| Show KENTUCKY DEMOCRATS HARMONIZE after three days of quarreling they get down to business hardin withdraws from front the governorship fight after the stone store goebel Com combination bima had seated their contesting dete fixations fiat ions platform PIat form is brya t silver anti trusts and anti imperialism I 1 louisville ky ICY june 21 24 torn with dissensions the kentucky democrats are having a hard time holding their state convention the candidates com committee disposed ot of contests in thirty two counties involving about seats these were all decided in favor of 0 stone or boebel doebel except three cases A minority report was presented by hardin people the good humor which prevailed today was in refreshing contrast with the rancor ot of yesterday an interesting colloquy arose between congressman berry of the sixth district judge tarvin of covington over the contests in campbell and kenton count counties leg where the hardin delegates were unseated in favor of those ot of goebel berry championed the cause of the hardin men and judge tarvin vigorously attacked atta eked his democracy accusing him of being unfaithful to bryan and silver the following Is an abstract of the platform of the kentucky democratic convention i the expresses ex 9 faith in bimetallism and the banet that relief can only come by independent ent e J action of the united states and that tho the present ratio of 16 to 1 la Is tho the only ratio at which bimetallism can an be restored and the opposition to it Is confined to those who oppose bimetallism the national administration Is denounced for its reckless extravagance and conduct in public affairs and neglect in its treatment of its sold soldier leng fl and bailors in the late war the subordination to interests of organized wealth its protection to trusts and combinations and especially tor for appointment and retention of an attorney general devoted to trusts and combinations the platform further ears says the re establishment of independent bimetallism at 1 iw to I 1 and the repeal of all protective tariff laws would do more to cripple and destroy the organization and the operation of trusts than any other laws we express continued in william J bryan ana and favor his nomination for the presidency by the next democratic Nati national oual convention we wo de clahe conduct of the pres ent administration as to the philippines to be repugnant to every line of the bill of rights the constitution and the declaration of choice chole e J C S blackburn is endorsed as the next united states senator I 1 congressman berry paid his respects to judge tarvin as an imaginary candidate tor for vice president on the democratic ticket finally the roll was reached the being the adoption of the minority report of the conference the convention voted to the minority was finally adopted unanimously both sides cheered and the first rays mys of harmony broke on the convention after a week of wrangling and bitterness which several times threatened to result in a split the applause had barely subsided when gen P wat hardin emerged from the crowd on the stage and started another demonstration the time had come when he said an expression from him was necessary to unite the party after a few words of cordial t thanks ha t to 0 hla his followers he announced his withdrawal from the race for governor and appealed eai earnestly nestly for undivided support of the nominee he ile urged conciliation and harmony in ia the interest of bryan the reading of the platform provoked a great deal of enthusiasm particularly to the referenced references of bryan and blackburn next came nominations for governor john S shea placed the name of capt W J stone before the committee congressman C K wheeler seconded the nomination judge tarvin of covington on nominated william goebel there were se several V e sew seconds rids but the crowd was too tired for speech making and cut these efforts short A vote was ordered and the roll call proceeded proceed eal with considerable disorder the hardin delegates delegate went to goebel and when the roll rolla was completed he had within 30 voles votes of the necessary to nominate washington county changed its eight to him and hart followed with ten when davis took her 24 04 from goebel and gave them to stone then there were changes to hardin who had received about and this star started toI what seemed likely to result in a stampede the convention was in disorder for nearly neatly an R hour and changes were made so fast they could not be counted by the secretary finally there wasa was a recapitulation which made matte the net result unofficial stone hardin goebl goebel |
