The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-13


opening address by the Chairman Committee on
Resolutions, consisting Of one delegate from each
Congressional district, and committee to select
delegates to the Baltimore Convention were APP
pointed. Considerable discussion arose on the
ect an ELECTORAL e ticSet Mr. 1T Mcponald arrued
in favor Of postponing the choice OF electors I'LL
after the Baltimore Convention. II finally de-
ticket. Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks then unan-
mously nominated for Governor, and Washington
Of TsEa lSg1 81 er
After the announcement OF the choice of Mr..
Depew, OF Floyd county, as Lieutenant Governor,
the committee amid the widest enthusiasm OF the
Convention. He said he had no expectation Of be.
/ ing the nominee OF the Convention. He had been
appealed to by those TO whose appeal he could not
be deaf He was Influenced In bis hesitation to &C
cept only BY pers9pal ressoah he spoke Of the
Of Governor was rendered more than usually I'M
po~sr elected While he would e endeaVor
lions with the central power, he would most
strenuousy labor to maintain. the right Of
the state to its own local resiSe government 1T
support. lCrles o. emo He referred to the
the party now seeking cooperation with the
democratic party would be able to achieve It, Re-
ferring to the coming Convention at Baltimore, ne
said he thought this Convention foreshadowed the
result OF that to the action OF which he pledged
his support. He was not afraid OF the one man
power, but he was afraid of the rings by which
General Grant was surrounded and the question
was not as to the continuance OF Grant IN power
but the continuance Of the corrupt rings by which
he was governed In conclusion he promised to
do all he could to insure the success Of the ticket
Az the State went in October 30 II would 80 In No
vember. We have turned our backs upon the past !;
we stand In the present ana look to the future.
The past is lost to us; the future s ours; let us
make it o glorious one. W
CONGRESSMAN AT LARGE.
Colonel John $. Williams, Of Iippscanoe county,
and the Hon. NJ. g. Kerr, Of Floyd county, were
nominated as candidates for congressman at Large.
DELEGATES AT LARGE TO BALTIMORE.
The following are the delegates at large to the
Baltimore Convention Martin M. Ray, OF Marion
y county; j. ID. Williams OF Knox county; Robert
Lowery Of Allen county; B. W. Hanna, OF vigo
county; D. p. Dikeman, Ct Oass county; Lew
Clarke county; Horace COrbn, OF Marshall county.
STATE OFFICERS.
The following are the nominations for State ON
cers:-Secretary OF State, owen M. Eddy; Auditor,
John b. Stalls; Treasurer, James B. Ryan; super.
intendent OF Public Instruction. Milton B. Hopkins
4 Attorney General B, w. Hanna; Clerk of the Su
preme Court, E. J. Price; Reporter Of the Supreme
Il Court, J. C. Robinson
The ticket s straight ont democratic
TIE STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
The following State Central Committee was
elected e. J. Alvord, Chairman; John II: O'Neal
a b. Henderson, A. l.. Lemon, r. L. d. McPinley
James Sweetzer William Fleming Ely W. Brown
Platt Mcdonald and Thomas Bowling.
PLATFORM AND RESOLUTIONS.
The Committee on the Platform and Resolutions
then submitted the following report
Resolved, by the democracy Of Indiana, in Conyentor
Convention taken in connection with the propositions i
Convention, constitute platform on which oil the Gle
s q to a es WHICH,
sitiSns are r., as ~. iolloys Iowa, .,. s oo,. mt,
hronh
must and shall be guaranteed maintained enjoyed and
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"a re-eetabshed
%sa hs snns Of .na
broad basis of universal amnesty, with impartial sui
- to laS on
Ss s s Ss 81 b
The s h
federal saperyison q he policy Of severe
sn y the h @ M inc ns b s Ct II
: j there shan be real and not merely
which end 4 Is ndisnensa6e that the chief DISPENSER
s * S' rule S" exc S
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semoe il baltimore July should adopt The nominee
other no%'nailsns I.T the Presidency and Vice Pres
dency OF the United states.
Convention from state and are hereby. nsracie
- TO vote unit upon all questions in accordance witt
+ the opinion of the majority OF the delegation.
Il The next resolution refers to local matters.
Whereas the Union soldiers and sailors, by their pat
rCtism and in the great rebellion of 1861
served the life Of the nation and made public domain
VI valuable; therefore,
Resolved, That we demand for each Of the l,vlnl
u who was honorahly DISCHARGED, and for the widow
orph of the dead 1G0 Of the public lands
heretofore entered given away by republican Con
gress TO railroad corporations 70 be theirs absolutely with
out requiring them to become actual settlers thereon.
Resolved That justice and equality demand that al
the soldiers who enlisted In the military service Of Thu
country during the Of the rebellion, and who hav
been honoraby discharged therefrom, shall have
bounty granted to them by Congress in proportion tn
time they may have served whether that time shall have
The resolutions were adopted without debate BY
: majority vote, very respectable number voting
: In the negative.
day af the Convention