The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-05-04
A BIG POUR" DELEGATION.

A"BIG POUR" DELEGATION.
The result of yesterdays convention will be
entirely satisfactory to the Republicans of In
diana As the Journal hoped, its work was
accomplished with substantial unanimity.
The little contest there was was but per-
sonal and temporary. The Republicans OF
Indiana do not place men above the interests
of the country and of the party, and for that
reason the irritations and disappointments,.
whatever they may have been, will be disre-
membered after day.
The convention had but one purpose in
view, and that was to select the best four
men to represent the State 50 as to give dig
nifty and force to the presidential candidacy of
Gen. Ben Harrison. The earnestness of the
desire of the Republicans of Indiana to secure
the nomination of General Harrison will not
be questioned after the demonstration yester-
day over the resolution presenting him to the
country, and instructing the gentlemen to be
selected to exhaust every honorable means to
bring about that result. With this controlling
object in mind, how better could
the convention have chosen the
delegatesi The selections of Ex-Governor
Porter and of ex-Secretary Thompson made
themselves, and well and infuentially will
they stand for Indiana and its candidate. 1t
was unfortunate for Gen. Lew Wallace, who
is honored by every Republican in the State,
that the ideas of locality, which always pre-
vail with so much force, rendered his election
out of the question, because Colonel Thomp-
son resides in the same congressional district.
1t is a pity that local feelings are so pro-
nounced; but they are, and that, of course, is
the only and the sufficient explanation of the
failure to choose one who would have done the
State so much credit as the author
of "BenHur." Hon. James N. Huston
and Hon. Glenn Studebaker-the one banker
and farmer, the ardent and successful chair
man of the State central committee, and the
other the wellknown manufacturer of South
Bend, representative of the industrial inter-
ests of Indiana, which are so vitality involved
in the pending contest-ftly supplement the
two able and distinguished lawyers and publ
cists who head the delegation. Mr.. Stude-
baker has declared his warm advocacy of Gen.
eral Harrison's nomination, and he is as the
eternal hills in standing for his convictions.
The defeat Of Gen. James NJ. Shackelford
grew out of the logic of the situation. Every
argument was in his favor. The strong one
of locality-the power of which was shown in
the case of General Wallace-the known re-
gard of Republicans of every section of the
State for his admirable personal qualities,
high character and distinguished military
service, worked together to make him ex-
ceptionally strong. Yet General Shat kelford
had publicly announced that wtile he
would respect the instructions of
the convention, his personal preference
was for Judge Gresham, and in addition
to that the few who have been busy for
months putting forth every effort to cripple
and destroy General Harrison's candidacy
using the name of Judge Gresham to further
their purpose, gave him the baleful influence
of their support. This was the cause of Gen.
Shackelford's defeat; not a suggestion to dis
turb the equanimity of one whom Repub-
licans all admire and respect, or of his
sincere friends; but the convention was COM
PEELED to do what it did or to weaken the
force of its deliverance in favor of General
Harrison. The vote General Shackelford re-
ceived does not indicate any dissent in the con-
vention from unanimity towards General
Harrison. That was settled by the vote of in
struction; the wonder is that so distinguished a
gentleman. with all the odds of locality and
combination in his favor, was defeated at all.
1t shows the strength and the determination of
the purpose of the convention aud the party
it represented.
Yesterday convention has completed the
preliminary work in this State. Indiana has
now solid delegation of thirty men to 90 to
the national convention pledged to use and
| exhaust all honorable means to secure the
nomination of General Harrison for President.
| If there is honor among men-and who shall
impeach or impugn the honor of any one of
the delegatesf-they will know the measure
of the duty committed to them and will dis
charge it with scrupulous fidelity. Any sug-
gestion to the contrary can come only from
| spirit of faction or of personal malice.
THE Ingalls, Voorhees, incident furnishes
Democratic papers another opportunity to de-
| liver themselves of the threadbare remark that