The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-09-03

Thirteen Hundred Delegates Gathered il
Tomlinson Hall In Indianapolis-Wild
Applause when Cleveland's Name was
Mentioned.
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 2S.-The Demo
cratic State Convention was called to
order in Tomlinson Hall, at 10 o'clock
this morning, by Chairman Jewett, OF
the State committee, who Immediately
announced Ex-Governor Isaac Gray as
chairman. Thirteen hundred and three
delegates occupied seats, while the
lobbies and galleries were filled with
2 larger crowd of Democrats than had
been gathered together in the State for
many years before.
The platform, which is very long,
was received with great enthusiasm.
Claude Matthews was nominated for
Secretary of State. Mr.. Matthews is
the most extensive farmer in Indiana,
and his nomination is something Of a
tribute to the Farmers Alliance.
j. O.. Henderson, editor of the Koko-
ma Dispatch, was nominated for Audi
tor.
The first and second ballots for State
Treasurer were without result.
On the national political topics the
platform says:
The Democracy of Indiana. in Con-
vention assembled for the first time
since the memorable contest of 1888,
when We went down in defeat but not
dishonor, overcome by the shameless
methods of Dudleyism and blocks-of-
FIVE, do solemnly declare that the cleo
toral vote of Indiana was obtained for
Harrison and Morton by the most
fragrant crimes against the ballot-box
ever perpetrated in an American Com
monwealth. These crimes were COM
mitted under the direct auspices of
VIM. w. Dudley, then and now treas
urer of the National Republican COM
mittee, and by procurement and con-
nivance of the Republican leaders IN
this State and nation; that the Admin
istration of Harrison has made itself
an accessory after che fact to these
crimes by shielding the criminals from
punishment, and even by rewarding
them for their knavery, and that brazen
prostitution of the machinery of the
Federal Court for the district of In
diana by it's judge and attorney to the
service and protection of these conspl-
rators against suffrage constituted the
most Infamous chapter in the Judicial
annals of the Republic.
We denounce tariff monopolists for
their efforts to perpetuate themselves
in power by measures inconsistent with
free institutions and contrary to good
morals.
We find in the force election bill, the
bill creating rotten-borough States,
and the Mckinley tariff bill open man
Hesitation of a gigantic conspiracy Of
the minority to oppress the groaning
people with additional burdens of taxa
ton for private benefit, and to faSten 1t
on the country in such way that the
people cannot free themselves from the
CALLING load.
We denounce the force bill which
passed the House and has the active
support of the Administrator as reyo-
lutionary and unconstitutional. It
strikes down home rule and local self
government, suggests and encourages
fraudulent elections and provides ma
chinery to accomplish dishonest re-
turns and false certificates of elections;
fosters sectionalism and bayonet rule
wherever the interests Of the people
invite to peace, fraternity and unity;
outrages the traditions and customs of
century by giving life tenure to
partisan returning boards; makes the
legislative and executive branches de-
pendent upon the judiciary and con-
verts the judiciary into an instrument
Of oppression and corruption; involves
unnecessary expenditure of millions of
the peoples money, and in Indiana
nulifes the Andrews election law
passed by the last Legislature over the
determined opposition of the Republi-
cans.
We declare that the interference of
any kind by the Federal Government
with State elections is dangerous
menace to the form of government be-
queathed US by the farmers of the Con-
stitution, and that the Intelligence and
patriotism of the American people can
safely be trusted to remedy any evils
that may exist in our elections.
Governor Gray on taking the chair
spoke for over an hour, dealing princi-
pally with State issues. His reference
to Ex-President Cleveland was receiy-
ed with tremendous applause.
A resolution was adopted to make
the State central committee a perma-
nent body elected every two years, on
Jackson's Day, JanuaIy 8.
The ticket was completed as follows:
Albert Gall of indianapolis, Treasurer;
A. Green Smith, of North Vernon, At
torney General; A. NJ. Sweeny, of Du-
bose, Clerk of the Supreme Court; H. D.
Vorhees, of johnson County, Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction; S. S.
CARLY. State geologist; and W. A. Peele,
Jr, statistician. The latter two are re-
nominations.
A Thrilling Tragedy.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, August 27.-