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j 1 i XXXI FRANKFORT KENTUCKY JUNE 20 1908 No 41
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Wiiile Delegates Nominate
I Taft For President
and Hisses Greet The
Machines Work
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Republican Put Through The
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ACK OF ENTHUSIASM MARKEDI
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fj With 15000 spectators groaning BrJ
ailssing and 702 delegates cheering
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> hemselvea hoarse the Republican
National Convention nominated Wm
Hf Taft for President of the United
States
StatesThe
The conventiOn met at 10 oclck
and Taft was nominated seven hours
later From first to last it was a Roose
velt demonstration When Ohio was
called for itfc nomination the Taft
men gave the signal and the delegates
parared through the hall Two im
mense portraits o Secretary Taft were
produced by Ohio delegates Several
State delegations stood on chairs and
yelled A little girl was hoisted on n
delegates shoulder and waved a Taft
flag The delegates yelled but th e
Y spectators sat silent Burton made
his speech placing Taft in nomination
The delegates again paraded around
j TBen there were more speeches sec
onding the nomination Frank Han
lyof Indiana made a long talk for
Fairbanks He was Jerred off the pre
siding officers stand When these
preliminaries had been accomplished
1 Lodge announced that the vote would
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f f Give Us Teddy
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pending from one end to the other o f
< ends a
man made his appearance waving a
lithograph of Theodore Roosevelt
Teddy Teddy give us Teddy
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cry Delegates were pelted with pa
per balls from the gallaries shrieked
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at by women occupants contemptu
ousjy referred to by men
fClear the galleries shouted the
jtielegatea to Chairman Lodge Lodge
brought fils gavel down on the presid
OlJi officers desk It could not b e
heard twenty feet Off The Roosevelt
enthusiasm was to full swing For
nearly an hour it kept up then there
was a brief pause
The secretary will call for the
vote of Alabama announced Chair
man Lodge
Alabama casts its twentytwo votes
for Taft came from J 0 Thompson
the Collector of Internal Revenue jat
Birmingham and the spokesman of
the delegation j
< No Break In the Machine
It was all over then and there
Taft was as good as nominated There
was not a break In the machine Three
uninstructed delegates from Pennsyl
vania voted for Roosevelt Good boy
good thatswhat we want came
from the gallery There were more
cheers of Roosevelt The machine reo
Burned its work Wyoming was called
voted for Taft and the secretaries pro
cceded to foot up the total and Chair
man Lodge announced Taft nominat +
ed The delegates cheered lustily
enough but the people In the galla
Ties proceeded to get out of conven
tion by the nearest exits There was
never at o national convention leas en
thusiasm tor a winning candidate than
was manifested toward Taft Proba
bIy no man ever had occasion to be
the recipient of the sincere sponta
neous expression of indorsement act
corded to Roosevelt by the voters
of hfs rtythe men In tho gallery
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NO BOOKMAKING
DOOKMAKINhTRACKS
IT LATONIA TRACK
LEXINGTON KY June 19S
lalThe State Racing Commission
t a meeting here today refused to
allow the Latonla race track to re
turn to the old system of bok making
and directed the sheriff of the county
to see to it that no betting be allowed
by that plan The Commission de
tided that the Parlmutuels are legal
and betting can be conducted by that
system but the bookmakers will not
be allowed to do business The
Commission made a cut in the
purses
purBesGovernor Approves
Acting Governor Cox says the State
Government is ready to back up the
Commission in trying to stop book
making at Latonla and says that he I
approves of what was done by the
Commission Floyd Byrd Quits I
Race For Congress
A Floyd Byrd who has been the
leading candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Congress from the 10th
district has withdrawn from the race
The reason assigned is that his prl
vate affairs demand so much of his
attention that be has not time to make
a canvass He was the contending
candidate for the nomination at the
last convention and was thought to
have the nomination assured this time
The other announced candidates are
G Lee Wainscott a manufacturer of
aWinchester
Winchester and Judge Amos Davis of
Morgan county
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FEW GOVERNORS
GOVERNORSGO
GO TO PRISON
To See How Convicts re
treated and Fare
Gov Blackburn Set Prece
dent For Gov Cox
STORY OF PARDON OF A CRIPPLE
They are telling stories now about
Governor Blackburn since Acting
Governor Cox visited the penitentiary
and talked to the convicts It is said
