The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-13
SCATTERING REMARKS.

Secret Council Of the Cleveland Boomers
Kern's Broken Promise to- the Gray Men.
Yesterday afternoon Journal reporter
ran In upon q number of Gray Democrats
who were INDUCING in the occupation tech
nically known as chewing the rag" The
reporter said nothing, but listened.
''DO you hnow," said one. that the New
York Times has been sent to every delegate
thus far chosen to the national conventioni
It's fact"
How did they get the names'" was
asked
Furnished By the Democratic State GEN.
trail committee of course. Nice business
for those fellows TO be in. cutting Gray's
throat for Cleveland, stuffing the delegates
with Cleveland literature. That's choice
paper to send TO Indiana Democrats. The
Times opposed Flower for Governor"
The New York World" said another
talker. takes the ground that neither Hill
nor Cleveland can carry New York, and
that the candidate of the Democratic party
must be a man who can carry the old
Quadrilatersl of States. New York, New
Jersey. Connecticut and Indiana"
THE New York Herald" said another
"sizes mp the situation when it says that
the candidate, like young LochInvar. must
come from the West. This opinion has
been greatly strengthened by the defeat in
Rhode Island. That sounds the death
knell of Mr.. Cleveland as presidential
success"
1t seemed to be the opinion of the entire
group that Isaac Z. Gray was the young
Lochinvar. aud that as he gaIloped over
Canobie lea he could carry New York. New
H.. lid 1yht
n feather.
The conversation then turned on State
politics. Claude Matthews was thought
of as a candidate for Governor" remarked a
war horse. long before Shanklin started
his boom. His announcement has carried
some CONSERVATION TO the other occupants
of the State house who desire renomina-
tion on the State ticket. Green Smith is feel
ing particularly bad to think the combina-
ton has been broken. and that Myers will
be a candinate for Secretary of State. He
fears that somebody will make a break tor
the nomination for Attorney general, and he
knows more about how people feel on the
tax law than he did ut one time"
"How about ShanklinW asked one of the
group.
Mr.. Shanklin is q great molder ofpub-
lie opinion and his first success since the
opening of this canvass has been to give
Evansville to the Republican party. Mr..
SbanklIn has been taking the same view of
his candidacy for the g0vernOrshIp that he
has of Cleyeland's strength in Indiana,
that 30 per cent. of the people are for him.
Still. as say, the result in his immediate
DeIghbOrhOod Is not entirely encouraging"
DO you know" said another, 'of the Sc
cret council that meets at the Bates HOusef
It's composed of Morss. Ed Hawkins. John
FrenZel, John Kern. Pete Perneau. John
Remarkable Wilson and Tom Taggart.
These gentlemen are laying plans for dele
gates to the State convention. They have
agents out pushing Morss as delegate at
largo and whooping things mp for Cleve-
land. It's little sad TO see some of these
great men descending to peanut politics"
Its q good deal sadder." quOth another,
of the Sentinel in its advocacy of Cleve-
land. The paper and every body about it
has gone crazy on the Stuffed Prophet. 1t
is getting everlastingly scoOped In news.
but it doesn't appear to care for that"
John kerD." remarked a CITIZEN who
thus far had remained quiet, was the
most remarkable chairman 1 ever saw in a
Democratic convention. His treatment OF
Judge Jordan was OutrageOusiy unfair. .un-
fair to the verge of indecency. i remem-
Der that during the Bynum fight Kern led
the bolt that resulted IN Leon Bailey's
nomination for Congress He's an elegant
person to lecture Democrats and demand
that they stand by the ticket John Kern
gave a promise to appoint a committee on
resolutions that would report no resOlu-
TONS Some of us believed he meant what
he said. We afterwards learned that an
agreement had been arrived ut by which
the president of the convention was to do
the ly ing and the other fellows the labor"
THE big fight now" SAID q young man
who had inst Joined the group. lis to down
Gen. George w. koOntZ the ne-armed SOL
der, who is candidate for delegate. lie
lives in the Sixth ward. which has more
statesmen in IL than any ward IN town, and
they have il in to down him."