The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-11

the interest of harmony" became much agitafed
AZ THIS. and howled adjourn, adjourn,
until the paint on the barelegsed
IiesceeS overhead cracked and fell
the convention adjourned, and! the th7ong
rushed out Mr.. Ray was severely censured by
number OF delegates as no true friend OF har-
mony, IL peing understood that his squelched
resolution, while it deplored the situation in very
iueuorious terms. would yet drag in the Bailey
and Bynum row, to the deathly hurt OF 'har-
mony.n
No tickleder men than the Bailey delegates
Will ever be SEEM They captured the district
convention from first to last The only Bynum
man who cot anything was Morgan Chandler, of
Hancock, who was given the hollow mockery
and barren ideality of assistant secretary of the
State convention.
wRANeLE IN THE THIRD DISTRICT
A hotter place than the consultation room OF
the supreme judges. where the Third-district
delegation met could not be found this side OF
sneol, and before the meeting adjourned the
same might be said of the convention with entire
truth Business began with g. Fl. D. Gibson,
OF Clark, as chairman, and G.. W. Gwarthney
as secretary, the chairman representing the How
ard wing of the congressional fight in that dis
trict, and the secretary ably holding his own as
the Stockslager champion.
The Stockslager and Howard fight broke out
IN great violence when the election of the State
central committeeman was reached. Or the
nineteen votes of Clarke county, two. proxies
held By James K. Marsh and Edward HARRISON,
were for Stockslager ard the other seventeen
for Howard The chairman of the delegation,
being for Howard, claimed that the vote of the
county should be cast solid; that majority of
the delegates had so agreed. Mr.. Gibson re-
FUSED, on roii-call, to accept the votes OF MARSH
and HARRISON, as he could only recognize the
head OF the delegation as having the right to
announce the vote.
John c. Lawler, who was first nominated by
StockslagerS henchmen as central committee
man, noticing the bad blood stirred up and the
language. much of which would need to be dis
infected before it could be safely used withdrew
his name as candidate, saying. IF there IS
| any place Gods footstool where harmony is
| needed, it is in rhe Third district"
Samuel Mitchell, of Washington, was put in
nomination by the Howard men, and ID. F.
Lemon, of Harrison. was placed in nomination
instead of Lawler, withdrawn. The substitu-
ton made matters worse rather than better
| There were loud and angry voices in dispute
all over the rooms, among quarfeling members
of the different counties, no county being solid
for either candidate The chairman and the
secretary, the latter gentleman's temper and
hair both being red, were bowling at each other
across a table A delegate mounted a chair and
Yelled 1--WE are not only damaging ourselves as
men, but damaging the party. Each county
ought to retire and come to an understanding"
The proposition was not accepted, but the
balloting, long suspended, was resumed. The
secretary, footing up the ballots, declared
Lemon elected. The chairman refusing to ac-
cept his tally, was handed the vote kept by
Reuben Daily, an adherent of the Howard fac
ton, and announced that Mitchell had received
forty-seven votes and Lemon forty-ive votes.
At this point there was great confusion. but the
secretary managed to make the announcement
from his tally that Leman, the Stockslager
representative, had received hftythree and one
half votes and was elected There were cheers
for Lemon and cheers for Mitchell the meeting
breaking up in great disorder.