The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-10
Some of the delegates were drunk and un.

Some of the delegates were drunk and un-
manageable.
"Shcntlemen, call dis convention to or
der" exclaimed q Fourth ward man. who
had said the same thing many times before.
1t was utterly Impossible TO follow the del
egate's wishes in the matter When q herd
of Texas cattle becomes stampeded. 1t
cannot be controlled by any cow-puncher
alive.
When the balloting was about half
through. a disturbance was created in the
back part of the hall. A drunken delegate
fell OF his chair and rolled on TO the floor.
Immediately men arose to their feet. BY
this time Chairman Kern. who had said
he felt honored to he called upon to preside
over such an intelligent assemblage.
had become exasperatcd. Captain gley.
want You to make those delegates take
their seats They are creating disorder,
and stopping the business OF the conven-
ton. It must he stopped" Mr. Kern fair
~ yelled as he delivered this last remark
this call upon the police force to seat the
delegates TO the Democratic convention.
About this time some one on the stage,
turning TO Kern. said: Just look at that"
Yes. l know It's HI" was his reply.
The vote tor assessor resulted In 692 votes
being cast, of which :4T were necessary to
a choice. OF these BuehriG received 3
votes, Frauer 2l0 and Baker 400. The nom-
inee then came forward. ana was recog-
nized as Joel K. Baker, who few years
ago. when the taliy-sheets were changed.
that were changed. He thanked the con-
ventiOn for the honor conferred. and sub
sided. John w. Hoffman was nominated
by exclamation for prosecuting attorney.
He made O little speech.
When the chairman announced that
nominations for coroner were In order. the
dIsgraceful scenes that characterized the
first part of the proceedings were thrown
In the shade. The disorder was so great
that the chairman yelled:
Il hope that no candidate is nominated
whose friends disturb the business of this
convention" and q few minutes later he fol-
lowed up this hot shot by eXciaiming
"Gentlemen. am going TO insist that ont
siders and candidates keep away from the
delegates" The men placed in nomination
were Dr. Marker DIR. Beck and Dr: +. Z.
Reyer. These were the only candidates
Beck soon developed the greatest amount
of strength. and it soon became apparent
that he would be nominated.
FIsT-FIGHT on THE FLOOR.
When the ballot was about half through
the convention. which had long before de-
generated into mob, transcribed all its
other efforts at being riotous At 10 min
utes of O'clock John Mcdonald and Otis
Fitchey, Fourth ward dele gates, got into O
fight and began to pound each other in a bru-
tai manner Another man was also drawn
into the fight and for awhile all three struck
ut each other. Immediately every man
in the house was on his feet. and the po-
lice made a wild scramble toward the
belligerents. Captain Quigley. Sergeant
Hagerdorn and Sergeant LapOrte. by climb
ing over chairs and pushing delegates to
one side. finally reached the scene of tie
fight. The men were put back In their
chairs. but were not arrested, rs they
should have been.
Il now call upon the good citizens in the
rear of the hall" yelled the chairman. TO
help quell this disturbance. Are there any
good Democrats back thcref l now an
nounce that whoever hereafter becomes
disoTderly is not a good Democrat"
This sentiment was OF applauded. as
every delegate had been engaged III dis
turbance of some kind during the day.
Daring the ballot DIR. Reyer announced
that he withdrew his name in favor of DR..
Beck. Six hundred and ninety votes We're
casts of which Reyer received 81, Man
ker 135 and Beck 40. DIR. Beck
thanked the convention In due form and
made the usual promise as to the hercu-
lean efforts he would put forth for the
whole ticket.
Nominations for county commissioner
from the First district were next In order
Those named were Richard SenOur, Joseph
l.. Hunter and Chris Waterman. The up
roar was most dIsgracefui.
Twill yon keep orderf Will you get ont
of the aislesl Will You sit DOWN. These
were the cries of Chairman Kern. but the
convention still went on unmindful of any
thing he said. Finally ne called upon
Sergeant hagerd0rn and told him to clear
the aisles. .esife
The cailwiii PROCEED no further until
Democrats get out of the aisles." Kern
again wildly yelled "fhe business of this
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