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ghe Daily Eight.
THURSDAY. AUGUST, g. 1888.
THE INDIANA CONVENTION.

in the state capitol, performed It's
work and adjourned justa as the shades
of night were falling over the city.
The most interesting features of the
conven ton were the presence of Gen.
Harrison, republican candidate tor
president, who had been especially in
vited to be present; his eulogy upon
Sheridan; the welcome to Blaine; the
hearty enthusiasm which greeted the
platform, and the unanimity of action
which nominated Gen. HOvey upon
the first ballot.
Scarcely had the convention organ
lied when motion to appoint COM
mittee to wait upon Gen. Harrison
and invite his presence and a speech,
was enthusiastically carried. Upon
Mr.. Harrison's appearance business
was temporarily suspended while he
addressed the delegates very briefly,
thanking them for their courtesy and
acknowledging his Indebtedness to
the republicans of his state. His re-
ference to Blaine's coming and Sheri-
dams going, was as follows:
"Such an assemblage as this is char
| acteristic of America. What you shall
do today will influence the prosperity
and welfare of the state. Such a
| meeting is a notable historic event.
| We have today transporting in this
country two others that are attracting
| wide interest. At the chief seaport of
our country that great republican and
| that great American, James q. Blaine,
returns to his home. We shall not be
disappointed, hope, in hearing his
powerful voice in Indiana before the
campaign is old. Another scene at
tracts our solemn and eventful inter-
est, for while you are transacting your
business here today, draped train is
bearing from the place of his sojourn
by the sea to the place of his inter-
ment at Washington, the mortal part
of Philip HI. Sheridan. From the con-
vention at Chicago we sent him our
greetings and earnest prayers for his
restoration; today we mourn our hero
dead. You called him the favorite
child of Victory, and such he was.
He was one of those great cammand-
ers who upon the field of battle
lowered the very god of war. He was
one of the earnest fighters for his
country who did not at the end of his
first days fight contemplate rest and
recuperation for his own command.
He rested his command with the wine
of victory, and found recuperation in
the dispersal of the enemy that con-
fronted him. This gallant son of
Ireland and America has written a
chapter in the art of war that will not
fail to instruct and develop, when |
eXigencies may come again TO others |
who shall repeat in the defense of our |
flag his glorious achievements. And |
now, Mr.. President and gentlemen, L |
am sure the heat of this hall and the |
labors that are before you suggest to
you as they do to me that close these |
remarks and bid you goodbye"
Resolutions of respect to the men,
DRY of Sheridan, and welcoming
Blaine were passed and the platform |
most cortially endorsed. The press
summary of the platform is as follows: |
The platform ratifies the action of |
the convention at Chicago, eulogizes |
Harrison and Morton, and promises |
them the electoral vote of Indiana,
arraigns the unfair apportionment for |
congressional and legislative purposes
made at the behest of the liquor |
league of the state, condemns tamper-
ing with election returns as in 1856,
charges the democracy of the state |
and nation with corruption, demands
the removal of state institutions from
partisan CONTROL pronounces against
convict labor and the employment of
children in factories, favOrs legisla-
ton to secure to the head of the fami-
ly the homestead in addition to the |
personal property now exempt by |
law, favors the granting of pensions
to all entitled to them, politics and |
legislation to be kept free from the
influence of the saloon. The remand |
er of the platform is devoted to state
matters.
Gen. Alvin P. Hovoy's name was
submitted to the convention as cam
didate for governor in connection with |
those of Col. Robt. Robertson, Will
liam Cumbach, Geo. w. Steele, and |
Rev. Ira J. Chase,"s,it being under
stood that Ex-Governor Porter de- |
clined nomination. The first infor-
NAL ballot showed Hovoy to have |
received 563 votes, within less than 20 |
of an actual majority of all the votes
cast and before the ballot was an
nounced changes were made raising |
his vote to 595 and making him the
nominee of the convention. Six thou |
sand people shouted themselves
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