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Show any claims. The contest is very complicated, and no one can predict the result. f Fraud in Louisiana. Baton- Rouge, April 21. Leonard, for governor, carried East Baton Rouge parish by 313 majority, and the McEnery parish ticket was elected except one member of the legislature. It the sixth ward, when the voting was over, the Fo6terites sent in a proposition to the McEnery leaders, proposing to divide and count the negro vote in the ward evenly between the two. This was refused. When the count was finished, fin-ished, the Foster commissioners and clerK refused to sign the tally sheets and abandoned aban-doned at the polls. One of the Foster commissioners com-missioners at this poll was arrested today, and, with the other commissions s, required to show cause why they did not proceed w ith the count as required by law. No commissioner com-missioner or clerk was allowed the McEnery side in the parish. Gorman Will Retire. Baltimore, April 21. The evening ATM quotes a close friend of Senator Gorman as saying that Gorman had decided definitely to retire from the chairmanship of the national na-tional committee, as it reuuires too much of his time. Judge Maynard Whitewashed. Albany, N. Y., April 20. The assembly and senate adopted by a party vote the majority ma-jority report, indorsing Judge Mayuard's action in the contested election cases. All Favor Cleveland. Sauna, Kan., April 21. The democratic convention to choose delegates to the national na-tional convention met here today. All the delegates spoken to favor the nomination of Cleveland. An Extra Session Called. Albany, April 21. Governor Flower has called an extra session of the legislature to meet next Monday night. SPRIHG POLITICS, The Indiana Democrats Hold Their State Convention in the Midst of Howling- Harmony. John W. New, Consul General to England, Eng-land, Nominated for One of the Judg-ships. CLEVELAND AND GRAY Are the Names for Which the Hoosier Bourbons Yelled Themselves Black in the Face. KEYSTONE REPUBLICANS. A Kresh Secretary Causes an Unlimited Amount of Squabbling The Nominations Nom-inations Made Other Political .Notes. Indianapolis, Ind., April 21. The democratic demo-cratic state convention met here this morning morn-ing to nominate a state ticket and choose delegates to the national convention. Senator Turpie was made permanent chairman. On taking the chair he made a speech in which he declared the convention meant the condemnation and overthrow of all force bills, and federal returning boards; he noted how there were no recent, reports of southern outrages since the defeat of the force bill ; the convention also meant a reduction re-duction in the tariff rates in the interest of the workingmau as against the banditti of tariff trusts and combinations, that the farm-er farm-er should no longer give a part of his crop as a comoulsory tribute to the protected monopolist; the convention further meant retrenchment in public expenditures and the condemnation and political death of the advocates of extravagance. The speaker arraigned President Harrison as the "flesh and blood a embodiment, the completes! personification of the errors, falsehoods and fallacies of the republican re-publican party." At the conclusion of Turpies address the platform was read and unanimously unanimous-ly adopted. The greatest enthusiasm was caused by the resolution declaring for Cleveland, but endorsing Governor Gray as the choice of Indiaua should Cleveland's nomination become impossible. The adherents ad-herents of both tried to outdo each other in frantic cheers at the mention of their favorite's favor-ite's name. The plank in the platform commending the labor unions and deciaring the democratic demo-cratic party the friend of the laboring man was aiso received with cheers. The following follow-ing ticket was then nominated: Ju;!geofthe supreme court, Second district J. W.'Ne.v. Judge of the supreme court, Ttiird district James McCabe. Judtr-' 'i the supreme court, Fifth district T. . Howard. Judge of tie- Appellate Court, First district George Keinhardt. Judge of the Appellate Court, Second district : iiik E. Gavin. Judgeof the Appellate Court. Third district Theodore Pi Cavis. . . A Breezy Convention. IlAKRisntitG, Pa., The republican state convention yesterday made the following nominations: For Supreme Judge John Dean of Blair. For CoiigresMueu at Large Major McDowell and William Lilley. Judge Thomas Clayton of Delaware, Judge John Dean of Biaire, Judge John Henderson of Crawford, Sudge Harry White of Indiaua, Judge JohnEwiugof Alleghany, Judge Robert Rob-ert W. Archibald of Lackawanna, Judge Wilbur F. Sadler of Cumberland were presented pre-sented for the supreme j udgeship nomination. nomina-tion. After the lirst ballot Clayton's name was withdrawn. Upon announcement of the result of the seventh ballot, showing 11 1 votes for Henderson, Hen-derson, Mr. McGee shouted out a protest, saying that the secretary was cheating for Henderson and moved that tellers be appointed. ap-pointed. McGee's motion was put to the convention, and, although the vote appeared lurge in its favor, Chairman Martin declared it lost. McGee shouted that such work would not do; cries of "fair play!" were heard all over the building, and the chair again put the question. This time there could be no doubt that a majority favored the motion, and tellers were elected, Secretary Leach refusing refus-ing to longer keep the tally sheet. The eighth ballot resulted: Henderson, 120, Dean 100; Ewing, 25; Archibald, 19; White, 16; Sadler, L At the conclusion of the ninth ballot several sev-eral delegates changed their votes, mostly going to Dean, for the reason that Rwiag's front had then been broken in iavor of Dean, under the leadership of Magee. Philadelphia, which had been for Henderson, Hender-son, protested against any changes. Secretary Secre-tary Leach was working for Henderson hard. Finally the voice of Magee was heard above the noise, shouting: "Tako Leach away from the tellers; he's not a member of the convention." Cries of "Put Leach out!" "Throw him out!" and yells of all sorts followed fol-lowed and stopped the work of the convention conven-tion for a time. The chairman put an end to the bad feeling feel-ing by announcing that the tellers were unable un-able to agjee, and that another ballot must be taken. This resulted: Dean 135, Henderson Hender-son 127, Ewing 7, Sadler L Dean lacking just one of the number necessary to elect. Mr. Rea, who named Henderson, then withdrew him, and the nomination of Dean was made unanimous with a hurrah, bringing bring-ing to a close ode of the most exciting contests con-tests for a judicial nomination ever witnessed wit-nessed in a convention in Pennsylvania. Major McDowell and Wm. Lilley were nominated for congressmen at large. Delegates Dele-gates to the national convention were also nominated, and the convention adjourned. The Contest in Indiana. Indianapolis, April 21. At a meeting of prominent supporters of ex-President Cleveland Cleve-land and ex-Governor Gray it was decided that the Indiana delegation to the democratic demo-cratic national convention will vote for Grover Cleveland for president until it becomes be-comes manifest that he is not to be the choice of tho convention, and then the delegation dele-gation will vote for Isaac P. Gray. The incidental in-cidental indorsement of Gray is conceded by the pa.ty leaders to be a proper recognition of the claims of the ex-governor, but only in submission to the inevitable the Gray people acceded to the agreement. There Is no likelihood like-lihood of the Gray men receding from the agreement, and the exertions of the leading Cleveland men are being directed to .vent their over-enthusiastic followers from breaking break-ing away and ignoring the agreement by endeavoring to stampede the convention into an unqualified indorsement of Grover Cleveland. The tight for the governorship was hotter than ever last night, with Shankland and Mathews Ma-thews in the lead, but the friends of Nib-lack Nib-lack and Nye are hopeful, ihankland's friends insist that he will be nominated on the second ballot. Matthews says that after the first ballot he will have twenty-four votes to spare. Nye and Niblack are not making |