Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-13
Convention of the DemOcracy-A
Very Harmonious Gather.
ing-An able Represen-
tatiOn of the State.
The Platform ThOrOughlyin SYM
pathy with the Liberal
Movement Greeley
and Brown In
dOrSed.
Hendricks Nominated for Cover.
nor, DePaw for Lieuten-
ant-GOyernOr.
Kerr and Williams for Congress
from the State at Large.

, Kerr and Williams for Congress
from the State at Large.
INDIANAPOLIS, June l2.-The Demo
cratic Convention met at ten O'CLOCK
this morning and was called to order by
Mr.. f. S. Alvord, Chairman of the Cen
/ tral Committee. A call of counties wa.
had and full representation from everl
county responded. The Chairman an
nounced that in view of the amount O
: business to be transacted, the Centra
Committee had agreed to dispense with
the office of temporary chairman, and
HON. JNo. R. CAFFROTH, OF TIPPECANOE
was unanimously chosen permanent
Chairman. Mr.. Caffroth briefly thanked
the convention, but declined to make
! any extended speech, preferring to pro
ceed with the business of the cOnYen,
ton. After the appointment of Secre
taries, and one Vice-President for eacI
Congressional District, the following
COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS
was then named: Thomas r. Coble
Samuel w. Holmes, James Garland, C.
r. Carey, Delano r. Eccles, r. NJ
Franklin, T. B. Woods, David Moss
jeremiah Smith, w. f. Marshall, J. D.
Osborne. The Chairman then announced
the next business to be the appointment
Of q committee TO select electors al
large.
Hon. J. E. Mcdonald begged leave L
offer to the convention the following
SUGGESTION.
Ny reasons are: I don't suppose, Mr..
Chairman, that any man in this con-
vention is now ignorant as to what will
be the action of the Baltimore COnven-
ton. In fact, from the time the Cincin-
natl Convention adjourned, it has been
patent that nothing remained but to
form 2 union with those who met at
! Cincinnati. Mr.. Chairman, have ever
been inclined to recognize the logic of
events; therefore, whatever may have
been my personal claims, if it was left
TO me, would prefer to see the Conven-
\ tisn at Baltimore present a straight
/ Democratic ticket, and move forward to
/ victory or defeat under that banner.
| LCheers.
BUT THAT CANNOT BE DONE.
! CONTINUED cheering.J The opposition
Of the Democracy of Indiana, or any
! other State, TO this movement as to the
acceptance Of the Cincinnati nominees,
/ is without fears. TCheeTs.l Inasmuch
then, as in my judgment the Baltimore
Convention will present the action of
the Cincinnati Convention for its accept
ance Lcheersl, it seems to me that the
electoral ticket should be formed
with reference to that matter, and
il cannot be formed until after
the convention. l hope, Mr.. Chair
man, in fact / believe, the decision Of
the Baltimore Convention will be re-
served by the Democrats of this country.
| Cheers So far as the action of this
convention goes, il has been my course
throughout life to
ABIDE BY THE ACTION OF MY PARTY
in convention assembled. When that
convention shall have pronounced upon
this question, then the electoral ticket
of Indiana can be shaped to meet the
action of that convention. But let us
to-day have this a Democratic Conven-
ton [cheersl in which the Democracy
/ shall assemble here and sit down in
council, and if the Baltimore COnven-
ton shall do what the logic of events
calls upon them TO do, the men selected
as electors will
VOTE FOR THE CINCINNATI NOMINEES
unanimously at the Baltimore Conven-
ton. Therefore il seems TO me, Mr..
Chairman, that after the sanction of
this committee, it is for US to determine
whether we would be governed by the
Cincinnati platform.
Mr.. McFadden, of Cass, wanted the
THE ELECTORS APPOINTED NOW,
and then let the convention instruct
them TO vote for the choice of the con-
ventiOn to-day expressed.
In answer to a question Mr.. Nc
Donald stated that he desired him to
amend the suggestion to name a COM
mittee to appoint electors at large, so as
to read delegates and altenates at
large to the Baltimore Convention, un-
til the Baltimore Convention acts or in
telligeRt electors can be made"
Henry Warrington said that the
Democracy of Indiana and the country
was
DIsBANDED AND LOST,
unless the Baltimore Convention nOmi-
mated Greeley and Brown. Therefore he
was IN favor Of going ahead to-day
arranging all the machinery of the can
vass. The rubicOn is passed.
Judge Lowry, Of Fort Wayne, said
the Greeley Republicans of Indiana
viii support a Democratic Electoral
ticket, provided it is favorable to the
SAGE OF CHAPPAQUA,
and he moved to lay Mr.. McDonald's mo
ton on the table. This created a good
deal of excitement, and vote by coun-
ties on the question was demanded. Pre-
ceding the call, the motion to Law on the
table was withdrawn, the amendment
carried, and the call Of delegates by dis
tricts begun. A motion to reconsider
was ruled out of order because the vote
Of districts had begun. [Confusion.l
CALL OF DISTRICTS
for delegates was proceeded with, when
a motion to appoint committee Of one
from every district to select electors at
large was made by gentlemen from
Jefferson, but was not accepted. The
Congressional delegates TO the Baltimore
Convention were then selected.
The next business being the nomina-
ton Of candidates for Governor, c. T.
Dobbin, Of Martin county, put in nomi-
nation
HON. T. A. HENDRICKS,
and moved his nomination be made
unanimous, which was done amid en-
thusiastic cheerings, and committee
appointed TO wait on Mr.. Hendricks to
inform him of his nomination and re-
quest his presence in the hall. During
the absence Of the committee the con-
vention proceeded TO nominate a candi-
date for Lieutenant-(IoyeTnO resulting
in the choice Of
w. L. DEPAw, OF FLOYD COUNTY,
on the first ballot. At the conclusion of
the Chairman's announcement OF the
result, Mr.. Hendricks appeared on the
stage escorted by the committee. amid
the widest enthusiasm Of the conven-
ton. Mr.. Hendricks said he had no
expectation Of being the nominee of the
convention. He had been appealed to
by those to whose appeal he could not
be deaf. He was influenced in his hesi-
tation 10 accept only personal reasons
alone. He fully appreciated the import
ance and dignity of the position. He
spoke Of the
GROWING INTERESTS OF THE STAT
and said the Office of Governor was
rendered more than usually important
by the encroachments by the central
power. If elected, while he would en-
deavor to maintain always friendly re-
latiOns with the central power, he would
etrenuously labor to maintain the right
OF the State 70 its own local fireside gov
eminent. He asked if the
PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH,
beggared and oppressed, would appeal
in vain to us for political support, and
was answered by a laundering "Now
He referred to the necessity Of civil SER