Evening journal., 1892-06-24

expected to do should the nomination OF
Gray for vice president be made. It was
reported through the hall that Mr. Cieve-
lands friends were working for Stevenson,
and the New York delegation said they
would down Gray, as was done at st. Louis
four years ago.
The Band Played "Annie Laurie"
At 2&0Indiana clubs marched into the
hall shouting, "Gray, Gray, Isaac p. Cray
in unison. The Gray shouters marched
through the aisles and then out Of the hall
And the band played "Annie Laurie as
they disappeared. It was nearly o'clock
before Chairman Wilson called the conven-
ton TO order. Immediately after the prayer
the chairman announced that the next order
Of business was the naming Of candidates
for the nomination for vice president
Governor Porter, Of Tennessee, offered a
resolution to limit nominating speeches to
five minutes and seconding speeches 10 two
minutes each. The resolution was greeted
with applause and adopted. The call of
states was then begun Arkansas nomi-
mated Gray Of Indiana, without comment
The name was greeted with applause. Col
orado gave her place TO Indiana, and Lambe
took the platform to nominate Hon. Isaac
p. Gray, he said;
Aalnne Names tray
When I was selected as a delegate TO this
convention I hoped 10 have the honor as well
as the pleasure of casting my vote for an
honored son OF Indiana for the presidency of
the United States, but when arrived ! found
that the majority had already decided for an
other TO lead its hosts i'm the coming campaign.
We bowed our heads to their judgment and
united with the Cleveland Democracy. ZAP
plausel Yesterday Grover Cleveland was the
choice of the Democratic party, Today he is
the unanimous nominee, and the question
which this convention has 10 decide is who
shalllt be that will have the honor TO hold un
the hands Of the candidate who carries the ban.
ner of this campaigni Where shall he come
froms Voices indiana" and cheersl
come from the state which is the center of the
political battlefield of the great west-the state
which has given to the history Of American
politics the immortal name Of Thomas A. Hen.
bricks ICheers
The speaker said that whenever the Dem.
ocracy had listened to Indiana's advice
whether in 1876, when the fruits Of victory
We're stolen, or in 1854, it had found victory
On behalf of the united delegation he asked
the convention to make fifteen electoral
votes certain by putting on the ticket a
Democrat who had never lost a battle
Isaac p Gray. prolonged cheering.l Hs
had carried Indiana by 10000 more vote,
than Cleveland and Hendricks. The tongue
Of slander had never pierced his armor.
Worthington dominates Stevenson.
Colorado gave way TO Illinois, and Mr.
Worthington took the platform TO nominat,
A. z. Stevenson. He paused for a passin.
railroad train, and then began a competi
tion with the. rain that beat on the roof
He said. a
Illinois has presented no presidential candi
date to this convention. IL has within its bord
ers more than one favorte son whom II ,voull
have delighted to honor But here in this grea
city Of Chicago the Democracy, catching tn
vibration of the groundswen that came from
the south TO the east and the west put asid
its favorite son and for the time parted with it
state pride, echoing back 20 Texas. Connection
and California the name Of Grover Cleveland
Applause. But for the vice presidency it be
candidate so fully equipped by nature am
education tAatit feels il would be a politica
fault TO tail TO urge his nomination.
Mr. Worthington said that he stood here {
name as candidate a man known by ever
woman and child and votGrwho ever licke
a postage stamps big, big hearted, bi
Drained man, who had been the beau idea
Of an honest efficient, public oliiceholdei
The Democrats Of the west had been edr
eating the people, pnd Boies, Boyd, Palme
s'd Peck were tho evidences Of it. ln cor
ciusion he presented a candidate ''who doe
not have to get a certificate from a labo
organization to prove he Is a friend OF labo
lion. Adlai E. Stevenson, of Illinois"
No second Place for Boies.
r. J. Vance. Of Connecticut, seconded tn
nomiuaiion Of Isaac p. Gray When low
was called the chairman OF the delegation
said; Iowa has no candidate 20 present
There '@re cries for Boies al over the nsll l.l