A group of Louisville Democrats , supporters of U. S. Senator Jo Blackburn , made the first formal calls for a new convention . A short time after , a large meeting at Mount Sterling gave the movement a definite form . They called for a meeting in Lexington on August 2 to organize the details of a new convention . At subsequent mass meetings , it was announced that former governor John Y. Brown would accept the nomination of a second convention , should one be held . As Brown had been thought to be a supporter of Goebel , this announcement caused no small stir among Democrats . Representatives of sixty counties attended the August 2 meeting in Lexington . Resolutions endorsing the Democratic platform from the 1896 Democratic National Convention and the candidacy of William Jennings Bryan in 1900 were adopted . Then , ex-governor Brown addressed the crowd . Finally , the representatives agreed to a nominating convention to be held on August 16
1896 Democratic National Convention
1896 Democratic National Convention
1899 Kentucky gubernatorial election