The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-06-13

laundering no. he referred to the neces.
sity OF civil service reform, and trusted
that the party now seeking cooperation
with the Democratic party would be able
to achieve 1t. Referring 10 the coming
Convention at Baltimore, he said he
thought this Convention foreshadowed
the result Of that, to the result Of which
he pledged his support. BE was not
afraid Of the one man power; but he was
afraid Of the rings BY which 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. He, In con.
cluslon, promised to do all he could
to insure the success Of the ticket. As
the State went in October It would 90 in
November. ahH gII B. MI. M
We have turned our backs upon the
past. We stand in the present and look
to the future. The past Is lost to US; the
future Is ours. Letus make It q glorious
one.
There were calls for Mr.. Depaw, but
the Chair announced that he was not in
the city. The Chair then announced that
the next business In order was the nomi-
nation OF Congressman at large.
On motion, It was resolved to ballot for
both at once. air.t
The following persons were placed in
nomination Col. John 8. Williams, Of
Hppecanoe; Hon. Thomas r. Cobb, OF
Knox; Hon. N. @. Kerr, of Floyd E. N.
Long, OF Kosciusko; George W. Julian, OF
Wayne; VIM. Harrow, Of Posey; Col. L.
2. Gray, Of Randolph, and Cyrus NJ. AL
len, Of Vincennes. - b. 49,,
A letter was read from Mr.. Julian as
follows: 1900. ....--
INDIANAPOLIS, June 1e.
a. n. PIstt, Esp: -
DEAR SR-I go home this morning,
and wish to leave line for you, TO be
used there, should there be occasion for
1t. While / hope the convention to-day will
place some Liberal Republican on the
ticket, in order to make more cordial
and perfect union against the common
foe must not, In any event, be made a
candidate for any place, do not want
the position Of Congressman at large, nor
any other. 1want no office, whatever,
but shall labor for the cause 10 the extent
Of my health and strength, and believe
can do 80 more effectually, as an indepen.
dent citizen, than / could in the attitude
Of seeker Of place. Please have this
read before the convention If there should
be any serious purpose TO nominate me.
In hasts, yours,
.'r GEO. W. JULIAN.
The names OF Allen and Grey were
Withdrawn, and the call of the counties
was proceeded with. AIessrr. Harrow,
Gray and Julian, are Liberal Republicans.
Mr. Williams was nominated on the first
ballot, and Hon. N. @. Kerr on the sec.
ond ballot.
A resolution was offered instructing the
delegates to the Baltimore Convention to
vote for Greeley and Brown. Referred to
the Committee on Resolutions.
Without debate, the committee appoint.
ed to report the delegates for the State at
large to the Baltimore Convention, report
ed the following as delegates: Martin N.
Ray, Of Marion; j. D. Williams, Of Knox;
RObt. Lawry, Of Allen; B. w. Hanna, Of
jVigo; D. D. Dikeman, Of 'Cass; Levi
Sparks, of Stevenson; DR.. Mcconnell,
OF Clark; Horace Corbin, Of Marshall.
= The following nominations for State
officers were then made: Secretary Of
State, Owen N. Eddy, present deputy for
Auditor of State, John B. Stoll, of Ligo.
nier, over the present incumbent, John @.
Shoemaker; for Treasurer of State, James
B. Ryan, present Treasurer, without oppo-
sition; Superintendent Of Public 1nGtruc.
tion, Milton B. Hopkins, of Montgomery;
Attorney General, B. W. Hanna; Clerk OF
Supreme Court, E. ]. Price, of Sullivan; |
Reporter Of Supreme Court, ]. G. Robin
son, of Spencer. The ticket is straight
out Democratic.
The following State Central Committee |
was then selected: E. s. Alvord, chair
man; John 81. 0'Neal, Davis County;
John j. Davis, Floyd; Thomas ]. Riley. |
Jennings; Finley Bigger, Rush; E. B.
Henderson, Morgan; A. L. Lemon, Law
renee; W. E. D. McGinly, Tippecanoe;
James Sweetzer, Grant; William Fleming,
Allen; Eli W. Brown, Whiteley; Plat
Mcdonald, Marshall; Thomas Bowling,
Vigo.
The Committee on Platform and Reso-
lutions then submitted the following re-
port: ss
ReSolred BY the Democracy Of Indiana,
in Convention assembled, That the princi- |
pies of the Cincinnati Liberal Republican |
Convention taken in connection with the |
propositions contained in Horace Gree.
ley's letter accepting the nomination Of
that Convention, constitute platform on |
which all the elements of opposition 10 |
the present corrupt Administration of the |
Federal Government can stand, and |
which propositions are as follows:
l. All the political rights aud fran
chises which have .beRp acquired through |
the late bloody commissions must and |
shall be guaranteed, maintained, enjoyed |
and respected evermore.
2. All the political rights and fran
,chises which have been lost through |
that convulsion should and must be
promptly restored and re.established |
so that there shall be henceforth no pro.
scribed class and no disfrsnchised caste
within the limits of our Union, whose
long estranged people shall reunite and
fraternize upon Ithe Ibroad basis oil
universal amnesty with impartial sui.
frage.
8. That subject 10 our solemn con.
stitutlonal obligation to MAINTAIN the |
equal rights Of all citizens, our policy |
should aim at local ,selfgovernment and |
not at Capitalization; that the civil au-
,thority should be supreme over the mill.
tary; that the writ Of habeaS corpus should |
be jealously upheld as the safeguard OF
personal freedom; that the individual |
citizens should enjoy the largest liberty |
consistent with the public order and THAT
there shall be no Federal super
vision of the internal policy Of |
the several States and municip.
alities, but that each shall be lett free TO |
enforce the rights and promote the well.
being of its inhabitants by such means as
the indpment of the nannlh shall nre. |