, 1880-06-07
POLI'TICAL.
INDIANA.

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Srsetat phpatek n The Ch1edon Tribune.
IyptASArur,s, June G.-Altiough tho
Democratic State Convention meets OH
Wednesday. very little IL said about 1t, so
overpowerinE Is tho situation Mt Chicago.
Amung the workers. however. the Situation
Is very intense, n,ltl. rs tho day and hour als-
proaclcs, tllu bitterness existing between tho
l.anders nn.i Gray factions becomes more pro-
nolncctl. II present expectations nrc full
i,lled, tho Convention will renUmlnAte tho
present Secretary uf State, Treasurer, Autlit-
ur. Acknowledgement, Clerk OF tho Supreme
Court, Reporter Of tho Supreme Court, al,d,
possibly, also, tho State Superintendent OF
Public Instruction. 1t Is within tho
range Of possibility TINT some changes
in thts program may become necessary or
advisable, but Mt present there aro no itlica-
tions Of opposition to my ss ol taesS n,,. ES,,,!
I1tl, a,.tl no n1ln who Viii consent to make the
race against him has ~ yet bteli named;
The nlttcts for whtc! tho Convention Will
Supreme Judges, Superintendent Of Public
Instruction, and .lrlegntesnt-urge tO the Cit,-
cinnnti CunycntIol. Fur tbs Goverslurshlp
there Mre five. possibly six. enndl!atcs,, Col.
Sey, ifyy' jnse hs Japia Iaf5s s. New. % %Jsgs bavil
Tnrpfr, md possibly Con. N. u. Manson.
Judge ''rnrpiu fas declined to a,ltaE9nlze
tfr. Lullttrrs III tl!is county, and has l'nue no
special effort to ohtaiM my promises Of s,.E,;
purt, but it Is understood that there wlsl
| nevertheless bp some delegates from otlitr
counties instructed TO present llts llatne alltt
keep 1t be1ore tho Convention III ti,o event OF
the contest betwcem Tie lratlng delegates ~ he-
tllg prolonged through scytra! llallots. llle
ciiief contest, Of course, lies between Gray.
and La1lders.., Neither Of them en'i be sally M
ny. anytHtnE e Sss srS fn ny 1ll!S1ns Sr1t
| hrttrt,nn thtsfa lnrn COMES, IL there l9
| breuk, then the other candidates !!opg
tn Ent iii their work. Among tliosa ilalnet!
State, Se.f Of Randolph; j. ii. Willard, TIC
Eloyd; seMator Menxies, e poseyy; col. Joln3 II
Lee, Of Montgomery; Defnn Skinner, nl
Ksiey,' Ksiilsy' q Nolc; M SUI, $enhor q Ia"sn IL Eowisr
of Owen; nn,l Join Roberts, OF Jefferson
Questions of !ocatty enter largely into IN:
1iolnsnnlloil, alii tile, selection Will iepent
having tho best chances arc Mnnzles, Net!
Lee, and Fowler, IN the order named
Considerable opposition, appears upon tE Y
Smart, for Superintendent, aud sonr Of l. " 7.
candidates prnfcss 10 By very enrsGst LII tii9i
en!leayors 10 step INTO Its u'llc!al shoes. III
!: field Is composed Of Prof. J. j.. Nn'irse, {,
Msssrs M bsrrst, 'S; oi ii iri!!:Es II x. n \ M9rrs,
Hamilton; and Prof. Hopkins, Of Hnw1r
There nru but two yn':ailt Supreme J!;lEs
ti tricts Which is now temporarily tllr
by Judge John r. srott, on III
. appointment Ut tho tsnyernor. a1l
! the other from the, Fifth Distrlc
J expires. In the Third District the ,cal
! | slltlates arc Judge Scott, Of ViEo. nlid IT,
Ilo.i. Nnpoleol. Il. Taylor, aud Judge John
} 1ioiMcn, of ibis city; nMl In the t1tth ID
I trl:t there are nlsU Lhrce,--A: y. Ross,
l Cuss; Vun E. Long, Of knselusko: alrd ]. ;;
D S, Mitchell, Of Elkliart. The gentlcnic!l VII
desire to be dregates-at-iarga. to Cinelnnn
are Senators ND0rllgts and McD1iluld, MI
lam II. Englisl,, DaytA $. GoOltnE, u.
ShuW, and john II. Culfr0tll.