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

Governor Gray's Washington Friends Are
Boiling Over with Wrath.

HOW 1T Is RECEIVED.
Governor Gray's Washington Friends Are
Boiling Over with Wrath.
Special to the Indianapoiis journal
WASHINGTON, June 7-Governor Grayis In
diana friends in Washington are not 1t all sAtis-
fed with the manner in which he was placed on
the shelf at ST. Louis. They say he was de-
feated upon grounds and by means which pre-
cluds the possibility Of his ever coming before
she people for any elective Office He was cast
aside by his own party, and he can never they
declare, be successfully run for office. He Was
charged and convicted by the national Demo
cratic party with having been prime mover in
know-nothingism and being illiterass
and an ignoramusL This they un-
hesitatingly say takes him out Of line from
ever running for Governor. yice-prssidens,
United States Senator. or any official station.
Slaughtered in the camp Of bis own party, cut
down at the hands of an administration for
which he and his friends in Indiana have %
long and ardeptly striven TO uphold exclaimed
one OF Governor Gray's congressional friends
tonight ''But he and his friends will be heard
from in November" he continued, "snd heard
from in q telling way. OF course we will all
vote the ticket. but we will not work with much
heart Who will organize the Democratic party
in Indiana nowf Time and again have we tried
to get Rice. Sheerin and other capable men to
accept the Craftsmanship of the State central
committee. and as often have failed. The State
is unorganized now, and it will remain SO. 60
far a. | am concerned. Matson is as good an
defeated already"
But Gray is promised Cabinet ofic el' was
suggested.
N-ls -
gressnan in Disguised tones. what good 10 Q
promise coming from the present occupant Of
the White Housed Ex-senator Mcdonald WAS
promised . Cabinet Office if be would work fos
the ticket in 1884, and what did be eeti He got
stone whom he asked for bread Besides.
what kind Of . specta. 10 would il be to present
TO the countryi Refused the nomination
on the ground that he is not ft
10 be Vice president. and then say he
may DO . Cabinet officer; what constitutional
or other disability hss Gray which stands in his
way candidate for vics-president which does
not forbid him a Cabinet oficei That is oil rot
10 talk about putting him in the Cabinet Gray
may De ss n 70, n he be
chat. You can't catch old fab with q min
now hook Who will suffer most will be Grover
Cleveland He did il. and he car not shirk the
responsibility"
How about Senator Voorhees, Did he work
faithfully for Grsyf-
'Yes; it was to his interest to do 90. voor-
bees does not like Gray any better than Melon
AID or Dick Bright does but 1t was . matter OF
himself three years hence. His term expires
March 4, 1891. II Gray Is not provided for. be
may fash up against Voorhees, and be elected to
the Senate voorhees,, therefore, wanted him
nominated for the vice-l residency. If defeated
at the polls this FALL that would settle
him for the Senate; il elected, he would be ont
Of the way. Now, Voornees's salvation lies in
getting Gray into the Cabinet; but what can
voorhees, do with Cleveland What has he
donef What can any Of US dot Nothing, and 10
10 absurd 70 promise anything to anybody, and
repeat, Gray and his friends in Indiana cannot
be caught with chaf GRAY has been slaueh-
tered. and slau, htered by the administration.
He not only retires with defeat against him but
stigma . brand-the mark OF Incompetence,
and 1t will keep him down 40 long 40 he lives.
Indiana did not like Cleveland before. and now
they hate him" This is the feeling of every
friend Gray has Ia Washington tonight They
are a mad lot Of men.
Surrender TO Cleveland and Free Trade.
CHICAGO June THE Intsr-Oeean (proteo-
ton Republican, SAYS "The Hon. Allen @.
Thurman. the candidate for Vice president on
the Democratic ticket, is one of the ablest and
one Of the best-known Of the old-style Demo
Gratis of the United States. He has always had
. fine reputation as lawyer, and among his
nsighbors in Ohio is universally respected. hut
he has been for over thirty years {
Bourbon of Bourbons. There was . time
when he was immensely popular with the
Democratic party in Ohio. but that was before
the war; During the war his attitude was such
a. to compromise him in the eyes of Democrats
who were answering Union men, and many of
those who had. in previous years. given hin,
hearty support, fell away from him. He is now
put on the ticket with the hope of calling to the
support OF Mr.. Cleveland the Bourbon Demo
Gratis OF the old school 1t 10 open question
whether he will or not, but that his nomination
will drive away from Mr. Cleveland many Of the
war Democrats who hate the name Coppcrhead
| Is certain THE solemu trutn Ia On q
the platform means nothing 1t all as to tariff.
| 1t speaks plainly only when it afirms the ult
mate doctrine OF State rights The meaning OF
the convention was surrender of itself to the
inevitable Cleveland, and his message means
| free-trade-not more. not less
Might Have Been Clearer.
| NEW YORK. June THE Sun will say: .Ir
respect of its contents, the ST. Louis platform
evinces the benefit resulting from the watc hful
Christening which we have continually bestowed
upon the free-traders Of all ranks in Congress
and out AS q matter OF composition it 10 Z
clumsy, inconeruous. sleazy piece Of work.
and as for PRINCIPLES. the whole OF it ID
contained In the first twelve lines. In this de-
II ha .hnlA -. aims ~