The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-26
TRIO ON EVEN TERMS
NO ONE OF THE KENTUCKY GAVIN
DATES HAS THE VOTES
TO WIN
DARK HORSE IN PROSPECT

new Nominee May Be Necessary to
Break the Deadlock Which Ex
lists at acknowledgements Men. nv
Shrewd Strategy, Are SIN ,
Factor I'm the Sftuntion-Charges
of bad Faith Are Being Made-
LOUISVILLE. KY, June 2.-IJn to
late hour tonight there is no sign of an
agreement between any two of the Demo-
cratic candidates for governor, and If
seems likely that the first ballot taken
"nen the convention meets tomorrow
morning Will result just about as did tho
eieVenth on Saturday night Candidates
ana their managers have been on the
go all day, out of one conference into an
other, but so far to no purpose.
The 1.O92 delegates to the convention
are divided SO nearly evenly that there
Is not difference of thirty votes in the
slrength OF the three candidates-Stone.
Goeoel and Hardin. But of these Goe-
Del Is the strongest because of the solid
lty OF his supporters He controls his
IoAoWlng absolutely, and can vote them
tof hlmsen or throw them to either of
"a, HPNAioh1S' INellner stone nor Har-
oin can do this, and for that reason
neither is In position to make adj
Vantageous terms
Ihere has been q break I'm the Stone
Goeoel combination since baliotine be-,
gan, caused primarily by the action of
6oeDel managers in voting the seventy
votes OF Louisville solidly for the Ken
Ion county leader on the first ballot
Inc Stone people say their understand
that no
vIded equally between Stone and GoebeI
he latter, 1t Is said, produced a writ
ten agreement covering the combina-
uon OF the two forces upon temporarv
organization, but containing nothing "a
10 the governorship nomination. Chra-
grineo as the Stone people are at the
failure OF a combination promD+lv to
erect the nomination of their candidate
IL Is not believed they can, In a spirit
OF revenge, bring about the nomination
OF Hardin. They threatened to trv tbis
When Goebel showed such surprising
strength on the first ballot and went so
Lar as 10 start stampede, but GoebeI's
nerve and GOODNESS checkmated it. On
Inc otner hand, the Hardin people can
o not throw their strength solidLy to
stone, for they are divided in the matter
OF a second choice, and, as was the case
yesterday, many would go to GoebeI in
case of a break
A notable feature of the affair is the
hardln campaign. Coming into the con-
Vent1on with hundred votes short of q
majority OF the convention; beaten at
every point on organization, and weak
ened by adverse decisions of the era
oehtlais committee, involving scores of
seats, the Hardin managers, with con-
summate cleverness, jumped into the
hgnt When the game seemed to be lost
WltndreW the name of Hardin and left
Goe6el and Stone to fight It out These
TWO Iell into the trap and flew at each
otners threats with the result that when
the convention adjourned last night Goe-
o oeI ana stone had split and Hardin, on
the last ballot, stood second in votes
Meanwhile, the three-cornered fight
grows warmer and the delegates, who
nave spent nearly a week trying to NOM
mate state ticket, may yet have to
LOOK outside the trio now occupying the
ring to find a leader upon whom thev car
unite.