The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-06-29
Silver Candidate viii Show Up
Strong at Louisville.
SENATOR BLACKBURN IS ACTIVE
II lie Is Made Chairman Kentucky De.
moeraey VIII Probably Declare
for Free Coinage.

Louisville, KY, June 24.-Tonight the
Sound money" delegates to the state
democratic convention chose ex-Con-
gresham w. j. Stone as candidate for
temporary chairman. They say Judge
Heckner is Blackburn's man. At the
Winchester convention Iast week he OPP
posed the Endorsement of Cleveland and
Carlisle. They will MAKE test on the
vote between Heckner and Stone, the
latter being popular with some silver
ties and Hardin men.
The conservatives want both Heckner
and Stone to promise to appoint one
silver man and one gold man as MEM
bers at large of the committee on reso-
buttons; in fact, to divide equally the
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 concede 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 a meeting of silver
men was accordingly called for II
o'clock tonight. The silver men may
be in conference all night preparatory
to the fight which begins with the con-
gressional district meeting in the morn
ing.
Tonight the contest between the adj
ministration and anti-administration
delegates has been more bitter than
ever. The fighting is for temporary
organization, with the view to securing
two members at large. a committee on
! resolutions and control of committees
on rules and order of business, so that
nomination shall be made before the
| platform is adopted. AS long as Har-
din claims enough votes to nominate
him, the honest money delegates want
the platform adopted first. There is a
conservative element wanting the con-
vention to reaffirm the national plat
form of 1892 and to go no further on
the final conclusion, but the silverites
say that would simply be an indorse-
ment of the administration Senator
Blackburn favors reaffirming the plat
form of 1892 with an additional affirm
alton that the pledges of 1892 have not
been fulfilled by President Cleveland
and Secretary Carlisle. The conserva-
tives argue that If General Hardin is
nominated and so controls the con-
vention as to prevent the reaffirming
of the national declarations of 1892, that
the 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
administrators financial policy, today
has a poll of delegates, showing 435 for
Hardin, 37S for Clay, 65 doubtful The
Post says:
There are SIS delegates, 44O necessary
for choice, and the polling indicates that
Hardin LACKS only five votes. The
Hardin men say they have the five
votes. but this is not by any means GER
tain. General c. Gordon williams was
defeated 16 years ago by James B. Nc
Creary when within five votes of nomi-
nation"
Ex-Governor Buckner publishes a
card today saying that he would noI
accept the nomination for governor
Buckner is a candidate for senator on
the sound money platform, and will
have nothing else.
ARKANSAS FOR SILVER.
Little Rock, Ark, June PA poll oil
the democratic state committee on the
currency question has been made by 8
newspaper of this city. Out Of a tota
membership of 10 letters are published
from II committeeman. Eleven favor
the free, Independent and unlimited
coinage of silver, six favor the golo
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