The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-06-25

LOU lsNlLLE, n.y., June .t.-lhe DeulO.
cratic state convention hero tomorrow
will bc among tho hottest contests in
tho history oil tho commonwealth.
Many delegates were hcrs oyor Sunday.
All arc hero to-day for tho preliminary
skirmsh In the district meetings. The
polling OF all tho Louisville papers show
the gold delegates to bo In a majority.
Tho silver men dispute their ertiln a,e
and charge Tint tho Louisville papers
claim most OF tho uninstructed delegates
whom those delegates arc equally
divided. Tho lines are drawn on tho
endorsement oithe administration, with
CarlIsle'a friends loading for tho nd.
ninis,ration and Blackburn's friends
against Its financial policy. Gen. Cas-
sius NJ. Clay Is the administration can
ltdate for governor and Gen. P. W.
Hardin Is the auti.admin is,ration can.
dida,e.
Tonight the Sound money" dele.
gates announce oN.Congres5man W. ].
Stone as their candidate for temporary
chairmaa. They say Judge Beckner is
Blackburn's man, who, at the Winches.
ter convention last woek. opposed the
endorsement OF Cleveland and Carlisle.
They will make test on tho vote be.
tween Bcckner and Stone. the latter be.
ing popular with some ailveri.es and
Hardin men. Meantime, tho conserya-
tives want both Bcckncr and Stone to
promise to appoint ono silver man aud
one gold man as membsrs.at-large oil
tho committee on resolutions. and, in
iac,. TO divide equally tho nembers.at.
large OF all the committees.
BITTER FIGHT.
Senator Blackburn, who has moro at
stake at this convention than any OF the
state candidates, aud more even than
Secretary Carlisle, wa. disposed to con-
cede to the conservative plan OF an
equal division OF the menbers at large
on each OF the cotnmittees, but tho rad
ical silver men opposel 1t, and meet
ing OF tho silver mon wns accordingly
called for IL o'clock tonight.
The silver men may bo in conference
all night, preparatory to the fight which
begins in tho congressional district
meetings in the morning.
Tonight the contest between the ad-
ministration and anti-adnini.tration
generals has been moro bitter than ever.
The fighting is for the temporary or
ganization with view to securing the
chairman, two members at largo OF the
committee on resolutions and con.
trolling The rules aud order Of business
so that the nominations shall be maic
before tho platform is adopted. As
General Hardin claim, enough votes to
nominate him, tho "honest money
delegates want the platform adopted
first. There are some delegates iu.
slructod for Hardin who are opposed
to free coinage. General Hardin is
reported to havo said he would insis.
on free silver platform aud when seen
he declined 10 deny it. His fricuds
claim that he should not run on
Carlisle or administration platform
after tho canvass he has mado with
Blackburn and others on tho free coin
age issue.
WANT CLEVELAND DENOUNCED.
There Is conservative CLONE mt
wanting the convention to reaHirm tho
national platform OF 1892 aud 20 no fur
thar on the financial question, but tho
silveritcs any that would imply endorse
mcnt 0! tho administration. Senator
Blackburn iarors tho reallirming OF the
platform OF 1892 with an additional al
iirmntlon that the pledges OF 1892 have
not been fulfilled bv President Glove
land and Secretary Carlisle. Tho con-
'servatiyes argue il General Hardin is
nominated and so>controIs tho con ven
tion rs to prevent tho rcatiirming Of the
national declarations OF 1892. that the
state ticket and platform would DO out.
sd0 OF tho party and that there might
be tomG justification in tho threatened
bolt OF tho ultra gold mon.
The conservatives hopo to havo> the
balancn OF power in the convention, but
they evidently have very little influence
in tho gating that Is going on tonight
for the hschairnaushp and control OF tho
committees. 1t will be fighting to n
fiuish when tho district delegations
meet at 10 n. IN. tomorrow to select
vico presidents and members OF tho
committees aud whom tho convention
assemblies in tho afternoon there will
be general engagement ut tho start.
Tho state committco docs not namo tho
temporary chairman for this conven-
ton in advance. Chairman Carroll, Of
tho state committco. holds tho gavol un-
til tho convention selects its temporary
officers. On which at this time depends
the fate Of senatorial. gubornatorial and
othor candidates and the metallic com.
plcxion Of tho platform.
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