The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1882-02-25


more in need of the Greenback Labor party
now than ever before. and that he was cor
fident of the success of the party.
The Chairman of the Committee on Plat
form submitted the following report:
1. All money should be issued by the Govern
ment.
3 Labor should be protected by National and
8. The bonds Of the United States should not
be refunded. but paid as Lhes become due in the
tenders should be substituted for National bank
notes.
!. The Burineame treaty should be abro-
S. Public domain should be reserved for set
ual settlers.
s. Congress should regulate interstate com
:. Denouncing railroad land and moueyed cor
i.orations as monopolies.
8. Men who loaned them money should never
re preferred To the soldiers
Q. Demands grad uated income tax.
TO- DenouI ces efforts to restrict the right of
r iffrage.
IL. Opposes an increase of the standing army.
L. Favoring the placing of all representatives o.
the people on an equal footing and taking away
The veto power from Committees in Congress.
lS Demands Government of the people BY
lie people and for the people
Ia Asks the cooperation OF all fair-minded peo-
lie.
l5 Believing that the proposed Constitutional
amendments the temperance and suffrage Ques-
tions now pending before the Indiana Legis-
lature would, If adopted. promote the welfare
OF our people. We, therefore, demand their sub
Ellsson to the voters of Indiana for ratification or
rejection.
To- Favoring the enactment of a fee and salary
tin
IL. That we are in favor of dealing honestly
and honorably with ali convicts in the State Phi
SIN as the proper means of their reformation that
tie State should manage her convict labor by her
own officers; that the avals OF convict labor shall
be apportioned among those who earn IL. and
after paying costs of conviction TRANSFORMATION
q I'd support, shall be used for the maintenance of
the families of such conyicts.
r. A. Riley. of the First Dlrtrict; J. A.
Allen, of the Eighth, aud Thomas A Cobb,
OF the Ninth District, submitted a minority
report, which was as follows:
Resolved That we demand that the people
have full opportunity to express authoritatively
b. tn ir votes at the polls their decision on the
Important pending Constitutional amendments.
The proposition was to substitute the above
resolution for one of the planks offered by
the majority.
ther substitute as follows:
Believing and endorsing the pure American
principle that this should be Government of the
people, for the people and by the people, we
therefore demand that the temperance and suf-
fIage question be submitted to a vote of the peo-
ple for their ratification or rejection by the bal
lot box.
A lengthy and somewhat heated discussion
took place upon a motion to lay the above
resolution on the table. Finally the reso-
luton was carried, and the majority report,
as amended, was adopted. The Convention
then went into the nomination of
STATE TICKET.
Under the rules of the Convention
the nomination of candidate
for Secretary of State came
first. Hon. John Studebaker. of Button,
Wells, County, was put in nomination, but
declined. Hiram L. Leonard, of Cass
County, was then put in nomination, and,
as four other gentlemen, who were after
ward nominated, refused to accept the
of Mr.. Leonard was made by ac-
clamation.
J. N. Armentrout, of Clinton County, and
J. c. Albert, of Orange County, were nomin-
ated for Auditor of State. As the latter de-
clined, Mr.. Armentrouts nomination was
made by acclamation.
Mr.. Speer made little speech, in which
he begged Hon. John Studebaker to accept
the nOmination-put his name before the
Convention for Treasurer of State, and Mr..
Studebaker was nominated by acclamation.
Several gentlemen were nominated for
Attorney Gene al, but they all declined, and
finally NJ w. Lee, of Delaware County, was
uOIuludtSu py dcCldudtlOn.
Carlton Bull of Howard County, was
nominated for State Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction, although he protested
against such nomination.
Jarrett Saiter, of Floyd County, was NOM
mated for Clerk of the Supreme Court by
reclamation.
The nomination of candidates for Judges
of the Supreme Court was, on motion, re-
ferred to the State Central Committee.
A fol uyoc he
hackers in Michigan, in Convention as
sembled, sending greetings, and the Presi-
dent was instructed to answer il in like
manner.
The following resolution was then offered
and adopted:
Resolved, That this Convention, having full
confidence in Hon. Jesse Harper, and in the wis
dom of the call of the Executive Committee,
the members of the party everywhere to be ener-
getic in the circulation of petitions for the Nation
al Convention.
A Greenback song was sung by a colored
delegate named Thompson, after which .
for campaign purposes, when the Convention
adjourned sine die.
large number of the delegates assembled
at the Park Theater in the evening and list
ened to enthusiastic Greenback speeches by
General Weaver and others.
A gentleman sold a saddle horse as tn r
oughly reliable and honest beast en-
phasizing' the assertion that he was honest
The next day the horse fell with his new
owner breaking his own knees and very
nearly performing the same service to his
masters neck. The irate purchaser went in
q fume to the seller. well, said the man
of conscience, II am not at all surprised that
that he is an honest beast just as told you.
have ridden that horse for six years, and
every time l rode him he threatened to fall
and kill somebody, so sold him, for knew
that some day he would keep his promise.
No matter how much you deal with me you
will always find that L tell the truth"