The record-union., 1895-06-27

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of Mercer County was night nominated
! for Governor by the Democratic Conven-
! ton amid the most remarkable scene ever
Z seen in a convention hall. When it be-
! came known that the votes necessary for
Il choice had been secured by Hardin the
! delegates broke into cheers. They jumped
] on chairs, waved their hats in the air and
! burst into a lusty cheer OF appreciation.
! UmUrellas were raised, coats raised to
the ends of canes and elevated i'll the air,
while banners bearing the words Hardin
and Harmony" were waved from the
! border lights of the stage on which the
| Chairman sat. The victory can be as
/ signed TO no other reason than Hardin's 8
personal popularity. The convention
had early in the day adopted gold
standard platform, which refused all
compromise with the advocates of free
coinage, OF whom Mr. Hardin was one
of the foremost in Kentucky. The Clay
men, much encouraged thereby, and be-
! lieving that the convention would refuse
| to place upon lis roll of honor man who
stood so diametrically against its princi-
! piles, was looking for victory, ana the re-
suit was bitter disappointment TO them.
CONVENTION PROCEEDINGS.
| LOUISVILLE, June Z6.-N otwithstand-
/ ing the fact that the delegates sat until
1880 o'clock this morning trying TO trans
act business, they began again bright
| and early this morning, and The Demo-
cratic convention was running by $50
! O'Clock The Louisville delegation was
| the bone of contention. The reports of the
minority and majority of the Committee
! on Credentials were received. The fight
! over these reportB was as hot as if there
! had been millions at stake. Ii plainly
/ showed the temper OF the body, and
promised a bitter fight When the Guber-
material nomination should come up for
consideration.
The convention adopted the majority
report of the Committee on Credentials
as amended by the minority report-44S
TO "A. This was victory tor the Clay
| meu and turned the tide OF the cOnven-
ton. \ scene OF the widest enthusiasm
| ensued. Hats were tossed III the air and
waved in hands of candidates, and II was
several minutes before order could be re-
stored.
The Committee OH Resolutions, through
! it's Chairman, Senator William Lindsay,
reported the majority report as follows:
The undersigned, d majority OF your
| committee, beg leave TO submit as their
report the accompanying resolutions:
F'irst-The Democracy of kentucky. in
convention assem- bied, congratulate the
country upon the repeal OF the Mckinley
| law, and upon the evidences we have on
every hand Of returning prosperity, un-
] der the operations of reduced and equal
/ lied tariff taxation, and we denounce as
fraught with danger anu disaster the
! threat of our Republican adversarles TO
re-establish a protective tariff and to re-
inaugurate policy OF unequal taxation,
which in connection with the Govern
Inent ofthe Republican party, eliminated
| in the business panic OF 1913.
Second-Vhe democratic party, which
| has always stood for the separation OF
! State and church, for the sake alike OF
| civil and religious freedom, does not heSi-
| tate to condemn all efforts to create this
| distinction among clLlZens because of the
! differences in faith, as repugnant to an
enlightened age and abhorrent to the in
| stincts of American freemen.
Third-We affirm without qualification
the principles and policies declared by
the National Democratic platform OF 1892
| and declare that our present National
Administration is entitled to the thanks
! of the party for its honest, courageous
and Stateomanlike management OF affairs,
and we express our confidence in the
purity and patriotism ofCleveland and his
! co-adviser, Secretary J. u. Carlisle.
The other resolutions have only local
interest.
Another scene of great enthusiasm fol-
lowed the reading of the majority report.
The names of tleyeland and Carlisle wore
greeted with loud shouts of Appreciation
John S. Rhea read the following mi
norlty report, which declared for single
gold standard, and which was an effort to
split the gold men:
The undersigned members of the
! Committee on Resolutions dissent from
the views expressed by the ma ority of
tue committee in resolution No. J, which
! is proposed an Endorsement of the
| National Democratic Administration, be-
! cause the resolution Is uncertain in its
! meaning, and is, in our opinion, an at
tempt to straddle the most vital question
! now attracting the attention of Ameri-
! cans and while the undersigned do not
! concur in the views expressed III said
resolution, nor in the views expressed in
| The amendment which they hereby sub
| nit they nevertheless believe 1t the duty
| OF the Democratic party TO express itself
! in clear and uuambiguouS terms on this
| subject The financial policy of the
! present Administration deserves an un-
| qualified Endorsement at the hands of the
! Democratic party Of kentucky. or it
does not deserve such Endorsement, and
with a view of taking the opinion of the
representatives Of the Democratic party
OF kentucky, in convention assemb bled,
we submit the following as an amend-
ment to the said resolution:
ReSo{ved, By the Democrats of X en-
tucky, IN convention assem- bled, that the
nresent Democratic Administration is en-
| titled to the thanks of the whole country
for its management of public affairs, and
we further declare that credit is due the
| Administration from the whole country.
The undersigned mem bers believing
that the Democratic party OF hentuck y
should plainly declare In favor of BIZ
metallism or the gold standard, ofler the
! following as q separate resolutions:
Resotued, That we believe in the coin
ace of both gold and silver as the pri-
mary money of the country into legal
tender dollars receivable in payment OF
all its debts. public and private, upon
terhls of exact equality.
The minority report was signed by
three mem bers of the committee.
Mr. Rhea offered a separate resolution
to strike out tue words 'lS92," !" thus max
ing complete Endorsement OF the whole
Democratic platform. This constituted
the third report OF the Commltlee on
Resolutions.
J. b. McCreary. who signed the major
ity report, insisted it should be adopte ed.
The National Administration is entitled
to the respect Of the Democrats of Ken
lucky" said he. I'VE can 90 forth to-
day and say we are not ashamed oi
Grover Cleveland There is only one
way we can win this fight-to stand up
ior the platform OF 1892 upon which the
party won its last great fight, aud indurse
the present Administration
Harvey Meyers leaped upon the stage
and, waving a paper in the face OF The
Chairman. claimed that big mistake
had been made in the minority reDOrL O