St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-06-27

ism of President Grover Cleveland
and his distinguished co-advisers, and
Secretary John G. Carlisle, of Ken
tucky.''
THE MINORITY.
The names of President Cleveland
and Secretary Carlisle were received
with prolonged applause.
Ex-Congressman w. T. Ellis pre-
sented the minority report, when
John S. Rhea took the floor to read
it himself, and not trust to the sec
retary. 1t sought to load down the
majority, rather than advocate their
own wishes. and was as follows:
THE undersigned members of the
committee on resolutions dissent from
views expressed by the majority of the
committee on resolutions, which is pro-
posed as an Endorsement of the present
national Democraticic administration,
because the said resolution is ambigu-
Gus, obscure and uncertain in it's mean
ing, and is in our opinion an attempt
to straddle the most vital question now
attracting the attention of the Amer-
can people. And, while the undersign-
ed do not concur in the views expressed
in said resolution, nor In the views. .ex-
pressed in the amendment which they
here submit, they nevertheless believe
that 1t is the duty of the Democratic
party to express itself in clear and
unambiguous terms on this subject.
The financial policy of the present
Democratic administration deserves an
unqualified Endorsement at the hands
of the Democratic party of kentucky
or it does not deserve such indorse-
ment, and with a view of taking the
opinion of the representatives Of the
Democracy of Kentucky I'm convention
assembled, we submit the following as
an amendment to said resolution:
Resolved, By the Democrats Of KEN
lucky, in convention assembled, that
the present Democratic administration
is entitled to the thanks OF the whole
country for it's statesmanIike manage
ment of public affairs, and we fur
ther declare that both President Cleve-
land and Secretary Carlisle are enti-
tied to the unqualified Endorsement of
the American people for maintaining
the gold standard, and thus maintain
ing the credit of the government, and
their issuance of s160,00O.O 600 of interest
bearing bonds is hereby expressly in
dorsed
1.-THE undersigned members of the
committee on resolutions, believing
that the Democratic party of Kentucky
should plainly declare in favor of true
bimetallism or the gold standard, offer
the following as a separate resolution,
and ask it's adoption:
Resolved, That we believe in the
coinage of both gold and silver as. the
primary money of the country into
legal tender dollars, receivable in pay
ment of all its debts, public and pri-.
vate, upon terms of exact equality"
Mr.. Rhea made a most vigorous
argument, and offered a second or
supplemental minority report, which
simply reafirmed the national plat
form of the party of 1892, and urged
it's adoption as a measure of expe-
diency, owing to the divergent views
in the party in Kentucky on the
financial question. Congressman FL
lis opened the debate for the minori-
ty report. Ex-Gov. James B. Nc
Creary, who is a candidate for the
senate, made vigorous appeal for
the Kentucky Democracy co-operat-
ing with Cleveland, Carlisle and the
Democracy as it's principles had been
declared in 1892. Senator Blackburn
sat Immediately back of the speaker.
When McCreary argued that there
was no room for two Democratic
parties in Kentucky, the sound mon
ey men cheered loudly. Mr.. Nc
Creary opposed the minority report
and its supplement most vigorously,
and held the floor Notwithstanding
calls for Blackburn and other. dis
turbances.
After McCreary concluded the
Hardin men insisted on recount Of
the vote by which the minority re-
port was substituted for the major
ity report on credentials, and the
convention hall for. some time resem-
bled riot. The secretaries discov-i
cred errors, and Chairman Berry am
nounced that the correction would be
made later if. the delegates would al
low the consideration of the resolrl-
tions to proceed. John S. Rhea was
e"SNOA oSo ehC liOOi, dllQ OuCll
vigorous speech against the major
aity report on resolutions as to stop
all disturbances and command the
closest attention. Mr.. Rhea de-
nounced President Cleveland and
Secretary Carlisle in as bitter and ell
oquent words as the queens Eng
.lish could furnish. When he quoted
Henry Watterson as saying in 1892,
Nominate Grover Cleveland and
you rush from slaughter house.
into an open grave" with the senti-
ment of the convention against him,
Mr.. Rhea not only brought it to or
der, but also commanded its closest
attention for a long time in his phil
ippic on Cleveland and Carlisle as
the associates of Rothschild and
Morgan, and not of the people. Ja-
cob Rowe followed Mr.. Rhea with
another philippe on the adminfstra-
ton and in support Of the minority
report and its supplemental resolu-i
tions. He wanted to compromise by
substituting the platform of 1892 and