The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-06
SENATOR DEPEw ALSO SPEAKS
AND RENOMINATEs wOODRUFF FOR
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
Theodore Roosevelt Makes a Ringing
Address mt Close of the State
COnventiOn-The Ticket

this afternoon, was remarkable in some
gendered by strife and uncertainty. The
appearance of such men as former Gov
ernor Frank S. Black, the Hon. Chauncey
NJ. Depew and Governor Roosevelt attract
ed an audience that filled every available
seat in the great convention hall. A great
majority of the spectators were women.
The ticket nominated follows:
Governor-B. b. ODELL. JR.. of Orange
Lieutenant Governor-TIMOTHY l..
secretary of stateeJoHN b. MDoN-
OUCH, of Albany.
ontroller-WILLIAM ]. MORGAN, of
Erie.
State Treasurer-JoHN p. JAECKEL. of
Cayuga.
Attorney General-JOHN c. DAVIES. of
State Engineer-EDwARD A. BOND. of
jefferson.
The political features of the convention
were the return of former Governor Black
to the organization fold, the demonstration
accorded Abraham Gruber by his col
leagues of the New York delegation and
the general prominence given to those who
have at times opposed the organization.
1t was a rather delicate task to impose
upon Governor Black the duty of naming
the man whom he defeated when an as
pirant for the same nomination four years
ago, and OF praising the administration of
another whose nomination TO the govern
ship meant the retirement of Mr.. Black two
years ago. Yet he performed both tasks
acceptably and was accorded greeting
which was excelled in its enthusiasm only
by that later accorded Governor Roosevelt.
His was regarded by many as the speech
of the convention.
Chauncey NJ. Depew's speech was thor
oughly characteristic While the applause
throughout the convention had been gen.
erous, it cannot be denied that there was
a general apathy, occasioned. no doubt, by
the certainty of prearrangement of every
detail. 1t was not until Governor Roose-
welt entered the hall at noon that any
thing approaching the usual convention
demonstration was witnessed The greet
ing accorded him to-day was in the same
spirit manifested at Philadelphia.
BLACKS FORCIBLE SPEECH
For long time former Governor Black
and his close friends. Abraham Gruber and
former District Attorney William X Olcott,
of New York, were bitter against the party
leaders, and at the primaries a week
or ago Mr.. Gruber was obliged to fight
to maintain his leadership of the Twenty
first Assembly district New York city
against an opponent who was believed to
have Senator Platt's sympathy. Mr..
Gruber won. and since that time efforts
have been made by friends of both sides to
bring about a reconciliation between the
former Governor and his friends and Sena-
tor Platt, with the result that Mr. Black
to-day made the principal nominating
speech.
Mr. Black said the issues now before the
American people were discussed and set
tied four years ago. '"rhere is not new
one here" he continued 1.-The ghost of
Imperialism which stalks to and fro be-
tween Lincoln. Neb., and Bloomington ILL.,,
with occasional manifestations I'm Boston
is not and cannot be made an issue This
country is and has been committed to the
policy OF growth, and il cannot be swerved
from that policy by new scarecrows erected
along the way. The issues now are as they
were in 1896. They were then met and un-
derstood and as completely as the Span
ish fleet at Santiago they were sunk or
run ashore. The Democratic party since
then has been engaged In prying some of
them off the rocks and trying to make
them float. That will never be done Those
issues will never be seaworthy again, and
IL they are the American people will not
embark on them while they have fiutter-
ing at their mastheads flags with the DEM
ocratic inscriptions of disorder and disap-
pointment and despair. That party seems
never to understand the temper or intelli-
gence of the people. 1t has endeavored
in every campaign for forty years to make
the discarded heresies of the preceding
campaign presentable by joining a live
heresy to the old dead ones"
Mr.. Black closed with a eulogy of Presi-
sent Mckinley and his administration.
SENATOR DEPEw'S SPEECH.
Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew presented
the name of Timothy L. Woodruff for
lieutenant governor. He opened with a
statement Of the Importance of New York's $
interest in national affairs and said that
owing to the extent OF those interests
no campaign In this State could be a local
one. The Spanish war reviewed and
an arraignment by the speaker followed
in which Mr.. Depew said: Free silver.
free trade, assaults upon the Supreme
Court and efforts TO throw away the re-
suits OF the war, cowardiy disposition
to scuttle. are threatening the strongholds
of national faith, national credit and ma
tional power. Our fight is to hold the
fort. For that purpose we require as lead
ers i'm sur State men OF demonstrated ca
pacity. public men, who, In official rela-
tions of governments to the affairs OF gov
ernment have become familiar with our
policies and principles. who have been so