that Governor Blackburn used to do
things like that and that he was the
only man who ever did It He would
go to the prison and see for himself
how things were there and he would
talk to the convicts So that he could
see bow they looked They tell a
story about like this
Three strong men were on their way
from the depot to the penitentiary one
morning with a part of a man The
man had only one leg and one arm
and one eye He was not strong at
best A man stepped up to the guards
and said
Does it take three men to take
that poor cripple to the penitentiary
Somewhat surlily the men said it
did that the law allowed them to
get the tees for taking a convict
to the prison and they Intended get
ting it They did not see anyhow
what business it was of the man who
was asking the questions
< So you are willing to put your
county to the additional expense just
because the law allows you to dot it
asked the man
We certainly are going to get all
the fees that are coming to us re
plied the guards What the devil
business of yours is it
Well I am Gov Blackburn and I
have need for that man You turn
round now and take him back to
the depot I am going to set him
treeGov
Gov Blackburn the man who had
been asking the questions then went
back to the Governors omce and
wrote out a pardon for the crippled
prlsqnor The man was released be
fore the train back to his home town
arrived and he went back on tho
rain with the men who had been
his guards but went as a free man
ALL TO HOLD ON
o Committees
1 Lose Out
Under The New Rule Against
It
OfficeHolders
Judge Hager Wrote In Clause
Deciding Point
MUCH MOOTED QUESTION SETTLED
No member o the new Democratic
tate Central and Executive Commit
tees will lose his place on those com
mittees by reason of office which he
now holds although under the new
rules if he becomes a candidate for
office or accepts any office which is
placed under the ban he would for
felt his place on the committe to
which he was elected This Is the
construction placed on the new rules
by Judge W S Hager who was chair
man of the committee on organization
which drafted the rules and Judge
Hager says it was the Intention a the
committee to make the rules so that
o member of the committee would
lose out by reason of the fact that
e now holds office
omceI
From this date is > the clause
vhlch determines the whole thing and I
his was written Into the rules byI
udge Hager after jthe rules had been
ypewritten arid before they presented
o the convention at Lexington
here had been some discussion of
ow this clause got into the rules
nd the question has been aaked sev
ral times who wrote that Into the
ules Judge Hager said yesterday
hat he wrote the clause in and did
t at the instance o the committee
vhlch prepared the rules The
lause after this date applies to
members of the committee who may
become candidates for mca or who
are appointed to office and says they
are ineligible but after this date
omes In and prevents the rule from
elimiating some six members of the
two committees
Judge Hager says thata the first in
tendon of the committee was to frame
the rules so that no man who holds
office can be a member of either of
the committees or any county or city
committee but many men appeared
before the committee on organization
and urged that the present members
who had been elected under the old
rules should be allowed to serve out
their termiteThe committee then
changed Its mind and decided that
the rules would be so framed as to
permit the present members to hold
their places
The rule works queerly Thomas
Combs who is a member of the State
Central Committee Is a State Senator
He can hold both places but if for in
stance M J Meagher who is also
a member of the committee should
even run for the Legislature he would
have to resign as a member of the
State Committee However that is
the party law
The new rule against office holding
has caused much discussion and it
has been contended that under the
rules six or more members of the
committee would have to resign
Judge Hager who as chairman of
the committee on organization should
know what the Intention of the com
mittee was says that nobody will lose
and that the members of the com
mittee as elected in Lexington will
bold their places
Judge Hager says that a motion was
made in the committee that memo
bers of the Legislature be exempted
from disqualification in the rule
against office holders but this was
voted down by the e committee
Teachers Send Out
Thousands Of Cards
SUY NTIRE STOCK OF
s POSTALS OF
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Souvenir postal cards have gone out
of Frankfort by the thousands this
week The Kentucky Educational As
sedation has been holding its meet
ings here and the teachers have been
working the souvenir postals over
time There are so many things In
Frankfort which work up well in sou
venlr postal cards Frankforts
drug stores and many other
places ke pa big supply but
they weremost bought out by the
teachers > jThe old State house and
the new capitol were the favorites
