The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-16
Some Remarkable Speeches During the
Day, in View Of the Splitin the Party.
Partisan Work of the Ripper" Legislature
Praised by the Governor in His Address
Mckinley and the Tariff Attacked.


Neal and His Hamilton County Followers
Likely to knife" Governor Campbell.
CLEVELAND, July 15.-James 4. Campbell
is renominated by the Democrats of Ohio
for Governor, and the anxiety of the party
leaders is now directed to the absorbing
query: will Hamilton county support
the ticketp If the Cincinnati delegates in
their manifestations of relentless Opposi-
ton to-day truly represented the feelings
of their people, then the conclusion is ire
sistible that considerable portion of the
Democrats of Hamilton county will not
support Governor Campbell in the NOvem-
Der election. On every possible occasion,
as well after as before Campbelrs nomina-
tion was assured, the mere men,
ton of his name was sufficient
to provoke vigorous Kisses from the
Cincinnati delegates. Even when his nom-
Kline's friends. in accordance with the
tiIne-honored custom. moved to make the
nomination of James Z. Campbell unani-
nous, the Hamilton county friends of Mr.
Neal persistently refused to permit the seal
of harmony to be stamped on the record,
and loudly voted NO." as they Kissed the
name of the nominee.
1t Is almost proverb in the political lore
of the Buckeye State that "as Hamilton
county goes in the autumpal elections. so
goes the State of Ohio" If this be
accepted as the infallibie rule, the
importance of harmonizing the dis
cordant elements in Hamilton county
may well merit the anxiety of the
1..o
Cincinnati man for the office of Supreme
judge. 1t was hoped, would, to some extent,
aliay the hostility of the Hamilton county
delegates to the candidacy of Governor
Campbell. but whether this desired effect
will be- realized is altogether problematical,
and can cnly be determined by time. 1t
must TO stated that the Campbell majority
managed the convention with consummate
tact. The knotty parliamentary questions
were quickly and decisively disposed of
by rulings generally to the advantage of
the dominant faction. and rollcalls OIL
points of order and appeals from the Chairs
decisions were averted. At the same time
the majority received, with all the philo-
sophical resIgnations of the victor. the
taunts and accusations that were thrown
at them and their candidate by the anti
Campbell faction, thus probably ayerting
calamitous row, which would likely have
resulted had all these gibes been returned
in kind.
The persistent refusal of Mr.. Neal, Gov
ernor Campbelps defeated opponent, to ap-
pear before the convention and tell how
he stands" even after q committee had
been appointed to convey to him the formal
invitation. has contributed more than any,
thing else to the feeling of anxiety which
pervades the Democratic ranks this even
ing. 1t is generally the ordeal inflicted
upon every defeated candidate that he
must mount the stage and tell how graft
fed he is, after all. that such good man
as his opponent has received the nomina-
ton; but Mr.. Neal persIstently refused to
undergo this ordeal and the question now
is. was this refusal actuated by mortitica-
tion and wounded pride. or does it mean
that Neal throws down the gauntlet and
will permit his Hamilton county friends to
fight Governor Campbell at the polls. Upon
the answer to this query largely depends
the question of Democratic victory or de-
feat i'm the coming election