The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-07-18
ANTI-GOEBEL
Meeting at the Court Rouse Well
Attended.
TIE CALL HAD 100 sIGNERs
How Many Of the Crowded House
Favored Resolutions Can Not
Be Estimated.

faV0reu n6SOluLlOuS Odu Nut
Be Estimated.
AT meeting Of the Democracy
of Montgomery county, held at
the courthouse in Mt. Sterling,
KY, in pursuance of a call Of about
100 Democrats, and which was at
tended by 500 or 600. On motion
Hon. B. F. Cockrell was appoint
ed chairman and S. w. Greene
secretary. The chair explained
the object of the meeting, also
Col. Thos. Turner in a conserva-
tive speech. On motion the chair
appointed Col. Thos. Turner, S.
S. Priest, M. S. Tyler. Geo. E.
Chick, and ]. G. Trimble to re-
port resolutions expressive of the
sense of the meeting. The COM
mittee retired, and while in con-
sultation the house was addressed
by Hon. H. B. Kinsolving.
The committee reported the fol-
lowing resolutions for the consid-
Grafton of the meeting. which, af-
ter remarks by M. S. Tyler and
A. w, Bascom, of Bath county,
the latter of whom testified to a
personal knowledge of the out
rageous actions of the chairman o.
the Louisville convention as NAM
ed in the resolution, were adopted.
After the adoption of the rseolu-
tons, on motion the convention
adjourned.
B. F. CocKRELL,
Chairman.
S. w. GREENE,
Secretary.
The following are the resolu-
tons odopted:
RESOLVED, That the Democrats of
Montgomery county in mass conven-
ton assembled do solemnly deuounce
the proceedings of the Goebel follow
ers in this county and the proceedings
of the so-called State Convention die
tated aud enforced by d. B. Red wine,
chairman, VIM. Goebel, the police
force of Louisville, the CourierzJour-
nal, and other influences all hostile TO
Wm. j. Bryan for the nomination for
President in 1900, and to the Demo-
cratic platform OF lS96,as illegitimate
and of no binding force whatever up
on the Democratic patty 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 or the Democratic party but
were parties TO the same fraud and
deserve to be repudiated by all true
Democrats in Kentucky.
Resolved, That we are loyal DEM
ocrats and believe that party 0rgani-
cation and nescipline are necessary to
the success OF the great principles we
advocate and that II il our duty to
surrender our individual preference
and minor views to the will of the
mbj rily OF the party properly ex-
pressed, but do not teel bound by the
action of convention in which by
force and fraud and treachery the will
OF the party and its accredited delegs T.
es was overridden by that OF one man
nd IL,
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 it was best to do so in order to
secure that desirable result, but We
firmly believe that it is best tor 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 Stale 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 10
meet with those appointed by thi>
meeting at Lexington, KY, on August
End, 1899, to consult and advise upon
thu propriety of calling a convention
of the Democracy of the State to nom
mate Democratic candidates to fiji the |
Stale offices at the election next No
vember, with the power to call such |
convention and to name the time ana |
place Outside of Lodisvillc) for hold |
ing the same and to name a Temper
airy Chairman to organize said con-
yention and the time, place
aud manner OF holding county meet
ings to appoint delegates TO the said |
convention and to provide for all the |
organization necessary and proper Tor
holding came.
Resolved, That we invite prudent,
discreet aud temperate Democrts in |
each county to write TO the |
marty pregs In Louisville the axtent NJ |