The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-06-29
LAMB PRESENTS GRAY.
An ADJ. Efror, in Behalf of Indiana. Fa-

An Able Effort In Behalf Of Indiana's Fa-
vorite.
When the clerk called Arkansas Mr.. Fordyoe
stated that Arkansas desired TO waive the right
TO nominate in favor of Indiana. The chair
man then introduced the Hon. John E. Lamb
Of Indiana. who said:
"When was elected as a delegate to this
convention from my district hoped to have
the honor as we'll as the pleasure of casting my
vote for an honored son of Indiana for the
presidency of the United States. lCheers. |
But when / arrived at this convention we
found that Ia majority had already decided that
another than an Indiana man should lead the
contest in the coming campaign. [Cheers. !
We bowed our heads to their judgment and
united with the Cleveland democracy. Great
applause.
yesterday Grover Cleveland was the choice
OF majority of the democratic party. Today
he is the unanimous nominee OF the democratic
party and the question which confronts this
convention Is who shall ii be that will have the
honor to hold I'D the hands and the arms Of
the candidate who carries the banner of the
democracy Of this campaign. Tremendous
cheering and cries of Gray, Gray Where
shall he come from? [Cries Of Indiana"
"Indiana."l New jersey, God bless her. is
always democratic; Connecticut is surely safe
and when dawn broke upon US this morning
after night Of struggle and Of toll the elo-
uuent tongue OF the distinguished gentleman
from New York, the Hon. Bourke Cochran,
[applausel whose name l love to honor, told
the convention that New York was rs rock
ribbed as Texas for any democrat that could be
nominated by this convention. Applause. /
That being true the thirty-six electoral votes
OF New York are solid for that prince OF
democrats, Grover Cleveland. lApplausel
Il come from a state which is the center OF
the political battlefield of the great West; a
state which has given to the history of Ameri-
can politics the immortal name of Thomas A.
Hendricks. Loud applause Whenever the
| democratic party has listened to It's advice,
whenever you have honored the state OF lndI'
ana with place upon your ticket, whether it
was in the great battle of 1876, the fruits of
which victory were stolen from us, or in the
grand battle of 1884 when you had Indiana on
your ticket you had democratic victory len-
! thusiastic cheersl, and now, in behalf of the
state which has never faltered, which has never
sulked, which has fought every inch of ground,
i desire upon behalf of the united delegation
from Indiana, TO ask this convention 20 max
fifteen votes in the eiectOral college certain by
placing upon your ticket the name oil that hon
ored leader who never lost "A battle-the Hon.
Isaac p. Gray. [Cheers long snd loud
"As to our candidate, he has been tried in
the balance and never found wanting. lap
plause.l In the great contest OF 1854 he carried
the state OF Indiana for governor by thou
sand more votes than Cleveland aud Hen.
bricks. What more can / say for him? The
tongue of SANDER has never been able 20 pierce
his democratic armor. For twenty years he
has fought the battles of democracy. He will
fight them again whether upon the ticket or
not. Applause.
But my friends, if there is certainty Of If
teen electoral votes for Grover Cleveland and
Isaac 2. Gray in the state OF Indiana, nomi-
nate that ticket and we will deliver the votes.
LGreRt applause.l