The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-18
Governor TayIor's Every Act Com
Running Mate for Mckinley.
MoNTANA's REPRESENTATIVES
DELEGATES SELECTED BY REPUB-
LICAN STATE CONVENTION,
And Tricky Clark and His Followers
Denounced in Severe Terms
Barker at the White House.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 1.-THE Repub-
lican state convention met here this
afternoon, and after a session of
nine hours, with two hours inter-
mission, elected four delegates to the
national convention, four alternates
and two presidential electors; Endorsed the
administration of President Mckinley; con-
demned the state of affairs in Kentucky.
chargeable to the Democratic party, and
instructed its delegates to vote for Nc
Kinley for President and w. o. Bradley,
Of Kentucky, for Vice President.
The convention was called to order at
o'clock by Chairman G. M. Barnett. OF the
state central committee. The Auditorium
was decorated with the usual flags and
bunting, while pictures of President Nc
Kinley, Ex-Governor Bradley and Governor
Taylor adorned the stage. Capt. II. s. IT.
win, Republican candidate for Congress
from the Louisville district, was elected
temporary chairman of the convention.
He talked at considerable length in accept
ing the nomination, combining his remarks
to state and national affairs. Members of
the various committees were then named.
While the committees were preparing their
reports there were loud calls for Taylor,
Bradley and other party leaders The chair
appointed a committee to escort the Gov
ernor to the platform His presence evoked
the greatest enthusiasm. Governor Taylor
referred to the condition of affairs in the
State, and urged that the fight for liberty
be continued increasingly until Kentucky
should be wrested from the state of disor-
l. H.. ~;~r,<
which the Democratic party had precipi-
tated it.
Ex-Governor Bradley followed with a
speech in which he referred forcibly to
state affairs, invoking a restoration of civil
liberty which, he said. had been so long
disregarded in the State. He denounced
in unmeasured terms the assassin who shot
down Senator Goebel, and said he hoped
the guilty would be punished. but not the
innocent. While the Ex-Governor was
speaking Governor Taylor sat behind him
with his little daughter on his knee, and
as Bradley referred pathetically to the
criticisms made of Taylor the latter buried
his face In his hands and wept bitterly
The unusual spectacle of Democrats ad
dressing a Republican convention then fol-
lowed. when Judge w. III. Yost and Rich
ard w. Knott, editor of the Evening Post,
Of Louisville, lifelong Democrats and sup
porters of Ex-Governor Brown, were called
for, and spoke.
AT the evening session the committee on
permanent organization recommended
United States Senator Deboe for perma-
nent chairman. The report was unanimous
ly adopted and Senator Deboe, in taking
the chair thanked the convention. The re-
port of the committee on resolutions was
made through the chairman, the Hon. John
w. Yerkes, national committeeman for
Kentucky. The resolutions dealt briefly
with the national affairs. They Endorsed
President Mckinley and his administra-
ton, and instructed the Kentucky delega-
Kinley. They cited the Importance of state
affairs and set forth the party duty "to re-
store the right of suffrage to the people of
this commonwealth"
They demanded the unconditional repeal
of the present election law, which was de-
nounced at length. The course of the DEM
ocratic majority in the late Legislature
was denounced. The course of Governor
Taylor, Lieutenant Governor Marshall and
all Republican officials was Endorsed. The
Independent voters of Kentucky, who had
sided with the Republicans, were thanked
and public recognition was made of the
| service rendered by Ex-Governor Bradley
and his legal conferees in the recent con-
| tests in the courts, and the name of the
| Ex-Governor was offered as the choice Of
Kentucky Republicans for Vice President.
| The resolutions were enthusiastically
| adopted.
The convention elected Governor W. s.
| Taylor and Ex-Governor w. o. Bradley
| delegates to the Philadelphia convention by
reclamation. and George Denny of Lex
ington, and w. A. Gaines, colored, were
| elected delegates to the national conven-
| ton on the second ballot. Ed Parker and
Marmaduke Borden were elected presiden-
| tial electors, and after the convention
named four alternates it adjourned.