Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-04-23
BRADLEY INDORSED.
The Resolutions Oppose the Free and
Unlimited Coinage OF Silver,
Aud Express sympathy for Struggling Gu
bans Th" Calling out of the Troops at
Frankfort Approved Wm.McI<inIcy
Second Choice-DcIcgntcs Selected.

Frankfort Approved Wm.AIcI\inIcy
Second Choice-DcIcEntcs Selected.
LoVISvuIU Ky. Arm ~ Over seventeen
hundred delegates, hail as many ullrrpatcs
aud twiC" ns many republicans .ud republican
oniccholdcr~. have arrived M the CITY to at
tcud the republican state cuuyeuitop WclGcs-
lay.
OF the |. 200 delegate about S,0 are iustruct-
ell for bradley, 'aofor Mckinley and 10 un-
Instructed
OF the district delegates Bradley has y aud
Mckinley 10
1hr Bradley forces Tuesday night liked ap
this slate Tor delegates from the state Jt Itr.r.
John W. Ncrkcs. pauvillc
Lew l.. Turlton. Frankfort
q ID y Hobson Owcn,boro
The state central committee met 1t the Calf
house ut nine o'clock Tuesday uI"ht aud 81
fectcd temporary organization by s,lrr'ius
Gov Bradlcy's brother-lu-lIw, judge Il n
Morrow. or Somerset. Tor temporary chairman
and Editor Edward Roberts. OF Owcnsroru.
temporary secretary.
The state advisory board OF the \ l. A held
a meeting at noon aud It wa, decided that Il
would he best for the A. l. a delegates To- the
republican convention not To vote Iu endorse
the candidacy Of either bradley or Mckinley
This is considered a Mckinley victory
In a speech at Linton hall "Wednesday morn
advisory board OF the \ 4 \. stated that tho
Catholic church was banking Mckinley with
the hope OF killing the \ l.. \ ism In the re-
publican PARTY In the event OF Mckinley sue
cess
The delegates from the state at large II the
national convention will probably he W J.
Doe. of Marion county: Col Lew l. Tarlctun.
of Lexington. = r. Srith, a Negro preacher
OF Owensburo. and either Cen T. 4 IIuhrou.
of Green county. or Col Albert Scott. of this
city all Bradley men. Gov Bradley claimed
Wednesday morning that he will control 1000
out of the 600 votes in the convention.
1t was shortly after two o'clock when tho
convention was called TO order ia the TT. audi
torium Over the stage swung large banner
with the word Welcome" IN big letters, The
chandeliers and the big wooden POSTS in the
body OF the building were wrapped with col
ored bunting Big colorcd fans. some twenty
feet in diameter, helped to decorate the walls
The decorations used cost over 5000
Hon John ". lerkes chairman OF the state
central committee. delivered an enthusiastic
address, and. when the name of Gov. Bradley
was mentioned the delegates jumped to their
fee. and cheered wildly. A reference to Me-
Kinley was greeted with Wells that could Ire
heard n block Calls for cheers for Bradley did
not produce one half OF the noise which fol-
lowed the mention Of the name Of Ohiu's son
Mr. Herks read telegram from Congress-
man Evans urging the convention To- put a
strong sound money plank in the platform
On behalf Of tho Mckinley forces W q
Root nominated Jud 90 George Denny. OF LrX-
ington. for Temporary chairman
Judge Thomas Morrow was nominated GA
behalf Of the llrldlcyitcs.
A vote was taken which resulted as folluws3
Morrow, $50 Benny, az,
A tumult followed the announcement II
the vote. and 1t continued during tho ten
minutes before Judge Morrow appeared
upon the stage The chair appointed Mr.
Howard, of Butler: Senator w IL Clark,
of Jackson and Oliver C. Root. OF Camp
bell, as a committee to notify Judge Nor
row OF his election rs temporary chairman.
Judge Morrow set the pace for Bradley at tho
very beginning. lie wasted no time. Our
honored governor, VIM. q bradley" were IN
the first 80 words OF his speech. Ii provoked
another long spell of noise Fred Roberts the
committees nominee, was elected secretary,
with ID Elliott Kelly as assistant That COM
peted the temporary organization.
At the evening session Chairman MORO "
announced that the committee on permanent
organization had selected Hon Charles Blan-
ford as permanent chairman, and that tho
temporary chairman had been continued In Of
hce.
