The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-29

charged that the Republicans had squan-
dered and wasted the peoples money; that
the laws enacted by them had the classes
as against the masses; that many new and
| needless offices had been created to reward
political servants. and that laws had been
passed under the Republican party lash
having for their sole object the protection
and fostering of monopolies and trusts.
thereby suffering the people to be robbed
by practices and methods which, said the
speaker, had frequently been decided by the
Court of Appeals TO be criminal. Mr..
Palmer attacked the record Of the Repub-
lcans on the state canal expenditures,
charging corrupt methods in the use of
money, and said that attempt had been
made to correct any of these abuses.
At the close of his speech the roll was
called, and at its completion Delegate J. G.
Pierce, of Rochester sent to the platform
| resolution which he asked to have read.
Chairman Palmer announced that the reso-
luton which had been sent to the chair
would be referred to the committee on res
olutions when appointed. Mr.. Pierce walked
down the center aisle. loudly demanding
| that the resolution be read. '"That is
resolution to instruct the committee on res
olutions," he said, '.and now is the proper
| time for it to be read"
| Chairman Palmer announced that his de-
cision was that the resolution should be re-
ferred to the committee on resolutions. and
directed the clerk to proceed with the read
ing of other resolutions for the appointment
of committees. The resolution which Mr..
Pierce desired read was as follows:
II move that when the committee on res
olutions is appointed it be instructed to en-
graft in its resolutions a plank reaffirming
the Chicago platform of 1885,
Mr.. Pierce is one of the contesting dele
gates from Monroe county. and it is i'm
probable that he will be given another OPP
portunity to present this motion. When the
delegations from each senatorial district had
been advised to send to the secretary the
name of their representative on each of the
committees on credentials, resolutions and
permanent organization recess was taken
until IL o'clock tomorrow morning.
SCHRAUBE FOR CHAIRMAN.
After the convention adjourned the COM
mittee on permanent organization selected
Frederick G. Schraube, of Lewis county, as
permanent chairman Of the convention. and
decided to make the other temporary officers
of the convention permanent
The committee on resolutions went into
session at o'clock. The platform was i'm
the general committee adjourned to meet
at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. The sub
committee at once began it's labors upon
the platform. At the outset resolution of
secrecy was adopted to be binding upon the
members until the subcommittee makes its
report to the general committee tomorrow.
At 4:30 o'clock a committee OF members of
the Chicago platforms Democracy, headed
by Calvin E. Keach, of Lansing burg, ap-
peared before the subcommittee on resolu-
tions and asked that the resolution adopted
by the conference of Chicago platform Dem
Ccrats, which was held at Albany during
the latter part of August, be made a por-
ton of the Democratic state platform or
that the platform should reafirm the Chi
cago national platform. This resolution was
presented by the Chicago platform Demo-
Gratis to the meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the state committee recently held
at Saratoga, and by that committee referred
to the committee on resolutions of the pres
ent convention. After a lengthy audience
Mr.. Reach and his associates retired from
the conference. They were reticent as to
the attitude assumed by the members of the
subcommittee and were not apparently en-
couraged to believe that the Chicago plat
fe erm would be indorsed.
cess until o'clock, when it's labors on the
platform were resumed. Colonel Asa r.
Gardner a prominent member of the SUBJ
committee, said to the Associated Press
correspondent that none of the platform
provisions would be made known until to-
morrow. Colonel Rockwell. the chairman
of the resolutions committee, is a pro-
nounced silver man and was the chairman
of the last Democratic state convention,
which, at Buffalo, Endorsed the Chicago
platform.
The Platforms salient points, as agreed
upon up to midnight and liable to little
change, are: The Republican administra-
tion just closing will be arraigned for its
extravaganza Of the peoples money. The
working of the Raines law is condemned.
The Republican party will be arraigned for
protecting monopolies and trusts. The ma
tional treatment of the soldiers is pro-
claimed against The Democratic party was
Justly proud of the bravery of our soldiers
and proud that the war has ended with so
much glory to our people. But in the hour
of victory the people are compelled to bow
their heads in disgrace and humiliation over
the treatment of the soldiers, due to the
| incompetence of heartless government off,
| GERS There had been promises to investi-
gate, but there was only one way and that
was to turn the officers down and out and
let the Democrats do the investigating. A
plank in the platform to which the trainers
attach great Importance as weapon for
use against Colonel Roosevelt is one that
declares against candidates who swear off
their taxes.
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