The Indianapolis journal., 1883-06-21
The delegates About Evenly Divided Be
tween Judge HoadIy and General Ward
Spirited Contests Expected
Commissioner Dudley on McDonald's
Availability as a Candidate,
Dem cratic Leaders Warned that Indiana Is
no Longer a Controlling State-The
Speakership of the House.
OHIO DEMOCRATS.



Various Candidates.
Special to the indianapolis journal.
COLUMBUS, June 20.-Uproar has succeed
ed day of confusion here. The arrival of
the Cincinnati delegation at dusk dwarfed
what had proceeded in point of noise and
excitement. One third of the delegation are
ciamorous for Ward, and declare purpose
to stand by him SO long as he has chance,
and Mr.. Hoadly's resources are taxed to off
set the detection. He has not abandoned the
hope OF converting them to himself by morn
ing. He must make night of it to do it,
and that will impose on the other candidates
and their workers like task. Hoadly and
Wa5d have been running a close race all
day both claiming the leadership. Both are
chary of giving out figures, but both hope
to start out with majority. They have all
the votes between, except about seventy in
635. The committees on organization and
business got at work about 10:3O tonight,
ard will sit it out, so that the convention
may begin work in the morning under the
permanent organization. Some of them are
having a stormy time. All of to-night's
meetings are held in the State-house
Senator Pendleton has been industrious
for Hoadly all day. Mr.. Thurman's efforts
yesterday were too much for him. and he
has been preparing himself for tomorrow by
resting to-day, Chickamauga Steadman is
here in uniform to help Ward.
The committee on permanent organization
has chosen John McSweeny, who was Dor
seys counsel in the first star-route trial. to
pre- 'ide over the convention.
Ioadly expects to be put in nomination
by Il. ]. Ryan, of Cincinnati and Ward by
G, s{sral Tom Powell, of Delaware county
(NA Thurman and General Steadman second
ing Am), and Geddes by Judge Crasens, of
Toledo. Contests are anticipated from the
top to the bottom of the ticket, which en-
courages active trading tonight
The Republican State committee also met
and organized in an upstairs room tonight
Mr.. Foraker attended.
The Cincinnati Enquirer and the Nominee.
j. Fl. Woodard, (the "Jayhawker" and
]. II. W.") of the Cincinnati Enquirer, stood
in the postoffice lobby, last night, when a
Journal reporter asked him:
who will be the nominee of the Ohio
Democratic convention?'
II don't know, but think Hoadly has the
lead" was the answer.
ut is charged that the Enquirer is oppos-
ing him." said the reporter
THAT is untrue as 1 happen to know.
Three weeks ago Mr.. Mclean had marked
out for me tour through Ohio, to write up
the outlook, and part of his special in
structions were that was not to write any
thing which could be construed into op-
position to any Democrat whose name might
come before the convention. He said
he wanted to avoid doing anything
which might look to the public like
an effort on the part of the Enquirer to op-
pose or advocate anyone. had been out in
the State great deal, and told him that l
believed Gen. Ward would average greater
strength than any man who could be nomi-
mated. He said that might be the case, but
cautioned me to be very careful about mis-
taking my own preferences for public senti-
ment. His plan was to ascer-
tain and print the opinions
of large number of intelligent Democrats,
that the delegates to the convention might
learn the true state of Democratic public sem
timent. He also said that the Enquirer was
Democratic paper, and intended to advo-
cate the men and principles of the party as
enunciated by the Democratic convention"