The Indianapolis journal., 1885-09-24
TIE PARTY OF PAPER MONEY
The Greenbackers Nominate Candidates
for Mayor and City Clerk.
They Declare that They Stand Alike Opposed
to Both Puritanism and LawleSs-
ness in Local Government.

met the Supreme Courtroom last night in
resi- enIs to the call published Tuesday evening
1t was for the purpose of nominating city
ticket, adopting platform relating to municipal
affairs, and giving national bankers scoring
There were thirty persons present, from whom
g. f. Clark was chosen to preside. On taking
the chair Mr.. Clark said he was proud
to be chairman Of such an assemblage, and be-
cause they were not there to put men in Office
gave him additional satisfaction. They came
together solely through a matter Of principle,
right and patriotism. They might be mis-
taken, but their hearts were right in the
cause. People had called them fools, idiots and
lunatics. had denounced them for every
thing that was little and at all
times holding them up to derision. But it was
Jeffersons doctrine of government and paper
money which they espoused. 1t was Franklin's
doctrine, and Calhoun's, and that of other great
men who had stepped out from monarchical ten
deneies These are the men whose footsteps the
Greenbackers or Nationalists according to Mr..
Clark's view, following.
He said the time is coming when his party
will be righted Congress had spent its time in
creating money monopolies,. called National
banks The government printed the money,
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interest on, when the government should have
the interest and thus lessen taxation. Congress
men and senator's are stockholders in these
banks; hence, Nationalists are called fools and
idiots. They, try to prevent them from carrying
great parties have passed laws pro-
scribing all who do not belong
to one or the other Look at the metropolitan
police law, which confines the membership to
Democrats and Republicans, thus practically
dicfra nc hiSi0p naOnla WIN do ar with fhoYo
This is contrary to the Jeffersonian idea. And
the time is not far off when the common school
system will be attacked. They are doing it now
by slow degrees, and like the serpent, these money
lords who set themselves up for the peoples
masters, win gradually coil around the system
and crush it. Education for them is becoming
too common. Thesa lords and masters draw
interest upon what they own, and are deter
mined to cast the people down. When the Re
publican party WAS IN power it turned its back
upon the legal-tender act For twenty-five
years the Democratic party, seeking power told
the people of this and promised to reetify the
wrongs com mnlitted, but look at the party now.
1t has gone squarely back upon promises, and
the President it elected even opposes the silver
dollar. There Is mistake prevalent
concerning the issue raised by Greenbackera
1t wac not for paper money against hard, but
for one kind of paper money against another.
Natioral banks were given money by the gov
eminent to draw interest on it, when the gov
ernment should have the interest, and thus
lessen taxation. He said greenbacks should be
given the people, who, in turn, would pay the
government interest. He favored a monetary
system similar to that in Indiana, whore the
school fund is loaned at favorable interest. After
paying attention to those who joined the party
for selfish motive and afterward proved traitors
in assisting the ends of the old parties the
chairman called for the business Of the conven-
ton.
Edwin F. Gould was chosen secretary, after
which s. l.. Douglass offered resolution to the
effect that the convention should not, in nomi-
mating candidates for mayor and city clerk, con-
slider candidates selected by other parties Mr..
Kayton suggested that candidate Shiels on the
Democratic ticket, was knight of la Dor, and
as that order had alwas acted with the Nation
alists, he thought the resolution ought not to be
adopted. Mr.. Douglass replied that their party
had heretofore been torn up by indorsing the.
candidates Of other parties More injnry had
been done the party from that cause than
any other. Ii they nominated men Of their
own following, they would gain one advantage,
that of a fair and square vote. They would be
able to count their own votes. The ayes had
good majority in passing the resolution.
On motion of Mr.. Douglass Chairman Clark
appointed committee of five on resolutions re-
garding municipal affairs. He had probably
prepared the committee during the day, as he took
list of FIVE names from his vest pocket and
passed it to the secretary to read as follows
S. L. Douglass, Frank III. Pelette, Allen Jen-
nings, Joshu Seiby and Ambrose Hodges. While
LD6ke gentlemen went went OUT TO eoDS1Qer Elc
resolutions already drafted by one of the mem
bers. Mr.. Clark entertained the convention with
another speech This time he advocated unity
IN the party, and he was sure
of 1t, because there was paramount
question to hold the organization together It was
the question of honest money. The old parties,
he said, had no paramount issue. All they want
is possession of the Offices He said his brethren
must have patience and 60 at their object sys-
tematicaIly, and not give way. In this city to-
nar,n n-l ~
ting over how much the saloon license
shall be. That was all On the other
hand, Greenbackers have question
of vital Importance. 1t is that of the national
banks driving the people into slavery worse
than that the negroes were in twenty FIVE years
ago. There are political priests who think for
the people and are determined to make them
take their creeds as a bird feeds worms to its
young
BY this time the committee on resolutions re-
turned and reported the following:
Resolved That all railroads entering the city from
the east be required to the city the Union
tracks to make the building of viaduct at
Virginia avenue and other important crossings prae
ticable.
Second-That all railroad corporations now trav-
ersing the city be required to comply with the
heretofore imposed by the city in granting right of
way.
Third-We opposed to the practice of our city
officers accepting railroads while in office
thereby obligating themselves to these corporations
Fourth-That we stand alike opposed to both Puri-
tansm and iawlessness in city government
Fifth--That we favor the Improvement of Garfield
Park. thereby offering TO the laboring men of the
South Side place of resort.
Sixth-That all internal improvements be done by
the city at first cost thereby saving the profits of the
contractor to the laborer and property holder.
Sevsnth-That favor either the extension of the
present system of street railway the granting Of
charters to competing companies.
The resolutions were adopted unanimously.
The convention then took up nominations Ed
ward >. POpe. formerly Of the Dr0nPIptOrS
OF the Sun, the Greenback organ in this city,
was nominated for mayor, he receiving seven
teen votes, to seven for j. NJ Winters and
two for j. f. Buell. For city
CLERK. .: NJ winters was nominated by acclama-
zion. after several other persons mentioned
had declined to make the race. This nominee is
eahvasser, or, as the chairman said, solicitor.
but for what no one knew. The convention
thep adjourned A meeting of the city com
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