, 1888-06-05

ST. LOUIS, June Thurman will be
nominated for vice president without a
contest. Sunday night the supporters of
Governor Gray of Indiana were full of
hope, but tonight they admit TO their
confidential friends that the Thurman
cyclone is sweeping everything before it.
They kept up a show of fight during the
day, calling on New York and other dele
cations and repeating speeches which were
made yesterday to the C%alifornians. A
part OF their tactics was the wild but
otherwise Intellectual shouting of the
Hendricks club boys in the corridors of
the hotels. They hurrahed Justify for
Gray, but made about all the noise them
selves. The Thurman breeze developed
into a tornado when the New York City
delegates-the County Democracy and
Tammany-marched through the streets
shouting for Thurman.
HE ~Iammanyltes were most loudly
cheered by the throngs on the sidewalks
and In the hotels, and within halt an
hour the Iammany men were briskly en-
gagged helping their Pacific coast friends
to pin red bandanas on the coats of all
the multitude.
These Thurman. emblems are every
where to be seen, and the nomination of
the grand old Roman is conceded on all
sides. Scott persists in declaring that
Thurman is not an administration candi-
date, but adds tina. Thurman will be nom
mated because the party wants him and
because he is the strongest candidate. He
admits that Thurman is his personal
choice, but denies that the president is in
any way committed to the movement.
The Pennsylvania delegation
that two thirds OF the delegates from the
Keystone state favor the old senator and
that the minority would vote for him
under the unit rule. This, of course,
means that Scott has thrown his state Tor
Thurman, and when the fact became gen.
orally known there was no longer any
doubt Of the success of the Scott pro.
gramme. Following the announcement
of this action of the Pennsylvania delega-
ton came the intelligence that the Mary
land delegation, who have all along OPP
p0. ed the Thurman idea, were ready to
fall in and vote with the crowd.
The meaning of this is that Scott and
German anne to some sort of an agree
ment and the two great leaders of the
party were united on the ticket. Still,
the Gray advocates made an effort to keep
up hope, Ohio, oddly enough, being
their only hope, but it was struggling
against a West Indies hurricane.
The friends of Gen. Black opened head
quarters at the Lindell hotel this morning
and attempted to get up a boom for him,
but their efforts met with little success.
The general feeling was that if Thurman
was not put through Gray could easily
win.
After the afternoon session the Ohio
delegation adjourned for supper appar-
emily determined on Thurman as a unit,
at the same time a meeting was called for
1870 O'Clock to meet the Indiana delega-
ton. A few moments before the Hoo
siers were expected a few more arguments
were advanced that the old Roman should
be supported, and a vote was taken re-
sulting in the unanimous support of
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 Buckeyes say they had made their
fight and now had determined to get in
out of the rain as long as it threatened a
deluge. There are still several malcon-
tents, but as Major Armstrong says,
"Ohio has no candidate to offer. Thur
man is not candidate at solicitation. He
is candidate of the Union.