The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-05-04

separated from the goats in the public
view. The action of the Illinois demo-
cratic convention yesterday proved great
assorter. In that state the anti Cleveland
people had taken up Senator PALMER, an
old and honored patriot, and, by raising
the state pride" cry, had sought to secure
an anti-Cleveland delegation to the Chi
cago convention. In this they seem to
have failed owing TO the joint efforts of the
genuine Palmer men and the admirers OF
CLEVELAND. By this means the objects of
the conspirators-those who merely de-
sired the advancement of PALMER in so
far as it would serve to defeat CLEVELAND
were defeated. The action of the conven-
ton was strictly in accord with the wishes
of Senator PALMER himself, as expressed
In the following letter, to which he re-
ferred in his dispatches no later than
"Wednesday evening as squarelv and I'M
eQuivocally indicating his desires:
l have steadily acted upon the idea that
Mr.. CLEVELAND is logically the proper can
didate to be nominated, and I have no
idea that my friends in Illinois will allow
any appearance OF antagOnism in the state
strength in the state convention to put the
resolutions which will refer TO Mr. CLEvE-
LAND and to me in language that will
satisfy them and that Will not allow those
opposed to me to place us In false position
The action OF the convention, being in
strict accordance with the wishes of Sena-
tor PALMER as oveexpressed, has served
to unmask the anti Cleveland batteries in
Illinois. Immediately after the New
York convention, when the democracy of
the land raised its voice in protest against
the snap judgment OF that body, and just
as soon as 1t became apparent that Senator
HILL southern tour was to be disas-
trous failure, the Chicago Herald, the lead
ing western organ ofthe spoils section of the
democracy. began to rend the air with its
frantic shouts for PALMER 1t has asserted
that state pride should dictate his indorse-
ment and has demanded, over the protests
OF Mr.. PALMER himself, that the delega-
| CATION be instructed for the senator. Dur
ing the preliminary campaign it has used
dozen arguments against CLEVELAND for
every one in favor of PALMER. In every
| conceivable way it has shown that its aim
was not the nomination of PALMER, but the
defeat of CLEVELAND.
But the Illinois democrats were too wide
awake and too keenslghted to be led into
/ the quagmire by the false lights of the
state pride" variety. They had "state
| pride" of the right sort. They had a noble
leader and they looked to him for advice
! He gave it, as heretofore quoted, and they
| followed it to the letter. Naturally this
makes the Herald mad. Its chlefest in
dignation is because five OF the six dele
| gstes-at-large are friendly to Mr.. CLEvE-
LAND and because q majority of the dis
trict delegates are OF like sentiment In
| brief, the Herald is wroth because the
purpose of the delegation is not what the
| Herald wished it to be-ostensibly the
nomination of PALMER, but really the de-
! feat of CLEVELAND The Herald is now
rapidly losing interest in PALMER. and will
probably completely lose it when it reads
what the senator himself has to say on
subject.
One by one the batteries are being I'M
masked. In Massachusetts, the anti
| Cleveland movement tried to work the
state PRIDE issue IN behalf of Governor
RUSSELL, who promptly suppressed it;
Governor PATTIsON put his foot on the
! movement to use him as a toolin Pennsyl-
vania; Senator PALMER has effectually
squelched the effort to misrepresent the
| Illinois democracy in the Chicago conven-
ton; Senator GoRNAN from Maryland says
to Mr.. CLEVELAND. after you" 1t begins
to look as if the Hill-Tammany combine
will have to come out from its ambush
and make its fight in the open field if that
| fight is to be made at ALL