The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-08
Most Undignifed and Disorderly Nation
al Convention Held in Many Years.
Gray's Washington Friends Intensely Angry
Over the Treatment He Has Received
Comments Of Leading Newspapers.
THE BANDANNA's VICTORY.

THE BANDANNA's VICTORY.
Ex-senator Thurman for vice-President-The
Causes Of Gov. Gray's Defeat.
4eciet to the Indianapolis Journas
ST. Louis, June THE long agony Is over.
After ave days ineessant yelling the Hoosier
Democrats are vending their weary way home
ward Their linen busters are trailing In the
dust Their hats OF gray. of unlucky color, are
battered in, and the red bandanna handkerchiefs
they felt compelled to buy In the excitement Of
the day are carefully tucked away in their coat
tail pockets, to keep company with their empty
faska They came here flushed with hope and
confident Of victory; they 60 back envsloped in
deep gloom. with only the consolation left that
they made . good deal Of noise and
worked as though their candidate had q chance
OF winning. II Gray had not worked up his own
boom. and almost forced the State convention to
instruct for him. there might have been some
genuine enthusiasm in his support As it Was,
all he got was perfunetory except that which
came from liquid inspiration. The Mcdonald
letter Was handicap that could not be over
come. and it was worked here for all
it was worth. Il hurt more than the
Know-nothing record or the Maynard dis
closures. To the conservative and elear-head-
cd Democrats who had been here working for
Gray all week it has been evident from the
start that he hadn't the ghost Of q show Of .
nomination. If Thurman had not beaten him
some other candidate would have been sprung
who would. The administration was against
him; the national committee was against him,
and good many Of the leading Democrats Of
his own State were against him. The Gray
boom was originated. planned and carried out
by Gray himself. and 1t has probably cost him
several thousand dollars l and out that he is
not such power In politics as he imsgines him
self to be- 1t has cost money to get thousands
of photographs printed and scattered broadcast,
to have headquarters At the two leading hotels
here, and to pay men to mismapage his cam
paign.
Last night his supporters were just little
confident, but many gave mp the ship when they
found out that New York had decided to vote
solidly for Thurman. They came into the con-
vention this morning looking like they had
pulled through fiery ordeal, but they kept up
their yelling. Some Of them, who were we'll in
formed as to the situation Of affairs. strongly
name, recognizing that his cause was hopeless,
and that by psrsisting in it and autaeouizing
the strong opposition he would endanger his
future political career, il he was have any,
but his son and tho most Of tho crowd would
not listen to any such proposition. They insisted
that he yet had good chance to win, and con-
fded to each other how this and that State had
agreed to support him. Even after New York
and New Jersey had put upon their standards the
insignia of Thurmanism. which settled the mat
ter in the minds of every reasonable man in the
convention, the Hoosiers could not be brought
TO believe that they were beaten. The missra-
badly they had been imposed upon
This has been tho most undignifed and disor
derly national convention held for years, and
less genuine ability has been shown in the
speeches and papers presented. With two or
three exceptions the speeches were not worth
listening to. Yesterday, Doueherty was dra-
matte and picturesque, but he was neither elo-
quent nor forcibs. Mckenzie, of Kentucky,
, made one Of the two hits Of the convention. and
tho other was made by Tom Patterson, Of Col
orado, this morning, in his speech nominating
Black, In which he undeniably and ingeniously
hit Gray some very hard blows by speaking in
the most complimentary terms of Senator
Mcdonald and the high regard in
which he was held by the Democratic party.
Mr. Voorhees, was disappointment to the
Indianians this morning. but perhaps he did az
we'll as possible, considering how little inspira-
ton there was in his subject He had the good
taste. however. not TO extra vsRsntly eulogize
Governor Gray. personally, q proceeding that
would have made him appear ridiculous and
hypocri,ical in,the eyes OF those who know both
men, and devoted himself to dwelling upon the
necessity that demanded the nomination of the
man for whom he spoke. It was evident from
the way be talked to those abont him. that they
hadn't the greatest confidence in the ability Of
the Democrats to carry Indiana this fall.
The speeches of Cox, Of Georgia. and Settle,
Of Kentucky. sscondinR Grays nomination. had
better never been made. for they were weak
and common place.
Tarpey. OF California. who nominated Thur
man. made . poor impression. He mentioned
Humans name SO often that the Thurman
men got ratified. and hardly knew where to
whoop and where not to whoop. AS matter of
fact, the Thurman thunder came near being
captured altogether by the Gray men. The In
dianiaus came near making terrible blunder
Tarpey, in the course Of his speech. mentioned
Grsy's mama The Hoosiers failed to catch on
at once. and were late with their applause; STILL
they made up for lost time. and yelled vigorous
ly. Black, in the next sentsnce of the speaker
got scarcely hand. The opportunity Of the In
diansns came very soon, however, and is looked
for time as IL they would turn the entire speech
to their advantage Tarpey, In one Of his best
efforts, said: "There 10 only one man to nomi.
nate who will sweep this country like tidal
wAve.r He paused for . moment The hesita-
ton was fatal to his point Like dynamite sx-
plosion from throat made Of castiron the name
Gray was shot across the hall. IL was the
signal for tremendous outburst that threatened
TO ovsrwhslm tho speaker altogether. -'hs In
diana men sprsns up and waved .ass