Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-07-26
DEM0CR ATTIC NEG kOES.
A WARM TINE IN THE CONVENTION
AT INDIANAPOLIS.

The Delegates Agree on indorsing Cleve-
land and Thurman-Contest for the
Chairmanship Enliyened by a Fight
Harrison Sees Some More tllinoisaps-
Minnesota Prohibition Conyention-In
Morrison's District-Ex- Gov Palmer.
INDIANAPOLIS, July % j Milton Turner,
who issued the call for the conference or
convention OF negroes, who had in view an
endorsement of Cleveland and Thurman.
under the name of an independent party,
recovered from the defeat the straight out
Democrats gave him in caucus, and caused
sthe meeting yesterday to spend hours IN
selecting permanent chairman. When the
forty fifty delegates met in the Hendricks
club room yesterday morning, Turner
called them to order, and in the midst of
great confusion stated the purpose of the
convention The caucus had decided on
Charles H. Sheldon, of Evansville, Ind, for
temporary chairman, and when he came on
To preside the fever was at burning heat
Sheldon represented the anti-Turner faction,
and Turner's friends started in to give him
all the trouble possible. A resolution to en-
dorse Cleveland and Thurman was adopted
without much difficulty, but when the report
came in to have Peter II. CLARK, Of Cmcln
| matt for permanent chairman, the Turner
| people, who had been reinforced by arrivals
who made the two factions OF equal import
ance in regard to numbers, began the tactics
n violent opposition.
Editor TAYLOR, OF Kansas City, a Demo
crat of pronounced views and who engin-
| eered the opposition 10 Turner. charged his
| enemy with being too close To the national
| Democratic committee for the interests ot the
| party He said Turner was not TO be relied
| upon, and that the committee made amstake
in entrusting him with the mission Of leading
colored men INTO the Democratic party He
also stated that Turner's accessions OF strength
were gained 10y the use of doodle.
Turner denied all this, and he maintained
his position and succeeded during the morn
| ing in preventing the transaction Of any
| business except the setting aside Of thc'caucuS
action and referring the question of perrna
nent craftsmanship TO a committee. In the
selection OF thi- committee Turner was again
defeated as it was made up Of men who
wanted the movement known as
Democratic convention The committee
selected Peter Fl. Clark for chairman, but
Turner and his men opposed the adoption Of
the report when 1t came IN the first thing
turing the afternoon session He succeeded
in keeping it before the convention until Il
O'clock i'll the evening, when the unceaSing
wrangle over various forms of points OF or
der eliminated i'll II row. Charges and coun-
ter charges We're constantly made rs to the
honesty OF purpose and personal integrity Of
the leading delegates, Turner especially be
ing the target for their attacks. as 1t as
serted that he had procured a substantial re-
ward for his activity.
| About & o'clock vote was called on the
report favoring Clark As chairman. Il was
charged that Turner had friends acting as
temporary secretaries who doctored the vote
giving - each for and against the report
The Clark men at once assaled the correct
ness of the vote which " l., Scott of Cairo
HIS, resented Charles Oglesby, of Column
bus o, said it was true, and that
the correct count should be 80 against anC
- for the report, Scott called him liar
; and Oglesby struck him This led to "a gen
: eral exchange of blows. Oglesby and Scot
We're pushed into rear room where they
: drew revolvers but a policeman rushed in anc
put them under arrest They We're released
though, and in the interest OF harmony Clarl
was permitted TO preside The convention
; then adjourned for the day.
The Turner men threaten to bolt Las
night meeting was held, at which severa
: speeches were made to a small number o
colored men. The more conservative man l.
Thomas Fo' tune, OF New York Among tn,
; delegates are men from Ohio Indiana, Hi
nois, Pennsylvania, New York, and Massa
chusetts, but none OF prominence aside iron
those mentioned
Last night fifteen colorei men from Penn
svlvana, in attendance At the convention @
their people here called informally on Gen
Harrison