The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-28
A STATE TICKET, TOO.
Almost Imperative for National DEM
ocrats to Name One.

The National Democratic State commit
tee will meet for organization next Tues
day morning at its rooms in the Lemcke
building. As the permanent committee is.
with one exception. composed OF the same
men as were on the provisional committee,
the same officers will be elected and S. o.
Pickens will continue as chairman. The
committee will have much TO consider in
the way of methods OF detailed organiZa-
ton throughout the State. However,, the
most interesting topic IL will have to handle
will be the question Of putting a State
ticket in the field. Some of the northern
districts. where the movement is strongest
and best organized, adopted resolutions at
their wednesday meetings I'm favor OF put
ting State and county tickets in the field.
The leaders of the movement here are d.
vided on the subject. Those opposed to a
State ticket maintain that the issues that
have caused the split in the party are not
involved in anything but the presidential,
congressional and legislative fights, and
they do not want any more bitterness than
they have to have Those who favor a
fight all along the line hold that in order
to maintain a thorough organization 1t is
necessary to act as a party, and declare
that a partial ticket will throw the Ma
tional Democrats into the attitude OF bolt
ers, while they believe that in the orSani-
cation they are building up lies the future
of the Democratic party.
A point was brought TO their attention
yesterday that viii give the state commit
tee al opportunity TO shift the responsible
icy OF deciding this important question
upon broader shoulders. 1t is found that
Under any circumstances IL will be neces-
Sary to call a State convention. The eiec-
loral and State tickets are printed upon the
same ballot sheet. There must be in the
column devoted to the National Democracy
"a State ticket or the voter who leans
toward the sound-money wing and wants
TO vote its ticket will be in a q~uandary.
He will not want TO lose his vote on State
officers after coming 10 the booth, and yet
ticket and at the same time vote for State
officers he Will, if there is no State ticket
printed I'm this column, have TO stamp each
name separately. This he will hesitate to
do, partly because he may ia so doing spol.
his ballot and partly because the poll clerks
will note the fact that he is in the booth a
long time and will know that he is not vot-
ing q straight ticket. Under these circum-
stances, unless he is strong in the faith,
he may vote the Bryan ticket straight.
Thus il is necessary to have a State
ticket, but the Popocratic State ticket can
not. under the Indiana law. be placed
Gratis want TO indoIse Mr.. Shively they
must do II in convention, for names already
on the ballot in one column cannot so in
another unless nominated by another con-
Vention. 1t is therefore necessary to have
Il State convention to either put a ticket
of it's own in the field or to indorSe the
Popocratic ticket. In this situation it is not
likely that the State committee viii under
take to say whether or not a State ticket
shall be nominated. but II will probably
issue n call for a State convention to be
held the last week in September and leave
the question to be decided by the conven-