The record-union., 1899-06-27
Kentucky State Democratic Con-
vention's Session
outdld Itself Yesterday in Uprsarieus
Disorder.
Chair Ruled Out Of Order a De-
mand for Removal of Police
and for Hours the Crowd Yelled
and Sang to Prevent Continue
ton of the Ballot for Governor
Two Ballots Were Taken
Without Result and the Con-
vention Adjourned Till To-Day.

Two Ballots Were Taken
Without Result and the Con-
vention Adjourned Till To-Day.
LOUISVILLE, June GA continu-
Gus performance of farce lasting eight
hours; rare vocal entertainment with
soloists and a chorus of several hun
.dred voices; declarations and tin horn
tests of lung power, made up the pro-
gram of the sixth days session of the
Democratic State Convention and it
narrowly escaped winding up in an ex-
hibition of pugilism and gun fighting.
From 10 o'clock until 6 to-day Central
Music Hall contained without doubt the
most uproarous and disorderly body of
men that ever gathered for the trans
action of political or other business.
Angered by what they considered an
arbitrary ruling of the Chairman in
refusing to allow an appeal from his
decision declaring out of order a motion
to remove policemen from the hall, over
half the delegates set about with all
the energy they could command to pre-
vent by sheer force of lung power the
til they secured a vote on the appeal.
This plan was successfully carried out
until nearly 6 o'clock this evening
when, principally because of utter
physical exhaustion, the filibusters al
lowed themselves to be outwitted and
the vote on nomination for Governor
which the chair had ordered early in
the morning and had tried peatedly
to proceed with, was concluded by hav-
ing the County Chairmen or as many
as would, come to the stage and yell
their votes at the Clerk, who, at dis
tance of a few inches, was able to catch
the figures.
The teeth of recalcitrants having
been pried open. the bitter dose slowly
trickled down and before they fairly
realized they were beaten, a second bal
lot was reached, this time with less
tribulation. These two ballots, both
were fruitless. represent the days work
of the convention. After they were
completed all were glad enough to adj
journ until 10 O'Clock tomorrow morn
ing.
Behind this spectacle entertainment
three candidates for Governor worked
like beavers. To-day it was clearly
Goebel against the field and the Kenton
County leader, cold and nerveless as
ever, has successfully defied his two
opponents to combine and beat him
They may do it yet, but so far they
have shown themselves woefully lack
ing in ability to throw their vote in
any one direction or keep it silent wher
1t seemed best to their manag gers that
no vote be cast. Goebel controls the
organization of the convention and
through it the State Central Commit
tee, and they probably will attack him
here too, if they can get together. To-
days events will tend to bring them
closer, but at present the fight is as
open and as fierce as it has been al
any time.
LOUISVILLE, June 26@Trouble be-
gan with the fall of the gavel at to-
days session of the Democratic State
Convention, the beginning of the sec
ond week of it's labors. In respect to
uproarious disorder, it outdid itself to-
day, though it already had a reason
ably good record for lack of accord
When the session began a demand was
made for the removal of the police, who
had been present since the disturbance
caused Friday by outsiders. The chain
ruled it out of order and refused tt
recognize an appeal. For hours tht
crowd yelled and sang in very eff
fectual effort to prevent continuation
of the bolloting for Governor.
The demonstration on the whole was
good humored. but determined. Only
once or twice was i'll humor displayed
and one of these, the occasion being tht
election Of a disorderly delegate, came
near resulting seriously.
LOUISVILLE. June 26.-when the
Democratic State Convention wa.
called to order at 10 o clock this morn.
ing the three-cornered fight for the
gubernatorial nomination was appar
emily no nearer settled than on Satur.
day.
Conferences lasting until long after
midnight failed to bring any two of ths
candidates nearer together, though FOL
a time it looked as though Stone ant
Hardin might get together. But thi:
is an unlikely combination, for no mat
ter what it's result, one of the partie:
must lose ALL for Goebel has the Stat;
organization. Many delegates have
gone home. What effect this will have
on the main contest is an open ques,
ton, but it has seriously alarmed many
of the candidates for minor offices.
John r. Rhea got the floor once ant
called attention to the presence in the
hall of the policemen, the inferenc;
being that they were not there simply
to Keep order. He moved that thu
Chairman order them removed. Ths
Chairman recalled the attempt of Fri
day night by outsiders to interfere witt
the poceedings of the convention; sale
the police had been called at his reques
and declared the motion out of order
Rhea and other Stone and Hardin lead
ers appealed from this decision and de
manded a call of the counties. The chall
declined to recognize the appeal ant
ordered the roll-call for a ballot To-
Governor.
Instantly the convention was in
t,,rnoil, equal to any of the exciting in
cidents Of last week. The Stone ant
Hardin leaders made frantic appeal
COR justice and fairness. A dozen Q
them gathered in the space in front 9
the Chairman and with vociferous sup
mort OF hundreds Of delegates. declared
fhs ballot should not proceed until tnei