The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-06-05
CANVASS
FREE sILVERITES PLACED IN CON-
IR0L IN KENTUCKY.


Lexington, Ky, June 4.--The demo-
cratic state convention reassembled at
$3.50 this morning, but it was after 1O:SO
before the committees could report, the
committee on credentials aaying been
in session continuously all light. Sen
ator Blackburn was accorded rouslng
ovation on entering the hall
The committee on permanent organi-
cation reported complete reorgaui.a-
ton of county committees as Well as
state organization, silver men being nut
in charge with Major p. P. Johnston
of Lexington chairman of both the
state executive committee and the state
central committee. This will cause the
removal of the state headquarters from
Louisville to Lexington.
Colonel w. c. p. Breckenridge was
called for repeatedly during the wait
for the report of the comittees. He de-
livered an address which was listened
to with close attention. He said the
recent silver victory was due to dis
tress and discomfort. and it's results
would be temporary.
The committee on credentials report
ed for an equal division of the vote be-
tween the contestants in Kenton coun-
ty, the home of Secretary Carlisle, and
for seating the silver delegates in place
of the music hall or Haldeman delega-
ton from Louisville. The report gave
the silver men forty votes more than
they cast yesterday for Bronston for
temporary chairman.
Long discussion ensued on that part
of the majority report unseating the
gold standard delegates from Louis
vile, Colonel H. M. Stone leading for
the sound money men and G. T. Finn
for the silver men. Mr.. Finn finally
demanded a call of the 119 counties on
the adoption of the majority report.
The majority report on credentials
was adopted--yeas 678, nays 214. Some
counties did not vote. The delegates
from the Forty-eighth legislative dis
trict at Louisville retired on the an
nouncement of the vote.
g Two reports were submitted from the
committee on resolutions. The major
ity report, prepared by the silver men,
reaffirmed in general its first section,
the principles of the democratic party
and continued as follows:
g We are in favor of an honest dol
lar, dollar worth neither more nor
less than one hundred cents We favor
bimetallism, and to that end we de-
mand the free and unlimited coinage
of both gold and silver at the ratio of
1C to 1, as standard money, with equal
legal tender power, independent of the
action or advice Of any other nation.
8. We hold that the secretary of the
treasury should exercise his legal right
to redeem all coin obligations in gold
and silver, as may be more conven-
lent and we are opposed to the issuance
of bonds in time of peace for the main
tenance of the gold reserve or for any
other purpose.
4. We are opposed to the national
banking system, and to any enlarge
ment of it's powers, and opposed to any
contraction of the currency by the re-
tirement Of the greenbacks or other
wise
S. We declare it to be fundamental
principle of democracy that the federal
government has no constitutional
power to impose and collect tariff duties
except for the purpose of revenue only
and the collection of such taxes should
be limited to the necessities of the gov
eminent honestly and economically adj
ministered.
6. The democratic party has ever been
the party Of personal liberty and relig-
ious freedom, and is now and has al
ways been opposed to any union of
church and state. 1t is opposed to the
enactment of all laws the purpose or
design Of which is to sustain or en-
ar
to any law, organization, or society, re-
ligious or political, secret or otherwise,
that tends to prescribe any citizen for
or on account Of his religious belief, or
to apply any such test as qualification
for public office.
The seventh section is devoted to de-
nunciation Of Governor Bradley, and
the eighth declares the support of the
! party nominee to be the true test of
party fealty.
The last section instructs delegates at
Chicago to vote for Senator ]. s. Black
burn for the nomination for president.
The minority report was presented
by A. ]. Carroll, member of the COM
mittee from Louisville. 1t omitted the
endorsement of Blackburn, and it's fl
nancial plank was as follows:
we insist upon a Hrm maintenance
of the present legal standard of value
with such use of legal tender silver
1 coins and paper convertible into coin
I on demand as can be maintained with
out impairment or endangering the
credit OF the government or diminish
ing the purchasing or debt-paying
4 power of the money in the hands of the
4 people, and in the, absence of an inter
4 national agreement we protest against
I the free coinage of silver or the COM
( pulsory purchase of silver bullion by
the United States as injurious to the in
dustrial and commercial interests of
4 the country, and especially disastrous
to the interests of the farmer and the
| laboring man.
The report of the committee on per-
| manent organization was adopted and
| Mr. Wheeler took the chair He made
I o plea for harmony.
Senator Blackburn, P. w. Hardin,
|sJohn S. Rhea and congressman w.
IT. Ellis were elected delegates at large
! Ito the Chicago convention by acclama-
tion.
The majority report of the committee
bn resolutions was passed with
whoop.
The electors for the state at large are