Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-05
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. CLEVELAND AND THURMAN To Lead the Democrats
 to Defeat. A FLOP ON TARIFF REFORM, Barnum @ Bigger Man
 Than Cleveland. SHERIDAN COMES UP AGAIN After the Worst Attack Yet
 Experienced.
GRAy,s BOOM SPENDS IT's FORGE.

vursrnad Ento Line For,The Old Ro.
 uaan-The Platform VIII Dodge The
 Tariff Issue-Old Bill Barnum Brings
 The Administration Men to Their
 Knees-Yhe Great Mule Buyer and
 Civil Service RefOrmer Gorman RaIe
 The skOast at St. Louis.
 ST. LOUIS. June 4.-The National Demo- cratic committee met at noon in the grand parlor of the Southern Hotel and went into secret session The first business coming before the committee was the selection of temporary chairman. Lieutenant-Governor Stephen M White, of California was nomin- ated by National Committeeman Tarpey of California and was elected without opposi- tien. Among the proxies were John l.. Mitchell, who presented Mir. Villas perman- ent proxy; Mir. Noltner, who appeared for Don M Dickinson; Hiram Atkins for B. B.. Smalley and exsGovernor Abbott for Ross of New Jersey. The report of the committee on arrangements was received and adopted approving of the appointment of Richard J. Bright of Indi ma as sergeant-at-arms and Daniel Able of Missouri as chief doorkeeper. On motion of Mr. Temple of Alabama, Fred- erick o. Prince of Massachusetts was made secretary of the conventions temporary organ reading clerks were selected, the 4SSAeA- ing clerk of the House of Representatives. The committee then took up the question of distributing letters.s For this purpose the basis of distribution at Chicago in 1884 was adopted The tickets were brought out in boxes, with badges, etc, and delivered to the committee. Much surprise and some bad feeling was expressed over what was alleged to be small local allotment. Without taking up any other matters of importance the con- mittee adjourned until 10 8. m. tomorrow.
 Lieutenant Governor White, who was made temporary chairman ot the national convention is 8 native Californian, born in 1853. He is named after Stephen Mallory, whom he is related through his moth CT. He is 8 lawyer by profession and has an extensive practice at Los Angeles, Gal, He has represented Los Angeles county in the legislature and as president of the Senate succeeded to the lieutenant governor presided over the State conventions at Stock ton and San Francisco.
 Thurman will be nominated for the vice presidency without contest. Sunday night the supporters of Governor Gray were full of hope, but tonight they admit to their con idential friends that the Thurman cyclone is sweeping everything before it. They kept up a show of fight during the day, calling on the New York and other delegations and re- beating the speeches which were made yes- terday to the Californians. A part of their tactics, toe, was the wild but rather intellectual shouting of the Hendricks club boys in the corridors of the hotels. They hurrahed Justify for Gray but made about all the noise themselves. The Thurman breeze developed into tornado this morning when the New York city delegations marched through the streets shouting for Thurman. The Tamms- invites were most loudly cheered by the thronos and within half an hour the Tamma-
 GIr1tv, hair anaGt friends pin red bandanras on the coats of all the multitude. These Thurman embleAs are everywhere to be seen and the nomination of Thurman is conceded on all sides. The Penn sylvania delegation held meeting this fore- noon and after adjournment the announce mept was made that two-thirds of the dele gates from the Keystone State favored the old Senator and that the minority would vote for him under the unit rule This meant that Scott had throwA his State fer Thurman. Following the news of this action of Pennsylvania came the intelligence that the Maryland delegation, who all along opposed the Thurman idea, were ready to fall in and vote with the crowd. The friends of General Black opened headquarters at the I.indell Hotel this morning and attempted to get up 0 boom for bim, but their efforts met with little success.
 The Ohio delegation discussed this after noon and the result was an indorsement of
 
 any of the anti Thurman men were won over. A resolution was offered by Delegate Baker pledging the delegation to vote for Thurman if his name was presented. This was in the nature of 8 compromise as majority of the delegates wanted to make Thurman the Ohio candidate to be presented by the State, while others opposed Thurman out right. Forty four delegates voted for the resolution and two against it. New York and many other States were waiting to see what action they would take and at their meetings this evening joined the Thurman men. Gray's managers will probably not put their favorites name before the convention. Gorman's abandonment of Gray means a good deal more than the nomination of Thurman. It means a truce between the two factions of the party which have been skirmishing for two or three days. These forces were led on the one side by Congress- | man Scott, representing the administra- tion, and on the other by Sen ator German. The latter. supp ported by Chairman Barnum and several committeeman, wanted the platform of 1884 | affirmed without any endorsement of the Presidents message r one SO moderate 1n | 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. His \ argument was that the party would lose New | York and other eastern States if the plat | form were made too strong in the direction | of low tariff and that the platform which carried the country in 1884 was certainly ! good enough to carry it with in 1888. At the | same time German made feint at support \ ing Gray and succeeded in bringing on sc | much of reaction from the wave of Thur f man sentiment that there was little | uncertainty as to the hnal out come. Desiring peace above all things and little worried at the show ot strength which the opposition was making, MT. Scott ! to-day consented to a compromise. This If l in the nature of 8 wholesale arrangement oi \ the business which the convention was calico to transact. The temporary cnalrmanshlP II | to go to the California candidate. Governol l White, General Collins is to be permanent chairman, Gornaan is to go on as chairman of the committee on resolutions, the tar1t l platform is to be a repetition of 1884, the President being endorsed as wise and faith ful and patriotic executive in another section Scott is to be chairman Of the National com mitteesand manage MT. Clevelsnd's campaign
 and the ticket of course IS 10 De oleVeiane
 and Thurman.
 The various State delegates held meeting for organization to-day. h the Massaehu setts caucus Hon. Frederick O. Prince, mem Der of the National Democratic committee was nominated to succeed himself and unanl
 nously elected, but the chairman presented letter from Mr. Prince declining to serV' longer on the committee. The resignation
 was accepted and resolutions adopted by rising vote thanking him for his long ant
 able service. Charles D. Lewis was thel
 elected to take Mir. Princes place.
 It is generally supposed that Danie
 Dougherty, the famous silver-tongued orator
 who is one of the Tammany party, will pre-
 sent President Cleveland's name to the con l vention.
 The following is the committee on reselu | tions and . list of the national committeemel that will be reported tomorrow afternoon
 Three State delegations had not yet complete their organization at midnight and sewers
 others had not decided on their national com mitteemen
 Committee on resolutions-Cla ". Tayior, Cal | fornia; Thomas M Patterson. Colorado; Alfred ! l Burr Connecticut; W. F. Causey, Delaware; F. :
 David Turpie. Indiana; F. " Lehman iowa; N; { l John Dymond, Louisiana; A M Mac
 gan. Maine J. w. Cunningham. Massach9sett
 A. F. German Mar rgland; George M: apie Mlcn gar; ;sE.E c. Stsipger. Minnesota; w. H; Simn m
 Missouri: James E. North, Nebraska; hlenaro bs tie, North Carolina; M B. Ganagnan, Nevaoi iL O. Moore, New Hampshire; Leo | Abbett, New Jersey; Edward Coope New York; L.. T. Neal, Ohio; M- s. Heiiman, Or gon William Mutchler, Pennsylvania Jo5ek Metcalf, Rhods Island; S. T. Sloan, South Caroiln AL. Thompson, Tsnnesseei George Clark Texa