The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-05
The Tardy app
gates AttribF
COnfuI
of Leaders and Dele
,he Uncertainty and
to Candidates.
Cleveland = aS ythe Strongest Man,
with Bel D,sy.or : a Good Second.
A New York Paper Diagnoses the Situation
and Detects Indications of Probable
Bolt in the Democratic Ranks.
THE pEMooEArs Ar oH1cAeo.

Cleveland and Butler Boons.
| Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CHICAGO July 4.-The State convention being
over, the local Democrats arereturning to town,
their fighting qualities being polished up and
strengthened, by that skirmish, for the great
national conflict which begins on Tuesday.
| Doubtless if these Chicago warriors could have
their way they would put Carter Harrison at
the head of the ticket, as they yesterday boosted
him into the leadership of the Democratic col
umns in the State. But Chicago is not the ma
ton and So having no hope ofsecuring the nomi-
nation of their own favorite son, these local
magnates are booming for Cleveland. Har-
risons plucky fight over the tariff plank elicits
! the heartiest admiration from all classes, but
the small majority by which he carried his
| point indicates division of sentiment on this
subject which is thought by many to bode no
good for the prospect of the party in this State
or in the nation. Still the fact that the 623 who
voted against his motion to strike out the often
sive plank consented Immediately afterwards,
many of them with enthusiasm, to his nominar
ton to the governorship, shows a wonderful ca
| pacity for harmony, and no. doubt prefgures
\ the satisfactory adjustment of this delicate
question in the creator gathering Of the coming
week
Mayor Harrsons chances for election are
poor as matter of courses but he will make
things rattle in the campaign, and in case the
Prohibition people bolt the Republican party
the gentleman who has thrice trodden down
Republican majority in this city may possibly
succeed in getting the State under his feet and
that there is some fear of such bolt as this is
clearly shown in the efforts of the Republican
papers here to reason the advanced temperance
people into an attitude of straight-out submis
sion to party On the whole, however, l must
| say that the Democratic party had better ar
range matters so as to get along, if possible,
without the electoral votes of Illinois.
With the return of the leading local lights
the great magnates from a distance are begin
ming to pour in Up to yesterday few of these
had arrived The dearth of great
statesmen at the hotels the early part
of the week was very trying to
newspaper men, and if some of these manufac-
tured interviews out of their inner thoughts who
! can blame them, when material for the genuine
article was SO scarce2 am assured too, that the
hotel bars have suffered for the same reason, but
after watching the crowd surge in and out Of the
refreshment room at the Palmer House for an
hour OF SO last night, 1 am inclined think the
| complaints from this quarter not very well
| founded. The backwardness of the delegates in
toeing the mark, as compared to the way the
Republicans came to time month ago, is as-.
tributed to various causes. The confusion in re-
gard to candidates must be credited with a por
tion of it, and then, these conferences, of which
we hear so much, must of course keep many
| away. Besides, the glorious Fourth occurs this
week, and all who can want to spend that day at
home Possibly many have thought they would
be safer there than in a wicked city like Chicago
as no doubt, they will be in a moral
point Of view, for one of the
| deplorable things in connection with great
gatherings Of this kind is that it brings to the
front in gala celors the representatives of every
form Of evil; and puts added ,temptations in the
way Of men just at the time when, by reason Of
the prevailing excitement of such occasions, they
are poorly prepared to resist these assaults But
if any have feared they would run unusual phys
| ical risks by spending the Fourth in this city
their apprehensions have been altogether erro-
neous. Mayor Harrison seems to have as tight a
grip on the small boy of Chicago as upon the
Democracy of the city Whether from fear or
love, do not knows but that he has held the
patriotic impulses of Young America in check
for some reason is undeniable. The city has
been absolutely free from those startling ex-
plosions which usually herald the approach
of the Fourth. and the demonstrations
are of the mildest descriptions even
now. Tho Mayors original intention
was to shut down on the boys altogether, but
public opinion was too much for him, and, be-
fore starting for Peoria, he relented and gave
the would-be celebrants his 'sGod bless We, my
children
AN ABSENCE OF LIGHT
In regard to the thrilling question, who will be
nominatedl there is little more light to-day
than there was yesterday Although Tilden
has announced himself dead politically. he is not
buried. Whether, before performing his obse
quies, the convention win endeavor to galvanize
him into existence again cannot be foretold
until more Of the workers arrive. Still, it would
not be surprising if another appeal were made
to him. and there are many here who claim to
know that in such case, the siren voice
Of the national Democracy would pre-
vail On the other hand many more
are equally confident to the contrary Assuming
Tilden to be out of tho way if we only knew
then, definitely, npon whom the old gentleman
wished his mantle to fall, and could find out in
addition for whom, under the unit rule, the
delegates from New York will cast their ballot,
something could be guessed at with tolerable
degree Of certainty. But with conflicting
opinions upon these points the political prophets
are all at sea.
This much however. can be said without fear
Of contradiction, and that is, that Of all the
candidates mentioned Cleveland seems, from
this stand point to have the biggest boom He