The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-28
KENTUCKY DEMOCRATS NOMINATE
A STANDARD BEARER ON THE
TWENTY-SIxTH BALLOT
HARMONY is FULLY RESTORED
ENTHUSIASM OF THE DELEGATES
IS GREATER AFTER THE PRO-
LoNGED STRUGGLE
WILL WORK FOR SUCCESS

the GOOd-NatureH right Tor a
Nomination That Virtually Means
an EIection-Nominee Greeted
With Cheers When Introduced to
the Assembled Delegates.
LOUISVILLE, June N.-William Goe-
bel, who, with an iron grasp has ruled
the Democratic state convention since it
assembled, nearly q week ago, was to-
night nominated for governor on the
twenty-sixth ballot, after a contest un-
paralleled in this state for determination
and on the part Of the winner, for skill
full manipulation. The nomina ton
brought to end the period of bitterness,
though every inch of ground was fought.
Nearly everybody Joined heartily in
demonstration when the candidate ap-
peared for the first time before the con-
vention to accept the nomination and to
return his thanks.
The Goebel forces held the opposition
closely down tc business all day, for it
| insisted on continued balloting, defeating
them when they saw signs of weakness
and when they sought to sine die ad-
| journment pressed for a ballot and came
| out with its final strength on the twenty
| sixth ballot shortly after 10 o'clock to-
| night, with colors flying.
| Stone was dropped on the twenty-fffth
ballot and Hardin proved unable to con-
| troll enough of the Stone votes to win.
! The scenes during the last ballot were
| dramatic, though not so exciting as many
IN which the delegates had participated.
After the nomination the convention
relaxed and the delegates gave them
selves to a spirit Of conciliation. Speech
es were made by Congressman Wheeler.
Judge Tarvin and other managers for the
| three candidates and the theme Of all
was ''get together and WIN"
! MORNING WORK,
| A morning session of tho convention
was held at which six fruitless ballots
| were taken. After a recess until O'Clock
| two more ballots were taken. with a re-
| suit almost exactly like the first taken
! Saturday night This made twenty-one
ballots in all, the last one resulting
Stone 3oS, Hardin 355, fGoebeI 333. 2 5~
Fen L. Hardin, brother Of the canoi-
date for governor, then offered resolu-
ton providing that the convention ad-
journ sine die, and that the state central
committee be empowered to take any ac-
ton necessary to place a ticket in the
field for the campaign OF 1859.
The delegates were almost taken off
their feet at this point by the appearance
on the stage, side by side, of Capt. w. J.
Stone and Gen. P. Wat Hardin. Gen.
Stone was the first to speak. He had no
ambition, lie said. that would stand in
fIoa 0f If l,a nnrx,D IA
party, and he wanted Kentucky to mead
the column in the tight of 1890. Things
had been done at this convention that
did the Democratic party no good. and
there was no prospect of the breaking of
The deadlock. lie took his full share Of
responsibility for the events of the past
week. he said, but did not want them to
continue. He believed the best thing the
convention could do was to adjourn sine
die and refer the matter back to ths
people, and urged his followers to support
a resolution to this end.
| Capt. Hardin had kept away from the
! convention since he withdrew his name
as candidate, Immediately after the re-
| port of the credentials committee was
adopted His friends had persisted in
voting for him, without his consent or
| acquisence, and he now thought 1t neces-
| sary to make another statement He,
! too, urged his friends to support the reso>
| luton in the interest of the party. He
would not want the nomination with tho
| feeling that had been engendered by this
| fight, and he thought it best for the
chances of the party in the state this
fall, and the nation next year, that the
wrangling be stopped and the matter be
referred back to the people.
| The chairman, however, in a short
speech declared the resolution out of or
der, and refused to recognize an appeal.
GOEBEL NOMINATED.
The twenty-second ballot showed the ef-
| feet of the adjournment resolution In dis
| intregrating the Stone-Hardin forces.
Stone lost about thirty votes. 1t resulted:
Stone, 369; Hardin, 355; Goebel, 1853.
At this point E. A. Gullion offered a
resolution providing that after the twen-
| ty-fifth ballot the hindmost candidate be
| dropped and not voted for thereafter.
| The Stone and Hardin leaders made an
other stand, but they could not control
| their forces. The resolution was adopted
by a vote of 572 to $40. The twenty-fifth
ballot resulted: Stone, $50; Hardin, 378;
| Goebel, 3S3.
| Under the resolution adopted by the
convention, Capt. w. ]. Stone having re-
ceived the smallest number of votes, was
dropped. The roll call began in silence,
but the Hardinites soon had chance to
display their enthusiasm. The first three
/
| announcement bringing forth a storm of
shouts. Then came three Stone counties.
| The first went to Hardin, and then the
| Goebelites struck run of about ten coun-
! ties, with about sixty votes. Louder and
| louder they yelled as each announcement
! was made, gathering a momentum that
sent them yelling down the list to Graves
county, where they gathered in fifteen
| Stone votes. The Hardinites had another
| inning, and they made the most of a
| losing game by unbounded enthusiasm
| This was checked when Louisville was
reached, and her seventy votes were
dumped into the Goebel column with re-
sounding cheers Heretofore they had
been divided between Stone and Goebel.
| The Hardinites stuck to their coIors
gamely, and every county where there
was a chance for argument was fought
over with bitterness and determination.
When Union county, near the end of the
list, threw her sixteen votes from Stone
| to Goebel the partisans of the latter let
| themselves loose, and for several minutes
| their jubilations held noisy sway. The
ballot was concluded with difficulty and
announced as follows: Goebel $50; Hardin.
| 531.
HARMONY RESTORED.
This provoked as much noise as any
| event of the convention, and for the first
time nearly all of the delegates joined in
1t. Mr.. Goebel was introduced and made
| a short speech of thanks.
| I never got anything in my life that