The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-27
HOWL AND SING
LIKE MAD men
Upr0ari0us Scenes at Ken
lucky Convention.
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ANGERED BY THE
RULING OF CHAIR
Delegates Resolve Themselves Into
Frenzied Disorderly Body.
In Order to Prevent Roll Call For
Nominations, They Sing Sacred,
Patriotic and Popular Songs
Presence of Policemen In Hall
Nearly Precipitates a Riot-Fili-
busters Were Finally Outwitted,
But No Business Transacted.

Louisville. KY, June ga continu-
Gus performance of arce-comedy, last
ing eight hours; rare vocal entertain
ment, with soloists and a chorus OF
several hundred voices; declamations
and tin-horn tests of lung power, made
up the programme of the sixth days
session of the Democratic state con-
vention, and it narrowly escaped wind
ing up in an exhibition of pugilism and
gun fighting.
From 10 O'Clock until 6 today, Central
Music hall contained, without doubt
the most uproarious and disorderly
body of men that ever gathered for the
transaction of political or other bust
ness. Angered by what they considered
an arbitrary ruling of the chairman in
refusing to allow an appeal from his
decision declaring out of order a mo-
tlon TO remove policemen from the hall
over half the delegates set about with
all the energy they could command to
prevent by sheer force of lung power
the transaction of any further business
until they secured a vote ON the ap-
peal.
This plan was successfully carried
out until nearly 6 o'clock this evening,
when, principally because of utter ply
sical exhaustion, the filibusters allow
ed themselves to be outwitted, and the
vote on nomination for governor which
( the chair had ordered early in the
morning, and had tried repeatedly to
proceed with, was concluded by having
the county chairmen, or as many as
would, come to the stage and yell
their votes at the clerk, who, at a dis
tance of few inches, was able to catch
the figures.
Filibusters Were Outwitted.
The teeth of recalcitrants having been
pried open, the bitter dose slowly
trickled down, and before they fairly
realized they We're beaten, a second bal
lot was reached, this time with less
tribulation. These two ballots, both
fruitless, represent the days work of
the convention. After they were COM
pleted all We're glad enough to adjourn
until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
Behind this spectacular entertain
ment, the three candidates for governor
worked like beavers. Today it was
clearly Goebel against the field. and
the Kenton county leader. cold and
nerveless as ever, has successfully de-
fed his opponents to combine and beat
him. They may do it yet, but so far
they have shown themselves woefully
lacking in ability to throw their vote in
any one direction, or keep it silent
when 1t seemed best to their managers
that no vote be cast Goebel controls
the organization of the convention. and
through il the state central committee.
and they probably will attack him here,
too, If they can get together. Today's
events will tend to bring them closer.
but at present the fight is as open and
as fierce as it has been at any time.
Commencement of the Row.
Shortly after the convention was
called to order John Rhea got the floor
and called attention to the presence N
the hall of policemen, the inference be-
ing that they were not there simply
to keep order. He moved that The
chairman ordered them removed The
chairman recalled the attempt Of Fri
day night of outsiders to interfere
with the proceedings of the conven-
tion; said the police had been called
at his request, and declared the mo-
tiOn out of order. Mr.. Rhea and other
Stone and Hardin leaders appealed
from this decision and demanded a
call of the counties. The chair de-
ordered the roll called for a ballot for
governor.
Instantly the convention was in a
turmoil equal to any of the exciting in
cidents of last week. The Stone and
Hardin leaders made frantic appeals
for justice and fairness. a dozen of
them gathered in the space in front of
the chairman and, with vociferous sup
port of hundreds of delegates, declared
the ballot should not proceed until
their appeal from the decision of the
chair was put to the house. The dis
content over what were believed to be
decisions of the chair bade
fair to put stop to further business.
Here occurred an incident we'll illus
trating the state of feeling. A note
was banded to Chairman Redwine, and
he sat down to read it. Again the
delegates became wildly excited. What
does your boss say?" Read it OUT"
they yelled at the top of their voices.
The note was handed to the clerk and
read. 1t proved to be note from the
printer in regard to a shortage of tally
sheets.
Would Not Be Pacifed.
C. J. Bronston, a Hardin manager,
got the floor and urged his followers
to restrain themselves, asserting that
the motion to remove the police was
not made with a purpose to interfere
with the work of the convention; that
he would support the nominee, no mat
ter how he was nominated. but that
should be put on record before the
people.
Congressman c. K. Wheeler followed
He attacked the ruling of the chair
man, and quoted from the rules of
Speaker Reed amid loud applause.
Judge Tarvin of Covington, "A Goebel
leader, upheld the chairman and de-
clared that no appeal lies in a matter
involving the very existence Of the
The chairman made another attempt
to have the roll called on nomination
for governor, but the opposition Gre
ated such disorder the clerk could not
be heard.
Then came a deafening chorus of
sing song yells, the chairman beating
time with his gavel After several
minutes of this pandemonium, a face
tius delegate arose.
Gentlemen" he said. after strug-
Cling some time to make himself heard,