The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-08-09

he was in few votes of the nomination
there was great rush to change votes on the
part of those counties who had supported other
candidates. aud in few moments General
Hovey had many votes to spare The band
struck up Hail Columbia, and the convention re-
solved itself into bowling crowd for some time.
Above all the din. however, could be heard the
cry, Chase" Chase Chase Ii was the
rising boom for Lieutenant-governor. and il
soon sweled into perfect whiriwind. the dem
onstrations rivallng anything That had gone be-
fore and ending in Mr.. Chsse's nomination by
acclamaton, amid the Widest enthusiasm. The
cheering for him continued for several minutes.
and it was with the urmosk difficulty that order
was restored long enough for him TO thank the
convention for the honor.
Now that the heads of tho ticket had been
selected the excitemeut and enthrsiasm quieted
down considerably. IL was time. for itIhad CON.
tinued nearly the whole day. and 1t was now
clock n the afternoon. The contest over Su-
preme Judge In the First district was settled on
the first ballot; in tie Secopd there was no op-
position to Judge Berkshire, and in the Fourth
one ballot also was sufficient TO do the business.
Then came the nomination OF the present State
officers and in order to facilitate business, as
many of the delegates wanted to catch
the evening trains for home S. NJ. Cnam-
bers.t of Vincennes, offered q resolution
commencing she present Republican State Of
feials aud declaring In favor of their renomiua-
ton. lie asked unanimous consent to suspend
the rules and moved the adoption OF the resolu-
tion. III. c. Dodge. q delegate from Elkhart,
however, objected and under the rules requiring
unanimous consent for their suspension nothing
could be done. The seemingly needless objec-
tion put many of the delegates 10 an i'll temper,
and compelled some to miss their trains.
IL was soon announced tnat the objec-
renewed his motion. but again the delegate
from Eikhart objected, amid cries from all over
the house TO put him out and to pass the resolu-
tion. The objection compelled the convention
to go through the formaity OF presenting each
OF the candidates, In turn, and unanimously
nominating them. Congressman johnson tacili
tated the matter by offering q resolution in
structing the secretary to cast the ballot each
time Iu this way tie business was put through
pretty rapidly, down to the Reporter OF Supreme
Court.
Here one of the most animated contests of the
convention took place. The nomination of
General Hovey disposed OF the Hon. Sam
kerchevals candidacy. as they were both from
the anne Congressional district. although Mr..
Kerche val had excellent chance the night be-
fore. This left the contest between John l.
Grifiths. ". W. Thornton and Major A. \.
Grant. About this time Hon. Ira j. Chase was
called to the chairsby Major Calkirs, whose
voice bad given out trying to make
himself heard above go much cheering and
confusion. Mr. Griffiths presented by
Gen. Fred Kneier land the Marion county
delegation raised a great cheer when his name
was Imentionedl and Congressman Johnston
named Mr.. Thorton. At this point the confu-
sion became 90 great that il was impossible 10
proceed with the business. One delegate de-
clared that il order was not restored he would
move an adjournment until the next day. Mr.
Chase, the acting chairman. said that he would
not recognize any body until the aisles were
cleared and quiet secured.
There's Judge Waugh. Of Upton, address
ing you" suggested delegate to the Chair.
That's all right" responded MIR. Chase. 81
said wouldn't recognize any one until the eisles
are cleared. and don't propose to begin lying
this early in my canvass The sergeant at arms
will restore order and seat those men at once"
Judge Waugh presented Major Grant in one
OF the most effective speeches Of the convention.
particularly effective. AT this point Mr.. ker-
cheval obtained recognition, and thanked his
friends for their earnest support and then with
drew He was greeted with cheers and the in
evtable Whats the matter with Kerehsvall
He's all right" When the bsllotiug began it
looked very much like Major Grant was going
to secure the nomination. Nearly all of tho
counties first called gave him heavy
sopRsr' sossFsu.y and his tn. friends naa. 'A'sFsa cd
the list was reached, however, the tide changed,
and from that on Mr.. Gritfiths grew in strength,
until il soon became evident that his nomina-
tion was assured. His friends cneered every
favorable announcement. and when Marion
county cas-. her sixty-eieht votes solidly for
him, there another big tumult 1t was dis
tnctively young mems fight, and the young
men were all at work. When the ballot was
completed, changes began TO be made, and all OF
them were from Mr. Thornton to Mr.. Grifiths,
SO that in a short time nomination was
made. Major Grant at this point came
forward aud very gracefully moved to make
Mr.. Griffiths's nomination unanimous. The ap-
psarance of Major Grant and Mr.. Grfiths on
the stage together was greeted by the conven-
tion with prolonged applause. When order was
restored Mr. Grifiths made his speech. Thus
happily and Enthusiastically was COMPLETED the
work of a convention that began with embar-
rassmcnt that had never before surrounded q
gathering of Republican representatives in this
State.