Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-04
Second Place FaVorlteS

|SeCoDd Place FaVoritpS Possible Democratic Vice Pres
 idential Nominees.
 BETWEEN THURMAN AND GRAY. Lieutenant Governor White, of Cal; ;fornia,
 VIII rrabahiy Be Temporary, and Gen. Collins, of Massachusetts, Permanent
 Chairman-Ts:enersl Conyrnti0, Gossip.
 ST. LOUIS. June 4.-Tn bright bracing weather following the s,ltry, -ttisagreeable weather of the preceding week has suggested to delegates and others attending the conven- | tion a renewal of the phruse. ''Gleveland weather" The whirl has begun, the crowd increases hourly and the rotlnda of the Southern hotel, which is the principal head quarters. Is constantly crowded. Confer ences of members of tho several delegations are in progress most of the time. The execu- tive committee has agreed to recommend the selection of Lieutenant Governor White, of California, for the temporary chuirmanship, and strong sentiment was developed ill favor of Gen. Collins, of Massachusetts for the per- manent presidency of the convention This 1 action has had tendency to renew spccula- tion as to who will secure second place on the ticket with MT. Cleveland. Unquestionably Judge Thurman is even more favorably re- garded than he was before and, early and late, the friends of the Old Roman are at work in his behalf, and in every hotel they can at once be identified by the miniature bandanas that nestle in their buttor-hoes.
 The California delegation held caucus in one of the committee rooms of the Southern for the purpose of discussing the situation. It seemed to some of Governor Gray's friends that this would be favorable opportunity to present the name of the Indiana candidate, and so they sent a request for hearing. The Californians acquiesced, and i'll few mo- ! ments Congressman Watson, Judge Holman, Charles L. Jewett, chairman of the Indiana state committee, and Charles G. Orutt, ap- peared upon the scene By this time news of what was going on had reached the rotunda, and in twinkling the room and the outside lobby were packed. All four of the Indi- Anians made vigorous speeches, intended as | much to influence the outsiders the Cali fornia delegation. They said that next to the president Governor Gray was the one man upon whom the eyes of the Democracy of the country were fixed With him in the | second place on the ticket victory would be 1 assured in November. Just as Hendricks, l they said, contributed his full share to the | election of Cleveland ill 1881, so would Gray bring power and strength to the ticket. He was clear, able, successful man. As an organizer he was without peer ill any state 1 He was, moreover, the young mems candi Int md tha ShOy of fhn men of the nation would fall inc work and burden of the coming campaign. The delega- tion listened attentively, but said nothing, nor did the audience, by clap or cheer, give | any encouragement to the orators. When l they had retired the Californians again went | into caucus and decided to hold another meet | some time to-day. -s.--
 All tho Indiana talk, however, is not for Gray. There are a good many hailing from | that state who are endeavoring to throw cold water on the governors prospects. One os these is William Henderson, of Indianapo- | lis 8 relate of the late Vice President Hen- dricks. He has been giving it out cold that Gray IS obnoxious to a large element of the party in the state that his Know Nothing record of 1854 would compel the party to go on the defensive; that he is always wanting ofice and is, in fact, Democrat for rev enue only; that on the other hand Thurman's nomination would electrify the party, and command the solid vote of the state. Gray's friends do not like this talk, coming as it does from one of their own party, and from the capital city; but they cannot help it and
 SO they content themselves with denying
 that there is real division among the h. diana Democrats on the question of Gray's
 candidacy. They are distributing badges
 with the inscription "Cleveland and Gray''
 to everybody that will put them on, and
 nothing is being left undone to make it ap-
 pear to the arriving delegates that the gov
 ernor is the man of the hour. The Ohio delegation, with the state central
 and executive committees and invited guests
 to total of about 300, have arrived. They
 came from Columbus on a special train as
 the guests Of Calvin s. Bryce, the Lima
 millionaire, and one of the delegates at large
 and according to all accounts had decidedly
 hilarious time of it route. At Midland
 City, where short stop was made, they en
 countered Governor Foraker, who was CT
 route in the opposite direction, and treated
 him to an informal reception, giving hin rousing cheers and falling in line to shake him
 by tho hand. The governor might hay.
 doubted the sincerity of his political oppo nents, but he took the affair good naturedly and waved his hat as the special moved out of the depot
 Many who were expecting general ad vance in Thurman stock with the arrival o the delegation were doomed to disappoint
 ment. In fact, it had hardly reached tn. Lindell when some of its members began tt talk up ex-Congressman Rice, the one legged , soldier of Ottawa, as an available candidate for the vice presidency. Rice was candi 5 date for lieutenant governor in 1879 on th. } Ewing ticket, which was beaten by Foster F and has since been twice defeated for con gress. Governor Foraker recently appointed him a member of the state board of pardons , but the honor was promptly declined. On, 8 of the stories whispered about in support o
 his availability was to the effect that Tide,
 was so anxious to have him on the ticket il
 1876 that he promised to put $50, 900 into tn, S Ohio campaign in the event of his nomina k tion, and Rice, who came in with the delega ! tion, was on deck all day in one os the parlor
 of the hotel, where he held continuou D levee, but his boom has not yet succeeded i, $ getting into the open air, much less into tn
 other bostelries.
 One of the Ohio delegates said: