The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-08-31
KEYSTONE STATE TICKET
Two Candidates Nominated by the Re-
pnblicans of Pennsylvania.
Immediate and Unconditional Repeal Of the
Silver Law Urged and Democracy Scored
for Its Treatment of Pensioners.


lioan State convention TO nominate candl.
dates for State Treasurer and Justice of
the Supreme Court was called TO order at
10:45 o'clock this morning. Hon. George
w. Hood. of Indiana county, was chosen
temporary chairman. He delivered short
address. in which he said that when Grover
Cleveland was elected President in 1892 the
hum of industry was heard throughout the
land. The wage Garner was we'll and
promptly paid. and the farmer had ready
and fair market for his product Our
finances were easy. To-day. with less than
six months of Democratic rule. we find our
industries paralyzed, our wage earners dis
charged or put upon limited time, and.
in some instances. begging bread.
aud Democratic Congress di-
vided in purpose. unsettled in
politics. aimless in action, awaiting. like
Micswber. for something to turn up which
shall serve as an index to point the way
to the Utopian fields OF financial success.
business confidence and patriotic trust
which, under the administration of Presi.
dent Harrison, were so richly enjoyed by
all. With full and complete control of
Congress. with all the attributes of a panic
absent from our financial condition, the
party In power alone can only in oil fair
ness be held responsible for the present SIT
uation of affairs. What all good citizens
want and what is especially needed to re-
store confidence and revive the Tagging in-
dustries of the country Is an nnmistaka Die
assurance from Washington that the leRs-
lation which gave US Sherman money, Nc
Kinley tariff and Blaine reciprocity shall
not be lnterfered with.
After the appointment of committees q
recess was taken till O'Clock. When the
convention reconvened Horace B. Packer
was made permanent chairman. In his ed.
dress he contrastod the business and tnan-
cial conditions existing year ago,
when the last State convention was held,
with the present condition. He criticised
the action of Speaker Crisp in elloting
thirty.twO Of the thirty-fve committee
chairmanshIps to tho South, which, with
entire country. and with scarcely one
fourth of the wealth, business and COM
merce. had no right to sucb control of pu b.
lie affairs as it now holds. Mr. Packer was
outspOken In his condemnation of the Dem
Ocratio policy OF euspendlng PENSIONS.
characterlzing Hoks Smith as a rebel who
had no sympathy with those who upheld
the Union in the rebellion.
Mr. Cayeu. of Philadelphia, presented
the report of the committee on resolutions
which was unanimously adopted. The
most important resolutions follow:
We demand the immediate and unconditional
repeal of the purchasing clause of the act OF
Congress entitled "An act directing the purchase
OF silver bullion and the issuing of treasury
notes thereon. approved July IA, 1890. We
congratulate the country upon the recent prom pt
tives, and request the Senators from Pcnnsyl-
vania 10 support similar legislation now pend
ing in the Senate.
We favor the expansion of the circulating me-
dium OF the country until the same shall amount
to $40 per capita OF our population, and approve
the proposition 10 issue national bank notes 10
the par value OF the bonds deposited TO secure
their circulation.
The declaration of the Minneapolis plat
form on the money question is incOrpOrat-
cd. with this addition:
Further, we declare that the obligations of the
government should be discharged in money APP
proved and IN current use In all civilized ma
tOns, and TO that end largely increased reserve
OF gold should be gradually accumulated and
maintained.
Swiftly upon the heels Of Democratio success
in 1892 has followed unprecedented national
distress. serious fall in tho price OF farm and
other products and manufactures: the closing
OF WORKSHOPS, factories and mills; the reduction
OF the wages OF labor; the discharge of working
men from employment; the cessation OF railroad
extensions and diininution OF traffic; bankruptcy
ana The suspension or banks are to-day the only
monuments OF their triumph. Tho present con-
ditol or the country IS mainly due 10 the con-
victlon that vital attack will he made upon
the American system or protection. We reiterate
the Delef we have often expressed that the
maintenance OF an adequate and stable system
duties Is essential to the Well-being
OF the nation and the prosperity of labor and
capital. and pro test against any amendments 10
the Mckinley bill until il shall have been fairly
tested and Judged by its practical operations
The heroic sacrifices and unfaltcring patri-
otisin OF the Union soldiers in the great war OF
the rebellion created u debt OF gratitude that the
Nation can never pay, and the Republican
party, ever mindful or their loyal services aud
grateful for their herosim, renews its declaration
OF friendship for the surviving veterans, aud its
advocacy OF liberal pensions, and far as posi-.
be. will not only contribute TO their comfort in
their declining years, but will hold III sacred
memory their priceless and distinguished serv-
ices on the field OF battle. The national Demo-
cratic administration. ia the appointment Of Of
fcers In charge or the Interior Department at
Washington who are hostile To the surviving
veterans, deserves the condemnation or every
10y al citizen III tho Nation, and the Republican
party OF Pennsylvania emphatically denounces
the acts by which the heroes of the Republic are
being arbitrarily deprived OF their pensions as
unworthy OF the patriotic American people, and
as rejecting discredit upon the great iepublic
made perpetual by the loyal services OF the
Union soldiers.
The platform was adopted. after which
the following nominations were made BY
accamation: For Justice of the Supreme
Court. ID. Newlin Fell. of Phlladelphia;
State Treasurer. Samuel ID. Jackson. The
convention then adjourned