The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1899-06-29

The disorder continued withous interruption
until after O'Clock when the Goebel men hi,
upon the plan to have county chairman come
to the stage and cast the votes OF ,heir dele.
ga'ions. This set their frenEied opponents
beside themselves with singer. but the roll cali
proceeded. the awful din Increasing oil tho
while County chairmen came 70 the stage
ana the clerk had 70 lean over TO close range To
eaten word that was SAID The Hardin men
ana many Stone delegates did not vote After
nall On hour OF the hardest kind OF work. tho
osilo' wos finished and announced as follows,
Goebe!, a521<: Stone eoix: Hardin, ST.
The Chair ordered another ballot whereupon
Ollie James. big lunged Stone leader. cried,
All Hardin and Stone men refuse to vote.
They won't do IL the Goebeiites responded
deh"ntl'. and sure enough they did not; tho
predictions that have bsen made that tho
weakness OF Hardin and Stone would show
itself In the lack Of con .rol ov.r their dele.
gates were verihe; The lar. ballot the 18th.
resulted. Goebel a.th: Stone Us; Hardin 80.
By agreement Of the candidates. the conveu.
'ion adjourned until 10 o'clock Tuesday morn.
ing
LOUISVILLE. Ky. June ca-The bellieerencv
OF the ceieRa les 10 the state democratic con.
ventton to appearances. pnssei with the night
Chairman Redwine. TUESDAY morning, ordered
tho first ballot for governor without arousinga
word OF protest II proceeded in q humdrum
way. the three candidates dividing tho vote
Just about rs they have from the start
Conferences between the Stone and Hardin
managers lasted ua.N late In the night with.
out bringing them nearer TO ON agreement
They hav" nothing in common save opposition
to Goebel. and THAI cause does not appeal
strongly enough to their followers TO brinR
about working agreement
The whole contest svli swings around tho
imperturbaole kenton county man. who has
from the start played his hand coidly and
skillfully. and has not yet lost trick. The
drift VI the Hardin-Stone coalition is strongly
toward Hardin in preference to Stone, bus
there is no sign yet tina. it con be made ef.
fective.
The first ballot Tuesday morning the four.
teenth since voting began. resulted: Stone.
1913: Hardin. 1853: Goeoel $50
Fifteenth . lot: Stone $50: Hardin $50:
Goebel. S54
Hardin. OK.
Goebel. $40
Nineteenth ballot: Stone. stan; Hardin,
3C54: Goebel. So
Hardin->;one leaders are very angry over
Redw mes refusal 10 entertain resolution for
zine die adjo rnment. They said they were
determined to con .inue the deadlock until
Redwine yields
To the surprise Of all the factions ,pparent.
ly. Delegate Kehue novel TO adjourn until 3
p. m. Askei why he made the .djou, nmens
motion kehoe said that the Goeoel forces
needed a couple Of hours for caucusing He
would say no more. The convention adjourned
at 1918 n. m to 3 p m. MANY OF the Stone.
H .rdin deies :eS voted for adjournment be.
cause they were hungry
LOUISVILLE. KY. June 2a-will!am Goe bel
who with un iron grnsp las fulec The demo.
cratic state convention slice It assembled
nearly week ago. was Tuesday nigh. nom
mated for governor on The 2j.h ballot. n ter Q
contest unparalleled in this state for bitter
ness and determination. or on the part
of the winner for skillful manipuia-
ton. The end OF the long. eIhausting fight
brought o remarkable degree of harmony to
the factions which have waged through
the fight relentlessly and battled for every inch
Of ground. Nearly every oody joined in a dem.
onstratlon when their candidate appeared for
the frat time before the convention to accept
the nomination and return his thanks.
The Goebel forces held the opposition close.
ly down to business all d ". forcing continuous
balloting. defeating them when they showed
signs Of weakness und sought sine die adj
journment. compelling vote on proposit. ON
TO drop the hindmost on each ballot after the
25th and came out Of the final trial of strength
shortly after 10 o'c ock TUESDAY night
with co,ors flying Stone vas dropped on the
25;h ballot. and Hardin proved unable to
control enough Of the stone votes to win.
After the nomination the convention enjoyed
q few minutes Of re- AZ sion and reconciliation.
speeches were made Dy Congressman Wheeler.
Jucg. Tnrvin and other n Q iagers for the three
candidates and the theme Of 81 was get "a.
gethe: md win"
LoUisvILIk KY June 20-The democratic
safe conven ion resumed lis work on the
minor state officex at ESQ o'clock Wednesday
morning.
A resolution WIS adopted to drop the hind.
most candidate ON tie second ballot and there
after on all ofices yet before the convention
Presentation speeches were limited TO two
minutes.
Tho following candidates were placed In
nomination for lieutenant governor: w. p
Thornc. Of Henry: G w. Beckham. Of Nell