The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-29
The Ticket.

Governor-William GoebeI Of Kenton
county.
Lieutenant GOVERNOR. c. W. Breck-
ham of Nelson county.
Secretary of State-Breck Hill of Clay
county.
Attorney General-Judge R. G. Breck-
enridge of Boyle county.
Auditor-Gus Coulter of Graves coun-
ty.
Treasurer-Judge S. W. Haeger of
! Boyd county.
Commissioner of Agriculture. B.
Nall of Louisville.
Commissioner of Public Instruction
H. V. McChesney of Livingston county.
Louisville, Ky. June 2S-WilIiam
Goebel dominated today's proceedings
as he has those of every day since the
convention began. Coming here with
less than one-fourth of the delegates
instructed for him and with the small
est number of such delegates accred-
tied to any of three candidates for gov
ernOr, he leaves the convention holding
the nomination for the head of the
ticket, with the party organization un-
der his control and ticket made up OF
his partisans.
But this has been accomplished only
after a severe ordeal and strife that
several times threatened to rend the
party to such an extent that these
prizes, even after he had secured them,
would be valueless. The spectators
have witnessed melodrama, farce and
near approach to tragedy since the
convention began it's work a week ago.
but it all ended up in a love feast that
might have seemed out of the question
to one unacquainted with the Kentuck-
ian'S character.
The little fellows had an inning to-
day and the 500 or 600 delegates who
remained to complete the work of the
convention We're harranguing from 9
o'clock in the morning until we'll into
the night without an intermisSion ex-
cept for an occasional ballot. There
had been few enough good words
spoken by delegates about each other
to make thoroughly appreciated the
avalanche of praise and commendatiOn
that fell from the mouths of these NOM
mating and seconding orators. But it
all come to one end. The GoebeI slate
was not even nicked- Sometimes there
was a strong fight; in some cases more
than one ballot was necessary. but the
required votes were always in readi-
ness when the time came to swing
them.
Fill In the Ticket.
For attorney general; Judge Robert
Breckenridge of Boyle county was
nominated Judge James A Scott of
Franklin, John S. Smith and II. B.
Hays were presented. Smith was
dropped after the second ballot and on
the third ballot, Breckenridge was NOM
mated by a vote of 5SS to 502
The race for auditor was a warm one.
this being the most desirable office
from pecuniary point of view at the
disposal of the convention. Gus Coul-
ter. John Is. Chenault. r. NJ. Collier
and June Gayle were the aspirants. A
ballot was taken bit it showed such
an advantage for Coulter that Che
nault was withdrawn and the nomina-
ton of Coulter was made unanimous
Those presented for state treasurer
were Gus w. Richardson of Meade.
John c. HernGon of jefferson. Judge
). W. Haeger of Boyle, r. c. Ford of
Bell and Jesse T. GosneIl of Grayson.
Richardson was dropped after the first
ballot and on the second ballot Hae-
ger was nominated by a vote of 5S4 to
900 for Gosnell, Ford Withdrawing be-
fore the ballot was completed.
Breck Hill of Clay county was nouli-
mated for secretary of state on the first
ballot, his opponents, John w. Head
ley of Louisville. Thomas Cochran of
Bullitt county and Green Kellar of Car
lySle county Withdrawing before the
vote was announced
The delegates were confronted bv n
new issue in the contest for superin-
tendent of public instruction. in the
person of Miss Mary Sasseen. They
were too tired to be gallant. however.
and her sponsors had some difficulty in
getting hearing. She received a
small vote Harry V. McChesney OF
Livingston county was nominated on
the first ballot
l. 3. Nall of Louisville was nomi-
mated for commissioner of agritulture
on the first ballot.
The convention adjourned sine die.