITE SARCASTIC,
Ex-Congressman w. T. Ellis pre-
sented the minority report, when Jno.
S. Rhea took the floor to read it him
self as follows:
The undersigned members of the
committee On resolutions dissent from
the views expressed by the majority
of the committee or resolutions, which
is proposed as an Endorsement of the
present national Democratic admins
tration, because the said resolution is
ambiguous, obscure and uncertain in
its meaning and is, in our opinion, an
attempt to straddle the most vital
question now attracting the attention
of the American people. And, while
the undersigned do not concur in the
views expressed in said resolution,
nor in the views expressed in the
amendment which they here submit,
they nevertheless believe that it is
the duty of the Democratic party to
express itself in clear and unambig-
nous terms on this subject. The finan-
cial policy of the present Democratic
administration deserves an unquali-
fed Endorsement at the hands of the
Democratic party of Kentucky, or it
does not deserve such Endorsement;
and, with a view of taking the opinion
of the representatives of the Dem
ocracy of Kentucky in convention as
sembled, we submit the following as
an amendment to said resolutions:
Resotred, by the Democracy of Ken
lucky in convention assembled, that
the present Democratic administra-
ton is entitled to the thanks of the
whole country for it's statesmanlike
management of public affairs, and we
further declare that both President
Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle are
entitled to the unqualified indorse-
ment of the American people for
maintaining the gold standard, and
thus maintaining the credit of the
government; and their issuance of
100 millions of interest bearing bonds
is hereby expressly Endorsed.
The undersigned members of the
committee on resolutions, believing
that the Democratic party of Ken
lucky should plainly declare in favor
of true bimetallism OF the gold stand
ard, offer the following as a separate
resolution, and ask its adoption:
Resotred, That we believe in the
coinage of both gold and silver as the
primary money of the country into
legal tender dollars, receivable in
payment of all its debts, public and
private, upon terms of exact equality.
MI. Rhea made avigorous argument
and offered a second or supplemental
minority report, which simply reaf-
frmed the national platform of the
party of 1898 and urged its adoption al
a of expediency, owing to the.
divergent views in the party in Ken
lucky on the financial question.
Congressman Ellis opened the de-
bate for the minority report.
Ex-Governor James b. McCreary,
who is a candidate for the Senate,
made a vigorous appeal for the Ken
lucky Democracy to cooperate with
Cleveland, Carlisle and the Democra-
cy as its principles had been declared
in 1898. When he argued that there
was no room for two Democratic par
ties in Kentucky, the "sound money"
men cheered loudly. He opposed the
minority report and its supplement
and held the floor, notwithstanding
the calls for Blackburn, and other dis
turbances.
After McCreary concluded, the Har-
din men insisted on a recount of the
vote by which the minority report was
substituted for the majority report on
credentials, and the convention hall
for some time resembled riot. Fin
ally the secretary discovered errors
and Chairman Berry announced that
the correction would be made later if
the delegates would allow the consid-
Grafton of the resolutions to proceed.
John s. Rhea then made such a Wig
orous speech against the majority re-
port on resolutions as to stop all dis
turbance and command the closest at
tention. He denounced President
Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle in as
bitter words as the Queens English
could furnish and quoted Henry Wat
terson as saying in 1892: "Nominate
Grover Cleveland and you rush from
a slaughter house into an open grave"
Jacob Rowe followed Rhea with an
other philippe on the administration
and in support of the minority report
and it's supplemental resolutions. He