The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-27
1t Was stormy.

Louisville, Ky, June 26.-Dhe Demo-
cratic state convention assembled at
the appointed hour and held a stormy
session.
After discussing for an hour and a
half a motion 10 substitute the minor
ity report on credentials for the major
Try report, the call of the 119 counties
began. The vote resulted in AS ayes
and 425 hayes There was loud cheer
ing by the Clay men.
The Hardin men rushed to the plat
form. charging false counting and
fraud. This created a tumultuOuS
scene, finally checked by the crowdinS
of Senator Lindsay through the fight
ers TO the front of the platform, when
he opened another hot contest by pre-
Senting the majority report of the COM
mittee on resolutions.
The Majority Report.
The following was reported by Sem
atOr Lindsay, chairman of the conf
nittee on resolutions. as the majority
report, signed by nine of the thirteen
members:
''To the Democratic Convention in
Session at Louisville:
THE undersi< ned majority OF your
committee beg leave to submit as their
report the accompanying resolutions:
''First-The Democracy of Kentucky
in convention assembled congratulate
the country upon the repeal of the
Mckinley tariff law and upon the
evidences we have on every hand or
returning prosperity under the opera
lions of reduced and equaHzed tarllL
legislation, and we denounce as
fraught with danger and disaster the
threats of our Republican adversaries
TO re-establish protective tariff and re-
inaugurate a policy Of unequal tax
ation which. in connection with the
general misgovernment by the Re-
publican party. eliminated in the bust
ness panic of 1898.
.'Second-The Democratic party
which has always stood for a separa-
ton of church and state for the sake
alike of civil and religious freedom,
does not hesitate to condemn all efforts
to create a distinction among citizens
because of differences in faith, as re-
pugnant to an enlightened age and
abhorrent to the instincts of Ameri-
can freemen.
"Third-We re-affirn without quail
fication, the principles, and policies
declared by the national Democratic
platform in 1892, and declare our pres
ent Democratic administration is en-
titled TO the thanks of the party for
its honest, courageous and statesmen
like management of public affairs, and
we express our undiminished conf
dence in the Democracy and patriotism
of President Grover Cleveland and his
distinguished co-adviser and secre-
tary, John C. Carlisle, OF Kentucky"
The Minority Report.
The following is the minority report:
1.-The undersigned members of the COM
nniItee OF resolutions dissent from the
views expressed by the majority of the
! committee on resolutions which is pro-
| posed as an endorsement OF the present
/ national Democratic administration, be-
cause said resolution is ambiguous, Oh
scure and uncertain in its meaning and IS.
| in our opinion, an attempt to straddle the
/ most vital question now attracting the at
tention of the American people and while
the undersigned do not concur in the
! they hero submit. they nevertheless be-
| lieve it is the duty Of the Democratic
| ambiguous terms on this subject. The
| financial policy Of the present ADMINISTERS