The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-25
NO NOMINATIONS MADE
Kentucky Democrats Are Still
in Deadlock.
BRYAN AND FREE SILVER
Trusts Denounced in the Platform-Elec-
tion of Blackburn to the Senate
Urged-Hardin's Name
Withdrawn.

state convention passed to-day in
tiresome deadlock. An adjournment
was had tonight until o'clock Mon
| day, not making any nominations.
Business moved rapidly for a few
hours this morning. The report of the
credentials committee, deciding favor
ably to the -Goebel delegates, was
| adopted, the temporary organization
was made permanent and platform
was adopted which reaffirms the Chi
cago platform; declares for Bryan and
free silver in 1900; denounces trusts;
arraigns the republican national and
state administrations and urges the
election Of j. S. G. Blackburn to fill the
vacancy in the United States senate.
Then came the battle royal over nom
| nations, but before it began General
p Wat Hardin, the ex-leader Of the
party in this state under the silver BAN
ner, withdrew his name as candidate
! for the nomination for governor. This
speech, which was delivered under af-
| fecting circumstances, did more to
| strengthen his following in the con-
vention than all his political workers
| have been able to accomplish since the
| delegates assembled.
| This was shown on the first ballot,
| when William Goebel had to his credit
| within less than score of votes to give
| him nomination. There was a sponta-
| neous outburst of Hardin enthusiasm
| which lasted for half an hour and came
| very near developing into a stampede
AS it was, Hardin. who had received
| only little more than 100 on the first
| roll call, had upwards of 300 when, af-
| ter recapitulation, the vote was an
| nounced. This strength he retained
| during the early evening, increasing 1t
| on the sixth ballot to 371, or within IL
votes of Stone.
There was decided drift in favor of
| Goebel early in the voting, but it was
| checked by the Stone people throwing
| enough strength to Hardin to even
matters up. This was significant IN
showing the inner workings of the
| Stone -Goebel combination and the eyf-
| dent purpose OF the Stone men to pre-
vent Goebel getting the long end of the
bargain, at least until Stone had had
| fair test of his strength.
succeeding ballots up to the 18th
/ showed scarcely any change. 1t is
| anybody's race and at present there
| is no sign of a break from the dead
| lock-
After the second ballot the strength
| of the candidates tiuctuated, first one
| being in the lead and then another,
/ but when the convention adjourned the
highest vote that had been recorded
after the second ballot was 394, cast
| Earlier in the evening several at
! tempts by the Goebel forces to force
! an adjournment until Monday were
voted down. After the 11th ballot had
been taken resolution, was offered
by the Goebel people providing that
after the next ballot the name of the
candidate having the lowest number
of votes be dropped. This was oppos
ed by the combined strength of Hardin
and Stone. The resolution was defeat
ed by vote of 317 to 715. The con-
vention then adjourned until Monday
| morning.
The platform, which was written by
Judge James P. Tarvin of Covington,
| contains the following:
THE democrats of Kentucky, In con-
| vention assembled, reaffirm without the
| slightest qualification the principles
and policies declared in the democratic
| national platform adopted at Chicago
| in 1896
Our faith in bimetallism is vindicat-
ed by events. The necessity for the
| restoration of the double standard was
| acknowledged by them and congress
! in 1897, when commission was sent to
Europe to entreat other nations to aid
| in establishing bimetallism, and the
| failure of the commission to secure
| European co-operat tion confirms the
friends Of free coinage in their belief
| that relief can only come by the inde-
| pendent action of the United States The
present legal ratio of 16 to / is the only
! ratio at which bimetallism can be re-
| stored and opposition to it is confined
to those who oppose bimetallism at any
| ratio and those who misapprehend or
| ignore the reasons which led three ma
| tional conventions to adopt it.
We denounce the present republican
| national administration for it's reckless
extravaganza in the conduct of the
public affairs; for it's cruel and inhu-
man neglect in its treatment of our SOL
! dlers and sailors during the late Spanish
war; for its complete subordination to
the interests of organized wealth; for
| Its protection and encouragement of
! trusts and combinations and especially
| for it's appointment and retention in
office of an attorney general devoted to
| the interests of trusts and combina-
| tions.
I'VE believe the trust is the result, in
large measure, of the policies adopted
| and pursued by the republican party.
among which are the decentralization of
silver, by which the volume of currency
| has been kept below the demands of
business, and the enactment and en-
| forcement of vicious, unWise and unpa-
| triotic legislation, such as the protect
| I've tariff laws, known as the Mckinley
and Dinsley bills, whereby there is a
| discrimination in favor of corporate
wealth and against individual enter
prise. We favor the destruction of the
result as well as the removal of the
cause. The re-esta ablishment of indie
pendent bimetallism at 16 to l and the
repeal or all protective tariff laws
Woulo DO more to cripple and destroy
the organization and the operation of
the trusts than of any other laws.
we hereby express our continued
confidence in William J. Bryan and IA
Vor his nomination for the presidency
of the United States by the democratic
national convention of 1900,
we recommend to the democracy Of
Kentucky j. C. S. Blackburn as the
successor of William Lindsay in the
United States senate. We indorse the
war carried to success for the freedom
of the enslaVed Cubans and we appre-
ciate and honor the courage and hero
ism of our soldiers and sailors therein