The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-01
BAILEY'S PLEDGE BROKEN
POPULIsTs GIVEN NO PLACE ON THE
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
Nominations by Three Conventions
Yesterday-Frank Burke Given
Direct Slap.


Tamm, Frank E. Wolcott, w. w. Rob
bins. Timothy Harrington, Charles b.
For Joint Senator. Marion and Morgan
EbeneZer Henderson.
For Joint Representative, Marion and Han
cock-Uriah S. Jackson.
For Justices of the Peace, Center Town
ship-Luke Walpoe, James Johnson, o.
G. "; McComb. jeremiah Joseph Casey,
For Constables, Center Townshlp-Samuel
White, Carl s. Black James O'Day, Rich
ard Kennedy, George Surrells.
Democrats of three counties 'held the
boards on the stage of the Cleveland Club
Hall yesterday Marion and Morgan coun-
ties nominated a joint senator, Marion and
Hancock counties nominated a joint repre-
sentative, Marion county alone nominated
seven legislative candidates and Center
township nominated five candidates for JUS
tice of the peace and five for constabes.
Tim Griffin likened the various conven-
tons, which were held one after the other,
the same delegates from this county par
ticipating in all, to continuous show with
tho same actors all through" Minus the
tom-toms, the convention was good deal
like the performance in Chinese theater
and the discordant musical instruments of
the Orient could scarcely have made them
selves heard in the din that prevailed
tilAOuSIOul. ne SHOW was not without
good many spectacular features. Before it
began "Lafe" Perkins, candidate for rep
resentative, circulated large cards bearing
the picture of a black Spanish rooster, be-
meath which was warning to the dele
gates reading: ITO prevent any misappre-
hension, Lafayette Perkins desires to state
that he is not a. son of Sam Perkins, of
Indianapolis, but son of Dwight Perkins,
a sterling Democrat Of 10 ,ha
delegates smiled broadly when the big
rooster was thrust into their hands, but
they frowned when they saw that it was
Spanish fowl. Perkins had his trouble and
the expense of printing the big picture
cards for his pains. He was not nominated.
Daniel d. jennings candidate for justice
of the peace. described himself on his cards
a good deal as the police records describe
some of the people the officers are seeking.
Delegates were handed his cards with the
request to vote for Daniel d. Jennings,
alias Big Harry" The alias big Harry
fits Jennings to IT, He is so fat it is
very uncomfortable for him to walk around.
He's the fat man of our side show" said
one delegate. Jennings drew one of the
nominations. A candidate for constable,
subject to the decision of the Democratic
township convention" was George r. Hut
ton, whose cards announced that he is
known as Pa Hutton The cards were
ornamented with pictures of round
checked "copper"" with a helmet on his
head and a mace in his hands, wearing alb
black golf stockings. Pa" Hutton did not
prove very good drawing card in the con-
tinuous show, and he went down with a
THE POPULISTS LEFT OUT.
A feature of the convention was the
breaking Of all promises made to the Popu-
lists. None was nominated. Allen Jennings,
one of the most noted of them all, received
as many as twenty-five votes on the first
ballot for justice of the peace, but that
was the most he got. He ended in the third
ballot with two little votes, just enough to
keep him from being shut out. If any of
the other candidates nominated by the slate
chairman of the ward were Pops" the
delegates failed to discover it, None was
nominated at any rate. Some of the Popu-
made to them her When TAM en n the
nominate a congressional candidate in oppo-
sition to Leon o, Bailey asserted that they
would have been given at least two places
If the scheme could have been kept dark
It's publication aroused the out-and-out
democrats, who made all sorts of threats to
prevent any recognition of the Populists.
1t is needless to add that the Populists
were hopping mad at the way they were
H. c. Cox, one of the candidates for JUS
tice OF the peace, made a serious mistake
early in his eectioneering campaign. When
ne naQ cards announcing his candidacy
printed he failed to see that they bore the
union label. There were several printers
on the list of candidates who discovered
this fact and proceeded to make things I'M
pleasant for Cox. The latter obtained rec
ognition from the chair and tried to explain
that 1t was through ignorance that he had
been using "scab" cards. His explanation
was received with silence, save from a few
loyal a., friends, thirty of whom voted for him
John w. Kern was chief prompter at the
continuous show, his. efforts being. supple
kirk, Romus F. Stuart ct all 1t was nearly
IL o'clock when the performance began, j.
r. Bell, Taggarts county chairman. appear
Ing from behind the fuzzy -wuzzy' scenery
of the stage, which was devoid of foot
lights and badly Illuminated overhead Mr..
Bell almost shivered the table with rickety
legs, using piece of scantling for gavel
IN his efforts to reduce the pandemonium
When he made himself finally heard he said
bers on the programme so as to accommo-
date the out-county delegates by nominat-
ing the joint legislative candidates first.
rms was received with shout of approval
by the Morgan and Hancock delegates.
Those from Hancock county, headed by IT,
;. Jackson, and those from Morgan county,
their seats a long time. and We're growing
dizzy from the noise and confusion about
them. Seven blue-coated policemen were
like so many pigmies in their efforts to keep
order. 1t was their first introduction to a
COuNeHllOn maze up OF delegates selected at
such primaries as Frank b. Burke loves.
James V. Mitchell announced with a -four
ish that John w. Kern, Mayor Taggart's
city attorney, had been selected fol- chair
man and Nathan A. Whitaker of Martins
Vile, for secretary of the joint senatorial
convention, which was held first. Mr. Kern
had little prologue to recite for the edi-
f1eatlon of the audience in front of the stage
The work to be done by the assembled del
egates. Mr.. Kern declared, was of the high
est Importance, as the men named for the
legislature would, if elected, support cam
didate for United States senator who
would favor putting in force the doctrines
of the Chicago platform. He went on to
assert that this was to be the most impor-
tant campaign for twenty years. AT Ma
Mia and Santiago, he declared, it had been
demonstrated that the Americans We're the
greatest people on EARTH" and the coun-
try, he asserted, was able TO have bimetal-
ism without the consent of any crowned
the 'front.'" and then Joseph T. Tanning
came forward with the resolutions. which
were adopted.
THE REBUKE TO BURKE.
Here follow the resolutions:
THAT we indorse and reaffirm with en-
thusiasm and in detail the several plat
forms adopted by the Democratic national
convention held at Chicago in 1896 and the
state platform of the Indiana Democracy
of 1898.
THAT we pledge the nominee of this con-
vention to vote and work earnestly and
INCREASINGLY for the enactment of a law
whereby pmmary elections shall be con-
Quoted under the Australian system
I'VE congratulate the country upon COM
pletc triumph of the American arms in the