The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-26
SCENES OF TUMULT.
Disorder Characterizes the Ken
tuckyDemOcratic Convention.
Hardin Men CryFraud and Rush
at the Platform.
BITTERLY ATTACKED.
Mr.. Rhea Launches Into the
Cleveland Administration.
The AnimOsityBetween the Two
Factions Grows Stronger.
Silver Men Knocked Out on the
Resolutions.
They IndOrse Both Cleveland
and Carlisle.
BITTERLY ATTACKED
Mr.. Rhea Launches Into the
Cleveland Administration.
They IndOrse Both Cleveland
and Carlisle.

duu OdT1lSACs
LOUISVILLE, June 26.-The Demo
! cratic state convention re-assembled at
9:3O promptly after having adjourned at
2 a. m. in the midst of unusual disorder.
| Yesterday the Hardin men were con-
sidered largely in the lead notwithstand-
ing the fact that Hardin and Blackburn
had been canvassing the state in their
mutual interests on the issue of free
coinage, and that the anti-silver men had
carried a majority of the district meet
ings and organized the convention so as
to control it as decidedly as the commit
J tee On resolutions.
All along there were many Sound
money" delegates for Hardin, notwith-
standing his pronounced views for silver.
! there were not so many silver men Tor
Clay who agreed with Carlisle and the
administration on the financial question.
| The Clay men won their first point in
preventing any nomination last night In
/ the hope of gaining time, so as to get the
anti-silver men away from Hardin.
1t was for this reason that Hardin's
forces fought SO desperately last
night to force nomination
before adjournment. Meantime the
fight between IL ardin and Clay for
governor intensified in aggressiveness
and bitterness. Everybody knew what
the platform was to be, although they
could not anticipate the struggle IN dis
posing of the minority reports on resolu-
tions.
| The interest however, centered in the
nomination for governor and the old sill
! yer question was invojved in that tigh
as the views of Clay and Hardin were as
divergent as those of Carlisle and Black
burn.
Today the fight by the Hardin men was
to have nominations precede the report
on platform so that the Clay men could
not see that the platform was unsuited
for Hardin. Meantime the Clay men
were working for the adoption of the
majority report on resolutions as a hand
leap to Hardin, and for its introduction
before nominations were called for.
When the convention adjourned in the
early hours of the morning the pending
proposition was on the minority report
| from the committee on reso. .utions and
the discussion thereon was resumed.
After discussing an hour and half the
motion to substitute the minority report
ou resolutions for the majority report,
the call of 119 counties began.
The Clay men favored the substitute
and the Hardin men opposed it. As the
vote was considered test of strength il
was watched with great interdst and re-
sulted-448 ayss, 425 nays.
The result was greeted with loud
cheering by the Clay men.
The Hardin men rushed to the plat
form, charged false counting and fraud.
! This created a tumultuous scene which
was finally checked by crowding Senator
Lindsay through the fighters to the front
of the platform, when he opened another
hot contest by presenting the majority
report 1t was signed by nine of the
thirteen members and read:
To the Democratic Convention in session al
Louisville:
The undersigned, a majority of your
committee. beg leave to submit as their
report the accompanying resolutions:
First-The Democracy of Kentucky in
convention assembled congratulate the
country upon the repeal of the McKin
lev tariff law, and upon the evidence
we have on every hand of returning
prosperity under the operations of re-
duced and equalized tariff legislationi
and we denounce as fraught witt
danger and disaster the threa
of our Republican adversaries tt
re-establish a protective tariff and to re
inaugurate policy of unequal taxation
which in connection with general mis-
government by the Republican party
eliminated in the business panic o.
1898.
Second-The Democratic party which
has always stood for the separation o
church aud state for the sake alike o
: civil and religious freedom, does not hes
itate to condemn all efforts to create
distinction among citizens, because o
J differences of faith as repugnant to al
J enlightened age and abhorrent to the in
} stincts of American freemen.
Third-We reaffirm without qualifica
: ton, the principles and policies declared
! by the national Democratic platform 0
: 1892, and declare that Onr present Demo
: cratic administration is entitled to th
thanks of the party for its honest, cour
ageous and statesmanlike Management
of public affairs; and we express our IN
, diminished confidence in the democrsc
and patriotism of President Grove
Cleveland and his distinguished co. ad
visors and Secretary John g. Carlisle c
l Kentucky
: The names of President Cleveland an
Secretary Carlisle were received wit
prolonged applause.
Ex-Congressman w. T. Ellis presente
the minority report, when John s. Rhe
took the floor to read them himself, an
not trust to the secretary.
The silver men sought to load dow
the majority rather than advocate thei
own views It is:
4 Resolved, By the Democracy of Ker
: lucky in convention assembled, that tn
| present Democratic administration is or