The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-15

the ticket. James d. Williams. "Blue
Jeans having been nominated. The ticket
was elected, he receiving much larger
plurality than the head of the ticket
When Governor Williams died he sue
Seeded TO- the soyern mo- ana served e unyi
term. which was only a few months away
Franklin Landers defeated him for the
nomination for Governor In 1880, and he was
again induced to take the seconu honor on
the ticket. which this time was not success
ful. Albert @. Porter being elected His am
billion to be Governor by direct election was
gratifed in 1884, when he was nominated
against William II. Calxins and participated
in joint debate. in which he came off more
than conqueror. Calkins made only two
speeches against him. The entire Repub-
lican State ticket was defeated at the same
time.
In 1855 he was a pronounced candidate for
the Democratic nomination for Vice Presi-
dent at the St. Louis convention, but was
orally believed, to the opposition of the
party leaders from his own State. During
the Republican administration of four years
Governor Gray practiced law in this city,
but kept his hand on the party pulse. He
helped Claude Matthews gain the nominal
ton for Secretary OF State in $780, and par
ticipated In the campaign OF that year, max
Ing a large number OF speeches. He was the
leader again in 1892, when Matthews was
nominated for Governor. He was some
what dispeased with the Cleveland regime
and opposed the Shanklin 90-per-centers,
who wanted a Cleveland boom started in In
diana. Gray was himself a candidate for
the nomination for President before the Chi
cago convention in 1892. but the Indiana dele
cation was divided against him. and 1t was
concluded to be wise by his friends not to
present his name. He accepted the result Of
the convention with his accustomed party
zeal. and lent his full strength to the can
vass. His party's leaders held Gray AS only
second to Voorhees, as n campaign speaker.
though he by no means had the oratorical
graces of the Wabash leader.
When tho election and Inauguration of
President Cleveland followed, Gray
was slated for frst-class .ap.
him to foreeo his desns for had
Cabinet appointment and used his infiu-
snce for. a mission of the first grade where
the social duties would not eat up the
entire salary. The Mexican mission was
therefore selected for him and was kept
1bat ecr vas ms sa appointment was me lirst
showing the appreciation the President had
or Gray''s compaign service. Much was said
Governor Gray made 70 the. Democratic
oily believed that this would lead to a
pains to set the public right.
His friends believed that 1t was best to
let the party politicians remain In ignore
arce as to whether he wanted anything or
rot u was the Indiana leaders, fate TO
incur the hostility of Senator Joseph f.
nomination for United States Senator in
1 1. when Henlaniin Harrison was elected.
Mcdonald 70 the last and was the anmus
~ McDonaId's bitter opposition to Gray at
81. Louis. Mcdonald had likened him to a
political Oliver Twist
Governor GRAY came of Quaker stock and
MS father. II IS said. served in the Penn
rv1varlia Legislature. His taste for politics
therefore was natural to him. He was
much OF partisan and AS presiding OF
ficer of the Indiana Senate he used meth
DDS TO compel the minority to permit the
adoption of the amendments which
Favored strongly of the vigor of Oliver p.
Morton or Thomas b. Reed. He is said to
have locked the Democratic Senators who
wanted To break quorum. inside the Sem
ptc chamber and thus compelled them either
TO vote or to permit the measures to be
adopted by counting them present and not
voting. He had wav of ACCOMPLISHING
his purposes. He was Governor during the
stormy par'od when Turpie was first elected
United States Senator. defeating Renja,nin
Harrison. and stood in line with the other
party leaders. His DonUlaritv NAV be real
i7cd from the fact that he ran ahead of his
ticket as rule. When elected Governor
nc received 1902 plnraljtv, while Grover
Cleveland received so plurality. The rlur-
olity against hir, when he was second on
The ticket with FRANKLIN Larders was over
cn0c less than Landers During his tern, as
Governor his son Pierre was his private
secretary.