The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-04-22
The state Convention In Session at
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. First
Gray Next.
Kansas Democrats Instruct Delegates
for Cleveland-Free Silver
Endorsed.
Mr.. Blaine Reported as Saying He
Would Not Take the Oath OF ONCE
Even III Elected.

INDIANAPOLIS, April 90. - Standing
room in the hail was at premium
when at 1880 State Chairman Taggart
requested the Indiana state Democratic
convention to come to order. The bal
comics and galleries were profusely dec
Grated with bunting, while above the
footlights peeping out from between
the stars and stripes were small framed
Autographs of Cleveland, Hendricks
and Gray.
Senator Turpie was introduced -
chairman and made short speech.
The committee on resolutions reported
as follows:
| The Platform.
The Democracy Of Indiana in conven-
| tion assembled reaffirms it's devotion to
the time honored principles of his historic
party. It believes that the powers dele
gated by the people should be strictly con-
strued; that the autonomy of states and
the rights of local self government and
home rule should be zealously guarded;
thnt no money should be taken from tho
people under any pretext other than for
public purposes; that legislation should
L DG COunHCu W SAO ACElbillatC ODJCSto Va
government that public office is a solemn
public trus. lit is uncompromisingly op-
posed to the enlargement and concentra-
ton or usurpation by the central govern
ment of the functions of the states; to
bounties and subsidies in every form,
every species Of class legislation and gov
eminent partnership with private enter
prise; to the whole theory and paternalism.
| We believe that in q free country the
eurtailment of absolute rights of the In
dividual should only be such as is essen
tial to the policy and good of the COM
immunity, and we regard all legislation
looking to the infringement of liberty Of
persons or conscience not absolutely neces-
sary to the maintainance of public order,
as vicious in principle and demoralizing
in practice. We arraign the administrA-
tion of Benjamin Harrison for its sub
Iserviency TO the interests of the money
power which created it, and its indiffer-
fence 20 the welfare OF the people; for tt
brazen violation of its solemn pledges to
the country to elevate and purify the pub
lie service; for its shameless prostitution
of the public patronage to the vilest par
tisan purposes, as illustrated by the sale
of cabinet office to John Wanamaker; by
the employment of the pension bureau as
party machine, and by the promotion OF
William A. Woods to high post in the
federal judiciary as reward for his serv-
ices in saving the "blocks of five' oonspir-
ators from the penitentiary; its wicked
attempt to fasten upon the country the
odious and un-American force bill, in.
tended to deprive the people of the right
to regulate their own elections; for its
weak and demagogical policy which has
exhibited the American government to
the world as bully toward the feeble,
and trucker to the powerful.
We favor such a radical and comrre-
hensive measure of tariff reform as shall
relieve the necessities of the people. and
crude material of our manufactures from
federal taxation. We condemn the So
called reciprocity policy as a transparent
attempt to impose upon the American
people the shadow of commercial freedom
for its substance, in order to perpetuate
the existing system of license in the spoil
alton for the benefit of trusts and monop-
olies, which are the chief support OF the
Republican party. We believe that there
should be kept in constant circulation a
full and sufficient volume of money, con.
sisting of gold, silver and legal, tender
paper currency, at par with each other.
We favor the election Of United States
senator's by the people, and commend
Senator Turpie for his efforts in congress
to secure this great reform
We endorse the course of our distin-
guished senator's, Daniel w. voorhees, and
David Turpie, and we favor the reelection
of Mr.. Turpie TO the position which he has
held with SO much ability.
| A resolution was also adopted to the
effect that in case the convention at
Chicago deemed Cleveland's nomination
inexpedient, the Indiana delegation
should use all honorable means to se-
cure the nomination of Governor GRAY.