Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1895-06-29
HARDIN IN THE LEAD
Silver Candidate VIII Show Up
Strong at Louisville.
SENATOR BLACKBURN ISACTIVE
II lie Is Made Chairman i.entack, -.
noeraey viii Probably Declare
for Free Coinaac.

, A~3t'A9Nllie, hE-, June 24.-IOnight til
sound money delegates IL the stat
democratic convention cnose ex-Con
gresham w. J. Stone as candidate 70
temporary chairman. They say Judg
iechner IS Blackbuln's man. At In.
Winchester convention last week he op
posed the Endorsement of Cleveland anl
Carlisle. They Will make a test on The
/ vote between HecI1ner and Stone, thu
latter being popular with some silver.
ties and Hardin men.
The conservatives want both Heclnef
| ana Stone to promise TO appoint one
| silver man and one gold man as mem
/ bers at large of the committee on res0-
| buttons; in fact, to divide equally tI,a
| members at large Of all the commit
tees. Blackburn, who has more at stake
at this convention than any OF the state
| candidates, was disposed to c0ncede to
the conservative plan Of an equal di-
vision of members at large on each OF
! the committees, but the radical silver
men opposed it and meeting Of silver
men was accordingly called for II
clock tonight. The silver mon NAV
be in conference all night preparatory
to the fight which begins with the con-
efessiOnal district meeting in the NOM
ing.
Tonight the contest between the ad
ninistrati0n and ti-admi1js!ratjon
delegates has been more bitter than
ever. The fighting is for temporary
organization, With the view to securing
Two members at large, committee on
resolutions and control Of committees
On rules and order Of business, 50 that
nomination shall be made before the
platform is adopted. AS long as IIar-
Qlh claims enough votes to nominate
hlm, the honest money delegates want
the platform adopted first There is a
element wanting the con-
Eehuon TO featfirm the national plat
torn OF 1892 and to go no further OH
the final conclusion, but the silverites
say that would simply be an indorsc-
ment Of the administration Senator
Blackburn faVors reaffirming the plat
form Of 1882, with an additional affirm
alton that the pledges Of 1892 have nor |
been fulfilled by President Cleveland |!
and Secretary Carlisle. The conserya- /
tlFes argue that if General Hardin is |
and so controls the CON
Nenuon as to prevent the reatfirning
he state ticket and platform would be
outside OF the party and that there
might be some justification in the
threatened bolt OF the ultra gold men
HARDIN IN THE lead.
The Post which strongly supports the
administration financial policy, today
l&5 a poll Of delegates, showing 435 for
iarGin $7o for Clay, 60 doubtful. The
'ost says:
There are SIS delegates. 44o necessary
or choice, and the polling indicates that
Hardin lacks only five votes. The
Hardin men say they have the five
'otes, but this is not BY any means GER
ain. General G. Gordon Williams was
efeated 16 years ago by James B. Me
'feary when within five votes of n0n1f-
alton"
Ex-Governor Bucllner publishes a
ard today sayins that he would not
ccept the nomination for governor
'uckner is q candiate for senator ON
he sound money platform, and vii!
ave nothing else.
ARKANSAS FOR SILVER.