The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-03-10

continued as the permanent Organlz tlOn.
Committee on Rules reports az follow:
That after the first ballot the candidate
receiving the smallest number Of votes
shall be dropped and soon after each con
secutive ballot is taken, until a nomina.
ton is made for said Office We further
recommend that the ballot be taken in
the following order for the different
Offices. Circuit Court Clerk, County
Judge, Jsiler, Superintendent OF Schools,
County Attorney, Coroner, Magistrates
and Constables ID. II. Sewers, Ch'rm'n.
The adoption Of the report Of the Com
mittee on Rules put the Convention in
shape for business and the Chair an
nounced that nominations were in order.
Granville Wilson withdrew the name
of Jesse II. Miller for Circuit Clerk and
moved to make the nomination OF Mr.. X.
S. Skillman unanimous which was heart
lily concurred in by the convention.
The next in order was the selection OF
candidate for County Judge. This was
the hottest contest in the convention and
considerable feeling among the delegates
from the Hardinsburg districts was devel-
oped.
Judge Mercer nominated the Hon. w.
+. Minor and Dan Smith named Len
eastman. Henderson's name was not
put before the convention.
A call of the precincts was begun by
the Clerk. Hardinsburg precinct No.
cast its vote solid for Minor. When dis
trict No , was called delegate Whitworth
undertook to divide the vote and cast
two for Minor and two for eastman.
He was quickly called down by the Minor
men, they claiming that the whole vote
should be cast for Minor on second in
structions.
The credentials were demanded and
the Chair ruled that the whole vote Of
the precinct should go to Minor. This
gave Minor 4G and eastman -, electing
Minor by three votes.
On motion of l.. r. Addison the NOM
ination OF Minor was made unanimous
The following were put in nomination
for Jailer: G. T. Simmons, Lee WALSH.
ID. Beeler, X. A. Shellman, VIM. Embry,
John Cook, LATE Miller and Scott Nor
ton
The first ballot resulted as follows:
Simmons, 4 Wallis, 10; Beeler,22 Shell.
man, II; Embry, s; Cook, %; Miller, Z;
Morton, 4.
Simmons and Morton were dropped on
the second ballot.
The result of the 81 cond ballot was
Walls, 10; Beeler, 2G; Shellman ~;
Embry, 8 Cook, 2G and Miller, Z.
Walls was dropped on the third ballot
and the vote stood Beeler, 32 Shellman,
IS; Embry, II and Cook, q.
The fourth ballot was between Beeler
Shelman and Cook and the result show
ed Beeler with AZ, SEellmsn, Is and
Cook 20.
Beeler was elected on the fifth ballot
with 81 votes and Cook 80. His nomi-
nation was on motion made unanimous
with great applause.
The next in order was the nomination
of School Superintendent. This was a
neck and neck race there being only two
nominations-Harman and Beavin. The
ballot resulted in 46 for Hartman and AZ
for Beavin. Before the Clerk announced
the result of the ballot Mr.. Beavin saw
that he was defeated and on his own mo-
ton the nomination of Hartman was
made unanimous.
The other nominations were made
without contest-Dick Owen for Sheriff;
Gus Brown for County Attorney and Lee
Bishop for Coroner.
The Populist nominees for County
Clerk, Asia M. Hardin; for Representa-
tive, j. Fl. Lennen for Surveyor, ii. G.
jolly received the unanimous indorse-
ment of the Convention.
The Populists likewise endorsed the
Democratic nominees and now the fusion
is complete and the word is on to victory
in November
The Convention then adjourned.