Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-08-23

DENOUNCED by INDIANIaNs.
The BuncO Senators Scored I'm the
Democratic Platform and Pub
iicly Named.

diana met at III o clock this morn,
ing in Tomlinson hall. There were
1,747 accredited delegates seated on
the main floor. Although the wealth.
er was intensely warm the great hall
was filled with spectators. The
only pictures to be seen were those
of Governor Claude Matthews, oi
Indiana, President Cleveland and
the late Thomas A. Hendricks.
They were all steel ongravings and
the Presidents, which was the
largest, was Immediately above the
presiding officers head. An un-
usual number of ladies were present
in the galleries. There was consid-
cradle difficulty experienced in seat
ing the delegates, the extremely
warm weather and the large mum =
ber to be seated creating confusion.
Finally when order was secured
the Rev. Mr.. Abbott, OF Indianapo-
lis, offered prayer. A roll call
followed and the delegations were
found to be complete. The COM
mittee on permanent organization
reported and named Governor
Matthews for permanent chairman
amid a great outburst of applause.
In his opening remarks Chairman
Taggart expressed confidence in q
Democratic victory in November.
The rules on organization were
adopted and the rules of the pres
ent Congress, as far as practicable,
governed the convention.
Chairman Taggart, of the state
central committee, then introduced
Governor Matthews, who was re-
ceived with loud cheers. He de-
livered a strong tariff reform speech.
At the conclusion of Governor
Matthews speech the platform was
read and adopted. On the tariff is
sue it says:
We affirm our opposition to the
vicious system of class legislation
miscalled protection, and pledge
ourselves to continue the battle
against it until every species of ex-
tortion and robbery fostered by the
Mckinley act shall be obliterated
from our revenue system and peo-
pie enjoy all the blessings of COM
mercial liberty. We denounce tariff
protection of every kind as a fraud
and robbery of the great American
people for the benefit of the few.
We maintain that no tariff taxes
should be levied except for pur-
poses of revenue only, and that such
taxes should be limited to the ne.
cessities of the government honestly
and economically administered.
We approve the efforts of Presi-
dent Cleveland and his administra-
ton and of the Democratic House
of Representatives and of a large
majority of the Democratic Sena,
tors, and particularly our distin-
guished Senators from Indiana, the
Hon. D. W. Voorhees, and the Hon.
David Turpie, and our entire Demo-
cratic delegation in Congress to re-
deem the pledges made to the coun-
try by the last Democratic conven-
ton and to execute the will of the
American people as expressed at
the ballot box in 1892.
The platform condemns the course
of the Republican party and espec-
tally "a coterie of senators, who,
masquerading as Democrats, by
threats to defeat all tariff legislation,
have temporarily prevented the
Democratic party from carrying out
all of its pledges to the people for
tariff reform as announced in the
Democratic platform Of 1892" 1t
congratulates Congress that a sub
stantial measure of reform has been
effected and approves the action of
the House in following the enact
ment of this law with the passage
of separate acts, placing sugar, iron
ore and barbed wire on the free list.
1t especially indorses the income
tax as a wise and equitable measure,
designed to place a fair share of the
burdens of the government upon
the property of the country. 1t de-
cIares in favor of a constitutional
amendment providing for the election
of United States Senators by direct
vote of the people and declares the
policy and principles of the Ameri-
can Protective association illiberal,
unwise and unpatriotic, undemo-
cratic and un-American.
The plank referring to ga coterie
of United States Senators masquer'
aiding as Democrats" caused wild
cries of "Name them" and the
names of Brice, German and Smith
were cried out in derisive tones all
over the great hall. The anita.
P. A. plank also called for loud
cheers.
4 Second Lou Chief.
John Atkins exhibited In front of
the LEDGER office Friday bis toppy
sorrel yearling filly, Wild Rose, by
Montrose 106, dam Fannie McDon-
aid 1869, by Bismarck. The young
ster has fine form and size and for
one of her wears is O great actor; in