and there was a strong demand for
cards shoeing these places Scenes
connected with the killing of William
Goebel are also popular on account of
the pardoning of Powers and How
ard and the cards almost swamped
the men ix the postoffice The teach
ers came here in force and they were
out for a good time mainly also they
wanted to communicate with friends
at home and the postal cards were
easy
SOIilERS SHOOT
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Repuls Nightl
Riders In Bracken
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MAJOR WEBB BELIEVES ONE OR
MOREIMEN WERE WOUNDED
51 IN FIGHT
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Several night riders may have been
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wounded and a body of them was
epulsed by the soldiers In an attack
which was made on the house of Louis
Kinney in Bracken county in which
against the night riders The soldiers
who were on guard at Kinneys house
fired several volleys at the riders and
it is believed that several were badly
wounded and carried off by their com
rades
The news o the clash between the
oldiers and the night riders came to
Frankfort in a report from Major
Webb who is in command of the sol
diers now on duty in Bracken county
Maj Webb said in his report that a
band of men went to Kinneys house
about midnight and attempted to tak i
him from his home
They never had a chance to carry
out their intentions as the soldiers
who have been guarding Kinneys
home in anticipation of an attack on
him promptly began shooting as soon
as they saw the night riders who fled
Major Webb says he has reason to
believe that the bullets fired by the
soldiers found human marks
Louis Kinney is a brother o = the
prosecuting attorney in Bracken county
ty and has made determined effort
to bring to justice the men who have
been raiding in Bracken county Kin
ney says that he will tell the next
grand Jury the names of many men
who have been on raids with the night
riders and believes that he has sum
I clent evidence to convict every man
Kinney recently was whipped by a
band of the night riders
IExcItement In Shelby
Residents of the Jacksonville neigh
> orhood In Shelby county near the
Franklin county line where Newton
Hazlett was killed several weeks ago
are much exlcited and it Is feared that
serious trouble may result There
were found on the front porch of Win
Thompson a son of Col W E Thomp
son a prominent member of the Burley
ley Tobacco Society a box of matches
a bottle of poison and a bundle of
switches A note said that Thompson
had better leave within ten days or
suffer the consequences The note
was Igned L and O W the initials
I of the Law and Order League It
Is feared that there may be a mild
sort of civil war In that neighbor
hood Troops ore still on duty in that
section
sectionMiss ea
I Miss Mary Timberlake of Winches
ter came Thursday to spend the sum
mer with Mr Win H Hoge and fame
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TAFTSDESIRESWere I
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Were Th Ernst ShojjLJ
Beaten
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Was Opposed To Him As
National Committeeman
Democrats May Agree In
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POLITICAL GOSSIP IN LOUISVILLE
Special Correspondence
LOUISVILLE KY June 18It must
have been a rude awaKening for
Covingtond
when he went to Chicago and found
that the rollers had been nicely ad
justed by a certain faction of his
Republican brethren and that it was
being planned to shunt him into ob
livion He went up there fully ex
pecting to be advanced to the Republ
sin Sanhedrim otherwise the Repub
lican National Committee It looked
rke a cinch during the State conven
tion in Louisville it looked like a
ae
Cinch up to the time the committee
met In Chicago wither Frank Fisher
the Paducah Postmaster went with
a committeeman bee in his bonnet It
just happens that I was wise to the
nsldeness of the affair a few days be
ore the public was expected to know
bout it It amused me considerably
loJise the claims o lt M Eros that
Hitchcock was for hh 1thaf he was
olng to tell Hitchcock on Mr Fisher
If Frank didnt quit opposing him and
that he would appeal to his friend
Charley and Bill Taft If he wasnt
elected forthwith It was these
things that were to laugh As a
matter of fact Hitchcock was for
Fisher all the time I also have It
THEe
Mr Taft was against Mr Ernst I
was not told why he was against Mr
Ernst but more than a week ago
I was told that it waa Mr Tafts de
sire that Mr Ernst not be elected
committeeman from Kentucky Sena
torelect Bradley was also against
Ernst Mr Bradley and Judge Bur
nam who gathered In the grapes
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it will be remembered so I am una
ble to figure it out whether the new
Senator would regard the outcome as
a victory or not I am inclined to be
lieve that the Joy at defeating Ernst
Is more than compensation for the
election of Judge Burnam
