The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-21
CONVENTION PROPER.
Address by Chairman WcWhIrter-
Other business.

Address by Chairman WcWhirter-
other Business.
The convention assembled in the Ma
sonic hall at 10 o'clock in the morning
and was called to order by 'Parson" s.
A. Haines of this city. There were
about 500 delegates in the hall. The
Rev. Aaron Worth delivered the invoca-
ton and the temporary chairman. after
short address, introduced the chair
man of the state central committee F.
T. McWhirter of indianapolis, who spoke
at length After speaking of the pres
ent condition OF the people and the ne
cessity for decided reformation in the
systems at present in vogue, he said:
The whole question of wages is in
volved in the settlement Of the liquor
problem. The census of 1890 is the basis
of the statement that not less than. one
thousand millions of dollars were spent
for intoXicants in that year. To manu-
facture this vast output on the basis of
thirty cities, there were employed in the
entire country 1854 men. Now. turning
to the seven leading useful industries.
towft: Bakery products, iron and steel
products, lumber and wooden mills pro-
ducts, boots and shoes silk, cotton and
wooden goods we find for an output of
than 100000 men are employed, a differ
enCe Of more than 100000 men. In the
production Of beer. one man for one year.
to S16500 OF output. I'm distilled spirits
one man to SS3.SO0 and in the seven use
ful industries an average of one man,
one year to $4,000 of output. But some
monopolist sympathiZer. or some ignor-
ant man whose judgment has been
warped in this matter. as in many other
fundamental principles, says: is there
~ al Hfr.rr
swer no. As long as there is a hungry
mouth longing for bread there is no over
production Of bread: as long as rags
serve for clothing there is no overprO-
ductiOn Of cotton and wooden goods.
as long as there is a barefoot boy or
girl and woman with shoes out at the
heel and toe there is no oYerproduCtion
of shoes, as long as the housewife must
use broken and wOru-out stoves, and the
farmer ruSted aud Anticipated machinery,
there is no sufficient reason for the iron
and steel mills 70 close down.
IF the revenue paid by those least
able to support a government that has
legislated in the interest Of millionaires
and of monopolists were resisted as it
should be at the balOt-boX by voting
for the prohibition party. there would be
set in motion thousands Of factories. and
the waste and barren places would be
in cultivation for the production of raw
material from one end Of the lard to
the other. the hearts Of tired and mourn
ing wives would he made glad. the or
phan's cry would no longer fill the land
with sorrow, the enticements and al
lurementS that separate husbands from
wives that drive children into the streets
and blight and destroy the home. would
be supplanted by happiness and mirth.
JOY throughout the land would ring out
the old days Of worse than human slav-
cry, and ring in the better days of free
dom homes
contented freemen."
The committee on permanent organiza-
ton reported the name of the Rev. w.
III. Hickman as chairman and Samuel
NJ Sayler of Huntington as secretary.
on account of Mr.. Hickman having to
leave for his home the temporary
ganization so far as the chairman was
concerned was made permanent. and :.
A. HaineS welded the gavel during the
day. A telegram of congratulatiOn was
sent to Neal Dow the father of pro-
hibition" $500 was raised for campaign
purposes by the counties, Mrs. Helen NJ.
Cougar presented to Capt Eli +. Ritter
a handsome bouquet, which he said he
did not know what 10 do with, and nom
nations for the state ticket began. The
call of the districts was made and a
number of names were proposed, but
We're met with firm refusals. The vic
Tins were few and reluctant After con-
| siderable trouble. however. the following
ticket was raked UP and nomina ted. all
the candidates being men of fine moral
standing if not politicians and orators:
Secretary of State-W. NJ. Taylor of
Dana. Vermillion county.
Auditor OF State-John B. Ham of
Marion.
State Recommendation Hadley of
Hendricks.
observation-disclosures Kessinger
| of Vincennes. Knox county.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Prof f. a. Devore of Merom.
Clerk of the Supreme Court-William
NJ Ross of Randolph.
State Statistician-William f. Little of
Shelby
State Geologist-Prof Elwood Kemp of
Terre Haute.
All the nominations were made by ac-
clamation in the absence of opposition
with the exception of state treasurer. In
this contest Mr.. Hadley was opposed
by Joseph Dunlap of Franklin. The vote
stood: Hadley, 42S; Dunlap, III.
When nominations for the two places
on the supreme bench were reached, the
call of the districts resulted in no nom
nations being made, and it was then re-
solved that the state committee be en-
powered to fill the two vacancies.
Mrs. Helen NJ. Cougar of Lafayette,
Mrs. G.. V. Wright of Greensburg, Miss
Mary Hadley of Bloomingdale, Mrs. Pot
ter of Indianapolis and Mrs. J. r.
Nichols of Indianapolis were selected
from the w. G. II. u. to act in conjunc-
ton with the state central committee as
members of the body. The rising sun
was adopted as the emblem of the party
on the tickets Mrs. Nichols made a
strong address IN behalf Of the women
and the w. c. T. u. and the convention
| adjourned, half of the delegates having
already slipped out long before, leaving
| Judge Land vigorously opposing plank
No. upon some constitutional ques-
| ton. which was understood and heard
| by himself alone. And so ended it all.
The Michigan Frauds.
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