The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-06-04
KENTUCKY'S NEW IDOL
BLACKBURN NOW THE HERO OF
BLUEGRASS STATE DEMOCRACY.
Delegates to Chicago Will he In
structed to Support Him for the
Preside ntiaI Nomination. - :
RED HOT FOR WHITE METAL
FREE-sILvER PLATFORM READY
FOR ADOPTION BY CONVENTION.
sound-Money Men Given No Show
whatevcr-Kansas Democrats Also
for Free Coinage.
RED HOT FOR WHITE METAL
FREsE-sILvER PLATFORM READY
FOR ADOPTION BY CONVENTION.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

| Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
| LEXINGTON. KY. June S-There was
| time when John Griffin Carlisle was the
hero and idol of Kentucky Democrats. They
| repeatedly elected him to Congress, honored
| him with a United States senatorship. pre-
vailed on Mr.. Cleveland to make him Secre
tary of the Treasury. and doomed him as
suitable candidate for the presidency. All
| this was only few years ago. Now the
| Democrats of the Blue Grass State have
| become so infected with the free-silver
craze that Carlisle, because he is sound
money advocate, has been turned down. All
| his good works for Democracy are seeming
| ly forgotten or ignored, and his name is
| actually revled by the more rabid silver
| ties. One delegate to the State convention,
WITCH met here to-day. was heard to say:
'To - with. Cleveland and Carlisle!" In
| fact the sentiment of two-thirds Of the del
egates might be expressed in the same
words whenever the administrations finan-
| cial policy is mentioned.
| In place Of Carlisle, the statesman and
financier. Kentucky Democracy has en-
| thrcned the blatant Blackburn. The Senator
| Is now the leader and autocrat of the ma
jority of his party, and his victory at the
county conventions last Saturday has made
| him hero. 1t has done more; 1t has made
him q candidate for President, and the dele
| gates to Chicago will be instructed to vote
as unit for him. The scheme Is to make
Blackburn the candidate of the South. and
to send Wat P. Hardin, the defeated can
| didate for Governor, to the Senate.
The State convention is ten to one for the
j6-to-1 ratio. 1t was thought before the dis
trict conventions met to-day that the gold
standard men would get the Chicago dele
gates and other representatives out of the
districts, but the Louisville district is the
only one out of the eleven that the gold men
Icontrolled, and the committee credentials
is laboring all night on contests that may
wrest the Fifth district from the gold men
and give solid Kentucky delegation to
Chicago fer silver.
A UNIT FOR BLACKBURN.
The delegation will be instructed to vote
/ as unit for Blackburn at Chicago and
Blackburn is sitting up all night taking part
in the contests before the committee on
credentials. Backburn's concilatory course
was followed IN the resolutions and the ad-
| vice in the speeches of Blackburn and Har-
din not to give one iota OF their victory
| away Is likely to be followed in the re-
port on credentials. in which even bolt to-
districts to-day condemn Secretary Carlisle
by name In their resolutions and all OF the
districts except the Fifth, condemn the ma
tlonal administration, but the committee and
the convention were conservative. The con-
vention at one time attempted to prevent
the Fifth district delegates from voting TIL
the report on credentials was adopted
Col. Joseph K. Hickey, of Missouri. MEM
Der Of the national executive committee, has
been conferring with Blackburn during the
day and 1t is stated the relations between
I q M only plpaSaQt- hut also SatiS-
factory The features OF the day were not
so much the speeches of Blackburn and
them in the hote,, convention hall or Where
ever they appear. Hot fights are expected
tomorrow on credentials and resolutions
J. G. s. Blackburn, w. T; Hardin and John
s. Rhea and w. T.. Ellis have been de-
| termirled on for delegates at large, and w.
K. Wheeler, of Paducah. for, permanent
It was after O'Clock when Chairman
Long called the convention TO order
ehsrman ehS Of the State % Democrarlc ees
last year, when the gold-ssandard men con
vention and committees, in calling the con-
| vention TO order gave an Interesting history
of the Hardin Bradley campaign and the
| cludng as follows: while i, with many
other Democrats. differ with you greatly or
the money issue, and regard it as the issue
Of supreme Importance to our country, ]. as
| a Democrat, submit the issues and results
to the party. The issue will be met by the
ton, and if your position and views pre-
vail and are approved under the ballot my
candid Judgment is that You will be most
| grievously disappointed. We hope that the
4 action of the party here and in Chicago
may be tempered with wisdom and sound
judgment for the best interests of the party
! and for our country, and we shall await the
result. after which the people will pass
judgment at the November election and rem
der their verdict accordingly; Before con
n he m iUrf1l cnssa rn CT <
that Grover Cleveland stands to-day as thu
equal, IN devotion to the best interests ol
our government and faithful service, of any
President taat, has preceded him in office
and the county is Indicted to the Demo.
cratic party for his election, and / doub
john jon G 6. carlisle stands before the pUes liner
lean people to-day as one OF our purest anC
ablest statesman and patriotic public serv.
political Character and official capacity ant
faithfunesS that would make him the mex
Democratic President Of the. United States
If our party could have and exercise thai
clearness OF political foresight that lies be-
| fore u.s."
STORM OF Kisses
There were some cries of dissent durine
Chairman Longs address, and when hS
reached that part OF it referring to Presi
dent Cleveland there was a storm of Kisses
and the demonstration kept up so that few
of the delegates heard what the chairman
address.
There was change OF the scene to one
Of continuous applause when John s. Shea
the champion Of free silver. presented the
name OF Senator Charles j. Bronston, OF
Lexington, for temporary chairman, and alb
sc.ute silence prevailed when Bennett
Young presented Judge Alexander Hum
phreys, OF Louisville, on the part OF the
god-standard men, for temporary chairman
I When Mr.. Young referred to Judge Hum
| ri "a ahlV ha x,iau 81
those great stafesmen-Cleveland and Car
| llsle-he then could not be heard on ac
count or the Kissing and yelling Oil,
James. free-si,ver leader. mounted chail
and begged his fellow-de.egates 10 let Mr.
| Young proceed When the latter was able
to conclude numerous seconding nomination:
were made amid confusion. Chairman Ions
made a most caustc speech in appealing
for order and insisted that there would b.
no call OF the counties until order was re
stored and announced that no one woult
be recognized pending the call Tor appeals
or anything e.se. The call Of the 119 coun
: ties was interrupted by several contested an
nouncements but tho vote was iina9y giver
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