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tI understand that nothing will be
done in Louisville about nominating
for Congress In this district until after
the national convention There are
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two candidates Swagar Sherley and
Herman Newcomb the latter well and
on
havlna g
been a member of the Legislature for
two terms I am inclined to believe
from what I hear that an effort will
be made to get one or the other to
retire from the race and leave the
generan
harmony scheme this would be a
most desirable consummation I am
a raid If the two engage Ina primary
or a convention it would be bitterly
fought and would do the party in this
district no particular good I also
believe that both the candidates recog
gd
henf d
themselves to reason
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rThe Hon Henry R Prewitt Chair
man of the Democratic State Contras
and Executive Committees was in
Louisville this week and announced I
that he would call his committees to
gether after the national convention
and prepare for the coming campaign
by the election of a campaign com
mitten The committees will meet
in Louisville and permanent head I
quarters will be selected probably in I
this city Mr Prewitt Is very sanguine
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of the success of the party this fallQ
and his sentiments are heartily agreed t
with by the Democrats in Louisville
The Democrats of this city by the
sway are going to the Denver conven
tion in force It Is likely that SOT +
eral hundred will be on the special
Bain out of this cftYeThey goinj
Ito shout for W J Bryan an enthuse
over him and they are coming back
jto put some of their enthusiasm in
their fellow Democts who are com
pelled to stay at home
National Committeeman Urey Wood
san when he passed through Louis
vllle this week for Chicago said It
was a shame that Ollie James the big
First District Congressman had tied
himself up so that he couldnt accept
the temporary chairmanship of the
Democratic National Convention at +
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Denver Ollie could have the place
if he would only give the word He
refused the honor as a matter of fact
when it was offered to him saying
lie had committed himself to Henry D
Clayton of Alabama There is some
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talk of making Ollie permanent chair
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man and this may be done Kentucky °
will loom largely in the Denver con
vention showing up in great contrast
rial
with the delegation from this State toi
Chicago where every one was at
every other members throat S
Its pretty early to talk about nomi
nees for Mayor in Louisville but I see
that a Democratic club down in the
Eleventh ward has indorsed Owen
Tyler for the nomination a year
hence
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FOR VICEPRESIDENT
Republican Convention Makes
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Selects New York Congress
On First Ballot
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RESULT NEVER IN ANY DOUBT
It will be Taft and Sherman
Congressman James S Sherman of f
New York was nominated as the Re
ublican candidate for Vfce President
by the Republican National Conven
lion in Chicago The nomination was
therea
was no question as to the result when
the balloting began Mr Sherman wns
put in nomination by Timothy Wood
ruJrThe
The allies plead for one crumb and
were solidly in favor of the nomina
lion of Representative Sherman for
mthe Vice Presidency They told the
Taft leaders that the nomination of t
the New York man would strengthen +
ethe ticket heal some of the bruises
Inflicted by the Hitchcock machine
and Insure the electoral vote of the
Empire State to the Republican par
ty
The New York delegation met on
Thursday and Indorsed Sherman The
States of most of the allies did the
same thing
dSherman was the only avowed can
dilate for the place He was support
ed by Cannon Payne Dalzell and the
House organization and every other
Republican member of Congress In
QhicagoGOVERNOR
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GOVERNOR GOES TO BOSTONft
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Gov Augustus Willson and Mrs
Wlllson left Sunday night for Chica
go where the governor will attend
the National Republican ConTention
after which the governor will go toi
Boston to attend the closing exercises a
of Harvard of which university Gov
Willson was graduated thirtynlne
years ago He and Mrs Willson will f
be the guests of President Eliot and ti
Mrs Eliot of Harvard and will be en
tertained by them One of the fea
tures of the closing exercises will bo
the conferring of the degree of LL j D
on Governor Willson i
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Rev J W Harvey the noted evan
gelist of Crayton Ky began a revival
service at the Bellepoiut Chapel last a
evening at 8 oclock w hick will con
tinue during the next ten days
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