The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-07-25

peared before the convention and adj
vocated the adoption of said resolution.
But Senator Goebel, representing 349
votes, said "no." The chairmen de-
clared the resolution not in order and
refused to allow an appeal from his
decision. Most of the delegates by
this time, after fruitless endeavor to
serve the Democratic party, departed
for their home, leaving only fraction
of the original 1902 delegates. A
large number of counties were being
voted by proxy, whether genuine or
fraudulent may never be known, in
making all the so-called nominations.
All the wrongs committed have not
been recited, but enough to show that
all the proceedings of the so-called
convention are null and void, now,
therefore,
RESOLVED, That the Democrats of
Montgomery county in mass conven-
ton assembled do solemnly denounce
the proceedings of the Goebel follow
ers in this county and the proceedings
of the so-called State Convention die
tated aud enforced by ID. b. Redwine,
chairman, VIM. Goebel, the police
force of Louisville, the Courier-Jour-
nal, and other influences all hostile to
VIM. j. Bryan for the nomination for
President in 1900, and to the Demo-
cratic platform OF 1S96,ss illegitimate
and of no binding force whatever up
on the Democratic party OF Kentucky.
Resolved, That the names an the So
called Goebel ticket for Governor and
all the other State Offices, to be voted
for at next November election, are not
nominees of the Democratic party but
were parties to the same fraud and
deserve to be repudisted by all true
Democrats in Kentucky.
Resolved, That we are loyal DEM
Locrats and believe that party organi-
cation and nescipline are necessary to
the success of the great principles we
advocate and that it is our duty to
surrender our individual preference
and minor views to the will of the
majority OF the party properly ex-
pressed, but do not feel bound by the
action of convention in which by
force and fraud and treachery the will
of the party and its accredited delegat-
es was overridden by that of one man
and his creatures. We ardently de-
sire the success of VIM. j. Bryan and
of the principles of the Chicago conven-
ton OF 1896, and in order to succeed we
would swallow these frauds if we be-
! lieved il was best to do so in order to
secure that desirable result, but we
firmly believe that it is best for party
success in 1900 that we should disa-
vow these frauds and put the unmis-
taxable stamp OF our disabproval
upon them and believe we will there
by secure the aid of many thousand
men OF each State and enable US TO
win success, wherefore be it
Resolved, That we urge the De-
mocracy of each county in the State
to meet at once and appoint from one
to three prudent, loyal Democrats TO
meet with those appointed by this
meeting al Lexington, KY, on August
End, 1899, to consult and advise upon
the propriety of calling a convention
of the Democracy of the State to nom
mate Democratic candidates TO fill the
| State offices at the election next No
vember, with the power to call such
convention aud to name the time and
place (outside of Lodisville) for hold
ing the same and to name a Temper
airy Chairman to organize said CON
yention and the time, place
and manner of holding county meet
ings to appoint delegates 10 the said
convention and to provide for all the
organization necessary and proper for
holding same.
Resolved, That we invite prudent,
discreet and temperate Democrts in
each county to write TO the
party press in Louisville the extent of
the disaffection to the fraudulent tick
ct in their respective counties compar-
ing il with the vote for Shackelford
for Clerk of Appellate Court, and TO
huts furnish to the meeting at Lex
ington on August 2, 1899, data on
which to base intelligent action and
we ask them to base their estimate
upon the state of feeling that will ex-
ist at the November election.
Resolved, That we insist that ac-
cOrdinQ to the true principles of De-
mocracy the Democrats of each voting
precinct have the right to and should
select their members of the County
Committee and the members thereof
so selected have the right to and
should select their own Chairman.
And we urge them TO proceed TO do
so Notwithstanding the fact q resolu-
tion to this effect reported to the State