The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-06-25
D. B. HILL CHOSEN DELEGATE
ALSO sME-TOOv MURPHY. "BAR'L'A
FLOWER AND F. r.. COUDERT.
.siIver Dick" Bland Indorsed for the
Presidential Nomination by White
Metal Democrats of Texas.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBUS, o.. June 24.-The silverites
were so heavily in the majority in to-day's
State Democratic convention they had lit
tie trouble in ramming their medicine down
the throats of the gold bugs" The con-
vention adopted free-silver platform. and
bound the delegates to Chicago to vote az
a unit. thus forcing the sound-money men
to unwllingly support a free-silver ma
tional plank and a white-metal candidate
for the presidency. A few of the boldest
of the gold bugs" objected to swallowing
the silver pill. but they were silenced by a
vote of 542 to LIS The following delegates
at large to the Chicago convention, presi-
Dental electors and State ticket were nom-
mated:
Delegates at Large-ALLEN w. THUR
MAN. of Columbus: z. B. FINLEY, Of Bu-
cyrus; l.. e. HOLDEN and JOHN f.
Of Cinclnnati T. 3. POWELL. of colum-
bus.
For Secretary. Of state-CHILTON A..
Judge Of the supreme Court-E. ].
BLANDIN, of Cleveland.
Food and Dairy Commissioner-PAT-
RICK MKEOWN. OF Cincinnati.
Member Board of Public Works-WILL-
LAM BEAUMONT, of Newark.
BOOM FOR JOHN r. M'LEAN.
The meeting was primarily silver con-
vention. and secondly. the building of a
boom for John r. Mclean for the presiden-
tial nomination at Chicago. OF the 673 del
egates 5i2 voted for free silver and 61S for
Mclean. Three men were mentioned by
the delegates as Ohio's favorite for the
Chicago nomination--McLean. Campbell
and Bookwalter. Ex-Governor Campbell
had been a favorite until the silver tidal
wave struck the State, but he was consid-
cred too conservative on the silver ques-
ton. When Ex-Governor Campbell and his
friends arrived here and found the silver
sentiment drifting for Mclean and Book
walter they supported the former defeat
ing Bookwalter for delegate and thus end
ing the Bookwalter boom for President and
leaving the field, so far as Ohio Is con-
cerned, to Mclean. with the unit rule an
nexed. There were at first two opposin,,
movements, one to instruct for Campbell
and the other TO instruct for Bookwalter.
The Mclean men worked hard to prevent
instructions for any one, and their next
movement was to keep rival delegates from
being selected as delegates. They had
their way in the preliminary work of the
district and, committee meetings yesterday
and to-day in the convention. They named
all the delegates and State candidates and
dictated the platform. Tonight the Nc
Lean boom for President is no longer under
cover. 1t is currently reported that Sem
ator Blackburn, of Kentucky and others
outside of the State are in the Mclean
movement.
John r. Mclean. one of the big FOUR
Is proprietor of the Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
and has been advocating free silver for
years In his paper. L.E. Holden is proprietor
of the Morning Plain-Dealer and The Even
ing Post &C Cleveland and has also been an
ardent advocate Of free silver Gen F. n
Finley, while in Congress- was as ardent a
SILVER man as Gen. A. J. Warner, who pre-
sided over the convention. The champion
or free silver in the State in recent wears
has been Allen w. Thurman, who kept up
a silver organization in Ohio when that ele-
ment was In the minority at Democratic
conventions. He is a son of the late Allen
president Cleveland in 1885, and was FOR
twelve years Senator from Ohio The
fathers of Thurman and Mclean were hit
ter political enemies during their lives and
the sons never got together until the pres
ent silver campaign. Chiffon A White who
heads the ticket for Secretary of State
served In Congress during Lincolns admin
istratfon and was a close political friend
or Clement L. Vallandgham. He has moi
participated in politics since the civil war
I'll recently when he took an active part in
advocating free silver. The keynote of the
convention was silver. On that issue ali
the nominations were based. Neither the
temporary nor the permanent chairman
nor many others referred 10 ANYTHING else
in their speeches. and the platform covers
only that one issue
Proceedings Of the Convention.
1T was after 10 o'clock when the con-
yention was callad m frdar ~, ~. -.