Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-12
Kentucky Republicans viii Nominate
Him for Governor.
OPPOSITION is OUTGENERALED
Convention Opens With Everything
in TayIor's Hands.
PRELIMINARIES LAST NIGHT

LEXINGTON. KY, July 12.-The republi-
can state convention settled down to bust
ness today. District meetings were held
during the forenoon, and the convention
began in the afternoon. After all the pre-
lirninary canvassing and conferences. the
support Of the attorney general, W. s.
Taylor, candidate for governor, remained
unbroken. The opposition is devoted to at
tacks that are inteded to make the nomi-
nation undesirable for Taylor. but II is
conceded that the Deboe-Taylor comblna-
ton do as it sees fit.
The Taylor men secured the temporary
organization of the convention and all
other preliminary points at the meeting of
the state committee last night and started
off on assembling the convention with
everything in their hands.
State Central Committee Meeting.
The republican state central committee
met last night with ten of the eleven MEM
bers present. Congressman Vincent Bore
ing of London was selected as temporary
chairman of the convention, and X ].
Hampton of Winchester as secretary Both
are strong Taylor men. 1t is understood
that Judge George Denny of Lexington
another Taylor man, will be permanent
chairman. A delegation of prominent COL
ored men We're given hearing by the COM
mittee. They protested against the nomi-
nation of General Taylor and were advised
that the committee had nothing to do with
nominations. The colored delegation then
retired and arranged to present their pro-
test against Taylor to the convention to-
morrow.
Among the delegates who attract sDecIal
attention is Sheriff Beverly White who
heads the Clay county delegation II was
IN front of Sheriff Whites residence that
Tom Baker was killed while on trial Judge
EVersole of Manchester is also a delegate
These delegates, in referring to the recent
false alarms for troops in Clay county in
sist that there never has been any need of
troops there, and that the reports about
the Howard-Baker feud have been greatly
exaggerated.
Over 100 Hajority Conceded
Immediately after the state committee
selected Taylor men for the temporary or
ganization Of the convention the leaders of
Stone and Pratt and other anti-Taylor men
went into secret conference and remain
ed together till IL O'Clock, reviewing the
situation. They heard reports from all the
counties and found that if all contests were
decided against Taylor that he would still
have majority of 125 over ali
As the Taylor men will control the conn
mlttee on credentials as well as all other
committees, the contests will no doubt be
decided so as to give Taylor much more
than 10 majority over all out of a total of
l,7Oi The large number of delegates is
due TO the representation being one for
each hundred votes cast for Mckinley in
ls5o. AL this conference it was decided
that the names of Stone and Pratt would
not be withdrawn in favor of ]. w Yerkes.
Daniel Lindsay, Judge Barr or any others
mentioned for anti-Taylor men to concen-
trate on. This conference decided to meet
again at o'clock this morning to decide
more definitely on a plan of procedure of
the convention.
Placating Propositions.
The Taylor men claim this is simply a
movement in the interest of the Lexington
people to prolong the convention over until
Thursday. Gen. Taylor and others are said
to have promised late last night places on
the ticket to both Stone and Pratt and 1t
is said that a general conference is to be
held on propositions for the Stone and
Pratt men well for some plan to pla-
cate the colored men, since Taylors nom
iTation is assured.