The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-22
THE CLEVELAND BOOM,
Indiana Instructs Delegates for
the Stuffed Prophet.
A FARMER FOR GOVERNOR.
Some Think Millionaire Whitney's
Money Would Carry New York.
Colored People Complain to President
Harrison of Southern Outrages-sil-
yer Mine Owners and Their Friends
Decide on Campaign OF Education.


cratic state convention met here this morn
ing to nominate state ticket and ch oose
delegates to the national convention.
Senator Turpie was made permanent chair
man. On taking the chair he made a
speech in which he declared that:
This convention meant the condemnation and
overthrow of all force bills and federal return
ing boards. He noted how the recent reports of
Southsrn outrages had increased since the de-
feat of the force bill. The convention also
meant the reduction OF tariff rates in the in
terest OF the workingman as against the BAN
ditti OF tariff trusts and combinations. The
farmer should no longer give part of his crop
as compulsory tribute to the protected monop-
olist The convention further meant retrench-
ment of public expenditures and the condem-
nation and political death OF the advocates of
extravaganza. He arragned President Harrison
as the flesh and blood embodiment and the COM
pletest personifcation of the errors, false
hoods and fallacies of the Republican party.
At the conclusion of Turpie's address
the platform, synopsis of which was
sent in these dispatches last night, was
read and unanimously adopted. The
greatest enthusiasm was caused by the
resolution declaring for Cleveland, but
lndorsing Governor Gray as the choice of
Indiana should Cieveland's nomination
become impossible. The adherents of
both men tried to outdo each other in
frantic cheers at the mention of their
favorite's name. A plank in the platform
commencing labor unions and declaring
the Democratic party to be the friend of
the laboring man also received cheers.
The following ticket was then nominated:
For judges of the supreme court-Second dis
trict, J. W. New; Third district, James McCabe;
Fifth district, T. E. Howard.
For judges of the appellant court-First dis
tricr, George Reinhardt; Second district, Frank
E. Gavin; Third district, Theodore Davis;
Fourth district, C. J. Lofty; Fifth district G. Z.
Ross.
At this juncture an amusing incident oc-
Cured. Large-sized portraits of Gray,
Cleveland and Hendricks were suspended
above the stage. The portrait of Gray inn
PEELED by draft, began to swing, and
finally turned face to the wall The Cleve-
land men set up wild yell at this alleged
omen of the retirement of Gray from the
presidential arena. Frantic attempts were
made by the Gray men on the stage to re-
store the picture to its original position,
but it persisted in swinging back to the
wall, and each unsuccessful attempt to re-
adjust it was only the signal$for hilarious
jeers from the Cleveland men. While the
wild attempts were being made to keep the
Gray portrait in a dignified position an.
other draft of air caught Cleveland's pic
ture and it, too, began to swing. Then
came deafening cheers Of delight from the
Gray men, but their joy was short lived.
Cleveland's picture only swung halfway
around and when it stopped faced the
ladies' gallery. The fair admirers of the
ex-president applauded this unconscious
Difference to their sex. The Cleveland
men caught it up and there was another
enthusiastic Cleveland demonstration.
The great contest of the day began
when the gubernatorial contest was taken
up. John G. Shanklin, of Evansville;
Mason Niblack, of Vincennes, and Morti-
mer Nye, of Laporte, were placed in nomi-
nation with the usual manifestations of
enthusiasm, but the widest demonstra-
ton took place when Claude Matthews, of
Clinton, was presented as 1.-The farmer
candidate" Matthews forged ahead from
the beginning. the result of the first ballot
being: Matthews 61S, Shanklin 800, Nib
lack 173, Nve 150 st. Joe and Tippe-
canoe counties changed to Matthews,
and his nomination made unanimous,
amid wild enthusiasm. He was called to
the front and made brief speech, as did
also the defeated candidates. Matthews
has always been Democrat, and has
never engaged in any business but farm
ing He is a member of the Farmers
Mutual Benefit Association, and is ex-
pected to receive great support from the
agricultural organizations. The ticket
was completed thus: Mortimer Nye, of
Laporte, lieutenant governor; William R.
Meyers, secretary of state; John Oscar
Henderson, auditor; Albert Call, treasurer;
Alonzo Greensmith, attorney general; Sid
ney r. Moon, recorder of the supreme
court; Harvey D. Vorbys, superintendent
of public instruction, and William A.
Pole, state statistician.
The delegation to the national conven-
ton isabout equally composed of followers
of Cleveland and Gray. The understand
ing is that the entire delegation shall cast
a solid vote for Cleveland, unless the con-
vention turns its attention to dark horse
in which case Gray shall receive the vote