The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-25
THE KENTUCKY CONTEST
1t Narrows Down to a Fight Be-
tween Gold and Silver.
BOTH SIDES CLAIM A MAJORITY.

Senator Blackburn Making a vigorous
Fight Against the Adherents of seore-
tary Carlisle, and National Politics Enter
Largely Into the Fight for Supremacy.
LOUISVILLE, June 25-The Democratic
state convention here will be among the
the hottest contests in the history of the
commonwealth. The polling Of all the
Louisville papers show the gold delegates
to be in the majority. The silver men dis
pute their estimate, and charge that the
Louisville papers claim most of the unin-
Btructed delegates when those delegates
are equally divided The lines are down
on the Endorsement of the administration,
with Carlisle's friends leading for the ad-
ministration and Blackburn's friends
against It's financial policy
General Cassius NJ Clay is the admins
tration candidate for governor, and Gen
eral p. w. Hardin is the anti i-administra-
ton candidate. Ex-Governor Buckner
publishes card that he would not accept
the nomination for governor, and insists
that the sound money Democrats must Sc
lect some other man if they cannot nomi-
nate General Clay General BuCkner says
he is a candidate for senator on sound
money platform, and will have nothing
else
The fighting is for the temporary or
ganization, with a view to securing the
chairman, two members at large of the
committee on resolutions and controlling
the rules and order of business so that
nominations shall be made before the plat
form is adopted. As General Hardin
claims enough votes to nominate him, the
''honest money delegates want the plat.
form adopted first. There are some dele
gates instructed for Hardin who are op-
posed to free coinage. General Hardin Is
reported to have said he would insist on a
free silver platform, and when seen be de-
clined to deny 1t. His friends claim that
he could not run or a Carlisle or admin
istrative platform, and the canvass has
been made with Blackburn and others on
the free coinage issue.
There is a conservative element want
ing the convention to reafIirm the national
platform of 1892, and go no further on the
financial question, but the silverites say
that would imply Endorsement of the ad-
ministration. Senator Blackburn favors
the reatfirming of the platform of 1892
with an additional affirmation that the
pledges of 1892 have not been fulfilled by
President Cleveland and Secretary Car
Isle
The conservatives argue that if General
Hardin is nominated, and so controls the
convention as 10 prevent the reaffirming
of the national declaration of 1892 that
! the state ticket and platform would be
outside the party, and that there might be
/ some justification in the threatened bolt
of the ultra gold men. The conservatives
propose to have the balance of power in
! the convention, but they evidently have
very little influence in the fighting that is
going on for the craftsmanship and con
! troll of the committees.
The state committee does not name the
temporary chairman for this convention
in advance Chairman Carroll, of the
state committee, holds the gavel till the
convention selects its temporary chair
man, and the first thing in order is the
election of temporary officers, on which al
this time depends the fate of the sena
torial, gubernatorial and other candidates
and the metallic complexion of the plat
| form.
The sound money" delegates an
nounced X-Congressman w. J. Stone al
their candidate for temporary chairman
They say Blackburn's man is Judg
Becker, who at the Winchester conven
tion last week opposed the Endorsement o
Cleveland and Carlisle. They will max
a test case ON the vote between Becke
and Stone, the latter being popular witt
some silverites and Hardin men. Mean
time the conservatives want both Becke
and Stone to promise to appoint one sil
yer and one gold man as members a
large of the committee on resolutions
and, in fact, to divide equally the mem
bers at large of all committees.
Senator Blackburn, who has more a
stake at this convention than any of tn
other candidates, and more even tha
Carlisle, was disposed to concede to tn
conservative plan of an equal division G
the members at large on each of the CON
mittees.