The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-25
fRE DEMOCRACY TROUBLED.
IN Cnsuccassl.ii Effort to Unite the
Delegates on Senator VOORHEES,.
rob,blity that Gray and Manson will Con-
front Calkins and Bundy-What the
Platform viii Demand.
AMONG THE DELEGATES.
Ehe Attempt to Make voorhees, IA Candidate

representatives OF the numerous counterfeit
brands, arrived in the CITY in considerable num-
bers yesterday and last night preparatory to
attending the State Democratic convention
which meets at Englishs Opera-house this
morning, Nearly all the delegates are here and
quite all the candidates. The latter have their
headquarters at the Grand Hotel and Bates
House, and were busily engaged last night in
advancing their claims for support. The hotels
are all full but not nearly so crowded as they
were at the Republican convention, and there is
a notable lack of enthusiasm. All the promi-
nent men of the party are here. Senator
Voorhees, and Me Too Lamb arrived yesterday
morning and are at the Denison, away from the
madding crowd The Senator was at home
yesterday to his friends only, which barred the
reporters, whom he declined to see. Neither Mr..
Mcdonald nor Mr.. Hendricks could be found
among their faithful followers, but all the lesser
celebrities were numerously scattered about.
Among these are State Senators Bell, Willard,
Brown, Mccullough, Compton, McGee. exSena-
tors Menzies Traylor, Urmston, Kent, Judge
Niblack, Representative Jewett McNTullen,
Neff, Hons E. Henderson, John E. Nef, ]. NJ.
Cropsey, Austin H. Brown, Franklin Landers,
and his brother Jack, and other local politicians.
The contest for the nomination for Governor,
strangely enough, is not exciting great interest
as might have been expected, and the chief strug-
gle seems to be for Lieutenant-g governor and
Reporter of the Supreme Court In accordance
with the precedent established by the party, in
every convention since its organization, the
present State Democratic officers will be renom-
mated, although there is considerable feeling
against Secretary of State Myers who has made
himself quite unpopular during his adminstra-
ton. AS the present Supreme Court Judge
for the Fifth district and Reporter of the Su-
preme Court are both Republicans, the Democ-
racy will nominate candidates for these positions,
and there is much hustling in consequence.
THE GUBERNAToRIAL CONTEST
The Democratic nomination for Governor is
''going begging, there can be no doubt about
that Since 1880 there has been an underlined
understanding that Hon. Isaac P. Gray should
be the man to lead the party in this campaign,
principally because he had made an unsuccoss-
full race before the convention then and had been
forced to take second place on the ticket.
Within the past few months he has made gem
ing delegates, of whom he has now
a large following The exceedingly popular
nomination of Hon. w. II. Calkins by the Re
publicans and the widespread belief that he
will make very strong candidate, have forced
upon the opposition a realization of the necessity
of selecting their most formidable man to head
the ticket, and the belief is prevalent among the
wiser members of the party that Colonel Gray
does not fill the bill. Hence they have and are
doing all in their power to force somebody else
on the convention. Yesterday morning a self
appointed committee, headed by Dr. Mcconnell,
of Steuben county, called upon Hon. T. A. Hen
bricks aud insisted chat he should take the nom
NATION for Governor He quietly but
firmly declined. Mr.. Hendricks is a wise
man and a far-seeng politician Senator Voor
bees arrived yesterday morning and at once a
boom for him was started, and for a time as
SdneI formidable proportions. In an interview
in the Evening News he would say nothing fur
ther than that he not candidate, and this
equivocal statement was regarded indicative
of his intention to take the nomination If it were
offered him. Consequently, slight breeze of
enthusiastic support of his supposed candidacy
sprang up during the evening, and while it
cooled the fevered brows of few of his follow
ers. it famed into fame the violent
indignation of the Gray men. They
threatened to beat Voorhees, if he was
nominated, to elect somebody else to succeed
him in the United States Senate, and var
ious other dire and dreadful things; and gener-
ally it was regarded playing it rather low
down to compel him to earn his reelection to
the Senate by making a canvass for Governor
All these influences combined, had the de-
sired effect and last night Mr.. Voorhees, in
structed Mr.. Jap Turpen to tell all the newspa-
per men and candidates that under no circum-
stances would he allow his name to go before
the convention. By the majority this was
thought to practically insure the nomination
of Colonel Gray The support of the latter,
however, seems to be rather luke-warm and
perfunetory. Under other circumstances, the
friends of Senator Mcdonald would violently
oppose anything that Gray might want, for they
have not forgotten how he took from Mr..
Mcdonald the empty honor, which rightfully
belonged to him, of receiving the Democratic
caucus nomination for the United States Senate
against Senator Harrison. As Mcdonald is now
a candidate for the presidency, he cannot
tn aDta nod
ID. Manson of Charlottesville, has headquarters
at the Grand, and is thought to be candidate
for Governor, but is making q very weak
canvass 1t is not improbable that he will
make a coalition with Gray and take the second
place on the ticket Judge David Turpie, of this
city is candidate for Governor and has large
following. He has not made canvass for the
place. however, and is not making any decided
effort to secure the nomination, although he
would like to have it. jim Cropsey said last
night that, in his opinion, Gray would
be defeated, and he thought that he
was in position to know. This
delegates. From the indications last night, it is
almost certain that Mr. Gray will be the nom
inee unless a combination is made against him.
THE LIEUTENANT GovERNoRsH1P.
For Lieutenant governor, the woods is full"
Of candidates and it would take political Solo
mon to even approximately estimate, the re1a-
tive strength of each. About the most proba-
BILE conjecture that can be made,
however, is that if Gray is nom
mated for Governor, Gen. Manson will
be given the second place. State Senator Will
lard, of Lawrence county, is making vigorous
canvass, but upon what he bases it is not easily
understood. His principal claim, however seems
to be that he is the son of his father and spread
eagle orator. Senator Mccullough the Webster
ian statesman from Gibson county is candi-
date and thinks he has a good chance since
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