The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-20
INDIANA DEMOCRACY.
D. d. Williams, OF Knox, Nominated for
Governor by AcclamatIOn.
A staunch, Comprehensive Platform
AdOPied-wiId Excitement In
the Convention.

INDIANAPOLIS, April l9.--The Dem
ocratic State Convention was called to
order at 1920 this morning. The COM
mittee on resolutions not being ready
to report when called on, an attempt
was made to proceed with the ballot
for the candidate for Governor, Hon.
Franklin Landers and Judge Niblack
being before the convention.
Mr.. Landers appeared IN the gallery
and demanded that his name be with
drawn, for the reason that he had
from the first intended his name and
Judge Holman's should not be before
the convention together. This was
met by cries OF "No non from all
parts Of the house, and much confusion
existed for some time.
AT this point the name of Hon. d.
w. Voorhees, was presented rs q COM
PROMISE Calluluhte,
An attempt was made to call the
roll, but it was found impossible to do
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The committee on resolutions was
then allowed to report, when another
attempt at a ballot was made, great
confusion and excitement prevailing.
Holman and Landers were again
nominated, and again withdrawn.
The chairman ordered the roll called
for ballot, when Landers was again
placed in nomination, it being under
stood that H0lman's name was posi-
lively withdrawn. The widest ex
element prevailed, motions Of all
kinds being made. The chair being
unable to control the convention, or
dered the band on the stage to play.
Order being restored, balloting was
commenced, the delegates voting ac-
cording to their preference, and not re-
garding the Withdrawals. The ballots
resulted as follows; Holman, 0l5
Lauders, SSS; Mason, % Williams, IS
no choice, $50 being necessary.
The chair here announced that Hol.
man and Landers were both with
drawn, and ordered ballot with Will
liams the only candidate before the
convention.
Toward the close, 1t being apparent
that Williams had the nomination,
many counties changed to him who
before voted for Landers.
Marion county then moved that
Williams be declared the unanimous
choice of the convention for Governor,
which was carried without the result
of the second ballot being announced.
The following is the full ticket NOM
mated: Governor, James ID. Will
liams Lieutenant Governor, Isaac P.
Gray; Judges of the Supreme Court, S.
IL. Busker, A, G. Dewey, John Petit,
James L. Worden Secretary OF State,
John f. Nefi; Auditor, +. Henderson;
Treasurer, Benjamin c. Shaw; Attor-
ney General, CA. Buskirk; Superin-
tendent Of Public Instruction, J. H.
Smart.
The platform declares fidelity to the
Federal Constitution; to a perpetual
union OF the States; to local and self
government in every section; to the
honest payment Of the public debt; to
the preservation Of public faith; to
maintenance of public schools, and to
pure and economical administration
of Federal and municipal government;
contemplates with alarm the corrup-
ton that pervades the public service
and charges that these evils are the
direct results of personal governments,
unwise legislation, extravaganza OF the
Republican party and its officials, who
have so long held unchecked control
that the civil service of the Govern
ment has become corrupt and Is made
the object of personal gain, ana that
the people owe it to themselves and to
the Government to restore the tests OF
honesty, capacity and fidelity in the
selection of persons to fill all puoilc
positions; calls for continued ana
thorough investigation that 1t may be
made clear to the people that reform Is
only to be attained by making gen.
eral and thorough change; asserts thai
retrenchment and reaction are indis'
pensable, as essential toward lessening
the burdens of the people; that golC
and silver is the only true and safe ba
ais for a currency, and favors measures
that will produce uniformity in valu'
in the coin aud paper money OF Thu
country; opposes contraction OF the vol
ume of paper curr,n cy, and favors tn
adoption Of measures looking to
Gradual retirement from circulation o
National bank notes, and the substitu
tion therefor ofcirculating notes ISSUED
bv authority of the Government, ant
demands the repeal OF the act for re
sumption Of specie payment in 1879
Thomas A. Hendricks as the unani
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