New-York tribune., 1896-06-05
Cashmere
Bouquet
TOILET SOAP and PERFUME.
NO QUARTER FOR GOLD-BUGS
KENTUCKY DEMOCRATS RUN UP THE
FREE-SILvER FLAG
rp,rxns or sO1-ND MONEY. EXCEPT BRECKIN-
RIDGE. GET REMORSELEsS TREATMENT AT
THE LEXINGTON CONVENTION. But
DO NOT BoLT-FOR A 1G-ro-i

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"HoNEsT DOLLAR"
Lexington. Ky, June 4.-The Democratic State
Convention was called to order at o:2o O'CLOCK
this morning with the number OF delegates
greatly thinned out. number having returned 70
their homes The chair at once called Tor the re-
ports of committees The report or the commit
tee on Permanent Organization. whch wa"
adonted arranged for complete reorganization
Of the party machinery from precinct committee
men I'M. Every gold man is to be fired and a
free-sllver Blackburn man appointed IN MS stead
Major p. Johnson. of this city. is named as
the chairman OF the State Central Committee
and It Is asserted that only free-silver men will
be nominated for Congress outside the Louisville
district this fall
Colonel w. C. p. Breckinrdge was called on
for speech, and his appearance on the stage
brought forth a torrent Of applause. He was the
first 'goId-bug" to get a show from the SILVER
beetles" He made a strong speech for sound
money.
The Credentials Committee reported shortly
after 10 o'clock. The majority report threw out
the sound money delegation from Graves County
the Sixth and Seventh Wards and half OF the
Eighth and Ninth Wards Of Louisville and half
of those from Bourbon and Kenton counties. 1t
was followed by minority report and protest
from the sound money men. After some dis
cussion the minority report was sent back TO the
Credentials Committee not being regular.
Colonel H. L. Stone of Louisville. made a scath-
ing speech In defence Of the Louisville delega-
ton. He was particularly severe on Captain
Jim" Williams. and when he referred TO the
Captains record as a bully, Williams. who was
down In front. started for Colonel Stone. shaking
his fist but he was called back. Jack" Chinn
then began to shout At Stone. He was wild with
rage but he was suppressed and Colonel Stone
kept on. BlackbUrn's vengeance against ex-
Speaker A. ]. Carroll. who prevented his election.
said Stone was the cause of the unseatng Of the
Sixth and Seventh Ward delegations. of which
Carroll was member.
The majority report was adopted by vote of
676 to 214 The unseated delegates then left the
/ hall The expected bolt Of the remaining Louis
/ VILE sound-m delegates did not take place.
The naming Of George q. Fulton and Gus
/ Richardson as members Of the State Executive
and State Central committees from the IVth
District met with spirited opposition. because
/ the district went Republican last fall Richard
son was also declared to be ineligible because
he was an employe of Secretary Carlisle. Rich
ardson was replaced by Finley Shuck.
Senator Blackburn p. W. Hardin. John s.
Rhea and ex-Congressman w. T. Ellis were
elected deegates-a large to the Chicago Con-
vention by exclamation.
The platform. as agreed upon by the Com
mittee on Resolutions last night. and which was
adopted with a whoop, contained these planks
| among others:
We are in favor Of honest dollar. dollar
worth neither more iess than one hundred
cents. We favor bimetallism and 10 that end
we demand the free and unlimited coinage ~
both gold and silver at the ratio OF ii 10 ! as
standard money with equal legal-tender power.
/ independent of the action Of any other nation.
We hold that the Secretary OF the Treasury
should exercise his legal right to redeem all the
! coin obligations In gold or silver. as may be
| more convenient. and are opposed to the issue
of bonds in time of peace for the maintenance
I OF the gold reserve or for any other purpose.
We are opposed 10 the National banking eys-
! tenn and to any enlargement Of its powers.
We are opposed to any contraction Of the cur
rency by the retirement Of grecnbacks or other
wise.
We declare II to be a fundamental principle
Of Democracy that the Federal Government has
no constitutional power to impose and collect
tariff duties except for the purposes OF revenue
only and the collection Of such taxes should
be limited TO the necessities Of the Government
honestly and economically administered
Resolved, That the delegates chosen by this
convention to the National Democratic Conven-
tion to be held at Chicago July l. 1S3G be
and they hereby instructed to cast the vote
of the state Of Kentucky In the convention as
a unit for Honorable J. s. G. Blackburn for
President Of the United States. and to use all
honorable means to secure his nomination.