, 1888-06-05
h Convention.

ST. LOUIS, June delegates, alter
mates, political clubs and politicians of
high and low degree are arriving thick and
fast this morning. As early as 7 o'clock
the union depot was packed and all during
the morning at intervals of five and ten
minutes regular and special trains have
been coming in and emptying their loads
OF people who come to take part In the
fray. They all wore badges and nearly all
bandanas. The one word on their lips
was Thurman" The Chicago county
Democracy and ~Iroquois clubs, Zach
headed by a big band of music, were the
first important arrivals. The Wisconsin
delegation came next, followed by the
Hendricks club from Lafayette, Ind,
wearing Gray" badges.
The Topeka Democratic Flambeau club
arrived about the same time, and were
soon joined by the Kansas City Demo
cratic club, whose arrival was the feature
OF the morning. Their band was gaily
arrayed and the members of the club
wore white high hats and yellow linen
busters. Most Of them had tied about
their necks or wrapped about their hats
red bandana handkerchiefs, showing their
leaning toward THE Old Roman" The
Texas delegation got off the train at the
end Of the depot and comparatively es-
capped notice. A crowd of spectators
stayed about the depot until Tammany
arrived, and then the st. Louis Hendricks
Association wheeling into line marched
merrily away with Tammany, a mob of
sight seers trailing at their heels. There
was no excitement after that and the
county Democracy on its arrival soon after
ward saw almost a deserted depot.
The general drift of opinion is hat the
platform will be a repetition of 1884, with
an endorsement of the presidents views
as expressed in the message.
The most interesting phase of the
Thurman boom is the fact that it was
started by the party leaders residing out
side of Ohio. New York is credited with
starting the ball for Thurman, and Con
gresham Scott of Pennsylvania has
warmly advocated the cause of the ''old
Roman" from the start. SCOTS support
gives currency to the talk that President
Cleveland favors Humans nomination.
him the most available man, but admits
nominated. The Ohio delegation is split
right in two over Thurman's candidacy,
and a feeling of intense bitterness has
SiONh ny bCInOCh IL lDuIuldu anu
anti Thurman members of the Ohio dele
CATION.
In connection with Thurman's candi-
dacy the following interesting gossip
emanates from high authority. Thurman
was not seriously thought of as a candi-
date until last week, when Secretary
Whitney sounded the president and found
him favorably disposed toward Thurman.
Secretary Whitney heretofore has been
politically unfriendly to Thurman and was
one of the principal factors in preventing
his nomination for the presidency at Gin
cinnati in 1880. CALVIN S, Brice, o Lima,
Ohio, the millionaire railroad magnate, is
credited with being the real original pro-
moter of the Thurman boom. He heads
the Ohio delegation. The story goes that
Brice has his eyes on the senatorial seat
occupied by Senator Payne. The Payne
people are friendly to Brice, but the latter
was given to understand by Thurman's
friends that he never could reach the sem
ate so long as Thurman lived. In order
to concilate Thurman and shelve him as
a senatorial a~spirant Brice persuaded Sec
rotary Whitney to come out for Thurman,
and thus "the old Roman is said to have
been broupbt info the race