The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-09
BIaekburn,s Speech.


mated Judge Peake. Senator blackburn
made a remarkable speech lie asserted
that the Democratic party ln hehluChy
was falling into the grasp Of q ludchlite
and out of the control Of the voters lie
declared that me and his associates would
contest the effort of the administration
men TO elect Lewis McQuoWn Clalrnaii
of the state central committee. Passing
10 the national affairs he spoke in favor
of an uniustructed delegation. IlS sehu-
ments En- this respect met the approval
of the convention and subsequent EeIe el-
tuce 20 Parker and Mcclellan as aFdlidple
candidates for the presidency provoked
only moderate enthusiasm
Concerning Mr.. Bryan, the senator an
nounced his firm belief IN the Ne9Ia -. q
statesmau's purity of motive, and that
the report that MT. Bryan would bolt the
ST. Louis convention III the candidate or
platform should prove unsatisfactory was
an infamous talsehOod,
Beckham's Triumph.
The overwhelming vote for Governor
BeCkham for temporary chairman PUT MS
adherents IN fun control OF the tenn
pOTary organization.
Governor Becgham. in his speech ac-
cepting the temporary CndlrmanSnlp an
nOunced that the fun control Of the party
was not of his seeking. He denied SEN
at1F B,dcEbuTn's assertion tDat "a ma
chine and NOS Tie voters controlled the
The work of organizing the convention
was rapidly proceeded with and the tenn
p0raTy organization having been COM
pleted. the convention took recess until
500 o'clock.
The district meetings I'm each of the
eleven districts districts were held Tor the
purpose Of naming delegates 90 the ma
tlOnal convention. only one ClsiIlcl-Llle
Fifth-decIared for Parker OF the twenty
delegates named ar the Otner ten district
meetings three are regarded as possible
Hearst men. six are for Parker and eleven
declined 10 express a preference
Platform and Delegates.
There was a spirited debate i'm the com
mittee on resolutions over the platform
five of the members of the committee
demanding the reaffirnatiou of the Kan
sas city platform. In order TO prevent a
contest on the floor of the convention a
compromise was effected by adopting the
Ioll0Wlng opening clause
The Democratic party Of Kentucky, IN
convention assembled, atfirms its faith
n ana adherence 10 the great and funda-
mental principles of Democracy as eN-
pounded by Jefferson. exempHfied by
Jackson and ably defended by Bryan
The course of Governor Durbiu of In-
diana IN refusing 10 surrender on req ul-
siJiOu from the governor of Kentucky the
persons of William j., Taylor and Charles
Finley, tugltlVes from justice, charged
with the murder OF William GOebeI" is
denounced as q violation Of the cOnstltu-
ton.
AT the night session the majority re-
port of the committee ON organization was
adopted. carrying with il the election Of
McQuown as chairman of the state cen
tral committee, and Senators Blackburn
and McCreary, Governor Beckham and
Congressman James as delegates al large
The adoption of The report of the COM
mittec on resolutions was followed by a
heated Wrangle over a resolution eudOTs-
ing Judge Alton B. Parker for president
introduced by Congressman Swa gar
Sherley OF Louisville. The convention. BY
a vote of nearly three TO one. declined to
consider the resolution an the delegates
suspend the rules TO consider it,
At LAO the convention adjourned.