The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-07-06
THE MATTHEW'S BOOM.


IOt-Arriyal of the "Push."
Special to the indianapolis Journal
CHICAGO. July 5.-The Matthews people
now know about where they are at" and
thCrgh they decline to give out any figures
they expect TO command about seventy
five votes the first ballot. coming from
Indiana. Alabama, Georgia, Florida and
Mississippi. Both the Bland and Boies
boomers regard these Gulf States as de-
batable ground and are going after them
hard, but the Indiana men have assurances
that they will get the bulk of the vote in
the States named. While the Hoosiers
were hard at work to-day presenting the
claims of their man to various delegations
they did it not in the expectation of gain
ing much if any first ballot strength, but
with a view of having him borne in mind
as the voting progresses. Their hope of
nominating Matthews lies in the belief that
the convention will not nominate a ''radi-
cap' silver man, and thus give the gold
men an opportunity of naming another
ticket and claiming that the regular nomi-
nee is more of populist than Demo-
crat.
]. Q. Henderson. ex-Auditor of State ex-
pressed the view taken by the Matthews
managers to-day when he said TO the Jour-
this currency fight are very fierce and de-
termined. they are not the delegates by a
good deal. Amone the delegates are a
very large number of men, some identified
with the silver and some with the gold
side of the fight who believe that the his
toric Democratic party is greater than any
single passing issue, and they are going to
cast their votes with view to preserv-
ing the integrity or the greatest political
organization the world has ever known
AS the fight progresses they will see the
folly of nominating any man whose per-
sopality or record will give the other wing
an excuse for repudiating the ticket / do
not mean that Matthews stands for COM
promise on the money question:; he is flat
ly for silver, but 1 mean that his record
as Democrat is unassailable and his
nomination would give the goldites no fur
ther excuse for a bolt than that they do
not want silver. / believe that this fact
is going TO be the most telling point in his
favor and that the longer the convention
lasts the brighter will be his chances for
the nomination"
While this view of the conservatives
controls the policy of the Matthews boom.
the radical element in the delegation be-
lieves il is mistake, and yearns to get
out and howl wildly against gold bugs and
things. and make its argument for Mat
thews on the ground that he is from a
pivotal State, that il would be a mistake
to nominate a. Southerner like Bland. or a
man from sure Republican State, like
Boies.
The Matthews Club. known at home as
.the push.'' arrived from Indianapolis at
o'clock tonight and was the first of
the shouting contingepts on the ground
1t contains about 3co men. part of whom
were uniformed with linen busters and
white tourist hats, headed by the Indian
apolis City Band and a colored quartet
managed by Manuel Collins. once very
celebrated character in certain circles al
home. The host was marshaled by Thomas
Colbert. superintendent Of police who has
been in Chicago some days as a Matthews
boomer. and at the head os the procession
marched John Holtzman, one of the mos,
| confirmed gold bugs in indianapolis. side
by side with the justly celebrated custo.
dian of the Statehouse Tim" Griffin
| The club tumbled out Of the cars at the
| Twelfth-street station. and then marched
| to the Victoria, where some of the mem.
bers have quarters. and then marched e