Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-12
RALLYING TO YERKES
Kentucky Republicans Will Nominate
Him by AccIamation.
REGRET At TAYLOR'S WITHDRAWAL.
Choice of the Democrats is Std
in Doubt.
BECKH AM IS NOT POPULAR
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
| LOUISVILLE, KY June Ia. 1900
| John w. ferkes of Danville will be the
| unanimous choice Of the republican party
| OF Kentucky for governor. The convene
ton, which will nominate him by acclama-
| ton. will be called to meet in this CITY
| about July % and will be the most largely
! attended and enthusiastic gathering in tie
history of that party in the state
The formal withdrawal of Gov Taylor
from the race was heard with regret by thu
| republicans. but the announcement of Mr..
| 1erkes' candidacy caused widespread en-
| thusiasm. Your correspondent has talked
| with 100 representative republicans from
| over the state within the past three DAYS
| and not one had any objection to offer to
1erkes, and all predicted his nomination
and ultimate triumph over the Goebel party
| at the polls in November.
| MIR. Yerkes says there is but one all-im-
portant issue. the question of free ballot
and fair count, and that this is what he
| Will pitch his fight upon. He says the
| people are denied the right of suffrage un-
| der the Goebel election law. and that he
shall bend every energy to wipe that OBJ
| jectionable measure from the statute books
He will prove particularly popular with
|
| conservatism and clean public record. He
| has received many letters and kilograms
| from independent voters assuring him of
their cooperation and support. Mr.. Yerkes
| Is much pleased with the outlook, and be-
| lieves his party will again win in Novem-
| Der, and that the majority will be so large
| this year that there will be no room for
| election board and legislative overturning
| OF the peoples will.
The GOebel Element at Sea.
| While the renuh1ican nroprarn 10 ~.
knowledged certainty the Goebel men seem
| at sea. That Beckham will have a run for
| 1t" Is made manifest by the results of the
| county conventions held Saturday to Sc
| lect delegates to the state convention in
| this city Thursday, when four delegates
| at-large to the democratic national con-
| vention will be selected. Beckham's friends
| made tests of strength in some counties,
| and in only one were they successful in
| their efforts to have the young governor
| Endorsed. After sharp wrangle in Frank
| lin county-at Observation-Disclosures cam
didacy Endorsed. In some large coun-
| ties, notably Daviess Beckham lg
nored, the resolutions merely idorsing the
democratic state administration and Bry-
| an. In four counties the candidacy of
| Judge John D. Black of Barbourville was
| irdorsed. In Scott and Barren counties the
| candidacy of Gen. Joseph Lewis was in
dorsed 1t is now stated that there will he
cornered contest for the nomination before
| the middle of the week. The political wise
acres decline to state the name of this fifth
aspirant for Goebel honors, but say he Will
prove strong with the people.
Many of the Goebel leaders favor Mr..
Beckham for the nomination because. theT
say, he represents all that Senator Goeoei
stood for in the way of political principles.
But still others say that he Is too Young.
and will not prove strong enough before
| the people, and that besides that they do
not want to antagonize the large anti
! Goebel element in the state by Haunting
| the red flag in their faces For these rea-
sons they think older leader who has
not been mixed up in the Goebei entansie-
ments but who still is firm believer In
the Goebel principles, should be selected to
lead in the struggle between the two par
ties for supremacy this year
Old Fight May Be Eliminated.
The democratic nominations invention
meets at Lexington June 49, and the county
conventions. which will precede this meet
ing are expected to develop some lively
fights that will be watched with interest by
everybody Leaders on both sides say that
with Taylor not candidate and Beckham
NOT a candidate the causes which engender-
ed such intense bitterness last year Will
have been eliminated and that the contest
would be an interesting but disnihed one
throughout. However. it is not 1mproba-
BILE that Beckham's friends will gain con-
troll of the Lexington convention and nomi-
nate him. If so, 1t is said they Will attempt
to placate the diSgruntled faction by throw
ing a SOD in the shape of an invitation 10
return to the fold and be forgiven ms
however some of the leaders of the Brown
democrats do not take kindly to. 1t Is SAID
that most of them demand the repeal or the
Goebel election law, and say after TINS IS
done there will still be time enough to talk
of affiliating with the party But there -
a strong feeling against the Goebel oil
garchy. and as long as it is In the saddle II
not thought by some conservative leaders
that unless a decided change takes place.
the Independent element Will cofne ottSh "
its old haunts. ,
The congressional races have nearly all
been lost sight of in the whirl of interest
the gubernatoral contest has suddenly
awakened
In the Seventh District.
In the seventh district, where the call for
a primary was rescinded by the democratic
district committee because it had created
so much dissatisfaction. there is a hot
race on for the democratic nomination. MT.
South Trimble, speaker of the state house
Of representatives, dominated the committee
at its previous meeting, it is charged, and
induced the issuance of call for pri-
mary which barred out all democrats who
did not support Goebel last November. This
caused the immediate withdrawal from the
race of Col. John R. Allen of Lexington,
who is extremely popular with the anti
Goebel democrats. The dissatisfaction grew
until the committee, seeing defeat in sight
for the nominee unless some actlon was
taken, met and rescinded the call, issuing
instead one throwing the doors wide open
to all voters. This has disgruntled the Trim
BILE following, which insists that he was not
given fair deal. Col. Allen then re-entered
the race, and, 1t is said stands good show
of being nominated, although Trimble Will
have the support of the machine and may
be able to secure the nomination through
that influence.
The republicans say that they will defeat
Trimble il he is nominated, and that they
are equally certain of defeating young MI.
Beckham il he leads in the gubernatorial
contest.
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