The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-16
MAY Be BRADLEY
REPUBLICAN DELEGATES SEEM TO
WANT HIM
FOR KENTUcKY's GOVERNOR.
sPATE CONVENTION HAS INDORsED
ROOSEVELT.

wormer Gov. Bradley Is Not nm An
nOunced Candidate for Governor.
He Was Given n Tremendous
ovation on the Floor of the Com
vention-He Made Telling
Observation-Disclosures Crowded About
limestone Wanted to Hold on In
dorsement of Roosevelt.
Louisville, KY, July 15.-Spectacular
in the extreme was the opening session
of the Kentucky Republican convention
at the Auditorium this afternoon, and
the situation is full of possibilities for
more interesting events.
The two salient features of the after
noon session were, first, an endorse
nent of President Roosevelt's candid
acy in 1904, and second, almost a stam-
pede to former Gov. William @. Brad
lev. who is not an announced candidate
for Governor.
The Endorsement of Presidnt Roose-
velt's candidacy in 1904 upset the cali
culations of several shrewd leaders,
who. it is alleged. were figuring on ig-
noring that point.
Chairman Barnet announced that the
state Central Committee would waive
its right to arbitrarily name temper
airy chairman, and called for nominal
tons. Maj. William C. Owens was
named by the Belknap forces, while
Charles Blanford received large part
of the combined strength of the Wilson
and Pratt forces. The result was a
vote of 1871 to 675 in favor of Owens.
This vote cast in the contest for Gov
ernor would enable Belknap to win,
even should he lose the contested
Louisville delegations, 249 votes.
Rule for Resolutions.
In announcing the names of the
members of the Resolutions Commit
tee, Chairman Owens called attention
to the rule that all Resolutions must be
offered the committee without being
read unless unanimous consent should
be obtained for promulgating them on
the floor of the convention. 1t had
been openly charged during the day
that a fight would be made against
Endorsement by the committee of
Roosevelt's candidacy. This state of
affairs was charged to ex-Gollector OF
Internal Revenue Charles e. Sapp and
ex-United States Senator Deboe, who
led the Belknap forces and organized
the convention.
The resolution indorsing President
Roosevelt was read by Gov. Bradley
without having first obtained consent,
but it was unanimously adopted by a
rising vote, every delegate springing
to his feet and cheering.
Ovation for Bradley.
Immediately afterward Mr.. Bradley
was given a tremendous ovation. After
five minutes uninterrupted cheering,
he consented to take the stage and
speak The pitch of his remarks was
an appeal for honest elections and
and honest conventions" The speech
was powerfully put, and there immc-
diately began what threatened to be a
stampede to Bradley. Hundreds of del
egates gathered about him and declar-
ed their opinion that he was the man
who most nearly resembled the picture
he had himself drawn.
After an hour of steadily growing
excitement the convention suddenly
adjourned until O'Clock tonight. The
report of the Committee on Crenden-
tials, it was announced at the night
session. would not be ready tonight.
and adjournment was taken until 3
o'clock tomorrow morning.
While waiting for news of what the
committee would do, the delegates
called necessarily for Bradley, show
ing that the effects of the outburst of
the afternoon had not been dissipated.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Yerkes made a speech during the
evening, indicating his preference for
Belknap.
ballot in the race for Governor
may not be reached until tomorrow
afternoon.