The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-08
NSTRUCTS FOR TAFT.
KENTUCKY REPUBLICANS TURN
 DOWN FAIRBANKS.
U. g. senator-Eieet William o. Bradley, Leader of the Fairbanks Forces, Made Housing Speech Which Swept the Con-
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Louisville. Ky, May 7.-Instead of winding up the business of selecting l delegates at large to the national con- | vention In an hour or two, there was a session today of the Republican State convention lasting from 10 a. m., to
 5:S0 o'clock when. after hours of dis order, wire pulling and suspense, the Taft men finally won out and elected the following delegates at large in structed for the Secretary of War to the Chicago convention:
 Governor A. E Wilson, Louisville: Judge A. R. Burnam, Richmond; W. Marshall Bullitt, Louisville: E. D. Lane (colored). Louisville.
 The upset which came when the Fairbanks men were apparently hope lessly beaten, was precipitated by a harmony speech delivered by United States Senator-elect William O. Brad ley, the leader of the Fairbanks forces in Kentucky. Senator Bradley took the floor just before the report of the committee on credentials was due to be presented and delivered an ad- dress lasting an hour, which swept the convention. His plea was for party harmony and submission to the will of the majority, no matter what should be thought of the report of the com mittee on credentials. He made the appeal with good grace, being the tVaoSh OA bhC EhkNDdtihS WlHB, ana SuCn was the effect of his eloquence that when he had finished his name was put before the convention for place with the Big Four" His nomination was seconded by Taft man and the situation speedily resolved itself into a contest between Senator Bradley and w. Marshall Buliitt. the leader of the Taft forces in Kentucky, 1t being cer- tain that one or the other would be dropped as one place on the delegation was reserved by custom for a negro and the other two candidates on the Taft slate, Governor A. E. Willson and Judge A. N. Burnm, were regarded as virtually certain of nomination. The voting was delayed until o'clock in the afternoon and consumed nearly two hours for one ballot as the result of the Bradley mems nanouvering.
 The final announcement of the vote showed Bradley to be- beaten. by 1S3 votes.
 Another ballot was then taken and E. D. Lane chosen as the negro dele gate from among number of colored candidates:
 The platform adopted is as follows:
 The Republicans of Kentucky in convention assembled hereby declare:
 h'We congratulate the citizens of Kentucky upon the election of Angus tus E. Wilson. as Governor of, and ap- prove his enorts under great dffhcul- ties, to restore law and order, through the State. e
 We re-affirm the declaration of prin- ciples adopted by the last Republican State Convention and assure the peo- pie of Kentucky that the State admin istration faithfully and earnestly de- sires to crystalline those principles into written law. and that it. will continue to do so.
 "We approve and applaud the splen- did administration of Theodore Roose- welt. He has raised the moral stand ard of all the departments of govern ment to a higher standard than was ever before reached. Honesty. justice and the enforcement of law prevails the principles of government.
 "We favor a sound financial system, a great navy. the speedy completion of the Panama Canal and a just and gem erous policy toward our insuiar pos sessions.
 We favor the revision of the tariff