St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-07
THE SITUATION.
The Feeling After the Days Work
of Yesterday.

ST. LOUIS, June 6. - Gov. Gray's
friends made an effort to-day to take an
advantage of the circumstances which
led to an adjournment of the conven-
ton until tomorrow. The Indianians
have displayed some of the spirit of the
Grant BOG of 1880, and have been fight
ing with great deSperatio and per
SiStency. Even with two-thirdS of the
convention apparently against them
they have managed to keep up an out
ward show of hopefulness. Tuesday,
when they were so completely over
sentiment and the political power of
the administration, they only asked for
another days time, and claimed that if
the balloting could be postponed for
twenty-fOur hours a surprising change
would come upon the situation. This aft
ernOon their opportunity came, and
they were not slow TO improve it. The
committee on resolutions was still in
session, spending a great deal more
time in discussion of the platform than
was necessary. Word came to the con-
ventiOn hall that the committee was not
ready to report. tits understood that it
could have been ready to report at
s O'Clock this evening, but the national
determination to have the convention
sit until Thursday. The national COM
mittee is under some sort of bargain
with the local committee of arrange
mentS, and has endeavored to carry out
its part of the compact. BY every
means under its control the national
committee has sought to delay the pro-
ceedingS and postpone conclusion of the
conventions labors. The delegates had
DISCOVERED THIS SCHEME,
and vast majority of them went into
the session to-day determined to remain
there until the nominations were made
and the platform adopted. They reso-
lutely prevented an early adjournment,
and insisted upon listening to the
speeches and renominating the presi-
dent. Then they were ready to go on
and nominate vice president, and but
for the delay in the presentation of the
report of the resolutions, would
have quickly named Thurman by
reclamation. 1t is we'll understood
that if the matter had been forced
to an issue this afternoon, Gray'S name
would not have been presented by his
supporters. The influence of the
national committee was holding back
the report OF the committee on plat
form, and new danger here presented
convention would go ahead with the
nomination for vice president, and, this
done, majority of the delegates would
leave for their homes on the
night trains. In fact many had
already arranged to depart tonight, and
if nothing but the platform had re-
manned for the convention to attend to
not quorum could have been expected
at to-morr0w'S session. 1t being neces-
Sary for the convention to take recess
without naming a vice president, the
Indiana men were smart enough to
seize upon the tactical advant-
age and make the most of it.
Senator Voorhees, moved an
adjournment till tomorrow morning at
10,knewing full well the straits the con-
vention had been in. AT first the con-
ventiOn refused to consent. but Gov.
White, of California, forseeing that an
adjournment would be ultimately taken,
seconded the motion made by Voorhees,,
and plainly intimated that he was in
duced to do so out of regard for the
WELFARE OF THE PARTY
Roman. This prompt action on the
part of one of the leaders of the Thur
man forces robbed the Gray men of
nearly all the triumph which they
would have otherwise gained by their
clever strategy. The shrewd efforts of
the Indianians to make it appear that
the adjournment was Gray victory
were only partly successful, but they at
once proceeded to make the most
of it. Promptly sending their
men out through the hotels they
claimed the unexpected delay of
twenty--our hours was victory
for the opposition, and that the slate
would yet be broken. They renewed
their visits to other delegations. and re-