The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-25
Kentucky Delegation to Den
YER Will be Solid For Neb-
raskan.
Made Speeches For Hager and
Beckham Last Fall.
LEXINGTON Is MEETING PLACE

Democrats OF Kentucky will meet
ct Lexington June | To choose dele
gates TO the national convention at
Denver. There Will be- four delegates
at-large and four alternates chosen by
the convention proper, and county
delegates will meet In caucuses OF
their respective districts and choose
two delegates and two alternates from
each of the eleven congressional dis
trlcts. In the district caucuses also
electors and central and executive
committeeman will be chosen.
In making the call the state execu-
tive committee called county conyen-
tons to meet at each county seat Sat
urday. June G, at 9 o'clock to choose
delegates TO the state convention.
There are Lose delegates in the
state. McCracken county under the
Ppportlonment. which gives eaon
county one delegate for each 200
votes or fraction over hundred cast
for Parker IN 1904. Is entitled TO IL
delegates The First district viii
have ll9 delegates and 1l9 alternates
airport loned as follows: Ballard, $.
Caldwell. c. Galloway ll2; Carlisle. Z.
Crittenden. G; Fulton. S: Graves. %.
Hickman. s; Livingston, G Lyon, );
Marshall $: McCracken. IA: Trigg. b.
For Bryan.
Aside from the honors Of represent
ing the state and districts there Is 1T
tie TO excite people IN the outcome of
the convention. and were not the state
and district organizations involved In
the personnel OF the convention. little
Interest would be manifested in the
outcome. Bryan will get the solid
delegation without opposition.
Mr.. Bryan's support of the state Is
part OF the arrangement. which
brought him into the state last fan
tu make speeches for S. W. Hager and
. Governor Beckham. MIR. Hager was
a candidate for governor against GOV
ernor Wilson. and Mr. Beckham was
the governor of the state and had the
Endorsement OF the Democratic party
for United states senator, Both were
badly beaten. and Governor Beckham
was repudisted by a sufficient number
of representatives of his own party
to make his election impossible. Mr..
Bryan made a tour of the entire state.
exhortlng the people of the state to
rally to the support Of both Hager
and Beckham. He also returned to
the state during the session of the
legislature and made fTuitless
speech before the state legislature In
behalf OF Beckham's candidacy for
senator.
Bcckham Alive.
II was generally understood that
his speech was part of the contract
for the support of the Beckham fac
lion of the party in his fight for the
presidential nomination Mr.. Beck
ham. after his defeat, announced his
permanent retirement from politics.
but the activity of his personal fol
lowers in the First district, and the
fact that the anti-Bockham wing OF
the party regards with dire forebod-
ing the selection of Lexington as the
convention city, Indicate that MT
Beckham has interested himself In
Iolltics. at least. sufficiently to pay
on the obligation he owes Mr.. Bryan
for his unavailing support last fall.
Anti Beckham men preferred Louis
VILE for the convention place. both on
account of its accessibility and because
of the sentiment of the city; and edi-
torials of the press of that faction
since the selection have been preg-
nant with warnings to the party.
on account of this revival there
may be an exciting fight for control
of the party machinery, which is now
in the hands of the Beckhamites, and
II the governors personality is kept
out, there seems TO be an agreement
by which Urey Woodson Is to remain
national committeeman and the gov
errors old faction Is to retain con
troll of the state organization.