The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-27

LOUISVILLE. KY. June 26.-The Dem.
ocratic State convention of Kentucky
has certainly endorsed the administra-
tion with special tributes to President
Cleveland and his distinguished pad
wiser, Secretary John G. Carlisle.
No outing WAS ever productive of
more effective results than that of SEQ.
rotary Carlisle to kentucky and the
Memphis convention The silverites,
including Senator Blackburn, attribute
their defeat to the recent speeches Of
Carlisle and their circulation that was
given them
The free coinage men do not deny
that they'expect TO control the conven-
ton and all It's committees, platform
and nominations. They fought gamely
TO finish and acknowledge their de-
feat. although they make charges about
the way IL was done. The free silver
mon were beaten yesterday in the dis
trics meetings that selected Nom bers OF
the various committees in the selec sion
OF Judge w. M. Beckner for temporary
chairman, and Congressman A. S. Berry
for permanent chairman, and in the or.
gsntzation OF the committee on resolu-
lions, as we'll az In the organization Of
other committees.
adoption of the minority report of Gre
denstals, seating Clay's sound money
delegates, as we'll as under the edop.
tion of the majority report on resolu-
tions for sound money and the endorse
ment OF President Cleveland and Secre.
tpy Carlisle. The convention was q
record breaker In great speeches as
we'll as in other respects.
General Hardin, the candidate for
governor, Is as pronounced for free silver
as Senator Blackburn, and made his
race against Clay on that issue. lie was
not, however, objectionable to the many
sound money delegates.
The Democratic State convention re-
assembled at $3.50 promptly this morn
ing after having adjourned at a. M In
the midet OF unusual disorder.
Yesterday the Hardin men were con-
stdered largely in the lead, notwith-
standing the fact that the Hardin and
Blackburn men had been canvassing
the State in their mutual interests on
the Issue Of free coina:e and that the
anti silver men had carried q majority
OF the distriGt meetings and organized
the convention 90 as to control it de-
cidedly as to the committee on resolu-
lions.
All along there we're many "sound
money" delegates for Hardin, notwIth
standing his pronounced views for sill
yer. The Clay men won their frst
point in preventing any nomination
last night in the hope OF gaining time,
30 as to get the anti-silver men away
from Hardin. 1t was for this reason
that Hardin's forces fought 80 desper-
ately last night to force nomination
before adjournment.
Meantime the fight between Hardin
and Clay for governor intensified in ag-
gressiveness and bitterness. Every
body knew what the platform WAS to be,
although they could not anticipate the
struggle In disposing of the minority
reports on silver. They sought to load
down the majority rather than advo.
cate their own views.
To-day the fight by the Hardin men
was to have nominations precede the
report on platform, so that the Clay
men would not see that the platform
was unsuited to Hardin. After discuss
ing an hour and half the motion to
substitute the minority report ON Gre.
dentiala for the majority report, the
call Of counties began. The Clay men
favored the substitute, and the Hardin
opposed 1t. AS the vote was considered
test of strength, 1t was watched with
great interest and resulted AS ave and
425 nay.
The result was greeted with loud
cheering by the Clay men. The Hardin
men rushed to the platform, charged
false counting and fraud and created
En-
finally settled by crowding Senator
Lindsay through the fighters to the
front OF the platform, when he opened
another hot contest by presenting the
majority report.
The financial plank of the majority
report was at follows: We reaffirm
without qualification the principles and
policies declared by the national Demo
cratic platform of '92, and declare that
our present Democratic ad mini stration
is entitled to the thanks of the party
for Its courageous and statesmanlike
management Of public affairs, and we
express our undiminished confidence In
the Democracy and patriotism of Presi-
dent Grover Cleveland, his disttn.
guished CO. advisers and Secretary John
e.. Carlisle, OF Kentucky.
The names of President Cleveland
and Secretary Carlisle were received
with prolonged applause. Ex-Congress-
man w. T. Ellis presented the minority
reports when John S. Rhea took the
floor 20 read them himself and not trust
them to the secretary. Resolved, by
the Democrats Of Kentucky In convenr
ton assembled, that the present'Demo
cratic administration is entitled to the
thanks Of the whole country for It's
statesmanlike management OF public
affsirs 8 nd wa fnrthar anlara IN ha,h