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Indiana Democracy Declares Tor the
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white Metal.
rna,anapol,s. Ind. June 25.--The state
democratic convention held here Weanes-
dav nominated state ticket and selected
presidential electors ana deie6htes 70 e.o
Chicago convention. The PLATFORM aoop,-
ed declares strongly In favor OF l.se 81
Yer. Senator n. G.. Bell, or FORT wayne,
was the permanent chairman Inv s'"'o
ticket named Is as follows; ..,,.. =,
FOR Governor--Benjamin +. shiyeiy. OF
South Bend.
ier OF Salem -
vt,Ie. n 70. Gavin. Greensburg; Iheo 4.
Davss Noblesville: O. J. Lotz, Muheie'
George Il. Ross, Logansport, r.n-
Secretary OF States, NJ. haistoh' A<ep-
Auditor-Joseph t. Tanning. Indianap-
oils. .,.. n-aarea,a
Attornoy-General--J. q. McNutt. Terre
Haute.
superintendento OF Instruction-w. b. Sin
state statistician--o. II. Downey. Al
bion. - 49,.
Delegates at Large ID. W. voorhees,.
q v. Menzies. Mount Vernon; James Nc
cabe, Wiliamsport
Electors at Large-John g. Stoll. South
Bend. Jason Il. Brown. Seymour
Upon being nominated for governor MT.
shlvely was escorted 10 the platform amid
ioud cheera He spoke Of the party's rec
ord In state affairs. It's benevolent insti-
tuition reforms, the school book law. the
labor enactments, the tax law and the
Australian ballot, and continued;
I'm national politics the enemy VIII seek
In vain 10 regalvanizc the exploded dog
mas OF wealth by statute and prosperity
| by taxation. The Wilson-Gorman law,
| with a loss OF over 1000 by tho loss or
the income tax feature through the de-
| cision OF the supreme court. stu brought
more TO the treasury laSt year man uio
the Mckinley law during the last year OF
| its operation.
"But there Is an issue In this campaign
| Of yaster Importance than tariff schedules;
| an issue that had It's origin In the provision
OF federal power In striking from our coin
| age a part OF our historical money. The
scramble for gold began with the resump-
| ton OF specie payments I'm 1878 Close your
| douring mills 10 wheat and the price OF
wheat will 40 down: declare that coal shall
not be burned as fuel and coal Will so down
while the price OF wood wnl go up. The
close OF our minis to silver sent up the
price of gold and sent down silver. As
rold arose down went all the products OF
labor; down went the farm. the factory
and the store The democratic position
taken here to-day Is the patriotic. the his
toric position Of the party. We can wei
AFFORD TO stand upon II aud leave the Ills
that have come upon the country 10 be ex
planned by those who I'm an evil hour In
nicted them upon us."
The committee on resolutions read ~
report, the main points OF which are al
follows;
1--WE reaffirm our adherence 10 and faith
| IN the democratic doctrine OF bimetallisn
and therefore we demand the Immediate
restoration OF bimetallism by the free and
unrestricted coinage OF both silver and
gold as primary money at the ratio o.
sixteen TO one. without waiting the co
operation OF Great Britain or any othcl
foreign power. all such coinage 10 be ful
legal tender In the payment OF all debt
public and private.
! "Resolyed. That we believe the existing
tariff laws will be fully equal TO all de
mnnds for needed revenue for the expense
OF government economically administered
under the conditions which will arise from
the restoration OF bimetallism."
Earnest sympathy with the people OF tn
| island OF Cuba IL expressed; election O
| United States senators by direct vote I
! | favored Course and action OF Senator
I | Voorhees, and Turpie arc Endorsed, as
= also the administration OF Gov. Matthews
And the delegates from Indiana 10 IA
national convention are hereby instructe
10 cast their votes IN his favor for pres
dent first, last and all the time, and
1 use all honorable efforts to secure his nom
nation.
.sThe 30 delegates selected 10 represer
the democracy OF Indiana In the Chicag
national convention are instructed 10 voi
S / az a unit upon all questions involving plai
, form or candidates In that convention
The platform was started on its way !
n motion for the previous question, whe
I w. u. Bynum arose and "a wild scene 81
& sued He was intending TO offer minorii
report The convention endeavored
: howl him down, but he stood his groun
s chairman Bell declared him out OF ord
d and declared the platform adopted. b'
4 Bynum wildly gesticulated and declare
= that he was acting under the rules. Fac
~ side triec to outyell the other and q
v police were ordered TO clear the aisles, b
a Bynum still stood untouched. Senat
Turpic was brought forward and start,
x TO speak, but II was five minutes before
< could be heard. lie was finally giv'
e attention while he made a silver speech
. some length. All the time the senat
talked Bynum stood In the aisle. and VIII
% his speech was through again claimed a
tent IN and the confusion was resume
j. over an hour OF confusion was spent
'e trying 10 get hearing for Bynum. Up
10 the completion OF the ticket the conventi
% dfOurned sine die.