The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-04
SILVER MEN IN THE LEAD
4 DAY OF IRIUMPH FOR SgNATOE
 BLACkBURN AND HIS ELEMENT.

They Were Not Disposed to be Magnani-
 nous and Despite tho Pacific Advice of
 Senator Blackburn the Gold Mon Were
 Shown Scant Courtesy-Clev Yelled
 at and Carlisles Name Was Greeted With
 Jeers-Kentucky Democrats Excited.
 Lexington, Ky, June 3.-This was a
 day of triumph for Senator Blackburn
 and the free silver element of the blue
 grass democracy. The white metal ad- vocates outnumbered their opponents in
 the state convention to 1, but hey were not disposed to be magnanimous, and despite the pacific advice of MT. Blackburn the gold men were shown scant courtesy.
 State Chairman Long called the con- vention to order at 40 this afternoon.
 In closing he said Grover Cleveland
 stands to-day as the equal in devotion to the best interests Of our government and faithful service of any president
 that has preceded him. and the country
 is indebted to the party for his election, and doubt not the convention will give
 him their votes''
 This was the signal for scene. The silver men yelled and shouted and cre- ated such disturbance that the chair
 man could scarcely proceed, and when he said:
 John C.. Carlisle stands before the American people as one of the purest
 and ablest statesmen" jeers drowned his voice.
 The name of c. J. Brewster was pre- sented for chairman by the silver men.
 He was selected He addressed the
 convention, and after he had finished J.
 S. Rhea, the noted orator, made a brief speech, counselling harmony Then Senator Blackburn appeared on the platform. The delegates rose as
 one, waved their hats, umbrellas and
 handkerchiefs, or whatever else they
 had handy and cheered several lnin-
 utes before they would allow him to
 speak. The senator told of his years
 of service to the party and said that
 while he had suffered much at the
 hands of democrats who opposed :he
 policy he advocated, he had no animos- | ity against those who had fought him. He counselled harmony and urged his | lIltIluS lO Ut Sc1ltIOuS dlld QllILC NllII 1 the opposition without surrendering any of the principles for which they l fought.
 The convention was called to order again at o'clock tonight, but the committee on credentials and other committees were not ready to rep ,rt. | Speeches were made by Evan E. Set- tie, free silver candidate for congress from the Ashland district; General
 Hardin and others, after which the con- vention adjourned until 10 a. m. to- | morrow.
 KANSAS DEMOCRATS. Topeka, Kan. June 3.-The Demos cratic state convention to elect dele- gates to the national convention met l in this city this morning and perfected a temporary organization by the elec- l ton of Barney Sheridan as chairman. | After the appointment of the usual ! committees an adjournment was taken
 until this afternoon. The convention | is absolutely under the control of the | free silver element.
 | When the convention reassembled it | elected delegates to the national con- vention and adopted a platform which commended the administration in so i far as regards Cleveland's vigorous l foreign policy, his efforts for tariff re- l form, his firm stand toward Spain and the Americans in Cuban prisons but
 which demanded the free and unlimited coinage of both gold and silver at a
 ration of 16 to 1 without any effort to- ward international agreement. The
 platform instructed the delegates to
 vote for no man for the presidential
 nomination not holding well known
 views favoring free silver. The great
 majority of delegates were in favor of 1 fusion with anti-republican parties on 1 state and congressional tickets.