Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-09
Result of the Democratic Con-
vention In Kentucky Favors
State Administration
DELEGATION is UNRESTRICTED
Hearst Has Three and the Others Are
Not Known to Have Any Preference
- Fight to Secure Reaffirmation of
the Kansas City Platform Settled
With Compromise Plank.

Louisville, KY, June 9.-What prom
Uses to be a bitter contest for control
of the state organization came UP IN
the democratic state convention which
met here Wednesday. The result Of
the first struggle. the election of a
temporary chairman. was a decisive
victory for the administration forces
led by Governor Beckham. Governor
Beckham was elected temporary chair
man by a vote of SIT to 322 over Judge
Frank Peake of Shelby county.
The fight against the administration
was led by Senator j. G. S. Blackburn
assisted by Senator McCreary and
Congressman d. III. Smith.
Congressman James nominated Gov
ernor Beckham for temporary chair
man.
Senator Blackburn, in nominating
Judge Peake for temporary chairman
asserted that the democratic party IN
Kentucky was falling into the grasp
OF a machine and out of control of the
voters. His declarations in favor Of an
uninstructed delegation met the APP
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references to Parker and Mcclellan as
available candidates for the presidency
provoked only moderate enthusiasm.
He announced his firm belief in Bry-
ans purity of motive and denounced
as AN infamous falsehood' the report
that Bryan would bolt the ST. Louis
convention should the platform or can
didate prove unsatisfactory.
Governor Beckham was overwhelm-
lngly elected temporary chairman. In
his speech he denied Blackburn's as
sertion that a machine and not the
voters controlled the party and sarcas-
tically stated that of course no one be-
neved Senator Blackburn in making
his fight, was seeking to build ma
chine for himself.
OF the district delegates elected only
those in one district declared for Mr.
Parker. OF the other twenty delegates
three are regarded as possible Hearst
men. six Parker and eleven declined to
say whom they would support.
The first business before the. conven-
ton at the evening session, the report
OF the committee on credentials, did
not provoke the struggle that was ex-
pected. and the four contests passed
upon received a unanimous report and
were unanimously adopted.
There was a short but spirited de-
bate in the committee on resolutions
over the platform, five OF the members
demanding the reaffirmation of the
Kansas City platform. In order TO
prevent contest on the floor of the
convention a compromise was effected
by adopting the following opening
clause:
THE democratic party of Kentucky
In convention assembled affirms its
faith in and adherence to the great and
fundamental principles of democracy
as expounded by Jefferson. exemplified
by Jackson and ably defended by Bry-
an
The resolutions condemn the So
called unnecessary and unjust sys-
tenn of federal taxation maintained by
the republican administration" and
demands a revision of the tariff in
conservative spirit. The increase of
expenditures Of the federal government
under republican rule is condemned,
and what is termed "the encroach-
ments by the president upon the con-
Atitution" are denounced.
The course of Governor Durbin of
Indiana in refusing to surrender on
requisition from the governor of Ken
lucky the persons of William S. Tay-
Tor and Charles Finley. fugitives from
justice, charged with the murder of
William Goebel" lis denounced as
Violation of the constitution