The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-27

Louisville, Ky, June PEA continuous
performance OF bowling farce lasting eight
hours; a regular vocal entertainment with
sooists and chorus OF several hundred
voices; defamation and tin-horn tests OF
lung powcr. made up the programme OF the
sixth days session Of the democratic State
convention, and It narrowly escaped wind
ing up in an exhibition of puglism aud
Workmanship. From 10 o'clock untl
today Central Music hall contained without
doubt the most uproariously dlsorderly
body OF mon that ever gathered together
for the transaction of political or other
business, Augered at what they considered
an arbitrary ruling OF the chair in refusing
10 allow an appeal from his decision de-
clarrng out OF order II motion to remove
1 policemen from the hall over half tho
delegates set about with all the energy
I thoy could command to prevent by sheer
| force of lung power the transaction OF any
| further business until they secured voto
on this appeal This plan was successfully
carried out until nearly 6 ocoak this
evening, when, principally because ~ utter
physical exhaustion. the hllbnsters al
lowed themselves to be outwitted and tho
ballot on the nomination for governor,
which the chair had ordered early in the
morning and had tried repeatedly to Iro-
coed with. was concluded by having tho
county chalrmen, or as many as would.
come 10 the stage and yell their votes to
the clerk, who at a distance Of only few
inches was able to catch the figures. The
teeth of the rooacitrants having been
pried open the bitter dose slowly uicklod
down, and before they fairly realized they
were beaten second ballot was recorded,
this time with less trouble.
These two ballots. both fruitless, repre-
sent the days work Of the convention.
After they were completed all were glad
enough TO adjourn until u o'clock tomor-
row morning. Behind this spectacular en-
tertainment tho three candidates for gov
ernor worked like beavers Today 1t was
clearly Goebel against the field, and the
Kenton county leader cold and neryeicss
"a ever. has successfully dehed his two OPP
moments to combine and beat Linn. Trey
may do IT yet but so far they have shown
Themselves woefully lacking in ability 10
throw their vote in any one direction or to
keen IT silent when 1t seemed pest to their
managers that no votes be cast. Goebei
controls the organization of the eonven-
ton and through it the State central COM
mlttee. ana they win probably attack pm
here. too. II they can get together TO-
davis events will tend to bring them closer
together but at present the fight Is as
omen and as fierce as 1t has been at any
time.
oIf tried to name the nominee should
need three guesses' This is the way
ox.Goyernor McCreary, an old timer IN
Kentucky politics. expressed his opinion
Of the democratic convention
Conferences lasting until long after
midnight failed to bring any two OF the
candidates nearer together. but for time
~ looked as though stone and Hardin
might get together. But this is an unlike
10 combination, for no matter what its
result one Of the parties must lose all, Tor
coaheI has the state organization. Gee
bsI.s GOODNESS and nerve and his skin as a
ro,,tieal manipulation make him the cent
al squre in the night Many delegates,