, 1890-09-04
INDIANA DEMOCRATS.
The State Convention Held
Yesterday.
PLATFORM FULL OF BITTERNESS
The Administration and All Re.
publican Acts Denounced IN
the Strongest Terms.

IspIAsAPoLls, Aug. 2s.-The Indiana
democratic state convention met to-day,
Ex-Governor Gray presiding. A plat=
form was adopted denouncing Dudley,
and alleging thut 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 perpetrated in an Amer
ican common wealth. These crimes were
committed under the direct auspices OF
William Wade Dudley, then and now
treasurer of the national republican
committee, and by the procurement and
Connivance of the republican leaders in
this state, and tho national administra-
tion of Benjamin Harrison has made
itself AN accessory after the fact to those
crimes by shielding tho criminals
from punishment, and even by reward
ing them for their knavery, and that
brazcn prostitution of the machinery OF
the federal court for the district of lndi-
ana by its judge and attorney to the ser
vice aud protection of the conspirators
against Tree suffrage constitutes the most
Infamous chapter in the judicial annals
vi
monopolss for their efforts to perpetuate
themselves in power by measures not
consistent with free institutions and con-
trary to good morals. We find in the
force election bill and the Mckinley tar
III bill tho open manifestations of n gi-
guntic conspiracy OF the majority to OPP
press the groaning people with ad-
ditional burdens of taxation for private
benefits.
The platform continues:
1--WE denounce the silver bill, so called,
recently enacted. as an ignoniinious sur
render to the money power. 1t perpet-
yates the decentralization of silver and
the single gold standard, whereas the
interests of the people require the COM
plete decentralization of silver, and its
restoration to perfect equality with
gold in our coinage. We demand the
free and unrestricted coinage OF silver
upon the basis existing prior to 1873.
1--WE are in favor, as We always have
been, of a Just and liberal pension sys-
TEN, and We denounce the republican
party for making pledges to the veterans
in 1885, which have not been redeemed,
and even not intended to be redeemed,
and we warn them against further at
tempts at deception from the same quar-
ter.
I'VE rejoice ut the evidences OF an
awakening of the farmers of the country
better their own condition and TO pro-
tect themselves against unjust legisla-
tion and oppressive administration. We
demand legislation prohibiting aliens
from acquiring lands in America and
for the forfeiture OF the titles to 70, 742. =
900 acres Of our public lands now held
by ..ns them; e.vo. ~. .,.,,,on =, r,,,.,
States senators by the people"
Tho last resolution is as follows: I'VE
favor the eight hour law, law to pre-
vent blacklisting, laws for the protection
Of coal miners and u law preventing the
importation of Pinkerton detectives, and
the repeal of the republican intimidation
law OF 1881. As manifestations of the
steadfast friendship of tho democratic
party to the working man. We point to
these laws as the evidence that our
friendship to American labor is not con-
fined 10 words alone. We denounce
tho employment Of Pinkertons
by the railroad companies
Of New York In the pending contest with
their empl Dyes and held IL to be the duty
of the state and local officers every where
TO prevent such all usurpation by capital
Of the police powers OF the states. We
are in favor oi arbitration as the only
just and fair method oil settling labor
controversies, and we demand of the
next legislature the passage of law
creating tribunal of arbitra-
ton for that purpose. We insist that
labor has as good right to organize in
behalf of protection as capital, and that
labor organizations should he placed on
a perfect equality before the law with
the organizations of capital, known as
corporations"
Claude Matthews, o farmer, was nom
mated on the second ballot for secretary
OF state.
On the first ballot j. o. Henderson,
editor of the Kokomo Dispatch, was
nominated for state auditor.