The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1912-05-28


The sfayorite SOM idea dominated
the Democratic county and precinct
mass conventions held throughout
Kentucky Saturday, for the purpose
of selecting delegates to the State
convention IN Louisville on May ~ TO
/ instruct delegates for Presidential
candidates at the Baltimore conven-
tion. land on the face of the re-
turns received from practically
every county in the State, Speaker
Champ Clark is the choice of Ken
lucky Democrats for the Presidential
nomination, winning sweeping VIC
/ tory over the entire field of opposing
candidates, insuring him the rs votes
| of Kentucky in the Baltimore conven-
ton.
The administration fore have won
as sweeping a victory as Speaker
Clark and have elected their candidate
Rufus Fl. Vansant, of Ashland, to be
chairman of the State Central and
Executive Committees, over John
nj. Stevenson, of Winches er, the
candidate of the anti-adminisLratiOn
faction.
The same overwhelming sentiment
which indorsed the administration
and which will place Mr.. Vansant at
the head of the party organization in
the State, appears also to favor Gov
ernor McCreary over United States
Senator Ollie James for temporary
chairman of the State convention.
BOURBON CONVENTION.
The Democrats of Bourbon county in
convention Saturday afternoon in
structed a delegation to the Louisville
convention for Champ Clark tor Presi-
dent. endorsed the administration of
Governor James B. McCreary, and &C
corded it's supportito Rufus j. Vansant,
of Boyle county. for Chairman of the
Democratic State Central and EXeeu.
tive Committee. The convention also
endorsed Governor McCreary Ias. dele
gate to the Baltimore convention and
selected Mayor ]. T. Hinton as the con-
yention's nominee for delegate from
the Seventh district to the National
! Convention. The Clark and Vansant
forces were overwhelmingly in the ma
jorlty due to the efforts of Mr.. James
| H. Thompson, who managed the cam
paign of the administration in Bourbon.
| In the absence of Chairman G.. G.
Clark from the, city the convention was
called to order by Secretary Fra-k p.
! Kiser, of the Bourbon county Demo.
cratic committee and by a unanimous
vote Hon. ]. L. Hinton was selected
as chairman to preside ever the meet
ing Swift Champ, editor & the Bour
bon News. ard Brcce Miller, of the
Kentuckian-C itizer, were chosen al
the secretaries of the convention.
irfr hx
Claude Nj. Thomas endorsing the ad
ministration of Governor McCreary
favoring the candidacy of ChamE
Clark and providing for the instruc
ton Of Bourbon, delegates in favor OF
provided that the Bourbon delegation
vote as unit OIL all questions coming
before the Louisville convention. II
this Judge Denis DundOn offered al
amendment asking for division of the
vote of Bourbon county, one-half fol
Oscar w. Underwood and one half fol
Champ Clark for the Presidential nom
ination. Hon. G. M. Clay followed
this. with speech urging a division
OF. the vote in recognition of the TIVE
| men of Kentucky birth aspirantS fol
Presidential honors.
Mr.. John. j. Williams also offered /;
substitute to the original resolution
urging the instruction of the sBourbor
delegation.in favor of John M. Steven
son, of Clark county, for Chairman OF
the State Central Committee and while
endor sing Champ Clark for President
urged the Convention to instruct thu
Bourbon delegation to vote for Under
wood as second choice. To this thu
resolution of Judge DundOn's was ais.
offered as substitute.
By vote of about five to one all oil
the substitutes to the resolution wer,
defeated. and that offered by ssformel
Senator Thomas passed unanimously
after it became apparen that the op
posing faction was outnumbered. The
following delegates were named in thu
resolution:
L. j. Fretwell. c. M. Thomas, Hous
ton Crouch. j. L. Hinton, J. H. Thomp
son, Bruce Miller, Reuben Hutchcraft
VIM. Lynch. VIM. Judy. James Fisher
E. M. Dickson. c. M. Clay. J. H
Holt, E. M. Costello, A. S. Thompson
V. W., Ferguson, Denis Dundon, Lee
T. Beall. AL. Roberts, Peale Collier
Swift Champ, r. S. Darnaby. Roger
Burris. Robert GIlkey, Buckner Wood
ford, Chas +. Butler, John L. Collin:
and George Morrow.
The convention selected Mayor j. T.
Hinton as the candidate from Bourbon
for delegate from the Seventh Distrlc
to the Baltimore convention over r
, K. Mccartney. After the convention
, adjourned the delegates which hat
! been selectedlm lin the county cour
room where they organized by tn,
selection of JAS. H. Thompson as:chair
, man of the delegation.
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