Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-06-09
THE NATIONAL CONNEXIONS

THE NATIONAL CONVECTION.
Thurman win be Nominated for the v,ca
| Presidency.
! ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June 4-While Discussing
the coming meeting of the democratic
national convention, which is to be held this
afternoon, e1-Mayor Prince, of Boston.
said: II shall retire from the national com.
mlttee and have 50 notified my delegation.
was told that place was there for me, but
positively declined to take it. 1 am en-
Titled to rest. l have organized every con-
vention since 1850, except the last one. and
have been national committeeman for
twenty-one years, that's pretty good period
OF service, snd think ought to be allowed
to retire. There is going to be a decided
change In the composition of the commit
tee. T. II. Kelly, of Minnesota, A. II.
brown. OF Indiana, B. B. Smalley, of Yer
mont, d. M. Dickinson, of Michigan, and
are bound to go out. Secretary villas has
already Withdrawn to make room for John
L. Mitchell. I don't like the committees
methods Of organizing conventions. The
one man plan is much better in my judg-
ment- We don't expect to do anything for
| the ticket IN Massachusetts. Ben Butler is
against Cleveland, but not actively. It
doesn't matter much anyway in Massachu-
sets.
The only New England state We have any
show of carrying will be Connecticut, and if
we declare for low tariff our chances there
will be slim. I wouldn't waste any money
on the northwest or Ohio. Indiana, New
York, New Jersey and Connecticut are
fortune in Ohio every election, but that time
has passed. Indiana will be safe with Thur
man or Gray. believe the old Roman will
be nominated. There will be, a hot fight in
New York. think Blaine will be the re-
publican candidate. He can have it if he
wants it, and I believe if the convention
were to call upon him he would accept, al
though he may not, in all sincerity, care for
the nomination. Sherman could, of course,
prevent anunanimous tender, and in factAli-
son, Depew, Lincoln, and Sherman might
combine against the magnetic man, but it is
not likely.
As to Governor Hill, we'll suppose he
will give Cleveland the same support that
Cleveland gave him. Pm convinced though
that contract of some kind will be made
that will insure his active support of the
ticket. He wouldn't dare fight Cleveland
openly any more than Mcdonald would
Gray in Indiana, but there is difference
between active support and Indifference.
Every nerve will have to be strained to make
success certain in New York. guess the
convention will adopt the 1884 platform. 1t
by Hewett, Morrison and others.
Thurman will be nominated for vice presi-
dent without q contest. Sunday night the
supporters of Governor Gray we're full of
hope, but tonight they admit to their conf
dent friends that the Thurman cyclone is
sweeping everything before it. They kept up
some 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. The Hem
bricks club boys in the corridors of the
hotels hurrahed Justify for Gray.
The Thurman breeze developed into tor
nado this morning when the New York city
delegations, county democracy and Tam
many marched through the streets shouting
most loudly cheered by the throngs on the
side walk and in the hotels, and within
half an hour the Tammany men were busily
engaged IN helping their Pacific coast
friends pin red Bandannas on the coats of
all the multitudes. These Thurman en-
blems are everywhere to be seen, and the
nomination of Thurman is conceded on all
sides. Sunday night the friends of Governor
Gray were encouraged to believe Congress-
man Scott would not show his hand on the
vice presidency, and set much store by the
we'll authenticated statement that the presi-
dent had refused to express any preference,
but MIR. Scott was merely waiting until he
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had in hand, and this morning he gave the
Thurman crowd such boost that the In
diana men were all but run run of tho field.
Scott persisted in declaring that Thurman
is not the administration candidate but adds
that Thurman will be nominated because
the party wants him and he is the strongest
candidate.
He admits Thurman is his personal choice,
but denies that the president is in any way
committed tn the movement still for all
practical purposes, the president might as
we'll be committed to it, and the great mass
of democrats believe the ticket will be
The national democratic committee mot
at noon in the grand parlor of the Southern
hotel. They went into secret session at
1890, when Chairman Barnum requested
that all persons not members of the COM
mittee Withdraw for q few moments. The
first business coming before the committee
was the selection of temporary chairman
for the convention. Lieutenant Governor
8. M. White, of California, was nominated
by Tarpey, of California, of the national
committee, and was elected without opposi.
ton.