Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-06-08

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c,nie from the political battle ground Of III.
Cmted Srxtes-the State Of Indiana. fCheer,
ami applause. While great wars take place
IN other countries. empires and dynastie.
overtarown or re-established, 80 IN Indiana
questions of mightier import are determined
Tor the whole country by her attitude, either
of victory Or defeat ar Presidential elections
" ho will enquire How goes the baltle." in
a,y other State except one or two northern
states beside in Indiana?
| Gentlemen Of the convention I'VE come be.
fore you not As mendicsnts or rs suppliants,
but rs representing . power. We ask q
n&me on the ticket, and we tender you l5
electoral votes in your college, making the
election sure. indianis has voted for every
democrat ever sworn into Office since 1916
forward. Monroe, jackson, Van Buren,
Polk, Pierce, Buchanan, Tilden, (cheers)
who was rubbed of his election, Grover
Cleveland, (cheers), where is the state VI hose
record overmatches hers!
| Where is the State " no comes before this
e1uventlon with higher right to demand re-
spect and recognition? We will again cast
tiiat vote, bul dismiss from your minds now
and from this on until November tine thought
or calculation that this year is to be any ex-
cepuOn To her history. Grover Cleveland
Anu who ever else goes on the ticket with
him, will be reelected this fall with the vote
OF Indiana or will not be elected at all.
Make n0 mistake. know of certain cal.
culatiOus to leave Indiana out. She is inter-
wov.n with the situation, and the safety of
tile hour Is for New York and Indiana, as of
Old. 10 clasp hands. (applause.) Take
New Jersey IN our embrace, aud Conuecti-
cut rs TAR Is 1t is III our power to do so. In
those lines lie success. l say. MIR. Chair
man aud gentlemen of this magnificent con-
vention, that the lines OF battle are the same
this ear that they were in 1884. They will
nO. be changed. The trenches in which we
Will hight are the same. The States where
heto.y IS tO be oblained, if we succeed at
all, are the same. You cannot recast the
lines OF battle, and an attempt to do so will
be fraught with disaster, and mean the over
throw ot our splendid democratic sdministra-
ton, "a voice, 'OregO' > Somebody
shouts Oregon. Take warning by Oregon,
and rely npon Indiana, and you will not be
deceived. (Applause.)
We present to you man for this ticket
who is physically and mentally strong, and
endowed with mental aud ply steal life for
years to come. We name the man who has
ever proven himself over and over agsln
winner. He has never been started in race
that he has not led the field. | reflect upon
no other name that has been or will be
placed before this convention, hut I charge
every candid mind To answer what electoral
vote or what State any other name eau briug
to electoral college except that of Isaac r.
Gray. [Cheers. He was on the same
ticket with Grover Cleveland and Thomas A.
Hendricks (bl-ssed be his memory forever)
[cheers AMI strong as that ticket
was in Indiana, the combination of power
evoking enthusiasm in the very heart Of our
people, yet this man whom we present to You
today carried the State of Indiana by ma
ori,y of $50 more votes than Cleveland and
Heidrck carrie il for the Presidency and
Vice Presid 'ney. Applause | am not
lere to say we cannot win without him, but
am here to say that If you want to take the
the bond of fate to reduce it to an absolute
certainty on the electoral votes of Indiana,
before you leave this hall nominate Isaac p.
Gray with Grover Cleveland, and the work
will be done.
Mr.. OK Of Georgia seconded the nOmina-
ton. Settle Of kentucky seconded the nonl-
ination of Gray. Dryuen of Missouri, Gov.
Green of New Jersey, A. X. Dorsey of Ne
vada, Geo. Raines of New York, Strange of
North Carolina, Powell of Ohio, Dawson of
South Carolina, Throckmorton of Texas,
Daniel of Virginia aud Maginnis of Montana
all seconded Thurman. The clerk read the
names of those placed in nomination. Thur
man, Gray and Black each received great
applause. The clerk called the roll of States
and Territories. The chairman of each
delegation announced the names of those
for whom the delegates had voted with.
The following was the ballot: