The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-02
BRYAN AND HIS PLATFORM
BIIET.1 LLISTS FAVOR THEM FOR
 THE 1000 CAMPAIGN
Action Taken nt the Meeting in Louis- ville-The Chicago Platform Adopted Without Change-The Trust De- nounced as the Outsrovth of the De- Inonetization of Silver.

Louisville, Ky, June 1.-When the af ternoon session of the bi-metallic clubs
 convened at MacAuley's theater to-day
 almost every delegate was in his seat
 The three gubernatorial aspirants, Will
 liam Goebel, F. Watt Hardin and w. J Stone, were on the programme fol speeches. Judge James P. Tarvin o1
 Covington presided and his gavel fel
 promptly at o'clock. The following
 resolution introduced by General F. N
 Finley of Ohio was adopted:
 Resolved, That with a view of talk
 ing measures to thoroughly organize for
 the campaign of 1900, committee be
 selected, of which the president of this
 association shall be a member That said committee he requested to co-op-
 crate with the national committee in
 perfecting a thorough organization of
 the democratic party throughout all the
 states and territories of the United
 States. The president of this association
 to name the committed" Judge Tar win then announced the following as members of the committee: John P. Altgeld, Illinois; George Fred Williams, Massachusetts; W. J. Overmeyer, h. diana: M. J. Semonin, Kentucky; Allen V. Clark, Indiana, and James P. Tar win, Kentucky.
 The first speaker was F. Watt Har- din of Mercer county. The speaker lost no time in getting down to a discussion of the financial question. He said that " al bound to be some existing evils, result ing from nations financial system and their too frequent mismanagement
 Hon. William Goebel of Covington fol- lowed Mr Harding. His speech was very brief and was to the effect that the democratic party, in the selection of presidential candidate for the cam- paign of 1900, need look no farther than William J. Bryan and the Chicago plat form. The trust issue, he thought. was of secondary importance to the question of bi-metallism.
 After MT Goebel, Hon. William J. Stone made brief speech covering in substance pretty nearly the same ground previously gone over by General Harding and MT. Goebel At the con- clusion of MT. Stones address Chair man Tarvin nam 9d officers for the en- suing terms and sessions, after which the convention adjourned until after supper. Mir. Tarvin called the night session to order at o'clock and intro- duced Hon. Henry Warrum of Indiana. He made an interesting speech
 The committee on officers for the en- suing year made the following report, which was unanimously adopted: Pres ident, James P. Tarvin, Kentucky; vice president, F. J. Van Voorhis, Indiana; D. s. Oliver, s. M. Biddison, Illinois; J. Semonin, J. P. Altgeld, Illinois; John Overmeyer. Indiana; Louis Stentz, Ohio, and Thomas Tandry. Kentucky; secretary, A. w. Clark, Indiana; treas- urer Adam Hamburger, Indiana.
 The executive committee shall consist of all the above named officers together with the following members: F. J. Del Ter D. 1I. Downey, Indiana; J. w. Orr, Nober Gottleib Illinois; c. V. Hull H. c. Cordrey, Ohio; R. Washington, J. L. Rhinoek, Kentucky President Tarvin the Hon. E. B. Finley of Ohio, who denounced the gold standard wing of the party. The report of the committee on resolutions was unani- mously adopted, The report recom- mends the adoption by the national con- vention in 1900 of the Chicago platform without change, the financial plank in- cluded. The trust is denounced as the logical outgrowth of the demonetization of silver. Confidence in w. J, Bryan is expressed and his nomination for presi- dent in 1900 is favored.