The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-06-24
Split of "a Howling Mob I'm the Sew.
enth Results in FrenxeI and
Cooper as Contestants.
A 16-T0-1 FREE-SILVER PLANK
Mn. GALLAGHER WILL PRESENT
MINORITY REPORT FOR GOLD.
Rows i'm Several Districts-shfvely
Will Be Nominated for Governor
Matthews Plays a Great Game.

The Democratic State convention. which
will be called 10 order at 10 o'clock this
morning in Tomlinson Hall. promises to be
one of the most turbulent, as well az one
of the most memorable gatherings. the
party has held in this State for "A number
of years. The attendance while not up to
that of the recent Republican convention,
is unusually large. The Grand Hotel was
packed and jamined yesterday. and more
are expected in to-day. The developments
of yesterday in the fight on the currency
question were Kaleidoscope. When Gov
ernor Matthew's in the morning succeeded
III gtufugttEe State committee to arrange
|. .lli&ttersl so, that the credentials committee
could get d whack at the Marion county
contest as early as o'clock in the after
noon. Ii looked as If the sound money men
of indianapolis had been completely
Knocked out. However, the matter of ,imc
came TO the rescue of the Ii Indianapolis lead
ers, and they were saved by the fact thai
the credentials committee could not wade
through the mass of evidence until many
hours after the time for the district caucus
at 1880. The caucus was therefore held
with only the credentials issued by the
county committee recognized.
The gold men thus put through their
State. putting Frenzel on the delegation
and Bynum on the committee on resolu-
tions. The silver contingent promptly
bolted, as IS its wont. and named Cooper
for delegate and Bailey for committee on
resolutions. The temper OF the convention
was shown when Bynlm was frozen out OF
the resolutions committee and Pickens, the
choice of the sound-money men OF the
Seventh, was likewise forced out of the
committee on organization. 1t was further
displayed when the committee on creden-
tials finished it's work at midnight by un-
seating most OF the sound money delegates
from Marion county
The sound-money men guined a distinct
victory In the Tenth district. where they
assumed full control. elected two sound
money delegates to Chicago and put a
sound-money man on the resolutions COM
nittee. This assures minority report on
the platform and hearing of the sound
money case before the convention.
But spirit developed among the silver
contingent last night that is likely to de-
velop very ugly situation in the conven-
tion to-day. They were disappointed i'm
their inability TO control the Seventh dis
trict they were SURPRISED at their ignomin-
ious defeat in the Tenth and they were
dumfounded when the gold men succeed
ed i'm capturing, under their very noses.
enough r en- on the organization committee
to turn aown their favorites Shively and
Shanklin, whom they had fixed upon as
delegates at large, together with two SEN
ators. This committee will recommend that
the delegates at large be Senators Voor-
hees and Turpie. Major G. " Menzies of
Mt. Vernon. and Judge James McCabe. of
Logansport. member of the Supreme Court.
This will precipitate the bitterest kind of
a fight, and places Matthews in a very
embarrassing position. for Menzies and
McCabe are great friends OF his, and he
cannot raise a hand against them.
All these things developed a very bitter
spirit among the silver people last night.
and IL is entirely probable that to-day they
will take the bit In their teeth and try to
cast out not only Frenzel from the Seventh
district. but also the two sound-money dele
gates from the Tenth, on the ground that
they are not in harmony with the platform
adopted by the convention. They hold that
the selection OF delegates by the district
meetings is not legal until confirmed by the
convention, and on this ground they will
stand and refuse to confirm the selections
OF the Tenth. After midnight this morning
the spirit of no compromise grew so rife
that there was a disposition on the par.
of the silver men TO concentrate their
fcrces on ticket. and If this is done this
morning the lcket VIII ItdQ dS IOilOWS.
For Governor--B f. Shively, South Bend.
Secretary of States. M. Ralston. Leb-
anon.
Treasurer-AlIen W. Clark, Greenshurg
Auditor-Jerome Herff. Peru.
Attorney-general-J. G. McNutt, Terre
Haute.
Shively will. under any circumstances. be
nominated by acclamation. His only pos
sible opponent has been ]. G.. Shanklin Of
Evansville. and the latter upon his arrival
yesterday announced that he would not
permit his name TO come before the con-
yention.