The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-06-12
dem. CONVENTION
DRAWS slim CROWD
Cut and Dried Affair Without
Special Interest.
Endorse Bryan For President and
Hon. II. p. Taylor For Dis
trict DELEGATE.

The Democratic County Convention
held here last Saturday to select dele
gates to the State Convention was at
tended by only 35 persons and was
without special inJrest or enthusi-
Ssm. In the absence of the regular
County Chairman G. b. Likens called
the Convention to order and read the
call. He asked for nominations for
Chairman and Mr.. Heber Matthew'S
being the only one placed before me
Convention was elected by acclama-
ton. He made a short talk, in which
he predicted thai the Democrats
would elect the next president and
that they would not only redeem Ken
lucky, but would also carry Ohio cour-
ty. This caused his hearers 20 open
their eyes, and smile increGulously. Mr.
J. c. Her was elected Secretary but
declined whereupon Prof. l.. n. Grag
was pressed into service.
Committee on resolutions and while the
committee was out the the convention
was entertained by speeches from
Hon. r. Il. Lee Simmerman, Hon. W..
II. Barnes, Judge J. p. Miller, Prof. l..
n. Gray, Mr.. Ozna Shultz, Hon. II. p.
TAYLOR and others. All counselled mar
mony and took a cheerful view of De-
mocratic chances in the coming cleo
ton. 1t was noticeable that the mem
ton of Bryan'sname ELECTED no very
great enthusiasm. In fact the entire
proceedings were devoid of the old
time Democratic snap and ginger,
which have heretofore characterized
Ohio county Democratic Conventions,
and which are the true barometer
of the hope existing in the breasts Of
the rank and file.
The convention more nearly resem-
BILE a funeral occasion and it is evident
that recent severe defeats have broken
the spirit of the "unterrified."
The Convention instructed for Hon.
II. p. Taylor for district delegate to
the Denver Convention and we join in
the hope that the honor may come to
Mr.. Taylor and Ohio county.
The following resolutions presented
by the committee were unanimously
adopted.
The Democrats of Ohio county in
convention assembled endorse the call
of this convention, and re-affirm with
ON. the slightest qualification, the
principles and policies enunciated in
the platform adopted by the Demo-
cratic party in its last Na,ional Con-
vention.. We send greetings to the
Democrats of other sections, and beg
of Shem to join with us in the univer-
sal wave of harmony that is now
sweeping through the Democratic
ranks of Kentucky. We see the en-
emy's ranks broken and demoralized
by reason OF the outrages that have
been committed in their own parry
against their own honored members,
and we see violation of every pledge
which they enunciated through their
alleged State platform.
. q. We denounce the present Ma
tional and State Republican admins
traIion, the former for its reckless
extravaganza in the conduct of public
affairs, for its complete subordination
to the interests of organized wealth,
for its encouragement and protection
of trusts and combinations, and es-
pecially for its failure in the last
National Congress, in which 1t had
a decisive majority, TO enact those
necessary laws for the protection of
the people as agains. that oppressive
legislation which has arrayed the rich
against the poor, the few against the
many, sostered and encouraged by
the Republican policies.
2. We call attention to the incom-
petency of the present Republican
administration in Kentucky; to the
abuses in the management of public
affairs, especially as pertains to the
farmer and his interests; to the brok-
en- and demolished planks in the Re-
publican State platform Of year ago,
as a result of the action of the al
legged leaders who framed and enun-
ciatfd 1t. No better evidence Of the
incompetency Of the party now In pow
er In this Stale Is needed. than a re-
view Of its acts since It came Into