The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-25
Today Democratic State Con-
vention Meets at Louisville.
BOTH SIDES CLAIM A MAJORITY.
Silver Men Will Try to Have Nomi-
nations Preeede Platform.
The Candidates for Governor Arc Cas-
sius NJ. Clay's son and gen. Hardin
Blackburn and Ex-Gov. Buckner
After the Senatorship.

Louisville, Ky. June .i-The Demo-
cratic state convention tomorrow will ne
one Of the hottest contests in the history
of the commonwealth. All the delegates
are here today for the preliminary skir-
ulish in the district meetings. a polling
OF all by the Louisville papers show that
the gold delegates are In the majority.
The silver men charge that the l.ouisville
papers claim most Of the delegation unin-
strGcted while they are equally divided.
The lines are drawn on Endorsement OF
the administration. with Cariisles friends
leading for the administration and
Blackburn's friends against its fiuancial
policy Cassius NJ. Clay. jr., IS the ad-
ministration candidate for governor. Gen.
T. W. Hardin is the anti-administration
candidate.
The silver men viii try 20 force the
nominations before the adoption OF tho
platform. The gold men are bitterly op-
posed 10 this order OF business, as they
claim Hardin is stronger than the free
silyerites. The first test OF strength viii
come tomorrow on the selection OF tenn
porary chairman. who has the appoint
ment OF two members al large on all
committees. II is estimated that the gold
men will have six and the silver men five
on the committee on resolutions from tho
districts. but IL the silver men secure the
temporary organization the platform ma
kers viii stand 10 8. This is the tight
being made today.
Tonight the sound money delegates
chose ex-Congressman W. J. Stone as
their candidate for temporary chairman
They say Judge Beckner is Blackhurns
man They will make a test on the vote
between Besskner and Stone, the latter
being popular with some of the siHerites
and Hardin men. Meantime the conserv-
atives want both Beckner and Stone to
promise 10 appoint one silver and one
gold man as members at large OF the
committee on resolutions, and in fact TO
divide equally the members AZ large or
all the committees.
Senator Blackburn. who has more at
stake at this convention than any of tho
state candidates and more even than Sec
retary Carlisle. was disposed TO concedo
TO the conservative plan of an equal di-
vision of the members AZ large on each or
the committees but the radical silver
men oppose II, and a meeting of the sill
yer men was called for I'll o'clock tonight.
The silver men may be in conference all
night preparatory TO the fight which be-
gins in the congressional district meet
ings ip the morning,
Tonight the contest between the admin
istration and observation-disclosures delegates
has been more bitter than ever. The
fighting Is fof temporary organization.
with a view to securing the chairman
and two members at large of the commit
tee on resolutions and controlling tho
rales and order OF business so that nomi-
nations shall be made before the platform
is adopted.
The Post. which strongly supports the
adm ministration's financial policy today
has a poll Of delegates showing 40 for
Hardin, SIS for Clay. o. doubtful. The
Post says: There are SIS delegates. 40
necessary to a choice. and the polling in
dicates that Hardin lacks only five votes.
The Hardin men say they have the five
votes. This is not by any means certain.
Gen G. Gordon Williams was defeated
sixteen years ago by James B. McCreary
when within five votes OF the nomina-
ton"
Ex-Gov. Buckrer publishes a card today
saying he would not accept the nominal
tfon for governor. Buckner is a candi-
date for senator on the sound money
platform and will have nothing else.