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

Thurman. The Indiana people were then
admitted and occupied an hour in giving
their reasons why Gray should have the
support OF the convention. They had
their say, but it was useless The Buck
eyes felt that they had made their night
and now had determined to get out of the
rain as long as it threatened deluge.
Between and Q o'clock the Kansas
City, Columbus 90, Illinois and other
clubs marched through the crowds with
bands footing lively airs, with badges.
men waving red bandanas and cheering
for the various candidates. The noise soon
subsidized and the industrious buzz and
matchmaking continued.
All day long and far into the night the
various state delegations -were meeting
separately and organizing for the conven-
ton; that is, choosing their representa-
tives on It's working committee, besides
electing members of the national demo-
cratic committee. A few of the delega-
tons were not complete, and in some cases
it was decided to hold no session until to-
morrow morning, when all the members
will have arrived.
The Kentucky caucus proved to be
anything but love-feast, and resulted in
several surprises. When the meeting
delegates were much divided in senti-
ment, the Thurman and Gray forces be-
ing evenly balanced and both ardent for
their own candidates. The officers OF the
delegation were elected without much
trouble, James A. Mckenzie being elected
chairman; John ID. Harris, vice-president
for Kentucky; Henry Watterson, who
it had been expected would be the
chairman, member of the COM
mittee on resolutions; John
b. Castleton, member of the
committee on organization, and Robert
Root member of the committee on creden-
tials. When the vote for the national
committeeman was taken it was found that
II. ID. McHenry, who had held the office
for twelve years, and who enjoyed almost
prescriptive title TO it, had a most dan
gerous opponent in p. j. Force, of the
Eighth district, the latter being most
enthusiastic Thurman man. Three bal
lots were necessary to decide the con-
test, McHenry finally securing the
prize by vote of y to g. The delegates
were unable to agree upon candidate for
the vice-presidency, both the Thurman
and Gray men standing firm and il was
finally determined to leave the question
undecided for the time being The Gray
men claim slight majority but the Thur
man men declare that they win finally
carry the dav.
There was trouble in the Dakota camp.
All day yesterday was passed in fruitless
endeavOrs to effect permanent organiZa-
ton, but there being two sets of delegates
from that territory, each claiming adj
mission to the convention, it was utterly
impossible for them to come to any agree
ment and the convention itself will have
to decide which set of delegates is en-
titled to seats before anything else can be
done.
Illinois had a lively time, and when
the dust of the scrimmage cleared away,
the form of William X. Morrison, the
famous champion OF horizontal tariff re-
duction, was seen to be at the top of the
heap. w. c. Cloudy of Chicago, had at
tempted to join forces with the friends of
Gen j. c. Black for the double purpose of
putting Cloudy at the head of the Illinois
delegation, thus depriving Morrison of any
chance of being dark horse for the vice
presidency while correspondingly increas-
ing the chances of a boom for Black
Morrison adroitly combined with the
friends OF GRAY, and after a hard fight
defeated the Goudy-Black allies, horse,
foot and dragoon. Morrison was made
chairman of the delegation. and Il. NJ.
Phelps of Chicago, a rival of Goudy's,
was elected as the representative OF lii