Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-12
ENTERED A GRAY HORSE.
INDIANA DEMOCRATS PUT UP GRAY
AS cLgvELANp's MATE.

pares for the Great - -onaI Race Res
oiutions Indorsing Cleveland and tho
oOvernor-A Telegram from Democratic
conGressmen-Evening sIaAs-sieetinG.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. ia-The confersu ce
OF the state Democracy assembled at Masonic
hall at IL O'clock Wednesday morning, every
county represented, and the attendance, ac-
cording TO the secretary's roll, aggregating
i,64J-the largest gathering Of the kind ever
witnessed in the state to perfect preliminary
organization Prior to the assembling of the
conference the several delegates from each
congressional district held meetings and
selected members of the various committees
for the days work. In each of the district
meetings considerable interest was manifest
In the selection OF a member OF the commit
toe ON resolutions, the question at issue being
the Endorsement of Governor Gray as the
vice presidential candidate of his party, and
his friends being very aggressive and earn
est Tho opposition was based solely upon
| expediency, the argument being used that
| the majority OF Indiana Democrats were for
| him, and that IL was useless to provoke any
antagonism by direct and personal indorse-
ment The governors friends took different
view Of the matter aud made 1t the issue,
giving up all the other positions for it
When the committee was announced 1t
vvoa apnarant 4hat thu afforts of tina govarn-
o,,s ,,,a,,ooa,s were c,ounad with succaas az
eleven of the thirteen members were his
warmest friends. The full committee is as
follows, the names being given in the order
Of the congressional districts which they rep
resent:
g. w. Shanklin, Vanderburgh county; ex
Congressman Cobb, Knox; +. b. Burk,
Clark; Frank Gavin, Decatur; J. r. Gordon,
uO"ami - " nnsore' DeiaWhe' " -
ray, ShelDyi D. L. briggs, ouilVahi oeha-
tor johnson, Tippecanoe; M. d. transfer,
Cas-; Nj. IL. Kidd, Wabash r. G. Bell, Al
len. r. r. BINGHAM. st Joseph.
Tha ,onfa.a,oo no coon ,1arr,arantlv or,
,..,;,.5 Co,,a.,,,,,, Co. 80. $4,000 g.,
el,' ~ - Ss es -
chalrmah he maze IA Drlel speech Oh bhanks,
and an adjournment was taken to the after
noon.
ITpon reAssembling q plan for state or9ani-
cation was nresented and adoptad The forma-
tion Of clnbs in every county under the name
of the Hendricks leapue was recommended
and each conntv was requested 10 renort a
committee of five for that nurpose Com
FRESHMAN Cobb chairman of the committee
on resolutions then submitted the commits
tee,s ranort saving that the committoe uss n
unit in i,s action The resolutions concarn
ing tho ADMINISTRATION and indorsement of
Grav for the vice nrasidencv are as follows.
We baiI with entbusiasm the brave and able
leadership of Grover Cleveland, president OF the
United States and heartily indorse his admins
tration of national affairs We welcome the mes
sage oil the president OF the ohiteu STATES as
courageous step toward me administration OF tne
t ~ ~ M WIN 'o u
grsss to carry ont It's recommendations We de-.
clare that the so-called doctrine of protecton to
American labor" as illustrated in our present
tariff, is fraud upon the mechanics of the coun-
try especially, placing them largely In the power
OF theh aalu
% % w.. 1917 a,,a i th ;ntar,st ~ manonov
md against the interests of labor
Resolved That we appreciate and highly COM
mend the administration of our state affairs by
Isaac p Gray, for his ability, his honesty and his
hearty and earnest eriorts 10 improve the state
eoVernlleh' ~ az rs ~ anu We n.'i
In ~ inc 90 ~ - - "
the iTnited st,tes
Other resolutions indorsinp the election of
Senator Turpie and denounelpg the reyolu-
tionory MEASURES of the Renubiicans NJ the
last lasislature were unanimously adontad
Covarnor Gray was oallsd on for anotbar
sneacb Init declined except to ayain think
tba onfarsnca for its confdence In him and
altar fine adontion of a resolution recom-
manding that the state central COMMITTEES
call the state Nominating convention to meat
IN tina first "Wednesday in ,Tune the confar-
snca nd iourned
A meeting was held at night at Tomlinson
hall which was anpronriateIy decorated the
affair being nnder the charge of the Hem
drcks Climb Ex-senator Mcdonald was the
erst sneaker He reviewed the nrasidant,s
message and smoke of il as one Of the most
ramarIahla documents that was ever spb-
r,itted "a congress- He took strong ground
a., sa,,or NJ tha raonla az distinguisbaa fron,
~ ,,,ononolists h said that Sharman 1yaa
10th q noiitician and a statesman bnt In bis
l. to s,,aooh in tha s.nata ba had snnl-an onlv
az poii1ic W.