The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-29
Many Conventions Choose Their
Nominees.
HooslER DEMOCRATIC TICKET,
California Republicans Cast Sixty
Fruitless Ballots.
come Frfends-Meiletse TO Run Again
for Governor Of South Dakota-Ths
Indiana Platform

IyDzAyAPoLTs. Aug. 2S.-Tke Indiana
Democratic state convention met today, ex-
Governor Gray presiding.
A platform was adopted denoGncing
Dudley and alleging that Harrison and
Morton carried the state in 1883 By fraud I;
it says the electoral vote of Indiana was
obtained for Harrison and Morton by the
most fragrant crime against the bal
lotbox ever perpetrated in an Amer
lean commonwealth; that these crimes
were committed under the direct auspices
of William Wade Dupley, then and now
treasurer of the national Republican COM
mittee. by the procurement and connivance
of the Republican leaders IN this state; that
the national administration of Benjamin
Harrison has made itself an accessory after
the fact to those crimes bv shielding
the criminals from punishment, and
even by revarding them for
their knavery. and that the brazen prosti-
tuition of the machinery of the official court
for the district of Indiana by its judge and
attorney TO the service and the protection
TO the conspirators against suffrage, coEsti-
tute the most infamous chapter in the
judicial annals of the republic The plat
form continues:
We denounce the tariff monopolisss for their
efforts 10 perpetuate themselves in power by
measures inconsistent with free Institutions
and contrary 10 good morals. we find in the
force bill bill creating rotten boroaghs out of
states, and in the Mckinley tariff bill the open
manifestation OF . gigantic cons piracy of the
minority TO oppress groaning people WITH adj
ditional burdens of taxation Tor private benefits
We denounce the silver bali, socaIied, re-
Gently enacted. IS an ignominous surrender to
- ofrfof f1r @cr~z
tizafion OF silver and the single gold standard.
whereas the interests OF the people require the
complete restoration of silver 20 Q perfect
equality with gold In free coinage We demand
the free and unrestricted coinage of silver upon
the basis existing prior TO 1s73
We are in favor. as We have always been, of Q
just and liberal pension system We denounce
the Republican party for making pledges to the
veterans in IsSs. which have not been redeemed
and even not intended 10 be redeemed, and We
warn them against further attempts at decep-
ton from the same quarter.
We rejoice at the evidence of an avaking of
the farmers of the country TO the necessity OF
and 70 protect themselves against unjust sd-
ministrsfion-
We demand legislation prohibiting aliens
from acquiring lands in America and for the
forfeiture OF 20.7R 600 acres Of our public iands
now held by them, and We favor the election of
United States senator's by the people.
Other resolutions are rs follows:
We applaud the eight hour law, the law to
prevent biaeklisting. the Law prohibiting pluck
me" stores. and we approve the law for the pro-
lection of coal miners. and TO prevent the inn
porsation of Pinkerton detectives, and We de-
mand the repeal of the Republican insim idation
law of 1851. As manifestations of the steadfa<t
friendship of the Democratic party 70 the work
ingman we point 20 these laws as evidences that
our friendship TO American labor il nos con-
fined TO wocds alone.
We denounce the employment of Pinkertons
by the railroad corporations In New York in the
pending contest with their employees. and hold
ii TO be the duty of the state and local officers
everywhere 10 prevent sach IN usurpatton BY
capital OF the police power of the state We
are in favor OF arbitration as the only iust and
fair method of settling labor controversies, and
we demand the next legislature the passage of
q Law creating . permanent tribunal of srbitrsr
ton for that purpose We insist that labor has
as good . night 70 organize in behalf OF protec-
ton a. capital. and that labor organizations
should be placed on perfect equality before
the law with the organizations of capital known
a. corporations
After the adoption of the platform the
convention proceeded with nominations.
and on the second ballot Claude Matthews,
farmer of yermillion county, was nom-
mated for secretary OF state.
James Mitchell was chosen by acclama-
ton to succeed himself as justice Of the
supreme court.
The ticket was completed as follows:
John ID. Anderson. of kokomo. state audi
tor; Albert Call. of Indianapolis, treasurer;
S. A. Greensmith. of North Vernon. attor-
ney-general: A NJ Sweeney. of Dubois,
clerk of the supreme court Adjourned