The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-08

nomination of Thurman. He said thas =. had
been said that President Cleveland was 10Th
candidate and . platform. but he proposed to
present to the convention . name for the vice.
presidency which is history aud a prophecy.
Mr.. Thompson. of Tennessee. also seconded
the nomination OF Thurman, saying that the
South. OF all other sections OF this country,
should hasten to do honor to this grand old man.
whose arms had ever been raised TO defend o
stricken people HE red bandanna had been .
banner of hope to the despairing; let 1t now be
a banner Of victory for the united Democracy OF
the country.
Ex-Goveruor Throckmorton. of Texas. also
seconded the nomination OF Mr.. Thurman in Q
brief speech. in which he said that he repre-
sented divided delegation upon the question Of .
vce-presdential candidate, but he was none the
less enthusiastic in his support of Ohio's grand
old man. Texas would give the ticket 200, 900
majority with Allan G. Thurman as one Of the
nominees.
Senator John w. Daniel of Virginia. then
stepped forward and greeted with deafen-
inc applause When the noise had subsidized the
chair introduced Senator Daniel, who said:
The old and the young Democracy of the Old Do
mnion speak here and now and win join in the great
acclaim of the American people when they shall speak
again in November next for Allen G. Thurman. Fifty
years ago and more there went beyond the ALLIE
khenes, from the good old town OF Lynchburg from
which hall, preacher Of the gospel who carried
with him his wife his boy his Bible and his house
hold goods. He settled il the splendid young com.
the man The man by his force of character rose TO
the high places of his peoples confidence and love-
They made him their representative in Congress.
ticeship of their court. They made him Governor of
their State. They sent him as Senator of the
United States He was statesman OF country Try
Church of Israel teacher and
leader of man. And further there were difficult
conditions to be confronted and difficult theories to
be expounded He measured to the depth of every
exigency and rose to the height OF every OCCASION
until he became the beacon of the peoples hope and
gy has fallen from the lips of every speaker in this
convention who has traced the history OF Democratic
achievement enumerated the platform OF ITS prnci-
pies Do you rejoice that the public lands have been
rescued from punderers and that corporate obligations
are being enforcedl You remember that he was ever
digent to avert the wrong and suggest the remedy.
Do you rejoice that the of Chinese invasion has
been averted from the Pacific coastl Remember that
he among the first to sound the note of warning
sf Do saa that %
stripped Of their great oficesi You have
but rseehOsd the the mighty protest wSss which M;li
live as long as history Did theeloquent young DEM
ocrat of Colorado send to the chairman of this
nroOose tbss When he shall become the presiding
officer Of the Senate that California shall send him
golden gavel and that Colorado shall send him sill
yer one; for did he not always maintain the two
metals of the Constitution at their par and did you
always hear from him the ring of the right metai
Have you bethought yourselves OF the dark days OF
Democracy and how thoughtful hearts rejoced over
the beautiful picture drawn by the wonderful orator
of New York, when he portrayed sixty milions OF
prosperous and happy freemeni Yes, and from the
years gone by listen and hear the voice of cry
ing in the wilderness, who said, make the way
straight that this good deed may be accomplished.
purity In age extravagance he the sentinel
of economy; in age of sectionaiism he knew only
his country in of hate he was the incarnation
of fraternity; in age of scandal the salt OF his
gooc name never lost its SAVIOR. [Cheersl Then
say indeed that the grand old man is old. There Is
hair that gistens the patriarchs brow that did
= H. (Nhoox ThA
revolving years that have circled around his head
have each of them left in its track ring of
glory. [Cheers.l Can not say of him, in the Ian.
age may Ger his brow be flung,
But his heart, his heart is ever youngr'
Old, indeed. but not too old to receive the tardy
honor Of people to whom he has been faithful nor
to requite them with renewed and faithful service
Why, nominate him now, my countrymen, and by &C
clamation. Loud cheers. He stands before You the
living embodiment of Democratic virtues He stands
before you the illustrated eptome of Democratic his
tory. He stands before you the faith
full champion of Democratic principles:
He exhibit.
grandeur OF the American patriot He is the highest
type OF the American citizen. He is the fitting com.
panion of Grover Cleveland cheers to receive by his
side the mantle of Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana
(cheers] and the people of this whole country viii be
glad at heart when they shall see the grand old
Grover Cleveland welding the scepter Of that happy
home the White House. and that dauntless, brave
| patriot himself guiding with firm and bling
hand the destinies of this great nation. tCheers and
| cries Of time and ''go on. In the name of the
| people Of Virginia. upon whose soil he was born.
tcheers and in the name of the people of Ohio his
adopted home-in the of the Democracy Of this
great Nation ncorruptibe unterried and unconquer-
able. fling this banner to the breeze, waving .
bandanna handkerchiefl. the symbol of his name:
| 1t is emblem which, like the cap OF
liberty equality and fraternity, needs only to bs
| seen to carry its message It goes to the
field to-day with the benedictons of good.
side by side with the flag of never-dyng star. Like
it. it will be the emblem Of Democracy triumphant.
of a land redeemed, of nation reunited and of the
people reconeled. The strong arms of the Demo
cratic party carried high in the contest and the
and on the 4th of March next Grover Cleveland will
be again your President and old Allen G. Thurman
| will be standing by his side. [Great applause.l
| The States of West Virginia and Wisconsin
| were called, but there was no response. Alaska,
| Arizona. Dakota, the District of Columbia and
| Idaho did not respond.
When the Territory Of Montana was called by
the secretary there was great cry of Magin-
| mis-. In response to tho cry Mr.. Maginns arose
| in the delegation Of Montana and said:
| Mr.. Chairman: SO far the nomination of the
| President is concerned this convention was bat a
ratifying meeting to ratify the nomination already
ton which will DO confirmed at the POLLS in November
as the goes down. for the of Grover
Cleveland was the mere synonym of success. And he
will hold the fort that he captured four years ago.
Who will they put up against hint Their most mag
| netic has already pulled the plumes of his
bonnet and taken his glove out of the ring. Like
many another warlke Repu blican. the great James
@. Blaine early learned the first principle of the
| of He let some other fellow do the fighting,
and he is going to let other do the fighting
this time And he has acted that other great prin
ciple of military strategy, that you always fall
back from your position if you will only start in
! time. He had to start twice before the people be-
lieved him. Our champion will stand up against him
or any one they can put up, and they can raise nc
more glorious banner than the old bandanna of that
most illustrous citizen, Allen q. Thurman of Ohio
[Agplausel
| call
The Chairman-This completes the list oi
| States and Territories.
lCres of "call the ROLL" and 'no," mot
The Chairman-The clerk will call the names
of those gentlemen placed in nomination fol-
Vice-president.
The Clerk-The following gentlemen have
Allen G. Thurman Of the State of Ohio [grea
| applausel; Isaac p. GRAY. of the State of Indi
ana great applausel; John c. Black, of thu
State of Illinois [great appsusel.
The Chairman-The clerk will now proceed
to call the roll of States aud Territories. anC
the chairman of each delegation requested by
| the Chair TO announce clearly as possible The
names OF those for whom the delegates vote
| The chair also desires particularly to impress.
| upon the delegates of the convention and tn,
visitors the necessity OF nearly absolute silence
The secretary called the roll of tho State.
with the following result:
| RL1ck