Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-21

Voorhees,, and to have asked him why he
had advised Gray to get out of the way.
The Senator is'quoted as saying: 81 have
no longer any doubt about C1eveland's NOM
ination, and l would be very poor friend
Of Governor Gray if I did not tell him the
truth about the situation here. We can
make him Vice President More than that
we cannot do"
Indiana Joins the Cleveland Column,
The fight between the Cleveland and
GRAY factions in Indiana is over Three
months ago the party organ of the State,
the Indianapolis Sentinel, after having sup
ported Grayis candidacy for over a year,
came ont boldly for the ex-President and
proclaimed, Indiana will stand up and be
counted for Grover Cleveland at Chicago"
Within "a hours Gray's lieutenants from
every county in the State were in consulta-
tion with their chief at indianapolis. 1t
was decided to oppose the Cleveland move
ment, and from that day the politicians of
The State have been divided into two hos
tile factions.
A drawn battle was fought at Indian
spolis April 2, when the State Convention
selected divided delegation to the Ma
tiOnal Convention. The two factions of the
delegations met for the first time Satur-
day afternoon when the Gray wing, led by
Senator VOORHEES,, captured everything in
sight from the craftsmanship of the delega-
tion to the committeeman. The Cleveland
faction, led by S. E. Morss, editor of the
Sentinel did nothing more than resolve to
stay here all summer if necessary to nomi-
nate Cleveland. Up to 4 o'clock this after
noon the members of the two factions did
rot speak as they passed. The Cleveland
men were especially bitter against the Gray
men for having appropriated to themselves
all the committees. AT O'Clock both fac
tions held separate caucuseS.
Grxy's Forces Demoraltzed.
The Cleveland men were reinforced by C.
r. Pollard and J. E. Cass, of the Tenth dis
trict For the first time these two dele
gates entered the Cleveland caucus, both
promising to stand by Cleveland as long as
his name was before the Convention.
At the Gray caucus the delegates were
demoralized An informal talk showed
that every delegate conceded Cleveland's
nomination In order to place the State in
q creditable position before the country it
was decided not to present Governor Gray's
name but to join the Cleveland faction and
vote as unit for the Ex-President The
Cleveland faction, having secured half of
delegation, gave the antis to understand
that it was a matter of indifference TO them
whether they came over or not
When the two factions had been seated in
secret session az the Palmer House this
afternoon not a word was uttered until
John f Lamb announced that Governor
Gray's name would not be presented, and
then moved that the delegation vote as a
unit on The first and subsequent ballots
Editor Morss for the Cleveland side de-
manded a call of the delegation, so that
each delegate be placed in black and white.
Every delegate voted for Cleveland James
Murdock, another anti-Cleveland man, pro-
posed that Senator voorhees, should second
the nomination of Cleveland. Senator
Voorhees,, at the request of the delegation,
accepted.
Voorhees, to Second the Nomination.
W. E. English, who had been originally Sc
lected by the Cleveland men to perform
this duty, viii follow Senator Voorhees, so
that no other factions will nominate Cleve- i
lands nomination. Gray's name was not
mentioned at the meeting. When the news
of the reunion of the two factions reached
the Victoria Hotel where the State Com
mittee and the Indiana clubs are quartered
there was great rejoicing. THE action of the
delegation was received with general ap-
proval
On the result of the action of the Indiana
delegation Editor Morss said: 'For months |
we have maintained that so per cent of the
Democrats favored the nomination of Cleve- |
land, and the action of the delegation to-
day confirms our claims. 1 have no doubt |
that the anti-Cleveland delegates were in |
tuenced by the food of kilograms received |
by them to-day from all parts of the State
urging them TO stand up for Cleveland
The arrival of visiting clubs from other
parts Of the State and thousands of other
Democrats OF Indiana who are in the city
clan for n
ination, was only an additional evidence, if !
any was needed, that Cleveland and nobody
else was the choice of the Democracy of |
the State for President