The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-06-05
A LATER REPORT.


calling on the New York and other dele
cations and repeating the speeches
which were yesterday made to the Cali
fornians. A part OF their tactics, too
was the wild, but rather inefectua
shouting Of the Hendrick Club boys il
the corridors OF the hotels. They hur
rahed Justify for Gray, but made ull the
noise themselves. The Thurman breezt
developed into tornado this morning
when the New York delegations, County
Democracy and Tammany marched
through the streets, shouting for Thur
man.
Thurman emblcms are everywhere tc
be seen and the nomination OF Thurman
is conceded on all sides.
Sunday night the friends OF Governor
Gray were encouraged to believe that Con
vressman Scott would not show his hand
on the Vice Presidency. They set much
store by the well authenticated state
mcnt that the President had refused tc
express any preference. BIT Mr.. Scott
was merely waiting until he could tX
up certain little matters which he had
on hand, ana this morning he gave the
Thurman movement such boost that
the Indiana men were all but
RUN oFP THE FIELD.
Scott persists in declaring Thurman is
not the administration candidate but
adds that Thurman will be nominated
because the party wants him, and be-
cause he is the strongest candidate. He
admits Thurman is bis personal choice,
but denies that the President is in any
way committed to tho movement. Still,
for all practical purposes, the President
might as well be committed TO it, and
the great mass OF Democrats believe the
ticket will be Cleveland and Thurman
because the President so desires it.
The Pennsylvania delegation held Q
meeting this forenoon, and after its ad-
ment the announcement was madU that
two.thirds OF the delegates from the
keystone State favored the old Senator,
and 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
generally known there was no longer
any doubt of the success ot the scott
programme. S.,
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 ready to fall in and
vote with the crowd.
The meaning Of this is that Scott and
German had come TO come sort OF an
agreement, and that the two greRt lead
ers OF the party were united on ticket.
Still the Gray advocates madean effort to
keep up the fight, Ohio, oddly enough, be-
ing their only hope, but it was like strug-
Cling against Il West Indies hurricane.
The friends OF General Black opened
headquarters at the Lindell Hotel this
morning, and attempted to get up a
boom for him, but their efforts met with
little success, the general feeling being
that il Thurman was not put through,
Gray could easily win. From the first
there has been
SOMETHING QUEER
about the attitude OF the Ohio dele
CATION. 1t has talked for Thurman but
has not been enthusiastic in his behalf,
and the matter was discussed for pore
than an hour in the meeting OF the dele
CATION this afternoon. The result was
an Endorsement OF Thurman, though II
was with much difficulty that any oithe
anti-Thurmans were won over. \ reso-
luton was offered by Delegate Baker
pledging the Ohio delegation to vote tor
Thurman il his name was presented to
the convention. This was in the nature
of compromise, us u majority OF the
delegates wanted to make Thurman the
Ohio candidate, to be presented by the
State, while others opposed Thurman
outright. Forty-four delegates voted fol
the resolution, and two delegates did
not vote.
New York and many other States
were simply waiting to see what action
Ohio would take, and Mt their meeting
this evening joined the Thurman process
sion. y
Governor Gray's maragers probabl!
will not put their favorite's name beiort
the Convention. II the nomination o
Thurman, which now seems foregont
conclusion,
is NOT SATISFACTORY
to hundreds OF delegates, who havt
been impressed by talk concerning hi
age and infrmity, the cry OF the Ora!
boomers, "You want Indianain Novem
Der, don't you2 How are you going T.
win without Indiana, and how are yol
going to carry Indiana without an lndi
ana man on the ticket" hps been use,
with so much effect that many delegate
believe n serious mistake is being mad
in the nomination Of man Is year
old, who lives in a State which Is gener
ally regarded MS decidedly Republican
Had German stood faithfully by Gray
the Thurman tide might have bee!
stayed, but without German, the candi
daGy Of the Indiana man fell topiece
for lack OF support,
GoRMAN'S DicRRE.
Germans abandonment OF Gray mean
q good deal more than the nomination
; OF ,rhuImqp, 1t meansa truce betwee
! the Two inctiOhb Ol tlC party wlllch nav
. been skirmishing before each other
4 position for two or three days. Thes
T, toroes were led on the one side
1 Congressman Scott, representing the aC
r ministration, and on the other by Sent
: tor German. The latter, supported b
|. Chairman Barnum, and several Natiopi
Il Committeeman, wanted the platform
l. 1884 affirmed without any endorsemer
OF the President'smessage, or oiany onei
D moderate in tone Us not to otlcnd Il
y high tariff voters OF the East, &c
i, man wanted to be ChatFlnan OF Il
y Committee on Resolutions and made |
Al earnest canvass for the place among II
various State delegations. His arg
2 ment was that the party would 10
New York and other Eastern States
o " the platform were made too strong
at the direction OF low tariff, and that t