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few minutes in conversation with him. then left Goebel and came back. and 30 minutes after the close Of their con yersatiGn said to ne: "Goebel tells mo that if l will adhere to our origina! agreement and give him the Derma- nent chairmanship, that he will make n1e the nominee tomorrow. and that he will see that every vote of his is cast for me. NOW, can 1 afford to decline that nomination."
 I said. Captain Stone, if you take the nomination on the infamous terms Mir. Goebel has proposed, the good people of Kentucky ought to beat you 50060 votes. l said, moreover, "even if Mir Goebel has made you that proposition he has no idea in the world of keeping it; he only asks that you tie your hands this afternoon that he may cut your throat tomorrow" O." said Stone, "Goebel would not be so in- famous as to tell me lie like that Then l said: "Tie your hands this afternoon, and we will convince you tomorrow what he will do in that line"
 As the Sun Went Down.
 He tied his hands that afternoon and you all know how thoroughly he was convinced before the morrow,s sun had set.
 They took that report back to the 
 means of that infamous, damnable and fraudulent contract, and adopted it by the combined vote of Stone and Goebel, adopted it as a whole in spite of the fact that everybody knows that in contest every county in the con- vention ought to have a right to vote upon every other contest except it's own.
 They punched the 322 votes and un- q xxifh in, ho annals of any country on earth, they adopted that report when they could only muster on rollcall Al votes more than 100 less than a majority of the convention. In a moment, in less time than it takes to tell it, Goebel, the weakest man, with less than ITO in structed votes became the strongest man in the convention, absolutely dominating and controlling 1t to the finish by power received, not from the people, but from this infamous con- tract, and under the leadership of a chairman who refused to put any ques- ton and refused to allow any appeal, he became absolute master of the sit uation. When that report was adopted, General Hardin seeing how he had been outraged and robbed, withdrew from the convention and declined to have anything further to do with it.
 Captain Stone expected Goebel to do likewise and give him the nomination. Dur when 1e demanded or GoeDei that he should ktsep ais promise as he had kept his, Goebel simply laughed in his face.
 When the delegations found how they had been deceived and entrapped they attempted to reconsider their ac- tion, but the infamous Redwine, under GoebePs dictation, refused to allow any reconsideration. They then moved to adjourn the convention to meet at Lex ington a few days later. Again Red- wine refused to put the question to the convention and denied the right of ap- peal from his decision. It was then moved that the convention adjourn sine die and let the whole subject go back to the people for settlement This, too, under Goebel's orders, Redwine refused to submit to the convention, and again refused the right of appeal. Mark you, they had already called in to intimidate and browbeat that con- vention hundreds of the Louisville po-