The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-02
WAS MOST DOLEFUL
SENATORIAL CONVENTION At SEY-
MOUR WITH TEN DELEGATES.
Jnson Brown Spoke TO Empty Bench-
es-Many Democratic Gatherings
Solemn as Prayer Meetings.
to the Indianapolis Journal.


SEYMOUR, Ind, Sept. 1.-The joint
Democratic senatorial convention to
nominate a candidate for State
: Senator for jackson and Law
renee counties met in this city this after
noon and renominated the present Senator,
David H. Ellison, of Lawrence county.
The convention was called to order by ].
II. Matlock, chairman of the Jackson
county committee, and Congress-
man Brown was elected chairman and Mr..
O'Connell, of Bedford, secretary. A count
ing of noses revealed the fact that there
We're only ten out of forty-two delegates,
with twenty-nine men and one boy pres
ent, Louis Schneck, the Republican candi-
date for the same office, and other Repub-
licans being among the number. On mo-
ton of a Jackson county man. who was So
licited to act as a delegate, Mr.. Ellison
was nominated by reclamation. Mr.. Eli
son was called on for a speech and pro-
ceeded in the folio wing
1T is win a feeling OF gratitude and
self-resDect." When he had finished the
sentence ne woke up to the realization of
its meaning and corrected it by adding the
words great respect instead OF self
respect" He said that he was instrumental
in Eeiping 20 frame the bill which added
$1,000. 100 worth of taxable property on the
tax duplicate. This announcement will be
news To many leading members of the
state senate, VINO nave been claiming the
After Ellison had finished there were
calls tor Brown, who was ready for the oc-
casion, having pulled a package of manu-
script from his inside pocket. He began:
4 thought that L would have enough
friends here this afternoon who would call
on me for a speech, and SO, sitting at my
nome this morning, L made some prepara-
tion.' He then went on to tell what the
Democratic party had done in Congress,
and said that the free sugar, coal and iron
bills which had passed the House would
also pass the Senate in December. During
his speech he never referred to the candi-
date who had defeated him for renomina-
ton, but showed by the following remarks
had not had time to heal:
You have taken the office away from
me which you gave me; but 1 will make
you ashamed OF it before long Having
concluded the sentence he laughingly said:
Il only said that in fun. you know
At the conclusion of Browns speech the
following resolution was presented by j.
a. Gum, of Bedford. and adopted:
Resolved, That we look with compass
sion on the inconsistency OF the Republic
an party, which, while loudly proclaiming
its opposition to the trusts and corpora
tions, has, nevertheless, named for it's
standard bearer in the senatorial district
a gentleman who is president of an indus
try known to be of the special privileged
class, and one which, until the date of the
new Democratic tariff bill, was a benefi-
clary OF the Republican system of 'protec-
ton at an average rate of $50 per cent. a
gentleman, also, whose personal worth is
but little short of a million dollars. While
We do not condemn a man merely because
he is wealthy, we think that the interests
of all the people would not be promoted
by sending to the State Senate a member
of the wealthy classes, as a late. sad ex-
perience in our own household has taught
us that wealth will stand for wealth as
against the common interests of the peo-
pie"
The resolution was to act as a slam on
Mr.. Schneck, the Republican candidate, and
the next State Senator from jackson and
counties. 1t Is true that Mr..
Schneck is president of the Seymour wooden
mills, of which he owns one-fifth of the
stock, while forty-two stockholders, nearly
half of whom are widows and orphans, own
the other four-fifths, and which gives
steady employment to 125 people. By being
an energetic and go-ahead kind of a man
Mr.. Schneck has, by honesty and frugality,
saved a handsome sum, and is what might
be called a well-to-do man, but is not worth
anything like the sum stated in the resolu-
ton. On the other hand, it is reported that
Ellison came in possession of considerable
property from his father and from his wife,
which he has run through" The small
attendance at the convention is regarded
as a sure indication of the early disruption
of the 'perfidy and party dishonor' party.