Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-08-18

ud'c htlpTe tlc convention, reSlgnc
the position of State Exccutiy
Committeeman, and W. A. Youns
of Rowan county. was chosen I
succeed him. Committeeman Youn
called the convention to order.
The Sharp forces presented Han
son Kennedy. of Nicholas. fo
Temporary Chairman. The Kcho
men supported Judge ". I. Laf
fcrty, Of Harrison. who was clccte,
by means Of Harrison county's sup
port. He was considered "neu
iral' as between the candidates
The vote was 63 for Laiferty to 1,
for Kennedy.
The Sharp side elected J. Franl
llutcheson, Of Grccnup, Sccretar,
over Green Il. Keller. of Nicholas
by vote of 59l to ISl. Keller wa.
a Sharp man and his support b,
the krhoc side was "A political play
But Nicholas, being for Sharp
voted against Keller under the cir
cumstancC-.
Sharp got majority of the com
mittccs. Bath was represented by
j. A. Daugherty on Resolutions
W. W. Perry on Credentials, ant
=. c. BascOm on Organization.
The Credentials Committee re.
ported no contests, and reported
Boyd entitled to I instead of siS
votes; Rowan to instead of three
The convention by 66 to II adopt.
ed the report.
The Organization Committed
report to make the temporary or
ganization the permanent one was
adopted unanimously.
The Resolutions Committee re-
affirmed the Chicago platform.
The nominating speeches were
made: Waller Sharp, of Bath, by
Judge W. G. Ramsey; Mordecai
Williams. of Boyd, by John J. Mon
taguc; James n. Kchoe, of Mason.
by w. A. Byron, of Bracken; w. T.
Cole, of Greenup, by Irvine Hook
aday; Frank Powers, of Carter, by
John Salisbury.
At 5:l5 o'clock p. M. the ballot
ing began. The first resulted: -
Kehoe: Bracken Q, Fleming 10.
Harrison 3 5, Lewis 7, Mason Is,
Robertson ); total, lI3-5.
Sharp: Bath .; Harrison . 3-5,
Nicholas ., Rowan 1 ; total. 81 3-5.
Williams: Boyd 7, Harrison 23 ).
Lawrence Q; total, 1888.
Crlr: Greenup I, Harrison 3-5;
total. 93-5.
Powers: Carter s, Harrison 3-5 /;
total. IO3-5.
The convention adjourned then
10 rcasscmhle at S p. III. After
ihirty-hine ballots were taken ad
inurnmcnt was made until next
day. A telegram from the Secre-
tary of State in regard To ROwan's
official vote caused that county to
be cut down to three delegate vot, :.
Harrison county in the interest Of
its favorite sen r. NJ. Collier, can
didate for State auditor, coquetted
with ard voted for all the candi-
dates during the balloting, casting
its l3 votes for all except Kehoe,
who would have been nominated by
them. Adjournment was made at
10 o'clock.
The convention reassembled at Q
o'clock ii. IN. Thursday.
Thirty one ballots were taken,
and adjournment was made till
80 o'clock p. III.
On the seventy third ballot
Sharp's name was withdrawn by A.
W. Bascom, who stated that condi-
tions had arisen which would make
the nomination disagreeable to
Sharp if he should receive it. 1t is
sand bv the journal repor-
ter that Sharp's action was due tn
a feeling that he had not been
properly treated by the Harrison
delegation and also number
of people told him he would be ex-
pected to put $25, 900 into the race
if he received the nomination. 1t
is conceded on all sides that Sharp
could have won the nomination.
Baths vote was cast for Powers.
the ballot resulting: Kehoe 3S4,
Williams 264, Powers 244, Cole
IS4.
The Nicholas delegation then
made several attempts to have the
hindmost candidate dropped until
nomination was made. The mo-
tion carried once by COZ to 46!, but
Mason and Fleming changed and
defeated it. On the SD ballot
Nicholas renewed the motion to be.
come operative on the Sith ballo,
and it carried: Aye-Bracken 9
Fleming 10, Harrison 81. Lawrence
8, Lewis Z, Mason 13. Nicholas 9
Robertson 3; total 66l. Nay-Batl
0, Boyd 7, Carter 8, Greenup Z
Harrison 81, Rowan 3; total 401.
The Sith ballot was:-
Kehoe: Bracken Q; Fleming 10
| Harrison 81, Mason l3, Robertson
3; total 3S4.
| Williams: Boyd I; Harrison 81
Lawrence 9, Lewis Z, Nicholas 81
total 351.
Powers: Bath 8, Carter s, Green
up I, Harrison 81, Rowan B; totaI
3O4.
4 Cole: Harrison 81.
Cole was dropped.
The S5th ballot resulted: Keho'
394, Williams 36B, Powers 3lJ.
Powers was dropped.
The seth ballot resultcd:-
Kehoe: Bracken 9, Fleming 10
Harrison g., Lewis Z, Mason IL
Nicholas 9 1t, Robertson 3, Green
up 10; total 81 53-l26.
/ Williams: Bath 9, Boyd Z, Carte