St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-05

any preference. But Mr.. Scott was
merely waiting until he could fix up
certain little matters Which.he had on
hand, and this morning he gave the
thurman movement such boost that
the Indiana men were all but run off the
held. Scott persists in declaring that
Thurman is not the administration
candidate, but admits that Thurman
will be nominated because the party
wants him, land because he is the strong
est candidate. He admits Thurman is
his personal choice, but denies that the
president is in any way committed to
the movement. Still, for all practical
purposes, the president might as we'll
be committed to it, and the great mass
OF Democrats believe the ticket will be
CLEVELAND AND THURMAN
because the president so desires it.
The Pennsylvania delegation held a
meeting this afternoon, and after its ad-
JOurnment the announcement was made
that two-thirds of the delegates from
the Keystone state favored the old Sena-
tor, and that the minority would vote
for him under the unit rule. This, of
course, meant that Scott had thrown
his state for Thurman, and when the
fact became generally known there was
no longer any doubt of the success of
the Scott programme. Following the
news of this action of the Penn
telligence that the Maryland
delegation, who have all along opposed
the Thurman idea, were ready to fall in
and vote with the crowd. The meaning
of this is that Scott and German had
come to some sort of agreement, and
that the two great leaders of the party
were united on ticket. Still the Gray
advocates made on effort to keep up the
fight, Ohio, oddly enough, being their
only hope. but it was like struggling
against West Indies hurricane. The
friends of Gen. Black opened headquar-
tiers at the Lindell hotel this morning,
and attempted to get up boom for
him, but their efforts met with little
success, the general feeling being that
II Thurman was not put through Gray
could easily win.
From the first there has been some
thing queer about the attitude of
the Ohio delegation. 1T has talked for
Thurman, but has not been enthusi-
astic in his behalf, and the matter was
discussed for more than an hour in
meeting of the delegation this after
noon. The result was an Endorsement
OF Thurman, though it was with much
difficulty that any of the anti-Thurman
were won over. A resolution was
offered by Delegate Baker pledging the
Ohio delegation to vote for Thurman if
his name was presented to the conven-
ton. This was in the nature of COM
promise, as majority of the delegates
wanted to make Thurman the Ohio cam
didate, to he presented by the state,
while others opposed Thurman out
right. Forty-four delegates voted for
the resolution nn6 tuO Ha1anatac did
not vote.
New York and many other states
were simply waiting to see what action
Ohio would take, and at their meetings
this evening joined the Thurman pro-
cesslon. Gov. Gray's managers proba-
bly, will not put their favOrite's name
before the convention.
The nomination of Thurman, which
now seems foregone conclusion, is not
satisfactory to hundreds of delegates
who have been impressed with talk con-
corning his age and infirmity. The cry
OF Gray boomers, you want Indiana in
November, don't you" "How are you
going to win without Indiana, and how
are you going to carry Indiana without
an Indiana man on the ticket?' has
been used with so much effect that
many delegates believe serious mis-
take is being made in the nomination of
man seventy-five years old who lives
in state which is generally regarded
as reliably Republican. Had German
stood faithfully by Gray. the Thurman
tide might have been stayed. but with
out German. the candidacy of the Indi-
ana man fell to pieces for lack of sup
port. Germans abandonment of Gray
means good deal more than the nomi-
nation of Thurman. 1t means truce
between the two factions of the party
which have been skirmishing before
each others position for two or three
days. These forces were led on the one
side by Congressman Scott, represent
ing the administration, and on the other
by Senator German. The latter, sup
ported by Chairman Barnum and sew
eral national committeeman, wanted the
platform of 1884 affirmed without any
Endorsement of the presidents mes
Sages. or of any one so moderate in tone
as not to offend the high-tariff voters of
the East. German wanted to be chair
man of the committee on resolutions,
and made an earnest canvass for the
place among the various state delega-
tions. His argument was that the party
WOULD LOSE NEW YORK
and other Eastern states if the platform
were made too strong in the direction
VI lOW tdTlil. dlu tlldU lllc pldUlOTIU
which carried the country in 1884 was
certainly good enough to carry it with
in 1888. At the same time German
made feint at supporting Gray in OPP
position to Thurman, and succeeded in
bringing On so much of reaction from
the wave of Thurman sentiment that
there was at least little uncertainty as
to the final outcome. Desiring peace
above all things, and little worried at
the show of strength which the opposi-
tion was making, Mr.. Scott to-day con-
sented to compromise. This compro-
mise is in the nature of wholesale az
of the business which the
was called to transact. The
temporary craftsmanship is to go to the
California candidate, Gen. White; Gen.
Collins is to be permanent chairman;
German is to go on as chairman of the
committee on resolutions: the tariff
!, ,latform is TO he a repetition of the
:. e.lank of 1884, the president being in
IiOrsed as a wise and faithful and patri-
otic executive in another section of the
document; Scott is to be chairman of
the national committee and manage Mr..
campaign, and the ticket, of
course, is to be Cleveland and Thurman.