The age-herald., 1899-06-22
Scenes of Disorder Marked Con-
 vention Proceedings.
uNRuLY aoo-PoUND DELEGATE
Caused a Stir, During Which Chairs, Canes and Fans Were Hurled Tlro1gl tl,. A.t-No
 One Injured.

Louisville, Ky, June a.-The race for the democratic nomination of governor of Kentucky lies between Captain Stone and William Goebel. A combination of the fol- lowers of these two candidates tonight se- cured the organization of the convention In the election after a close contest lasting all day of Judge David B. Redwine, of Breathtt country. to be temporary chair man.
 In the district convention this morning they secured all but four of the eleven. This, with two members from each com mittee to be named by the temporary chairman, will give them a good working majority. But there is doubt as to just what the Stone e-Goebel combination will de- velop On the surface the plan is to nomi- nate Stone for governor, give Goebefs friends the remainder of the ticket and the state central committee. It Is not improb- able, however, that Goebel may show suf- ficient strength in the convention to secure his nomination at the head of the ticket. This would upset all present calculations and probably cause realignment of forces. The net result of to-day's work was the elimination, temporarily at least, of Rardin as an important factor in the convention.
 Law of Heaven Neglected
 The first law of heaven had little to do with the regulation of todays proceedings of the democratic state convention. On the contrary, order gave way to great confu- sion, and after sweltering through nearly eight hours of a tedious hearing of con tests, the convention, without nominating a chairman, adjourned until evening in whilrwind of chairs, fans, tally sheets and atalx h,trt
 This final was as unexpected as 1t was lively. The SWeltering, packed in, jammed together mass of delegates, politicians and on-lookers had yelled itself hoarse, famed itself tired and mopped itself pallid. It was more in humor to do justice to a dinner than prize fight
 Fight Over Contested Delegation
 Feeling was at high tension over an ar- gument that was in progress before Chair man Johnston over the contested delegation from Kenton county, the home of William Goebel, one of the leading candidates for governor. Congressman Ellis of the Sixth district, a venerable gentleman of much vehemence, was eloquently presenting the Goebel side of the case and was being in- terrupted at short intervals by noisy dem- onstrations of approval. As much of this interference cam efrom the stage, which was crowded with candida tes, guests, offi- cers of the convention and newspaper men, Chairman Johnston announced that the platform would be cleared at the next in- terruption.
 A 200 pound ruralite, little the worse for political and spurious experiment, mounted a chair and challenged Major Major Johnston to carry out his threats, announcing incidentally that force would be necessary in his case. Quick as a flash, Jim Williams started from the front of the stage for the intruder in a very business like way. Williams is local character of some repute in gunnery and his activity was the signal for a stampede toward the exits.
 General Tumble and Scramble
 Almost everybody was standing on a chair when the affair occurred and the re- suit was a general tumble, a scramble to get out of the way and a disarrangement of furniture. Half dozen men supported the belligerents, and the disturbers were hustled out Not, however, until the crowd had cleared a space in the middle of the stage about thirty feet in diameter, hay ing a fringe of huddled humanity around the edge. croched In corners or behind sheltering walls. As no weapon was drawn this struck the humor of the crowd and quiet was restored, but meanwhile Chair man Johnston had declared the convention adjourned until evening.
 Contest for the Craftsmanship
 For. this position the Stone-Goebel com nOHllIiateu JuuSe U. B. RedWin, or Breathitt county, while the Hardin men put up Hon. w. H. Sweeny, of Marion county. When the roll had been called once Redwine had 540k votes and Sweeny 42Slz, but 150 votes had been passed on &C., count of contests. These were taken up by counties, and Chairman Johnston, of the state central committee, heard arguments by both sides before recognizing a contested delegation This consumed the entire days session and caused changes which left the vote at adjournment as follows:
 Redwine 5691s; Sweeny 52S1A.
 stone-Goebel Combination Won
 When the convention got together this evening Chairman Johnston took the Ken- ton county contest under advisement, af- ter which he decided in favor of the regu- lar delegates In two districts and threw out the third. aptain Johnston then announced the result of the ballot for temporary chair man, declaring Redwine elected by vote of 55i 5-6 to 529 1-6 for Sweeny. This marked the success of the first step in the Stone Goebel combination. The announcement was received with tumultous applause. Judge Redwine made a very brief speech of thanks to the convention and assumed the chairmansbtp. After empowering the chairman to appoint committees for the state-at-large the convention adjourned un- i til tomorrow morning.