The age-herald., 1899-07-12
TAYLOR WILL
 OPPOSE GOEBEL He Has Enough Votes to Insure Re-
 publican Nomination. NOT A STRONG CANDIDATE Said That Many Republicans Mill Not
 Support { 65,oOo NEGRC<; WON'T VOTE There is some : of Combination to BeatN But the Stone
 ar tQuarters Are
 Deserted.
NOT A STRONG CANDIDATE
65,ooo NEeRe> WON'T VOTE

Lexington, Ky, July 1.-The candidates are all here for the republican state con- vention tomorrow. They opened their re- spective headquarters today to meet the early arrival of delegates So far as the governorship is concerned, there is no con- test, as Attorney General w. s. Taylor has more votes pledged than are necessary to nominate. Colonel Stone and Judge Pratt are still working, but confess that they are in the minority. They are now working with view to defeating Taylor, rather than with any expectation for victory themselves. The Stone and Pratt men are not pulling together harmoniously even in opposition to Taylor, as they accuse each other of weakness in many counties If any formidable opposition to Taylor is or- ganized it is likely to be in the interest of a dark horse.
 The opponents of Taylor say that he is in the same class as William Goebel, the democratic nominee for governor; that his methods have been such that the democrats who dislike Goebel will not support Tay- Tor, while they would support some republi- can who has not been identified with any clique It is also charged that there are ooVVV COlOISu NOleTS WHO Will support Taylor. Every possible objection is being raised today against Taylor, but these at tacks do not seem to affect the dele gates.
 stone and Pratt Lonesome
 Most of the delegates will arrive tomor- row, but such as are here today flock to the headquarters of Taylor, while Colonel Stone and Judge Pratt are not disturbed much by callers. For the most part they are locking all by themselves.
 Senator Deboe is openly championing the cause of Taylor He is not only the central figure at Taylor's headquarters, but also in his counsel, They dine together, walk about together, and the delegates say they sleep together. Neither Deboe or Taylor seems to be disturbed in the least about the attacks of their opponents, who say that Taylor has not only used his state patron age but also had all the patronage under Senator Deboe in his interest. It is charg- ed that all the places in the federal census as we'll as the prospective patronage under Taylor has been parceled out.
 Tn opponents of Taylor called on him and Senator Deboe late last night and again begged them to name some other man for governor, but they will not entertain such a proposition for a moment. They insist that none of the charges are well grounded, that the disaffection will blow over after the convention, that they have made the race in good faith and do not intend to be scared out of the results of their successful canvass.
 Central Committee Meets
 The republican state central committee met tonight with all the eleven members present except Attorney General Taylor, who was represented by his secretary, MT. 1hacher. Congressman Vincent Booring, of London, Ky, was selected as temporary chairman of the convention, and K. J. Hampton, of Winchester, as secretary. Both are strong Taylor men. It is under stood that Judge George Denny. of Lex ington another Taylor man. will be per manent chairman. A delegation of colored men, headed by Rev. s. E. Smith, of Ow- ensboro president of the Kentucky League of Colored Republican clubs; w. D. John son, editor of the Standard Louisville, and Professor J. E. Wood, of Danville, was given a hearing by the state committee. They protested against the nomination of General Taylor, and were advised that the committee had nothing to do with the nom- nations The coored delegation then tired to another room and perfected an or ganzation so as to present their protest against Taylor to the convention tomorrow. Among the delegates who attract special attention is Sheriff Beverly White, who heads the Clay county delegation It was in front of Sheriff Whites residence that Tom Baer was recently killed while on trial Those delegates, in referring to the recent false alarms for troops in Clay county, insist that there never has been any need of troops there, and that the re- ports about the Howard-Baker feud have been greatly exaggerated.