The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-17
Second Day of Convention is RepIets With Pictur-
 esque Features
BRADLEY REFUSED ID
 MAKE THE RACE
Full Ticket is Completed at Night Session and Resolutions Are Drawn Up. lndorsing Ad-
 mInistratlon.

For covernor-Morrls B. Belknap of Louisville.
 For Lieutenant Governor-J. 3. Will holt of Ashland.
 For Treasurer-John A. Black ot 1arboursvllle.
 For AudItor-ceorae w. Welsh of DanVIIle.
 For Attorney General = William Beckner of Winchester.
 For Secretary of State - J. c. Speleht of MayfieId.
 Louisville, Ky, July 16.-A second day of picturesque political maneuverings in the state convention of the Kentucky re- publicans, failed to culminate in the final grand surprise of a winning dark horse whose coming had been hinted at and whose followers during yesterdays ses- slons set the political managers to guess in. Col. Morris B. Belknap of Louisville a wholesale merchant, widely known throughout the country. received the nomination for governor on the first bal lot His delegates. contrary to predic- tions, stuck to him, though how much of the tenacity can be charged to the an- nouncement by former Governor William O. Bradley that he was not candidate can only be conjectured,
 Mir Belknap was nominated after an enthusiastic supporter of MT. Bradley had placed the former governor in nomination and the followers of MT. Augustus P. Wilson had tacitly withdrawn the man supposed to be Mir. Belknaps nearest competitor by failing to present his name The threatened stampede to Bradley was quelled by an emphatic declartion that he would not be a candidate, but for some unknown reason the convention officers called his name during the ballot and he received a greater number of votes than Clifton J. Pratt who had made an active canvass
 The convention did practically nothing during the morning session and the long wait profitably employed by the Belknap leaders in holding their men in line, and chilling the Bradley sentiment There were two moments during the convention when 1t looked as though an indication of willingness on the part of MT. Bradley would have given him the nomination.
 Resolutions Adopted.
 The resolutions which were adopted are in part as follows:
 We congratulate the people of the United States and its new possessions upon the unparalleled prosperity achieved under national republican policies that have maintained the public honor, fos- tered industry, stimulated enterprise, ex- tended American commerce, strengthened American influence and ennobled citizen ship by giving security of labor and cap- ital alike, and insuring to every man who works a standard of living and an expec- tation worthy of American civilization and civic sovereignty. We stand for the continuance of existing republican finan- cial and tariff policies.
 'We express highest appreciation of the record that President Roosevelt has made in continuing the great work begun by William Mckinley and in himself deal ing with the new problems that he has had to solve. in his handling of the Philip pine question, in his firm management of the Venezuelan crisis; in his wise and courageous course with reference to the anthracite coal strike in his honest ef- forts to secure justice to Cuba; in his zeal for the Panama canal; In his vigor- ous demand for official purity and hon. esty and punishment of the corrupt and dishonest; in his resolute stand against the closing of Chinese ports to our trade in the success achieved by his practical efforts to enforce the law against unlaw- full combinations, and in the encourage ment he has given to the laying of a cable across the Pacific, which brings us Into closer touch with the Philippines than we were with the Louisiana territory or with California when acquired. He has shown himself a strong executive. as he is an ideal citizen. and we heartily and enthusiastically are in favor of his nomination for the presidency in 1904.
 LawIessness Denounced.
 we denounce assassination and law lessness, whether in Servia or Kentucky, as destructive of civilization and call upon the enlightened intelligence of the state. through it's legislative, executive and judicial agencies, to employ remedies to re-establlsh order and punish crime within our borders.
 we especially arraign the present state chief executive for so exercising the par doning power as to subserve political and partisan purposes with the certain effect of encouraging crime by virtually rem dering criminals of democratic political faith immune from punishment.
 Nominations for governor were reached late in the afternoon when the names of Clifton J. Pratt and Morris B. Belknap were offered. The old custom of nomi- hating speeches was followed.
 Judge W. I. Breathitt placed Pratt in nomination and George DuRelle offered the name of Belknap. MT. Wilson's packers did not respond when his con- gressional district was called and this was equivalent to withdrawal. The surprise came when the eleventh district was called and State Senator Rash arose and sprung the name of dark horse-former Gov ernor William O. Bradley. The speech was a masterpiece of natural oratory of the fervid Kentucky style and moved the delegates to a wild demonstration. MT. Bradley finally quelled the tumult by shouting:
 T have declared for twelve months that I would not accept this nomination. I am an honest man and while l thank my friends, adhere to my original reso- lutions. cannot be candidate for gov- ernor.'
 The Roll Is Called.
 A negro delegate provoked wild demonstration by word of praise for ex-Governor W. s. Taylor. When the