The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1916-02-29
REPUBLICANS
in CONVENTION
Eighth District Delegates in Session
Here Today-Cornty Conven-
tions Saturday

The Eighth District Republican
Convention will hold its session II
the courthouse here this afternoon a
two O'Clock. Prominent republican:
from over the IL counties of the dis
trict. arrived here Monday night anC
the remainder of the delegates got IL
on the morning trains.
The sessions today are expected to
be brief and harmonious. 1t is prac'
tically assured that the two delegates
and two alternates from the Eighth
district to the national convention
at Chicago, will go uninstructed in
the matter of a choice for president
A majority of the counties in the
Eighth district sent uninstructed del
egations to Stanford and Louisville
where the state convention meets to-
morrow.
State Central Committeeman Geo.
ID. Florence, by virtue of his office,
will call the convention to order this
afternoon. He will also make the
keynote speech of the convention,
and it is understood that his friends
will urge his selection as permanent
chairman of the convention. So far,
Mr.. Florence is unopposed for re-
election as State Central Committee
man. and his friends believe that he
will be chosen by reclamation.
After a resolutions committee has
made its report, the convention will
elect two delegates and two alter
mates to the national convention.
Ludlow T. Petty, of Shelbyville, for
mer Collector of Internal Revenue
at Louisville, is certain to be one of
the delegates, and contest for the
other place is on between w. c.
Black, of Madison county, and j. L..
Butler, of Boyle county, with the
chances greatly favoring Black. Two
alternates are also to be elected of
whom, Butler may be one, as a con-
ISOLATION prize.
Much interest centers upon Louis
vile where the Republican State
Convention meets Wednesday, March
/ to select delegates to the national
convention. Reports from over the
State indicate that some confusion
may ensue at Louisville. Many dele
gates, selected in the county conven-
tions last Saturday, will go unin-
structed, which probably means that
they will support Roosevelt or
Hughes men. There were several
splits in the party and several con-
testing delegations were named for
the State Convention March 1. In
several counties there were serious
breaks, chief among them being Ken
ton, Campbell, McCracken, Bourbon
and Whitley. There was some senti-
ment shown for former President
Theodore Roosevelt in a few of the
counties. In Bell county a motion
to have the county's vote cast for the
Bull Moose leaders for the Presiden-
tial nomination was voted down. In
Letcher county there was also some
sentiment for the former Republican
leader, but the delegation was sent
uninstructed. In Hancock county,
the delegation was instructed to vote
for Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court Charles E. Hughes, or Theo-
dOre Roosevelt after casting a COM
plimentary vote for Charles w. Fair
banks.
1t now seems probable that eight
delegates-at-large will be sent from
Kentucky TO the National convention,
in order to placate certain leaders,
and if this is done, George w. Gen
try, the colored leader of Stanford,
may be sure of place on the dele
CATION, for which Phil Brown, a ne
gro editor of Hopkinsville, is giving
him a hard fight.