The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-08-22


addressed ourselves to the reformation
Of the Mckinley bill. For eight or nine
months we have had the opposition Of
every member of the republican party.
Many Of the chief and distinguished
members I see here today. and | have
been amused as I watched their faces
during Governor Matthew's speech and
the reading Of our platform, and By
ron's lines came into my mind. be
tWiXt a smile and tear. and the tear
was uppermost. / thank you for the
honor conferred and promise you to
make the best campaign in my power,
because 1 believe we are eternally
right. and the right must prevail"
Tanning by AccIamntiOn.
There was but one candidate for au-
dltor and as he had the Endorsement of
Marion county as the only candidate
from the capital and was one of the
most popular men in the convention, no
other name was presented to oppose his
unanimous nomination. Joseph T. Fan
ming was placed in nomination by the
Hon. John Kern and another delegate
from the Seventh moved that IL be made
unanimous. It was enthusiastically car
ried. In accepting Mr.. Tanning said:
Il thank the convention for this high
honor and wish to assure it that I fully
appreciate the trust that has been re
posed in me. l believe that the ticket
nominated today will be elected and I
assure you that / shall do my part to
assist I'm the accomplishment of that
end When elected l promise to admin
lister the duties of the Office for the good
Of all"
Senator Bell moved at this juncture
that the historic and victorious rooster
be continued as the emblem of the
party in the coming campaign, which
was carried amid cheers.
Surprises in store.
There were some surprises in store for
the convention when nominations were
called 6or. It had been expected that
there would be number Of dark horses
sprung for some Of the offices. but it had
not been anticipated that none Of the
names Of those who had been avOwed
candidates would be presented. This
was what was done in the race for the
nomination Of treasurer. The name Of
John 5. Cohen was presented against his
will. but was withdrawn before the bal
loting was done. The other names pre-
scented were those of the Hon. Frank A.
Null Of Rush country and the Hon.
Morgan Chandler of Hancock county.
The balloting started with all the three
candidates showing strength In their
own districts the candidates generally
carried counties solid with the exception
of the Eighth, where. it was partially
understood that MI. Cohen did not wish
10 be understood as a candidate. The
vote was therefore divided here, as well
as throughout the districts not repre-
scented 10y candidates. Chandler. how
ever, showed the most strength and
gained steadily as the roll-call continue.
Marion county gave him lo2 of her 1873
votes IL was shortly after THIS vote that
John W Kern of Marion county sta q
that ne was au ,horized To withdraw the
name Of MIR. Cohen. The Withdrawal Of
Mr. Null followed and the nomination Of
Mr. Chandler was made unanimous by
acclaim tlor.
Mr.. Chandler is a typical farmer. He
is man Of about sixty years Of age, but
he jumped over the reporters table upon
the stare with the sqrightlness of
school boy. He wears an iron-gray chin
beard without a mustache and has
cleau-cut couutenance that commands re-
spact Re said he had not been a can
didate for the nomination and therefore
felt the more grateful for the honor.
He declared that he would be elected
along with tire fJll democratic ticket.
Grihith for Attorney-s;cpcraI
Francis NJ Griffith Of Switzerland
county was the only candidate for at
torney-general and his nomination was
made by aCclamati1n The friends Of
Thomas J. Study of Richmond had hoped
that he would enter the race. but he pre-
fsrred To- allow the nomination TO 60 to
tn. southern Indiana man and refused
10 let his name be used.
4 Close Contest.
The contest for clerk Of the supreme
court was close. There were two candi-
dates-C. ". Weln5n of Sullivan coun-
ty and Elwood Avery Of Clinton county.
Here the voting was close and 1t was
impossible to tell until the figures were
given by the secretaries which had been
nominated The result of the Vote was
as follows: Welman, 1919; Avery
729ia.
Mr.. WeIuan responded to the demands
for a speech in a few words of thanks.
He said that ne considered it a great
honor to be placed upon the ticket To
represent the party which has made such
a record as has the democratic party.
G. W. Thomas the Man.
Charles w Thomas of Harrison couu-
ty and J. II. Gardner of Cas- county
were the only persons placed before the
convention. The voting among county
delegations previous TO announcing their
votes in this contest was spirited. Mr..
Thomas held off from announcing his
candidacy until both Mr. Vori7s the pres
ent superintendeut and MS d putty, Mr..
accept the nomination. Then he came
out and secured the support of many
counties. MIR. Gardner was a later can
date and lacked the time 10 make any
thing like a canvass. He, however.
gave Mr. Thomas a hard contest and
was defeated by the close vote of 9Ol 20
SAC.
Mr.. Thomas, the nominee, was escorted
to the stage and made the customary
speech Of thanks He made good inn
presson by his intelligent and manly
aDpearance. Mr. Gardner followed Mr..
Thomas SAYING that he was as thankful
for his SAG votes as if he had received the
nomination. He moved that the nOmi
nation of Mr.. Thomas be made unani-
nous and the motion prevailed.
Four Candidates.
Four candidates were placed in nomi-
nation for state statistician. Bartholo-
NEW county presented the name Of J.
c. Laughlin, while Union wanted the
nomination 10 be made from her midst,
and presented the name of w. A. Hami-
ton. Alexander Fulton of Wabash and
+. G.. Thornton of Clay were also placed
in nomination.
The first ballot evinced a great
strength for Fulton in all parts of the
state 1t was confidently expected that
ne would be elected on the first ballot,
but the friends Of the other candidates
continued the fight
The ballot resulted as follows: Fulton,
SO; Hamilton, 3S1; Laughlin, 300; Thorn
ton. 247.
As soon as the vote was announced
and it had been found that Fulton
Of no NO IA