Evening star., 1897-06-09
SITUATION IN KENTUCKY
Entries ALI in for the Nomination for Gov.
ernOr.
w. j. Stone the Latest Announcements
Gold Democrats md Republicans
Will Not Fuse This Time
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

special correspondence OF The Evening Star.
LOUISVILLE, KY, June T. 1897
The entries to the democratic primary
for June y were all booked at midnight
Saturday, and there are 1T5 candidates for
the 81 offices. The ticket which was named
by the democratic convention on April ~
went into the primary in a body with the
full expectation of capturing the offices
and the party machinery, which was taken
from them by the silver convention held at
Frankfort last week
The Music Hall ticket represented the
conservative business element, and was
put out ahead of the state convention In
order that the free silver sentiment might
not cause its defeat. This brought on
hot fight, in which the state machine took
sides with the local silver men and threw
the conservative delegates out Of the
Frankfort convention and ordered a prim-
airy: 1t was thought the ticket would not
go into 1t. but In order to satisfy the sill
ver mems sound money candidate for
mayor, Mr.. Charles D. Jacob, a resolu-
ton was put through the convention ignor-
whole Music Hall ticket at once decided to
jump in and capture the nominations OF
which they had been robbed. 1t goes with
out saying that they will capture sixty of
the eighty-seven offices, If not more. Post
master Chas. P. Weaver is the Music Hall
candidate for mayor and will defeat ex-
Mayor Jacob.
Bynum Calls on WattersOn.
Ex-Congressman Bynum of Indiana
chairman of the national democratic party,
was here Saturday and conferred with
Henry Watterson, Walter N. Halderman
Of the Courier-Journal and State Chair
man Davie as to what course the sound
money democrats should pursue in the COM
ing race for clerk of the court of appeals.
Shackelford has been nominated on an out
and out free silver platform indorsing the
Chicago utterance and Joe Blackburn, and
this has driven the gold democrats away
from his support. 1t was determined by
gold democratic candidate for appellate
clerk. but to make no organization for
the local offices throughout the state 1t
Is probable that the republicans will meet
and indorse the gold democratic nominee
ex-State Senator r. H. Elliston, hoping
to get fusion of republicans and gold
men for the local republican tickets. 1t will
hardly work. as the gold men are deter
mined to have nothing more to do with the
republican party in Kentucky. The ad-
ministration of Bradley and the local ad-
ministration of Mayor Tod and the A. r.
AS has caused such a revolt that fusion is
well nigh impossible
Another announcement for governor has
been formally made. Yesterday in an in
terview ex-Congressman William ]. Stone
from the first district, the Gibraltar of
didacy and in the course Of his remarks
took occasion to give the one-time leader
p. Watkins Hardin. severe rap over the
Uranium. Mr.. Stone said that Hardin had
been making a tour of Kentucky, osten-
sibly In the interest of a new free silver
daily, but in fact he was working for
denomination for governor ard expecting
to get u through the paper Stone will
r-ove a formidable candidate, as he was
r.alfy the dark horse in the race when
Hardin defeated Cassius NJ. Clay of Bour-
bon county for the nomination In his last
race The probable starters before the
gubernatorial convention will be ex-senator
Joe Blackburn. p. Wat Hardin. Chas. J.
Bronston. William Goebel. William j. Stone
w. b. Smith. James B. McCreary and a
half dozen others.
Shnckelford in Expected to Win.
1t is confidently expected that Shackel-
ford. for appellate court clerk, will carry
Kentucky by 25.O0O this year. And in case
he should do so there will be a great cry
of Kentucky reversing herself on the money
question. but this can be taken with a
pinch of salt Kentucky will give Shackel-
ford this little $1,000 a year sinecure, but
Will do so because he Is not a republican,
and not because he Is free silver demo-
crat.
In the nominations already made for the
hold-over senator's in the general assembly
there Is nothing to cause Senator Lindsay
any uneasiness. In Louisville the men who
viii be placed on the ticket will undoubted-
ly have promised to vote against Black
burn first, last and all the time or else
they will be duly relegated to the rear
No Blackburn hold-over senators will ba
sent to the next legislature. 1t now looks
as II 1t would be q long time till Black
burn will have another chance to get back
to the Senate, and Louisville will do all It
can to stretch that time indefinitely
Grand Jury Indictments.
The following indictments ware roturneA