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

made test in. the selections of said -candi-
dates, but should look only TO honesty and
| qualifications. N fM~A l. IE
DELEGATES WITHDRAWN. ~ -
James S..CuIberston, during the calling of
the counties, stated that he was authorized
to withdraw the Eighth Congressional
District from the convention, and, therefore,
no delegates from that district would re-
Espond.
Mr.. Foster withdrew the Ninth District.
| &c. Adams, of Decatur county, withdrew
the Fourth District for a like reason qoy-r
t. Subsequently,. Mr. Foster explained his
action 10 be based on the fact that no nom
instion SHOULD be made until the platform
was adopted tnaz9fC9f peogues arc
The following was then adopted; ,o4.q-7a
II Resolved, That before nominations are
made, the platform be read and acted upon.
i Tue seGretary read the following dispatch
from she farmers convention assem- bied at
tirst'S' 'spTRais er1ELp, June 10. 1874.
81 JoHxioT sCAMPBELI. g. Ineontrovertibly
| triumphant;9 no SHOVE for bankers and
usnrers. Legal tenders and low interest. the
ralying cry of Changers from, all sections
Convention large, earnest, aud harmonious.
8d 'iiW vuIh si0lT gai en- A. CAMPBELL.
The telegram was received with immense
enthusiasm. frt..---. -.r,e,. 49,. -.-r-.-.-.
Mr.. j. c. Adams. OF Decatur. said that the
III,
\ for the reason that they wanted a platform
| first. He then. offered the following: ssf
1 Resolved, That in view ofour present un-
organized condition as political party, to-
gether with the very general willingness of
/ the political, parties already in the field to
acc de TO our demands tor men and measures,
of retr-rchment and reform, we deem it
inexpedient TO nominate state ticket in
this convention. - .-v' 90
| Resolved, that we leave the matter of the
state ticket in the hands OF central COM
mittee, hereafter TO determine the expect
ency OF calling delegate convention to
make nominations.
The resolutions were defeated after brief
and lively sparring. l9A+ 20
During the intervals the committee on
nominations were out preparing their re-
| port, the convention was entertained with
several speeches. aai 9iaA
THE NEW PARTY NAMED.
The following, in reference 10 the name OF the
new party, was presented: oC ra .rrciffr
1--WE, the farmers and workingmen OF Indiana,
fully determined to command due recognition
adopt, as expressive of our sentiments and pur-
poses, the name of 1ndepepdent.'"
This gave rise to brief but lively dispute,
some proposing this name and some another.
| One delegate suggested that it be called the
Washington party, but that did not seem to
meet with The appreciation OF The convention.
Unsuccessful. The original proposition was
finally adopted by an overwhelming vote. ;,
i THE RESOLUTIONS. s--.-
\ The committee on resolutions submitted the
following report: vs sar
I sis. THE PLATFORM. 31.
I ID making this call, and presuming to enter
into competition with existing parties 1t is
meet that we should give to the world our rea.
sons, as well as the remedies, we propose for the
wrongs Of which we complain. Starting, then,
with the maxim that our government is founded
on the sovereignty and consent of the
governed, and its purposes, TO FRO
tect property and enforce natural rights,
we acknowledge the broad principles, that diff
terence of opinion is no crime, and hold that
progress toward truth Is made by difference of
opnlon, "ude u lies III Di..eIpess OF con-
and fairness; protection for the We ak, restraint
upon the strong; in short. justly distributed
American Ideas the very. essence OF American
independence, and TO advocate the contrary is
ses an American hs sons rep and dau6
our business interests we desire TO
bring producers and consumers, farmers and
relations possible. we wage no aggressive
warfare against any other interests whatever;
on the contrary all our acts and all our efforts,
so far as business is concerned, are not only for
the benefit of the producer and consumer, bu |
also for all other legitimate interests that tends
70 bringing these two parties into speedy and
economical contact. Hence we hold
that transportation companies of every
That their Interests are Intimately con-
nected with our interests, and harmonious ac-
therefore, advocate fofevery State the incresse
in every possible way, Of all The facilities for
transporting cheaply to the seaboard or between
lions Of our country. We adopt IL as our fixed
purpose to open out the channels In
OF commerce may low + sely. We are not
enemies OF railroads, navigable and irrigating
canals nor OF any corporation that will advance
laboring classes. but we hold that all class leg
islation, whereby these original and common
elements. or the proceeds of the same, enhanced
by intelligent labor, are prevented from their
or ginal design. and made to enure to the bene-
fits of nonprodacers, and to the Injury Of pro-
ducers, Is wrong am Subversive OF the
purposes OF good government. That
all able-bodied. Intelligent persons should
dustry. sum quantity equal to their own
support, and legislation shou tend as far as
possible TO the equitable distribution of the sur
If these propositions are true, our government
is wholly perverted from its true design, and the
sacred names, democracy and republicanism,
parties represented thereby as now ergan-
out the lives of the people. We need only point
10 the facts that in this beneficent country of
unlimited resources, W tn the land annually
groaning beneath the products of human effort,
the mass of the people have no supply beyond
their daily wants; compelled, from unjust con-
III slShhcos anu " DcCoihC
paupers. Pauperism and crime are The
perpiexing questions of all modern statesman
ship, and il is with the we have TO deal
How far these evils are connecte6 with the
abuses inflicted on labor, a superficial states
manship seems not to perceive. Cnattel slavery
has been abolished. but the rights and relations
OF labor stand just where they did before. The
emancipation in respect to the divisions OF its
products, the difference lies only in the methods
of abstracting the results and concentrating
them in the hands Of few capitalists.
Capital is now the master, and ind Gates
the terms, and thus all lab rers
are practically placed in the same condition of
the slave before his emancipation. In thus
placing them, the interest of all iaborers become
common, and they must fight the battle in unity
If they would succeed. What, then, the instru-
mentalities by which these wrongs are in
hicted?'oC9 c 1cn q Aila 'n' 4
| LIST. Banking and ,monied monopolies, by
which, through ruinous rates of interest, the
products of human labor are concentrated in
the hands OF non-producers. This is The great
| central source of these WRONGS, in and