The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-29
MIGHT BE SWALLOWED.
THE INDIANA POPULISTs ARE
AFRAID OF DEMOCRATS.

An inclination TO Make Trades Char
acterize All the POpuIist COnven-
tiOns Held neutrality-suspicious. Is
Said Expressly by Any One About
the Vice President.
Indianapolis. Ind. July 2s.-The state
populist convention assembled here this
morning in the criminal court room. out
Of ], 400 delegates, about $50 were in attend
ance
D. d. Bats OF Winchester was elected
temporary chairman, and Charlton Bull
secretary. After raising a deficit of $3.50
from last years campaign, and the ap-
pointment of committees, the convention
took a recess.
The convention reassembled at ? p. m.
DR.. Mott Singer was made permanent
chairman, and the rest of the temporary
organization was made permanent. Mr..
Landers of Indianapolis was recognized
and made speech, during which he said
that II the populists would endorse the
state democratic ticket, they would be
given representation on the legislative
ticket, which would insure the election OF
a free silver senator from Indianapolis.
He was greeted with loud cries of mo,
no" from all parts of the house.
After he sat down the chairman made
a further few remarks, in which he said
he did not consider 1t right to allow their
party to be swallowed up by the demo-
Gratis or any other political body, and
urged that separate ticket be put IN
the field.
After recess of fifteen minutes the
roll of districts was called.
+. NJ. Walters of Clinton county moved
that the convention telegraph the Ten
nessee populists that Indiana indorses the
work Of the st. Louis convention and NOM
inees.
The Marion county delegation vigor-
ously opposed this, and all that section
of the convention fighting to have the
Indiana populists thrown to the support
Of the straight democratic ticket follow
ed. There was a vast amount of con-
fusion as the roll call went on, but the
397.
The platform adopted reaffirms its devo-
ton to the essential principles of the
party as enunciated in the national plat
forms in 1892 and 1896. The following Is
the financial plank:
I'VE demand the unrestricted coinage of
both silver and gold on equal terms al
the present legal ratio of 16 to / without
waiting for the consent or concurrent ac-
tion of foreign powers, and we demand
the indiscrlminate use of both the metals
in paying the government obligations,
which by law are payable in coin, and de-
nounce the refusal of the present and for
mer administrations to carry out the plain
provisions of the law.
The convention then proceeded to make
ticket which was done by reclamation,
as follows:
Governor-Thomas A. wadsworth OF Da-
Viess county.
Lieutenant Governor-A. p. Hanna of
Montgomery county.
Secretary of State-Silas II. Holcomb of
| Gibson county.
Auditor-N. NJ. Jennings of Johnson
county.
Treasurer-F. S. ]. Robinson OF Clay
| county.
Attorney General-D. H. Fernandez of
| Madison county.
| It was after o'clock this evening when
| the convention took up the question of
what 1t should do about presidential elect
ors. A. J. Johnson offered a resolution
that the convention appoint committee
of one from each district, clothed with
| full power to act for the party.
A substitute giving the committee power
| in arranging a fusion on electors and con-
| gressional and legislative tickets started
a wrangle that lasted away after mid
night.