The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-05

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/ on short notice against Mr.. Schoonover,
/ and was defeated by a vote of S2S TO 719.
/ 1t required IA votes to nominate. The
/ nomination was made on the first ballot.
/ As Marion county's vote was being an
/ nounced Henry Warrum created a mild
/ sensation by challenging the vote of this
/ county. Mr.. Ballou moved that Schoon-
| overs nomination be made unanimous, and
| the latter was presented to the convention
/ and made a speech of acceptance. Schoon-
| over was placed in nomination by NJ F.
/ Foley, of Montgomery county.
The routine OF the convention was di-
verted slightly by the Introduction and
adoption Of a resolution indorsing Thomas
/ Taggart for national committeeman. The
! rooster was adopted as the emblem for the
/ State ticket.
! William 70. StilwelI. of Princeton, was
next nominated for attorney general. There
/ being no other candidate his nomination
/ was made unanimous on motion of Frank
B. Burke. Mr.. stilwell thanked the con-
/ ventiOn for the honor conferred.
/ The next nomination was that of can
didate for auditor of state. The Second
/ district presented the name of James r..
/ Riggs, of Sullivan county. This was an
other nomination for which there was no
special clamor, and Mr.. Riggs was NOM
/ mated by reclamation. Mr.. Riggs ad-
dressed the convention, expressing hope OF
For treasurer of state Jerome Herff. of
/ Peru, was the only candidate, and he, too,
was nominated by reclamation. His name
was placed before the convention by
| Thomas Taggart. Mr.. Herff also spoke.
There was no opposition to Adam Helm
berger's candidacy for clerk of the Su-
| preme Court, and he was speedily nom
! mated. His nomination was followed by a
| speech
There were two candidates for the nom
| ination for superintendent Of public IN
| struction. They were Prof. Samuel l..
Scott, of Clarke county, and James l..
| Glasscock, Of Lafayette AT this point
| lily assumed the gavel. While the conven-
| ton was baloting for these candidates
the festoon of lights above the center of
| the stage was turned on, Illuminating the
audience on the stage. Prominent in the
tableau were the faces of Mayor Book
walter City Clerk Elliott and Frederick E.
| Matson.
The nomination for superintendent was
made on the first ballot, Mr., Scott being
| chosen the nominee He received S29
| votes and Glasscock rs.
NJ D. KING NOMINATED.
For state stadstician Myron D. King, of
Marion county, was nominated. He had
not been known as a candidate before.
The names of F. G. Thornton, of Clay
county, and o. H. Downey, of De Kalb
county, were also presented, but were
withdrawn, and Mr.. King was nominated
by reclamation. When the suggestion was
first made to make this nomination unan-
imous there was a storm of protest, but
when it was explained to the delegates
that there were no other candidates Mr..
King was chosen without dissenting
voice. Mr.. King was called for, but did
! not appear.
Edward Barretts name Was presented by
the Hendricks county delegation for state
geologist, and he was nominated. There
were other candidates.
Timothy Z. Howard, of South Bend, was
made the nominee, by acclamation, FOR
judge of the Supreme Court. The presenta-
ton of his name aroused considerable en-
thusism. Judge Howard responded from
the floor of the convention to the calls for
a speech.
For judge of the Appellate Court, John
r. East, Of Bloomington, and William III.
Bracken, of Franklin county, were nom
mated by reclamation. John ID. Magee, OF
Rush county was nominated in the same
way. These are nominated TO represent the
Southern district in the Appellate Court
For the Northern district the following
names were presented: Nelson j. Bozarth
OF Porter county; Richard II. Hartford, OF
jay county; James d. SaundersOn of Ben
ton county, and Henry zimmerman, of No
bic county. Thomas Taggart moved that
the rules be suspended and that the three
men receiving the highest number OF votes
! be declared the nominees. Only one ballot
was required, the result of which was as
follows
zimmerman $3.50. .-.......-.........-..-..I 'a94
SaunderSon -......-. L. o.
BOZarth ........ OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. iz4
Messrs Saunderson, Hartford and Zim-
norman were declared the nominees. An
Irish delegate from one of the districts
created considerable stir and no little
amusement by resenting in a vigorous
speech a statement which he alleged had
been made earlier in the convention to the
effect that the only soldier whose name
had been presented to the convention, Mel
son j. Bozarth, had been turned down.
With voice raised to its highest pitch, and
wiping the perspiratiOn from his face, the
delegate shouted TO an accompaniment OF
waving arms. that there were never better
soldiers than Timothy L. Howard and
James D. Saunderson, who had been nomi-
mated to judicial positions by reclamation
FRANK b. BURKE HEARD.
The business of the convention being
over calls for Frank b. Burke, which had
been made at several other stages in the
proceedings, were resumed with increased
vigor When Mr.. Burke was seen approach
ing the platform he was greeted with ap-
plause. Mr. Burke spoke briefly, excusine
himself from an extended address on ac-
count of headache. He said:
Mr. Chairman and Ladies and Gentle
men of the COnvention-The representative:
OF the great Democratic party of Indiana
have met under conditions of disappoint
ment, but not Of despair. We meet to re
affirm the great principles upon which rest:
| political equality and intellectual indie
pendence. We meet at time when al
imperial nation across the sea is drum
/ with celebration over the fall of the fiaf
| of two republics from the heavens of the
nations of the earth Applause and cheersl
but we are not disheartened. We realize
/ that the fertiliZing and vital force of the
principles of liberty Is the blood and sui
fering of mankind La loud 'hoOray' from
| a single individual, and people give
their lives for that cause in other cOuntrie:
we may as we have in the past, go dowI
to defeat here, but with the conviction tina
we will and ought to win unless the con
science of the American people has de
parted from the American soil. fGreat APP
, / plause and cheertng.1
Il have been all of last night with tn,
, / committee on resolutions. l would like 4
talk to you a little longer, but l cannot
ICries of Go on, Frank. ] | am suffering
with an excruciating headache. l cal
hardly the Democrats now. Laughter.
; But / will get over it and we will stanC
shoulder to shoulder in the fight-the com
ing campaign lapplausel, for those princi
pies that have made the Democratic part,
a vital force and an ineXtinguishable or
ganization from the time that man frs
looked up above his master until the pres
ent day.
Through you l congratulate the peopl
of Indiana upon the platform that wa
adopted here to-day and the ticket tina
you have nominated. Let us go forth from
this convention hall determined that tn
avarice of trusts, that the greed of corpOr
ate combination shall not stihe the voic
of the people or extinguish the fires of lib
erty on the affairs of our country"
OTHER BRIEF TALKS
At the conclusion of Mr.. Burkes speed
there were insistent demands for BENJAMIN
f. ShiveIy. but the chairman explained tina
Mr.. Shively had been called away. Senate
Parker Of the Thirteenth district arose a