Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-24
THE DAY In DETAIL.

look on their faces, the delegates wandered
into the convention hall for the last session
a few appearing before 2 o'clock, but th,
great majority failing to put in an appear
ance until long after the hour set for tn,
opening.
AT 2:27, the Gray Club, of indianapolis
with their velvet banner Oh which was in
scribed the name of Indiana's Governor
marched into the hall, preceded by bant
playing "Auld Lang Syne," and were re
ceived with great yell from the delegate:
present and the audience. Behind then
came the Hendricks Club, of Indianapolis
the members of both clubs f1ourishing Ions
white plumes and chanting a nondescripl
air which fitted the words s'Gray, GRAY,
Isaac P. Gray"
At 2:55 P. NJ Chairman Wilson called the
convention to order, and prayer was offered
by Rev. Thomas Greene, of Iowa.
The Nominating Speeches Begin.
The roll call for nominating speeches OF
candidates for Vice President began at p.
NJ. Arkansas yielded to Indiana, and Hon.
John E. Lamb took the floor to place in
nomination Isaac P. Gray, of Indiana, in
the following words:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Conventions:
When / was elected as a delegate to this
convention from my district / hoped to have
the honor as well rs the pleasure, of casting
my vote for an honored son of Indiana for
the Presidency OF the United States,
[cheersl but when we arrived at this con-
vention we found that the majority had al
ready decided that another than an
Indianan should lead the con
We bowed our heads to their judgement, ,und
united with the Cleveland Democracy.
IGfeat applause.l Yesterday Grover Cieve-
land was the choice OF a majority of the
nous nominee of the Democratic party,
[applausel and the question which con-
fronts this convention is, who shall it be
that will have the honor to hold up the
hands and the arms of the candidate who
carried the banner of Democracy in this
campaign. Tremendous cheering and cries
of "Grav, Gray."l Where shall he come
from? tCries of Indiana, lndiana"1
New Jersey, God bless her, is always DEM
ocratic. Connecticut is surely safe, and
when dawn broke upon us this morning
after q night of struggle and toll. the elo-
Quent tongue of the distinguished gentle
man from New York-Hon. Bourke Cochran
Tapplausel whose name / love to honor,
told this convention that New York was as
rock-ribbed as Texas for any Democrat that
could be nominated by this convention.
IApplause.
The Democratic Sons of Indiana.
That being true, the S6 electoral votes of
New York are solid for that prince of Demo-
Gratis, Grover Cleveland. tApplause.l / am
from a State which is the center of the po-
litical battlefield of the great West, a State
which has given to the history of American
politics the immortal name of Thomas A.
Hendricks. loud applause.l Whenever
the Democratic party has listened to its ad-
vice: whenever you have honored the State
of Indiana with place on YOUR ticket, you
had Democratic victory. Enthusiastic ap-
plsuse.l
And now, in behalf of that State which
has never ialtered, never sulked. which has
fought every inch of ground, desire. upon
behalf of the united delegation from In
diana. to ask this convention to make Is
votes in the electoral college certain by
placing on your ticket that honored leader
who never lost battle, Hon. Isaac p. Gray.
As to our candidate, he has been tried in
the balance and never found wanting. Zap
plause.l In the great contest of1Ss4 he car
Tied Indiana by 1000 more votes than Cleve-
land and Hendricks. What more can say
for him? The tongue OF SANDER has never
been able to pierce his Democratic armor
For 20 years he has fought the battle of
Democracy. He will fight them again,
whether upon the ticket or not [Applause
BUT, my friends, if there is a certainty OF Is
electoral votes for Grover Cleveland and
Issac p. Gray in the State of Indiana, nomi-
nate that ticket and we will deliver the
votes. [Great applause.
The Successful Candidate Named.
When Colorado was reached it yielded its
place to Illinois and Mr.. Nicholas E
W Worthington, of Illinois, advanced to the
platform and spoke as follows:
Mr.. Chairman and fellow delegates:
Illinois has presented no Presidential can
-se1,s varaNy ion hno -,
borders more than one favorite son whom
it would have delighted to honor and who
are worthy of all the political honors that
could be conferred upon them: but here, in
this great city OF Chicago, in this great Com
mon wealth of Illinois, bordering upon the
la ke and the Mississippi, in the center of
this great Republic, the Democracy, catch
ing the vibrations of the ground swell that
came from the South and the East, and the
West, put aside its favorite sons; for the
time buried it's State pride, and echoing
back TO Texas, Connecticut and California
with As votes, shouted the name OF Grover
Cleveland. IApplause.l
But for the Vice Presidency, for the Sec
ond highest place in the gilt OF the people, 1t
has a candidate fully equipped by nature
and education that it feels that it would be
Il political fault to ail to urge his name for
nomina ton before you. l stand here then,
gentlemen, to name as a candidate for that
position a man that is known by every
woman and child and voter that ever licked
4 postage stamp in every village and hamlet
in the lanG-tapplausel- Ia blg-bodied, big
hearted, big-bTalned man; Il man of cOm-
lnandins presence OF dlgniflsd mien; a man
whose courtesy in his every day manners is
rarely equaled and never eNcelled; man
who in the administration of his duties in
the last Democratic administration was
the beau-lueal OF an honest, honora BILE,
useful and efficient Democratic Office holder
Tho Democracy Never Surrenders.
Like his great leader who bears your BAN
~,
trust; but he believes. also. that the Demo
Gratis are the best trustees OF this public
trust. [Cheers.l
Gentlemen, We have nailed our banner to
the mast. A Democrat never surrenders
We propose to make true what our Repupli-
can friends say of us-that we do our quar-
rcling before the convention and our fight
ing against our enemies afterward. tCheers.l
We have been educating the people, aid the
proud results arc Seen in Boyd. of
Nebraska; Boies, of Iowa. and Peck,
of Wisconsin. [Epplause.l They are seen
in that grand old man who represents Illi-
nois in the United States Senate. (CheerS.l
They are seen in the reduction of the Re
publican majority from 10000 to 1900 in
Illinois. We propose in this campaign to at
tack the last citadel. We have a Governor
that we are going 10 elect. Will you help us
give the "a electoral votes to Grover Cleve-
land? If you will, vote for the man whose
name / now present, man who does not
zation to prove that he is a friend of the
people [applausel: man that We all love
-Adlai Z. Stevenson, of Illinois. Prolonged
applause.l
When Connecticut was reached, Mr.
Vance, the Chairman, seconded the nomina-
tion of Gray. Idaho seconded the nomina-
tion of Gray.
Mr.. Boies Rejects the Vice-Presidency.
When Iowa was called, there were cries
of "Boies, Boies" The cries brought Hon.
J. II. Shields, of Iowa, to his feet. "Iowa
has said that she has no candidate, he
said, 'sI wish to say it is Governor Boies'