Mr. Chairman" shouted Hon. Bill lyons.
of Newport, I'VE have something To say tn
that We present the name of Hon. George
Denny for permanent chairman ~ This open
ed the fight between Mckinley and Bradley. A
storm ofcheers and angry ordinations arose.
Il nominate Judge Denny, and demand a call
OF the roll" shouted Lyons. The nomination
was declared out of order.
motion to take a recess was defeated, and
Judge w. II Holt. of Frankfort, was called
upon for a speech
Col Lew Tarleton, of Frankfort. another
candidate for delegate at large, made short
speech. in which he denounced the democrats
as rascals, and evolved much applause by re-
ferring in complimentary terms to Gov. Brad
ley. Speeches were made by w. A Gaines,
colored, OF Covingtont John p. Mccartney OF
Flemingsburg: A 4. Wood. Of Mt Sterling;
NJ. C. Hutchins, of Maysvilc, and ;. f. Smith,
colored OF Greensboro
BIanford took the chair and the committees
on the rules and order OF business reported in
f,vor OF adopting the rules OF the national
| house OF representatives TO govern the convcn-
Iion; limited speeches to five minutes and
| provided that for the four delegates at large
| the four candidates receiving majority of thu
votes cast be declared elected, and IL no cleo
| tion he had on the first ballot the candidate
| receiving the lowest number of votes be drop
ped.
The next thing in order was the report from
| the resolutions committee That committee,
however. had adjourned until Thursday morn
| ing by motion the committee was requested
TO report at once. While the committee WAS
| preparing their report the following candi-
dates for delegates at large were placed in
| nominations: s. e. Smith, OweRsboro l.
| H. Hobson. Green county: A r. Burnam,
| Richmond; w J Deboe. Crittcnden county:
| NJ. :. Hutchins. NJ Ison county: A. T. Wood,
| Montgomery county: |. T. Tarlton. Frank
| fort; W. IL Holt, Frankfort: John w.
Ritter and Albert Scott, Louisville; Vim
cent Boreing, Laurel county; W. A. Gaines,
| Covington-
Representative Speed tried to make a speech
| nominating some one. but was interrupted by
I n delegate who charged that Speed had got
| ten in by irregular methods Both men got
to the froat of the orchestra circle to
| explain matters when motion "a
| close the nominations for delegates cut
| them OF Then there was another motion "a
adjourn. which the chair declared lost The
! next regular business was the nomination OF
| electors The confusion was so great that
| IL could not lie proceeded with. and after en-
| deavoring for ten minutes to go on, tho mo-
tion to adjourn Till n m. was declared car
ried.
| CONVENTION HALL. LOUISVILLE. Ky. April
| I7-Ihc adjourned session of the republican
state con, cntion was called to order at 9; % a
m. Thursday Judge V. y Dcming and state
Inspector C. W. Lester, OF Whitley, were
elected electors for the state at-large. The
| report OF the committee on resolutions was
read and adopted almost by an unanimous
vote
The resolutions oppose the free and unlim-
| tied coinage of silver. believing II would
plunge the country in financial ruin regards
| the gold dollar the best dollar, and that all
| other dollars should be kept on a parity with
| It: favors reciprocity. sympathizes with the
| people OF Cuba: believes in extending the sys-
! tenn OF free common schools: indorscs Brad
| ley's administration and especially the cali
| ing out of troops TO Frankfort; indorses tho
action OF the late Kentucky house Of repre-
aNaf
| ing to assist the house.
Bradley is Endorsed for president as fol-
| lows:
Believing in the availability and fitness Of
| Gov VIM O Bradley as presidential candi.
date. mindful OF the spleadid state victory
under his leadership, proud OF his executive
ability, knowing the soundness Of his views OF
the financial and tarin questions, and conf
dent that his nomination will secure for the
republican party the electoral vote Of
| Kentucky and other southern states. we
| declare him our choice for the president and
| instruct the delegates selected by this conven
tion as delegates from the state at large to IN,
| next republican national convention TO casI
| their votes for him as presidential nominee
| but in the event his name is Withdrawn from
before the st Louis convention and he ceases
to be voted for there, then they are directed Il
| cast their votes for Hon. VIM Mckinley. the