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


as selected by this county having been
turned down and others substituted
who were not selected and who cast
three-qusrters of the vote of this
county for a man whom the Demo-
Gratis had so overwhelmingly repudi-
ated in our said county convention.
And when the State Convention as
sembled at Louisville, Judge ID. b.
Redwine was made temporary chair
man thereof, and a committee on or
ganizstion was formed, and reported
in fsvo. of making said Redwine it's
permanent chairman and same was
adopted, and said Redwine afterwards
made the following rulings by which
he substituted his own will over the
will of the accredited delegates of the
Democracy. and co ltrolled the action
of the convention, to-wit: The chair
man ruled that the minority report
should be considered first, which was
correct, but instead of allowing the
convention to consider Ballard county
first, Caldwell county second, ETC., in
the First Congressional District and
taking up the counties of each consec-
utive district in alphabetical order ac-
cordihg TO az 'recedents and psrlia-
mentary rY and deciding the con-
tests FROM ch county on its merits,
in whicy .se al delegates were en-
titled 10 vote, except the county on
trial, he improperly ruled that both
reports should be voted on as whole
and that 3l6 delegates whose seats
were contested should not be called
on or allowed to vote. He then ruled
these voting "aye should be counted
for the minority report and those vot-
ing "no" should be counted for the
majority report. The result was 1913
voted for the minority and AL voted
for the majority eport-only 1859 votes
being recorded out of 1902. The
adoption of the majority report seated
delegates who never thought of max
ing contest until sent for alter the
State Convention had assembled.
Others were seated who had not been
appointed by any county convention
whatever. Before and W lille this out
rage was being committed more than
half the delegates on the floor protested
but in vain, and their leaders appealed
from the decisions of the chair with
out recognition. All protests were
ignored, and appeals to the convention
from the decisions of the chair refused,
the chairman being prompted by SEN
ator VIM. Goebel, who sat on the stage
in his rear. In executing these arbi-
trary proceedings Chairman Redwine
was surrounded and supported by the
armed detective force OF Louisville in
citizen dress. The Chief OF Police
with thirty armed policemen in uni
form formed line on the floor in
front of the stage and faced the con-
vention, An equal number command
ed by captains and lieutenants were
marched to the stage in the rear OF the
chairman, and was held as reserve
force. Ten policemen, under cap
tain, guarded the side entrance, and
about twenty, under two captains,
guarded the main entrance to the hall.
A large number in uniform were dis
tributed all around the hall, close to
and surrounding the delegates, with
many more in citizens clothing scat
tered among the delegates. After
this armed military force had fortified
the chairman he would not allow the
convention TO vote on or consider any
motion unless Senator Goebel agreed
to it, nor would he allow an appeal
from his decisions to the convention
in any case whatever, and
Whereas, more Than TOO delegates
realized that they could not or would
not be permitted to act as free repre-
septatives Of the Democratic party un-
der such usurper, upheld by military
power, and after several days reso-
luton was introduced to refer the
question of holding new convention
back to the Democrats of the various
counties of the State, and providing
for an adjournment, sine die, Capt.
Stone, representing 3sl votes. and