The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-08
THE OFFICERS ELECTED.
Tarvin Chosen President-Kind
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The bimetallic convention was not opened
for business yesterday morning until a late
hour. and even then only about five hundred
people were present, but what the body
lacked in numbers it made up in yells and
other demonstrations of enthusiasm. The
session was business one, and, as the cleo
ton of officers of the league was the first
duty, the chairman called for nominations
from the different state delegates. +. w.
Fel., of Greenfield, Ind, responded with a
fiattering speech in favor OF Judge James
p. Tarvin, of Covington, KY. for president,
which was seconded by the Ohio delegation,
while the Kentucky delegation responded by
urging modesty as the reason for not speak
ing in favor of their candidate. On motion,
therefore, the rules were suspended and the
vote of election made unanimous for Mr..
Taryin as president.
In his speech of thanks the president-elect
said that the soil of Indiana was ennobled
by the lives and deeds of such men as it's
sons Hendricks, Voorhees, and others, and
Indianapolis was especially distinguished as
the burial place of a party, since 1896, WHICH
would never moro be known in the land.
The purpose of the convention, he claimed,
was to purify politics, not to desert the peo-
pie as did the boilers in this city two years
ago. The great want was, he said, less adj
vice and more money. In event of war over
Cuba, he said, the blood of the common peo-
pie would flow, and not that of bankers
and bloodless trusts and corporations.
Therefore the people should rule. and not
Schemlng experts. He explained the neceS-
Sity for keeping the renegadeS from gain
ing control of the silver party when they
should seek readmittance to the ranks, as
that was a part of the gold bug scheme to
again defeat the silver forces The Spanish
were not, in his estimation, half SO danger
Gus as enemies to the people as the gold
bugs at home
The following officers were then elected:
Vice presidents M r. Tucker of Ohio: F.
j. Van Vorhis, of Indiana, and A. c. Bent
ley, of Illinois; secretary, Allen w. Clark,
of Greensburg; treasurer, Colon Schott, of
chosen as follows: Indiana, John Overmyer
and Silas w. Shepard; Ohio. H. L. Dunbar
and III. G. Cordrey: Illinois, D. E. Gear and
A. r. Williams; Kentucky Ramsey Wash
ington and Joseph l.. Rhinock. In addition
it was decided to make all ex-presidents of
the league members of the executive COM
mittee.
THE SUBSIDIZED PRESS
A. A. Brown, of Cincinnati, made the clos
ing speech of the session with an attack on
the Subsidized press" which was, he said,
controlled wholly by the money power
Branching out, he scored the plutocrats UNI
mercifully, stigmatizng them as "ungath-
cred imps from hell and skilled in the
craftiness of financial crime'' The federal
courts were, he claimed 1.-THE roosting places
for monopoly lobbyists and political pawn
brokers" to whom Shylock was a creditable
character. In event of war, while the peo-
pie gave their blood to the country these
leeches, said he, would do their lighting be-
hind bank windows by raising discounts
just before adjournment it was decided for
various reasons to change the location of
the place for the next convention from Lex
lngton, KY, to Louisville.