The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-06-13
INDIANA DEMocRATlc CON.
VENTI0N.
Hendricks Nominated for Governor
and Accepts.
Delegation to Baltimore Instructed
for Greeley. - A- a'.i p

was the call Of counties, which was had,
and every county reported full delega.
tions. By the unanimous consent Of the
Convention, the usual mode of selecting
temporary officers was dispensed with,
and the Convention proceeded TO select
permanent officers.
Hon. John r. Cofiroth, OF Tippecanoe
county, was unanimously chosen perma.
nent Chairman. Mr.. Coffroth returned
thanks for the honor conferred upon him,
and said he would not detain the Con7en.
ton with a speech, but would proceed to
business al once.
Col. Daley, OF Carroll county, was then
chosen principal Secretary, with Messrs.
Thomas Of Knox, Bingham of Marion,
Mains Of DeKalb, and Edmonds Of Vigo,
as assistants. 0ne,Vice President for each
Congressional District was then selected.
A Committee on Resolutions, consisting
Of two from each Congressional District,
and a committee TO select delegates to the
Baltimore Convention were then ap-
pointed. alss" g.lI
Considerable discussion arose on the
question Of the appointment Of a commit.
tee TO select an electoral ticket
Hon. ]. E. Mcdonald begged leave to
offer a suggestion to the Convention,
which he did in the following words: "AIy
reasons are: don't suppose, Mr.. Chair.
man, that any man in this Convention is
now ignorant as TO what will be the &C.
tion Of the Baltimore Convention. In
fact, from the time the Cincinnati Con.
vention adjourned it is patent that nothing
remained but to form union with the
men who had met at Cincinnati. Mr..
Chairman, have ever been inclined to
recognize the logic Of events; therefore,
whatever may have been my personal
claims, ifit was left TO me, l would prefer
to see the Convention at Baltimore pre-.
sent straight Democratic ticket, and
move forward to victory or defeat under
that banner. Cheers. But that cannot
be done. Continued cheering The
opposition Of the Democracy OF Indiana,
or any other State, to this movement, as
to the acceptance Of the Cincinnati nomi.
nees, is without force. [Cheers.l | Inas.
much, then, as in my judgment the Bal.
timore Convention will present the action
Of the Cincinnati Convention for its &C.
ceptance, [cheers, it seems to me that
the electoral ticket should be formed with
reference to that matter, and 1t cant be
formed until after the Convention. /
hope Mr.. Chairman, in fact believe the
decision Of the Baltimore Convention will
be received by the Democracy OF this
country. Cheersl So far as the action
of this Convention goes it has been, and
my course through life to abide BY the
action of my party in Convention Assem-.
bled. 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 q Democratic Con.
vention, cheers in which the Democrats
shall assemble here and sit down in coun-
Gil, and II the Baltimore Convention
shall do what the logic Of events call
upon them to do, the men selected
as electors, will vote for the Gin
cinnati nominees unanimously at the
Baltimore Convention. Therefore, It
seems to me, Mr.. Chairman, that after the
selection. OF this committee it is for us to
determine whether we would be governed
by the Cincinnati platform"
Mr.. McFadden, Of Cass, wanted the
electors appointed now, and then let the
Convention instruct them to vote for the
choice Of the Convention to-day expressed.
In answer to question, Mr.. Med
stated that he desired now to amend the
suggestion to name committee to ap-
point electors at large, so as to read "dele-
gates and alternates at large to the Balti-
more Convention" Until the Baltimore
Convention acts, an intelligent electoral
nomination cannot be made.
H. W. Harrington said that the Demo.
cracy of Indiana and the country was
disbanded and lost unless the Baltimore
Convention nominated Greeleyand Brown;
therefore he was in favor Of going ahead
to-day for arranging all the machinery of
the canvass. The Rubicon Is passed.
Judge Lowry, Of Fort Wayne SAID the
Liberal Republicans of Indiana will sup.
port Democratic electoral ticket, pro.
vided it is favorable to the sage Of Chap.
paqua. he moved to lay Mr.. Med Donald's
motion on the table This created good
deal of excitement, and a vote by coun.
ties on the question was demanded. Pre-.
ceding the call the motion to lay iton the
table was withdrawn. The amendment
was carried and call Of the districts for
delegates begun. @
The motionto reconsider was ruled
outof order, because the vote Of districts
had begun. Confusion.]
The call Of districts Tor delegates was
proceeded with. IN ,..-. .......
A motion to appoint a committee Of
one from every district to select electors
at large by gentleman from Jefferson
was not adopted. SIS
The congressional delegates to the Bal.
timore Convention were then selected.
The next business being the nomination
OF candidates Tor Governor, @. 8. Dobbin,
Of Martin county, put in nomination
Hon. T. A. Hendricks, and moved his
nomination be made unanimous, which
was done amid the most enthusiastic
cheering, and committee was appointed
to wait on Mr.. Hendricks to inform him
Of his nomination and request his pres.
ence in the hall.
During the absence OF the committee
the Convention proceeded to nominate
candidate for Lieutant Governor, result.
ing in the choice Of W. @. Depaw, Of
Floyd county, on the first ballot.
At tho conclusion OF the Chair.
mans announcement Of the result Mr..
Hendricks appeared on the stage es-
corted by the Committee, amid the wild.
est enthusiasm OF the Convention. Mr..
Hendricks said he had no expectation Of
being the nominee of the convention.
whose appeal he could not be deaf. He
was influenced in his hesitation to accept
only by personal reasons alone. He fully
appreciated the importance and dignity
Of the position. He spoke of the grow.
ing interests Of the State, and said the
office of Governor was rendered more
than usually important by the encroach.
ments OF the central noWer IF atacfad