The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-02
CLEVELAND THEIR IDOL
SENTIMENT OF ATES TO DEM-
 OCRATTC COLD CONVENTION.

 Indianapolis Filling With Delegates
 Great Enthusiasm Prevails-Talk That
 Cleveland May be Nominated Bragg
 and Buckner Seem to Have the Call,
 However-A Determination Apparent to
 Have Harmonious Gathering-It is
 Hoped That the Ticket Will Carry Sew
 eral states-Convention Talk.
 Indianapolis, Sept. This city is rapidly filling with state delegations to the democratic gold and national honor convention. Their enthusiasm is unbounded.
 The Florida delegation evoked the first demonstration on the street. On the side of it's car was streamer run ming it's full length inscribed "Florida's Sound Money Democracy" At the head of the delegation following the President Cleveland with the words "Our Candidate for President" The members of the delegation said they enthusiastically favored Cleveland's nomination and he was at least half million votes stronger in the south than any other man that could be named.
 Following the Florida delegation came the Louisiana delegation headed by Senator Gallery. Its car carried a streamer similar to that of the Flor ida delegation. Senator Caffery, who ;esf fo 6e oo otoi etot ed that his delegation had not agreed to support any particular candidate, but was for the ticket which the con- vention might decide to be the strong est. ''No man conversant with the con- dition of affairs in the south said Senator Caffery, "can deny that there is a very pronounced feeling in favor of sound money and that the men who advocate that sentiment will vote their convictions. This is the case not only in Louisiana, but in other parts of the south
 "A great many old time democrats af- ter the Chicago convention renounced the ticket and the platform and declar- ed themselves for Mckinley as the less CT of the two evils While they did not agree with the republican candidate on the tariff question and other tenets of the faith they did approve of his f. nancial views. These men have gone so far that it is impossible to get them back even for the third ticket which we will here nominate. I look upon the election of MT. Bryan as an impossibi- lfty. For this campaign democrats will lay aside their old party ties and array themselves on the side of that candi- date who stands for the right and will repudiate the man who denies the prin- ciples that have been the guidance of democracy during it's long and honor able career. Bryan must be defeated and sound money must prevail in this country"
 The Massachusetts delegation, thirty five strong, accompanied by eleven del egates from Maine and eight from Yer mont, arrived at D. m. They marched from the depot with banners flying and a band playing, and were cheered. There were no conferences en route or agreements to support any particular candidate. The eastern men all said. Let the west and south settle it. All we ask is that good sound money dem- ocrats be nominated. We have no can- didates to present"
 Nearly all of the Kentucky delegates have arrived, but no meeting or con- ference has been held by them to settle Kentucky's claims to place on the ticket. Thomas H. Hines, one of the delegates, said he preferred to have Buckner on the ticket in second place. He would prefer Senator Villas for the cf ho io1- Ni1a dooyi1,pd he would be in favor of giving the place to General Bragg. Several Tennessee delegates came in with the Florida del- egation. One of them, Theodore Cool ey of Nashville, said:
 People down our way think Bragg and Buckner the logical candidates of the convention. There is, however, strong sentiment for Grover Cleveland. Without question he would add several hundred thousand votes to the ticket in the south that would otherwise go to Bryan. If the convention should fail to unite on another man I should not be surprised to see Cleveland named al- most unanimously"
 The New York delegation arrived here at 2.30 this afternoon and march, ed to the Bates. Each member of the delegation wore a badge bearing the inscription, "New York State Demo- cratic party Reform Organization, Syr- acuse, 1896." De Witt Warner stated that the delegates had no choice for first or second place on the ticket.
 The Pennsylvania delegation reached Indianapolis this afternoon. There were seventy men in the party Headquar ters for the delegates were estab blished at the Grand hotel.
 The Indiana delegation met this morning and elected four delegates at large. They are eex-Congressman Ford, ex-Judge Daniel Moves, ex-Judge John C. Robinson and Benjamin F. Kobbe, ex-member of the legislature. Cover nor Stockwell of Delaware was among to-day's arrivals. He said his state had no intention of presenting the name of Senator Gray to the conven- tion. We realize, he said, that this sound money movement requires a western man to lead it. The west is our battle-ground, and from that sec tion should come our leader"
 According to the sound money dele gates from Nebraska who arrived this morning the nomination of a strong ticket here will draw from 1S,0OO to 2O,- 900 votes from Bryan in his state, and assure the electoral vote for McKinley |