The morning call., 1890-08-29

A-NDia-N-Ai OLlcs aug. Co. 1u0 1Uuldud
Democratic State Convention met to-day,
Ex-Governor Gray presiding. A platform
was adopted, denouacing Dudley and alleg-
ing that Harrison and Morton carried the
State in 1888 by fraud. 1t says: The
electoral vote of Indiana was obtained for
Harrison and Morton by the most fragrant
crimes against the ballot-box ever perpe-
tuated in an American commonwealth.
These crimes were committed under the
direct auspices Of William Wade Dudley,
then and now Treasurer Of the National
Republican Committee, and by the procure
ment and connivance of Republican leaders
in this State and the nation. The admins
trati0n of Benjamin Harrison has made
itself an accessory after the fact to those
crimes by shielding criminals from punish
ment, and even by Iewarding them for
their knavery; and the brafen prosti-
tuition of the machinery of the Federal
Court for the District of Indiana by its
Judge and attorney to the service and pro-
lection Of the c0nspirat0rs against suffrage,
constitutes the most infamous chapter
We denounce the tariff monop-
olists for their efforts to perpetuate them
selves in power by measures inconsistent
with free institutions and contrary to good
morals. We find in the Force Election Bill
a bill creating rotten borough States, and
in the Mckinley Tariff Bill the open mani
festation of a gigantic conspiracy of the
minority to Cypress the groaning f&ople
with additional burdens ,of taxation for
private BENEFITS. We dennunce the Silver
Bill, so-called fecentiy enacted as az igGo-
minious surrendsr tc The money power. Il
peTpetuates the characterization Of silver
and 6 81 siHa ias:2 .su5sfd. NheEsas Che
interests OF the pt--pia seqa1,s lsesss ~
demonetization Of Silver AID is re -cst8e
to perfect equality with gold in our coiH-
age; we demand the free ana unrestEained
coinage of silver upon the basis existing
prior to 1873. We are in favor, as we always
have been, of a just and liberal pension
system; we denounce.the Republican party
for making pledges to the veterans in
1888, which have not been redeemed and
even not intended to be redeemed, and we
warn them against further attempts at de-
ception from the same quarter; we rejoice
at the evidence Of an awakening OF the
farmers of the country to the necessity Tor
organized efforts to better their own condl-
tion and protect themselves against unjust
legislation and oppressive administration
demand legislation prohibiting aliens from
acquiring lands in America and for the for
felture OF titles to 0,742,O0o acres now
of United States Senators by the
people. Our resolutions are as fol-
lows: We applaud the eight-hour
aw, law to prevent "black-listing" law
prohibiting ''pluck-me" stores; laws for
L.
preventing the Importation of Pinkerton
detectives, and the repeal of the Republican
intimidation law of 1881. As a manifesto
tion Of the steadfast friendship of the DEM
ocratic party to the worklngmen, weipoint
to these laws as an evidence that our
friendship to American labor is not con-
fined to words alone. We denounce the
employment Of Pnkerton men by the rail-
road corporation of New York in the pend
ing contest with employees and hold it to be
the duty of the State and local officers
everywhere to prevent such a usurpation
by capital of the police power Of the State;
we are in favor of arbitration as the Only
just and fair method of settling labor con-
troversies, and we demand OF the next Leg
iSlature the passage OF law creating per-
manent tribunal OF arbitration for that
purpose; We insist that labor has as good
right to organize in self-protection as capi-
tai, and that labor organizations should be
placed on perfect equality before the law
with organizations of capital known as coz
pOrations.
On the second ballot, Claude Matthews, a
farmer of Vermilion County, was nomi-
mated for Secretary of State. James
Mitchell was chosen by accIamation to sue
ceed himself as Justice Of the Supreme
Court. The ticket was completed as fol-
lows: j. o. Hendrickson. editor of the
Kok0mo Dispatch, State Auditor; Albert
Call of indianapolis, Treasurer; A. Green
Smith Of North Vernon, ey-General;
A. NJ. Sweeney Of Dubois, Clerk OF the Su-
preme Court. Adjourned.
WISCONSIN DEMOCRATS.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 2S.-The Democratic
Convention reassembled this morning and
proceeded to finish the ticket. Thomas
Cunningham was nominated for Secretary
OF State; John Hummer for State Treasurer;
j. l.. OC0nner for Attorney-General; o. E.
Wells for Superintendent of Public lnstruc-
ton. and Thomas Thompson for Railroad
Commissioner.