The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-08


in his defeat, without which all the other booms
for all other men must be put into the dry-dock.
few extremists from the South talk Of
throwing Butler out of the convention, on the
ground that he win not support the nominee
less that be himself; but the man to do the
throwing has not been found Fred o. Prince
was thought to be the man, but Butler is loaded
for Prince, and that Boston Democratic dude
who organized the Abbott third party bolt from
Butler when he was the Democratic nominee for
Governor, will take counsel of discretion. Mr..
Abbott, by the way, is chairman of the Massa-
chusetts delegation, and, it is said, will be
one of the seconds of rare old Ben's nomination.
The Pied Piper of Lowell continues to be the
one great attraction. While seated at dinner this
afternoon curious crowds thronged the doors,
and had to be kept back by three policemen;
but while he attracts attention it is largely
from the outside. He is an abomination to the
party, and his nomination may be set down as
nearly an impossibility. The only way in which
such an event could be brought about would be
at the end of a protracOed struggle, in which
every other probability had been worn out 1t;
would be the act Of disgusted convention.
How Butler is regarded in the South is evil
denced by an incident that TRANSFERRED this
morning A Butler man suggested the proba-
bility Of Ben carrying off the nomination, and
asked Felix Mcconnell, of Selma. Ala, what
the Albania Democrats thought of such ticket.
Think of himq" said Mcconnell, white with
rage, while his six feet and two inches Of size
seemed to grow foot in second, I'VE think he
is a - hound. and will not vote for him if
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country where they condone such things as Ben
Butler has been guilty Of.
The Massachusetts man had business else
where at once.
Said another Alabama delegates:
"There is not a precinct in Alabama which
could poll majority for Butler against any Re
publican who could be put up; and the women of
the State would burn the ground over to wipe
out such stigma.
Said another: sThe Democrats of Alabama will
vote the Republican ticket before they would
permit Butler to enter the White House, if their
votes could prevent itp
Nine out of ten of the delegates from the
Southern States express virtually the same feel
ing.
In an interview this afternoon, Butler settled
the question of his right to a seat in the conven
ton by saying squarely that he should support
the nominee, whoever he may be- He said that
if the Democratic party should nominate Blaine
he would vote for him, SO good a Democrat was
he. This will be interesting news to
the honest Greenbackers, whose candidate
for the presidency he is BY the way, the lead
ing Greenbackers Shupe, Weaver and others,
are hoping that their bargain and sale to the
Democratic party viii be ratified. Weaver
wants coalition in order to 60 to Congress
from Iowa
Next to Cleveland and Bayard comes McDon
aid, but there is no spissitude in his campaign.
can see no indication that even the Indiana
people seriously expect his nomination. The
majority of them are borne down by the weight
of the Cleveland candidacy and involuntarily
unite in the talk Of Cleveland and Mcdonald as
the coming ticket
POPULARITY OF Mr.. HENDRICKS
At the Indiana headquarters Mr. Hendricks
is the chief attraction. He is sought by men
from all parts Of the country He seems to be
in fair health, and his courteous demeanor is in
no wise diminished He insists that he is
heartily for Mcdonald and resents any insinua
What is to be heard Of other candidates., such
as Thurmans, Hoadly's Randalls, Fields is Of
little or no value in the present attitude Of
affairs.
Next to the canditature the tariff plank of
the platform occupies attention Mr.
Morrison is the member of the platform commit
tee from Illinois, and, with Messrs. Wat,
terson and Hurd, viii endeavor to take no back
ward step They will be reinforced by Mr.. Car
lisle who will be here tomorrow The Randall
idea will be advocated and so will the Ohio idea,
and so will the Indiana plank, he latter by Mr.
English, who is here and is understood to repre-
sent Mr., McDonalds views Manton Marble has
constructed platform. Indeed platform liter
ature is plenty but it is significant and there is
little care for any thing but the tariff
feature, and the almost universal idea is TO
adopt something upon that subject
which shall mean anything or
nothing, according to locality and the demand
of party necessity The country may expect a
''straddleH and s'blind" on the tariff. Joe
Pulitzer is as anxious about this matter as he is
about the candidate 1--WE don't want any dis
tinctive tariff reformer put up, because, as be-
tween such man as Blaine the campaign
would become simply controversy over tariff /,
and in such controversy the manufacturing
States of New York. New Jersey and Connecti-
cut would side with the protectionists
The Democratic House gave the presi-
dencey to the Republicans and the Re-
publican convention gave it back to
the Democrats. It remains to be seen now
whether the Democratic convention will give it
back to the Republicans by nominating man
who will emphasize the tariff controversy
There is pretty good sprinkle of Indianians
here, but the State is not 50 largely represented
as in the Republican convention.
There is great deal Of very bad brass band
music in town, and much marching and counter
marching Democratic national conventions are