The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-06-16

THE PRocREpINes AND THE WORK DONE.
Curiosity. as well as interest, drew q
pretty good following Of spectators to the
exposition building yesterday morning,
The ds.sgates, farmers in the main, had
been gathering into the spacious halls
since Daylight, and by 10 O'Clock
the building was handsomely filled
where the seats - had been pre-
pared. The immensely of the. building
madethe sssem5lage appear to dnsrdva lri
tare. but 80 soon Is the actual work OF the
day beesn, il was found that while the
counties were all represented. the majority
being utterly unacqusintedb with the forums
of political ~ machinery,' 3 held The
business sadly in check. 90 There
was, however, q total suppression OF the
speech-makIng usual at conventions, and,
Notwithstanding the cumbersome work TO
bs done, astonishing speed was made. The
members were. in the main, q fine looking
set of men; and while they displayed little
skill in the management of conventions, they
Impressed the spectator with the sincerity
Of their purpose IN the work at hand. Here
and there. on the outskirts Of the seats fash
toned for the convention, the remnants of
other parties-thst is, some old time leaders
were seen sprinkled abont. intent on the
work going on. The early efforts TO capture
the movement were apparently given
M. butioio one f. or two incidents in
the ~ course of Ho the day showed
how the plans had been laid for a general
confusion W ich should result in snniEilating
the convention. The Virgo, Psrke and Owen
MISUNDERSTANDING that the question of NOM
mating candidates was about TO be sprung,
Notwithstanding their opposition, sneaked
out OF the convention and attempted
to throw -, the - DELEGATES enc into
confession. The trick didn't work.
The body continued on at work without a
ripple of disturbance, and the little rabble
ofparty intriguers retired discounted.
f...I,--a 4 WORK OF THE DAY. IKE ell 900
A stage tor the officers o. the convention,
speakers and newspaper representatives, had
previously been erected at the south side of
the hall, and the delegations were accommo-
dated with seats imProyised for the occa-
sion. lr
The convention was called to order by
Judge Kilgore, of Delaware county, who
nominated Archibald johnson, of Montgom-
ery, county as temporary chairman. The
was ratified by a unanimous
vote OF the convention, Upon taking the
chair, Mr.. Johnson said that he felt battered
by being called to preside over such meet
ting. You have met to establish a new
movement-we are watched on all sides.
Men all over the country have their eyes
fixed on you, your proceedings will be
watched with great degree OF interest and
fully reported by the time you have finished
work. Gentlemen, you have ad met
ware OF wire pullers. No one man
can accomplish everything he desires,
Our object is to accomplish one grand re-
form. from the head of the government at
Washington 10 the lowest county official.
We are here not to make speeches, but
must proceed at once to work. - uf 4
3 j. NJ. Hiatt, of the Newcastle Times, was
chosen temporary secretary. 1
Captain Lee Ogg, of Hancock county,
offered the following resolutions: Ll
Resolved, LIST, That this is delegate and
not mass convention. IHif
ID. That it is a convention Of those ac-
lively engaged, or directly interested, in
some one of the productive industrial pur
suits; and lawyers add politicians are not
expected to participate in this meeting.
Sd. That until the business of this meeting
Is completed, the speeches shall lie limited
to five minutes duration, and no gentleman
win be expected to speak more than twice
on the same subject. IEV 1 9n
~ The resolutions created a considerable
eommotion, and elected some sharp firing
from several gentlemen. mo- s'a ~.
j. j. Talbot, of New Albany, said he
came there representing the Law @
aff TEMPERANCE ELEMENT
of the coantv, without regard to politics or
Occupation. He understood that they were
tomeei here, irrespective of any such ques-
tions, and moved to lay the second resolu-
ton On the table. Ie~ s.t 80 ~
Captain Ogg yehemently insisted upon the
adoption of the resolutions, and was sup
ported by b. s. Chase, very earnestly. ~
The motion to lay on the table was not
sgreed to. -rt n ef.
Thesecond was adopted by alarge majority.
The third was also adopted. - sl--
AFTERNOON SESSION. .r
The convention met at 1 O'Clock. The
committee on permanent organization re-
ported as follows: ,-r. esIfLn
President IA. G. Stevenson, Putnam
county. fr 81, pr -.
Vice presidents - First district, Robert
Mitchell. --r.--. f u+f
Second district, George w. Register.
Third district George w. Carr. ~
Fourth district, Jesse Smelser.
Fifth district, Nelson Pegg.
Sixth district, j. Campbell.
Seventh district, George w. Ferguson.
Eighth district, A. p. Pegg.
Ninth d strict, Samuel Allen.
Tenth district, Jesse McCallister.
Eleventh district, William Earring
Twelfth district, t. NJ. G. Sultz.
Thirteenth district, George T. Barney.
Secretaries. M. Hiatt, Henry county;
]. G.. Doughty, Marion county; H d. Scott,
Vigo county; j. s. Van Camp, Tippecanoe
county; George Shanklin, Vandeburg
county. el ~ JG
Mr.. Stevenson, on taking the chair as
president, said: rs lDih
DIR. sTEvENsoN's SPEECH.
GENTLEMEN:-You will be pleased to ae-
cept my thanks for, so distinguished an
honor as you have lust conferred upon me.
1 do hold it as very great nonor to be called
upon to preside over the workinemen of
this state who have assembled here as q
political body. 1t is very remarkable as
sembly, that a class OF men who have been
so peacesble, SO quiet heretofore, who
have been so entirely contented at
home, should be found assembled here
to-day in such numbers for the purpose
of attending to their political interests. We
cannot but ask ourselves why is 1t that this
thing has occurred at this time and not be-