The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-06-06

onto the floor of the convention and will
probably win. 5. Z. NJ.
ST.. LOUIS, June Thurman will be
nominated for vice-president without a
contest Sunday night the supporters of
Gov. Gray were full OF hope, but tonight
they admit to their confidential friends
that the Thurman cyclone is sweeping
all before it. They kept up show of
fight during the day, calling on the New
York and other delegations, and repeating
the speeches which were made yesterday
To the Californians. A part of their
tactics, too. was the wild but rather inei-
fectual shouting OF the Hendricks club
boys in the corridors Of the hotels. They
hurrahed Justify for Gray, but made about
all the noise themselves. The Thurman
breeze developed into n tornado this morn
/ ing when the New York city delegations
| County Democracy and Tammany-
marched through the streets shouting for
Thurman. The Tammanyites were most
loudly cheered by the throngs on the
4 sidewalks and in the hotels, and within
| half an hour the Tammany men were
busily engaged helping their Pacific coast
friends pin red bandanas on the coats of
all the multitude. These Thurman EN-
/ blems are everywhere TO be seen, and the
/ nomination Of Thurman is conceded on
| all sides.
Sunday night the friends of Gov. Gray
were encouraged to believe that Congress
man Scott would not show his hand ON
! the vice-presidency. They set much store
! by the well-authcnticated statement that
/ the president had refused to express any
/ preference. But Mr.. Scott was merely
/ waiting until he could fix up certain little
matters which he had in hand, and this
/ morning he gave the Thurman move
ment such a boost that the Indiana men
were all but run off the field. Scott per-
/ sists in declaring that Thurman is not the
administration candidate, but adds that
| Thurman will be nominated because the
party wants him, and because he is the
strongest candidate. He admits Thurman
/ is his personal choice, but denies that the
/ president is in any way committed TO the
movement Still, for all practical pur-
| poses, the president might as we'll he com
mitted 20 it, and the great mass of demo-
Gratis believe the ticket will be Cleveland
/ and Thurman because the president so
! desires il.
/ The Pennsylvania delegation held
meeting this forenoon, and after its adj
/ iournment the announcement was made
that two-thirds OF the delegates from the
/ Keystone state favored the old senator,
and that the minority would vote for him
under the unit rule. This, of course,
meant that Scott had thrown his state for
Thurman, and when the fact became gen.
orally known, there was no longer any
doubt of the success of the Scott pro-
gramme. Following the news of this
action OF the Pennsylvania delegation came
the intelligence that the Maryland delega-
ton, who have all along opposed the
| Thurman idea, were now ready to fall in
and vote with the crowd. The meaning
OF this was that Scott and German had
come to some sort of agreement, and that
the two great leaders OF the party were
united on ticket Still the Gray advo-
Gates made an effort to keep up the fight
Ohio, oddly enough, being their only
hope, but il was like struggling against a
West India hurricane. The friends of
Gen. Black opened headquarters at the
Iindell hotel this morning and attempted
to get up boom for him, but their efforts
met with little success, the general feeling
being that ii Thurman was not put through
Gray could easily win.
From the first there has has been some
thing queer about the attitude of the Ohio
delegation. It has talked for Thurman,
but has not been enthusiastic i'm his be-
half, and the matter was discussed for
more than an hour in a meeting of ~the
delegates this afternoon. The result was
an Endorsement of Thurman, though it
was with much difficulty that many of the
anti-Thurman men were won over A
resolution was offered by Delegate Baker
pledging the Ohio delegation to vote for
Thurman if his name was presented TO
the convention. This was in the nature
of a compromise, as a majority of the del
egates wanted to make Thurman the Ohio
candidate, to be presented by the states,
while others opposed Thurman outright.
Forty-four delegates voted for the resolu-
New York and many other states were
simply waiting TO see what action Ohio
would take, and at their meetings this
evening Joined the Thurman procession.
Gov. Gray's managers probably will not
put their favorites name before the con-
VentiOn.
The nomination of Thurman, which
now seems fOregone conclusion, is not
satisfactory to hundreds OF delegates, who
have been impressed by the stories con-
corning his age and infirmity. The cry of
the Gray boomers-"You want Indiana in
/ November, don't you? How are you GO
ing TO win without Indiana, and how are
YOU going to carry Indiana without an In
diana man on the ticket ?"-has been used
with so much effect that many delegates
believe a serious mistake is being made in
the nomination of a man seventy-hve
years old who lives in a state which is
generally regarded as reliably republican.
Had German stood faithfully by Gray the
| Thurman tide might have been stayed,
but without German the candidacy of the
Indiana man fell to pieces for lack of sup
port. Germans abandonment of Gray
means q good deal more than the nominal
ton of Thurman. 1t means truce be-
tween the two factions OF the party which
have been skirmishing before each others
position for two or three days. These
forces were led on the one side by Con-