St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-29
Hoosier Democrats Name Can
didates for All State Offices
Except Governor.
A Platform Adopted That Will
Make President Harrison
Feel Dizzy.
Wolverine Republicans Con-
tent to Be Led by Million
aipe Turner.
Badger Democrats Complete
Their Ticket and Begin to
Boom It.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Aug. 28.-The
Democratic state convention was called
to order at 1920 this morning by Chair
man Jewett, of the state central COM
mittee. A permanent organization was
effected by the election of ex-Gox.
Isaac P. Gray as chairman and John G.
Nelson as secretary. S. E. Morse,
editor of the Indian apolis Sentinel, pre-
sented the report of the committee on
resolutions. The platform denounces
the Republican administration for aid
ing and abetting the corrupt practices
election, by which the state of Indiana
was stolen by the Republican party;
denounces the administration for ignor-
ing the provisions of the civil
service law: condemns the various
''gft enterprises" manipulated by the
family of President Harrison for private
gain; condemns the theft of two United
States senators from Montana; de-
nounces the Force bill; favors a tariff
for revenue only, denOuncing in this
connection not only the Mckinley bill,
but also the reciprocity scheme pro-
mulgated by Secretary Blaine, which
would be for the benefit only of a few
Eastern manufacturers instead of the
farmers in the West: denounces Speak
er Reed for his arbitrary rules and ig-
noring the rights of the minority in the
house of representatives arraigns the
Republican party for reckless waste
of public money through partisan ap-
preparations: denounceS the system of
subsidies between countries which
would tax the farmers of Indiana for
the benefit of the sugar growers Of
Louisiana and the manufacturers of
the Eastern states; denounceS the silver
bill passed by congress and declares
in favor of the free and unlimited
coinage of silver; favors liberal appro-
priatfons for the pensioners of the
country, and denounces the Republican
| party for falling to carry out its pledges
made to the soldiers i'll the last presi-
DENTAL campaign; declares against the
alien ownership of lands; favors the
election of United States senators by
direct vote of the people; declares in
favor Of the eight-hour law. the coal
! miners law, and favOrsscOmpulsOry ar
bltratlOn as means of settling disputes
between capital and labor; denounces
the use of ''Pinkerton thugs" against
the striking employees of the New York
Central railroad; declares in favor of
public schools, but denounces any ln-
study in private and parochial
schools conducted at the expense
| of private individuals, and in
dorses the course of Senators Voor-
hees and Turpie and the DEM
ocratic representatives from Indiana.
The following ticket was nominated:
Judge of the supreme court, Joseph a.
| A. Mitchell, of Elkhart county; secre-
tary of state. Claude Matthews, of Yer
million county; auditor of the state, j..
o. Henderson, of Howard county; state
treasurer, Albert Gall, of Indianapolis; !;
A. Il. Smith, of Jennings county, for
attorney general; Andrew M. Sweeney,
of Dubois county, for clerk of the su-
preme court; Harvey D. Vorhies, of
johnson county, for superintendent of
public instruction; William A. Peele
Jr., of Marion county, for chief of the
bureau of statistics. and S. S. Gorby, of
| Dearborn county, for state geologist.
| The convention was one of the most
harmonious ever neld in this state.