The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-13
Platform Adopted by state Conven-
ton, which Calls w. j. the Thom-
mas Jefferson of New Century.
USUAL LIST OF DENUNCIATIoNS
AS1ER OF THINGS.
Letter from Admiral Schley I'm Which
He Says He Will Not Accept a
Nomination with Mr.. Bryan.

COLUMBUS, o.. June 12.-The Mclean
men controlled the preliminary meetings
to-day. but they are evidently playing for
harmony more than for places. and may
not carry out the same programme in the
Democratic State convention tomorrow.
When John r. Mclean was the Democratic
candidate for Governor last year his
friends were placed on the Democratic
State central and executive committees.
His friends are in the majority on the new
State central committee that was selected
this evening, and it will select the cam
paign chairman and members of the State
executive committee at a later date. 1t
is claimed that the Mclean men, in secur-
ing control of the party organization to-
night for another year. have all they
wanted. and although they would control
majorities on the convention committees.
that there will be a free-for-all contest
for the State ticket and delegates and al
ternates at large to the Kansas City
convention. The Mclean men are not op-
posing some aspirants for delegates to
Kansas City and for State nominations
who have heretofore been strongly opposed
to Mr.. Mclean. This Is especially notice
able in their support Of George w. Hull,
of Toledo. for delegate at large, and H.
H. McFadden, editor Of the Steubenville
Gazette. for secretary Of state. But the
Mclean element did not slip any cogs in
their machinery while the party organiza-
ton for another year was under considera-
ton. They lost in the Steubenville dis
trict, from which McFadden halls. and In
the Newark district, where Col. Isaac r.
Hill has been the State committeeman for
a quarter of century, and in other dis
tricts, but they secured a safe majority of
the twenty-one congressional districts.
They gave no quarter in any contests at
the start.
POLICEMEN ASKED FOR.
The contests from Cleveland and Dayton
came before the old State committee in the
afternoon. The tickets and badges were
given to the Mclean delegates from both
Cuyahoga and Montgomery counties. In
the former the delegation representing
Mayor Farley and Mr.. Solen was seated
over those representing former Congress
man Thomas L. Johnson and Harry Will
son. In the latter Joseph Bowling won
over Mr.. Shoup. Congressman Brenner.
Mayor Lildesmith, Editor James NJ. Cox,
the county and city officers and others
AS these decisions apply only for seats dur
ing the temporary organization, and the
contestants say they will carry the fight
into the convention, the result may yet
be reversed The application to the mayor
tonight for twenty policemen at the con-
vention hall led some to believe there may
be trouble.
The opposition to Mclean comes from sill
yer extremists who suspect that their
State standard bearer of last year was at
one time in touch with some Democratic
leaders of the East who were considering
the availability of some other candidate
than Bryan. Although documentary and
other evidence has been produced to show
the most intimate and cordial relations be-
tween Bryan and Mclean. yet the ultra
elements are opposed to any one who ever
thought of any one except Bryan for Pres
ident or of any qualification Of the Chi
cago platform. Even the talk about Dewey
for second place on the ticket with Bryan
does not fully satisfy them.
The committee, tonight, decided 20 make
the temporary organization permanent and
to limit nominating speeches to five min
utes, in order to hurry matters. The dele
gates and alternates at large will be Sc
lected before the electors at large and be-
fore the state ticket is nominated. The
committee on resolutions reported Allen
Smalley, NJ A Mykranz, w. H. Kinder,
C. L. Seller and S. 8. Burtsfield as sub
committee to draft a platform and report
to the full committee at o'clock to-mor-
row morning. Gen. A. j. Warner. of Mari
eta. and Judge E. J. Blandin, of Cleve-
land, were added to the subcommittee, al
though not members of the regular COM
mittee, as they were both present with
platforms that they had carefully pre-
THE WARNER PLATFORM.
The Warner platform was practically
adopted, with the exception of the plank
on trusts. and that part of Blandin's plat
form was adopted. In addition others had
submitted many resolutions on state mat
ters and the committee adopted enough
resolutions to make the longest platform
on record. The subcommittee was in
structed to codify the material into the
briefest possible form. There were only
three out of the twenty-one members of
the committee against the ratio of is to 1
and they were In favor Of the Warner
platform. which indorses the Chicago plat
form.
Gen. Warner Is president of the American
Bimetallic League and the pioneer advocate
Of unlimited coinage. but in explaining his
platform. he said there had been more inn
portant issues raised since 1886 than the
restoration of silver to It's constitutional
place In coinage. He spoke OF 1.-The mission
of the Constitution under an adminIstra-
ton of Imperialism. pnilitarism. agrees
sion and corruption" as the greatest dam
ger that ever threatened the country He
also held that the trusts outranked silver
nov - s;a issue. When Z resolution xas