The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-08-12
EVERYTHING GOES
Gold Democrats Adopt the Com.
pIete Programme.
CONVENTION CALLED FOR SEPT. q,

AZ which . New Platform VIII He De-
clnred and . New Ticket Nominated
polls Chosen ~ the Convention
City--senator John M. Palmer Selected
for National Committee Chairman -
Gathering Does Its Work in Short
Order-Proceedings in Detail.
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug S.-The provisional
national committee Of the gold standard
Democrats met at the Commercial club ut
p III. yesterday, Bynum called the
meeting to order He announced that
General Bragg and Senator Palmer were
detained by washouts The meeting was
open to visiting Democrats as well as TO
members of the committee, and the as
sembly room was packed The temporary
organization was continued till the even
ing session. In the absence Of Robbins,
of Illinois, Ewing, of Illinois, was made
temporary secretary.
States That Were Represented.
A call of the states showed just thirty
states represented by committeeman pres
ent as follows; Alabama, j NJ. Falkner;
California, +. b. Pond; Connecticut, Joel
Sperry; Florida, j. l.. Gaskins; Georgia,
Il. b. Neal; Illinois. John NJ. Palmer;
Indiana John X. Wilson; Iowa, L. NJ.
Martini Kansas, Eugene Hagan; Ken
lucky, Il. L. Taylor; Maine c. n Hol-
man; Maryland. John +. Semms; Massa-
chusetts, Nathan Matthews, Jr. Michigan,
Thomas A Wilson; Minnesota, F. w Nc
Cutcheon; Missouri, l. G. Krauthaff
Nebraska Euclid Martin; New Hamp-
shire, Gordon Woodbury.; North Caro-
lima, Louis De La Croix; New York,
Charles Tracey; Ohio, j. II. Cultivate;
Oregon, &. h. $. Wood; Pennsylvania,
John G. Built; Rhode Island, g.. G.
Mummford; South Carolina, T. + Foley
South Dakota, II. H. Anton; Tennessee,
j. c. McReynolds; Texas, NJ. l.. Craw-
ford; West Virginia, II. c. Simms; Wis
consin, Ellis c. Usher; Vermont, John
w. Gordon; Virginia, Joseph Bryan,
Washington, Ira Krutz.
Those committeeman selected but who
were not present were: Louis Ehrick, Col
orado; Edgar S. Wilson, Mississippi
Charles c. Conrad, Montana, and L. G.
Foley South Carolina.
Knew just Whnt They Were There For.
The secretary read the resolutions
adopted at the conference held in Chicago
July % by ten middle western states, the
object of which was TO arrange for the
holding of another Democratic national
convention at which an independent gold
Democratic ticket should be named Outh-
waite moved that committee of five
should be at once appointed whose duty il
should be TO select time and place for
the convention. There was loud cheering
over this motion. Delegate Martin Sec
onded the motion and it was passed unan.
imously.
The chairman then appointed the com
mittee as follows: James II. Cultivate,
of Ohio; Charles Tracey, of New York
j. H. Falkner, of Alabama; f. w. Nc
Cutcheon, of Minnesota, and L. G. Kraut-
hoff, of Missouri.
indianapolis Gets the Convention.
The states were called for the location
Of the convention. Colonel ID. w Law
Ter presented the claims of Minneapolis,
followed by John l.. Griffiths and :. o.
Pickens for indianapolis. H. NJ Davies
presented the claims of Louisville. The
BALLOT resulted; Indianapolis, 10; Min
neapolis, d; Louisville, 2. The Indiana
polls people then celebrated their victory
with invitations TO luncheon at the Com
mercial club rooms and announced car
riages for evening drives about the city A