The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-08-03
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INDIANAPOLIS, ND, August oo.-The In
diana State Democratic Convention met Ii
the English Opera House at 10 o'clock thi!
morning, The Convention was called t
order BY Hon. W. II. English, Chairman
Of tho Central Committee. Rev. 0. II. ?
Adams invoked the Divine blessing. Mr.
English, in his address calling the Conven
ton 10 order, stated that he was not can
didate Tor reelection as Chairman OF the
Central Committee or for any other office
He expressed the hope that harmony and
good feeling would prevail and that the
selection Of candidates will be OF the most
reliable and best men Of the party; thert
mus. not and will not be any division
among tho party.
The roll was then called and full dele.
CATION was present from every county
The Committee on Permanent Organization
reported the name OF Hon. John r. Golf:
roth, Of Lafayette, for Permanent Chair.
man and J. K. Sampson, Of Orange county,
for Principal Secretary.
| The report oil this committee was unani.
mously adopted. Ex-Governor Thomas A.
Hendricks, Chairman Of the Committee
OH Resolutions, submitted the following
report, which, on his motion, wns adopted
under the operation OF the previous ques.
ton.
The Democratic party OF Indiana, in
convention assembled, renews its pledge
OF fidelity TO the doctrines and traditions
Of the party as illustrated by the teachings
Of Thomas Jefferson, its founder, and ex.
emplified in the administration Of the gov.
ernment under Democratic rule, and We
insist upon an honest and economical ad.
ministration on the PRINCIPLES upon which
it rests, conceding to the Federal Govern
ment its just rights and full power, as dele.
gated in the Federal Constitution, and
claiming for the States and the people re
spectively the powers therein reserved 10
them.
We arraign the Republican party at the
bar Of public opinion for its long and con.
tinued course Of usurpation and misrule.
1t has disregarded the rights OF the people
and the States; 1t has held on to its i'll got.
ten power in defiance OF the popular will
by the corrupt use OF money in the cleo
tons, and it has corrupted the morals BY
elevating to high places men who are
| I'm M ha IiChnrnaf W. Sl,a
Republican party for enacting and eniorc-
ing laws designed TO place the elections
under Federal control, in violation Of the
rights Of States. We condemn it for the
frauds and perjuries OF 1916, by which the
will OF the people was set aside and an
usurper placed in in the Presidential office
for four years.
We condemn it for having kept up, and
anu maintained in time OF peace, an oner.
GUS and unjust system OF taxation, by
means OF which large sums OF money have
accumulated in the treasury which ought
to have been left in the pockets OF the peo-
pie, and we condemn it for its wasteiui OK.
travAgance.
We condemn it for its shameless disre-
gard OF its pledges in favor OF civil service
reform, and its corrupt use OF the public
patronage under the spoils system.
We condemn it for the systematic levy
Of blackmait upon the clerks and minor
office holders OF the United States, in viola.
ton OF law, to raise fund for the corrup'
ton oithe ballot box, and we call espec'
tally upon the voters Of Indiana 10 vindi
cate their honor and to erase the stain tina,
was placed upon them by the Dorseyites in
1850.
We demand that the present wa.tiul an d
unnecessary expenditure Of the public mon
ey shall be stopped, and the surplus revenue
shall be faithfully applied to the paymen,
OF the National debt.
We demand that Federal taxes be re-
dnced TO the lowest point consistent with
the wants OF the Government under m
honest and economical administration OF
its affairs, and that such taxes be so ad
justed as TO secure an equitable distribu
lion oi these burdens.
We demand that there shall be such re.
forms in the civil service as will again re.
suit in the employment in the public ser
vice OF those only who are honest and ca
pable, aud that no assessments or exactions
OF any kind shall be required Of them fol
political purposes. We demand protection
to our citizens, native and adopted, Al
home and abroad, and We condemn thu
present Republican administration for il
neglect Of duty towards those lately i'm
prisoned as Suspects in the jails o! Ireland
by the arbitrary action OF the British au
thorities. @"I
| We demand a revision OF the present
unjust tariff. The Constitution OF tht
United States coniers upon Congress thu
power to establish tariff for revenue, anc
as just and proper exercise OF that powel
we favor such an adjustment OF its provis
ions within the revenue standard as vii
promote the industries OF the country anC
the interest OF labor without creating mo
nopolies. The Democratic party is now
as it has always been, opposed to all sump
,uary legislation, and it is especially
opposed to the proposed amendment
to the Constitution Of Indiana, knowr
as the prohlbitory amendment, and we are
in favor Of the submission Of said proposed
amendment as well as all the other pro
posed amendments to the people according
to the provisions OF the Constitution for it,
own amendment, and the people have iht
right to oppose or favor the adoption OF any
or all the amendments, at all stages OF theil
consideration, and any submission OF {
Constitutional amendment 10 the vote OF thu
people should be at a time, and under The
circumstances the most favorable to full
vote, and, therefore, should be at genera
election. ~ 5lo. ID. e .I.,!s i.
That We fully endorse and approve, tht
Law passed pursuant to the demands OF the
former Democratic Convention, maxim.
provisions for the safety and protection o
laborers and miners, and providing for the
collection Of their wages, and are in favor o
ali other enactments to that end which may
be necessary and proper.
The free schools Of Indiana are the pride
and glory OF the State, and We will see to il
that they are not poisoned by the breath o
sectarianism, and destroyed by waste and
extravaganza in their management
In the relations between capital and
labor, we favor such policies as will pro.
mote harmony between them and will ade.
lquately protect the rights and interests Of