The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-21
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sHANKLIN IN OPEN REVOLT.

There was no room for any body but Dem
ocrats In the Grand Hotel last night. and
such bowling. boisterous mass of human-
ity as it was will not soon be seen again.
Unlike the preceding evening. the guber-
Material race last night wns the subject of
most absorbing interest. Tuesday. and on
mp until late that night, It was neck-and-
neck race between Shanklin and Mat
thews. but yesterday the former began to
lose strength perceptibly, anu last night
the Matthews people were correspondingly
jubilant. There was no concealing the fact
that Mr.. Matthews had little the best
of 1t.
During the evening Mason ]. Niblack was
seen. He said that IL tie present fight was
kept up between Shankiin and Matthews.
and should continue through two ballots
without nominating either candidate.
he thought the strength of the convention
would then be throws TO him. Mr.. Niblack
did sot feel like giving any figures on the
vote he expects to receive on the first
ballot.
Friends of Sbanklin. who were seen by a
Journal reporter. conceded that it was
hardly q possibility that he would be
nominated on the trst ballot and said they
counted upon between 400 and 900 votes.
IL will require 652 votes to elect. Mr..
Shanklin's side of the question could best
be sized up" by saying that his friends
Farmer Matthews was clearly confident
at IL o'clock that hc would win, and that
the first ballot would see him nominated.
He and his friends put bis vote on the nrst
ballot at seven hundred.
1t was no doubt o realization of the fact
that his strength was falling oil that drove
John Gilbert Shanklin to create another
sensation on the same line rs the bombshell
that he tossed into the Gray camp on the
occasion Of his memorable Shields Club
speech. Mr.. SbanklIn wes also no doubt
actuated by CONSUMING desire TO more
firmly cement together his Cleveland fol
lowing.
sHANKLIN TALKS TO THE CROWD.
The Cleveland Club. headed by band.
marched to the Grand Hotel last night
about 10 O'Clock. and formed in q crowd on
Maryland street All were wearing either
Cleveland or Shanklin badges. Cries for
Shanklin were finally successful In bring
ing the McDougal clansman from the
heather of southern Indiana to the bal
cony. which he had to reach through the
apartment of Matthew'S his PRINCIPAL COM
petitor. He was greetedswith cheers. and,
thus encouraged. made q remarkable
speech in something of o defiant air:
low-eountry men," he said, II can
hardly express the qualification | feel at
being honored by this call. do not take
1t to myself altogether. for You know that
In recent utterance l said that 80 per
cent. of the party in Indiana Is in favor of
Grover Cleveland great cheersl for Presi-
dent of the United States l stand here
upon the eve of the convention before
which my name is to be presented for
Governor and reiterate the statement.
lCheers. If my defeat is the price must
pay for this expression, wish TO say that
court the sacrifice. 1t is a matter of small
moment. where the gentlemen who are my
| opponents are mon of so much capacity
and honor, which of us is selected as the
standard-bearer. but it is of vital conse-
| quence. of everlasting Importance that
| Cleveland he nominated for President
at Chicago. ICheers.l We have all
heard of conference of gentlemen
to devise q compromise as to the claims of
| the friends of Cleveland and the friends of
spect to the gentlemen, all of whom are
personal and political friends OF mine,
they do not all believe. perhaps. that am
| the best one to lead on the state ticket.
though the Lord may. perhaps, show them
better in o dream t0-night-the plan was
not needed. There is no factional spirit In
the Democratic party OF Indiana. When
80 per cent. of the party is behind one
left to make faction out of. No Demo
| crat wishes to humiiiate or reflect upon our
| gallant leader. Hon. Isaac Pusey Gray
there is no man In this vast audience or in
e' s ssa'' asay WHOM Sosa ysr i" Of Ssss
would make him President. We would
| sound it with q loud hurrah. Bat
what sense is there in trying
to hide or misrepresent the real sentiment
of the partyf 1 say. the Democracy of lndi
| ana Is not for him., hat for Grover Cleve-
| land. Cheers and cries of 'Hurrah for Gro
| ver." met by cries of 'Hurrah for GraY."l
Let me be understood as respecting the
| opinion of every Democrat There may
| come mp some conditions which might be
moro favorable to Governor Gray.
THE CONFERENCE JUMPED UPON.
81 have never been charged with attempt
| ing the role of boss. Down in Indiana,
| on the banks of the classic Ohio, where
| make my home. and where everybody
knows me. l don't believe any one will &C.
cuse me of trying to be a boss. have q
reputation. on the contrary, Of being
rather modest in my socIal and political
| relations But has il ever occurred to our
| friends in that conference for com pact and
compromise. those self-a appointed guardians
who promulgated as essence of, we'll, won't t
characterIze-did il ever occur to them
| thas perhaps they might he LAYING them
selves liable to the faintest shadow of a
| suspicion Of a charge of bossIsmf Why.
| they have themselves actually selected
| four delegates who shall represent the par
| ty at large. Now if tho whole of the par
| ty's interests and the expression of the
| party sentiment ID To be committed to O
half dozen of our party leaders no matter
| how much is involved, why shall the con-
vention assemble at all7 believe that to-
| morrow. hen the Democratic hosts are IN
convention assembled, they should be al
lowed 30 express their true sentiment and
| Judgment. They should be given the op-
portunity frankly and candidly TO express
their real attitude toward Cleveland. lie
| is the man who gave US the issue which
| should lead us to victory. He it was
| who found our banner trailing in the dust
| and raised it's proud folds aloft. he il was
| that took our ship, storm beaten and rud-
| derless, and set It safely upon it's course
He it is who stands for the great principles
| of Jefferson. equal rights To all anS class
| privileges to none. 1t is to this feast of
| great principles that yOu are now invited
and the head of the table is where the Me-
| Dougal sits. / wish again to say that if
the sentiment Of the convention is opposed
to instrueting our delegates for Cleveland,
| let us have no instructions. If the senti-
| ment Is for instructions for Gray. then let
us have instructions for him. lCries of mo,
| nO."l If there shall be instruc-
tions. the sentiment should be brayely
expressed. But am sure the sentiment is
| for Cleveland. When the name of Cleve-
| land Is received with so loud acclaim, IL is
evidence to me that the party will not be
satisfied with any other candidate. / un-
| dertake to say shat not since LiDcoin's sec
! oDd nomination has there been such pop
ular demand for the nomination of any one
| man as there Is for Grover Cleveland
! There was only feeble applause at this. /