The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-10
COUNTY OFFICERS DENOUNCED
THE RESOLUTIONS, As USUAL, RADI-
CAL IN CHARACTER.
w. III. BOIes's Address Not Appreciated
by Preachers Who Heard Him
Convention Delegates.


township; p. ]. Jacobs, Warren township;
Frank PRESLEY, Lawrence township; Nah
lon II. Krauss, Center township; Henry
Kissel. Pike township; John Medsker,
Wayne township, and Jesse Carson, De-
catur township.
County Clerk-Jesse NJ. Tindan Center
township.
Auditor-Thomas r. Lewis, Center town
ship.
Treasurer-John A soltau. Center town
ship.
Recorder-Elias B. Swift. Washington
township.
Sheriff-Charles B. Milan. Wayne town
ship.
Coroner-Dr. A. L. Barnes, Perry town
ship.
Surveyor-Charles Freijs. Center town
ship
Commissioners-Second district. James A.
Sims, Center township; Third district
Hence e. Orme, Perry township.
The following were elected delegates to
the state convention: F. T. McWhirter, B.
F. Watson. ]. A. Sims, Quincy Lee Morrow,
j. f. Morris. ]. s. Sproul. Crates S. john
son, DIR. u. McNab. Benjamin Aufderheide,
II. n. Bunnell, Charles l.. Barnett l.. w.
G. M Lemon, Levi White, Rev. Funk
houser, c. w. Cakes, l.. ID. Tyler, w X.
Moore. ]. NJ Sutton II. A lockwood, John
A. Sotau, B. l. Allen, John Vinson, II. J.
Black. Jehu Milhouse. John Coppock, j. O..
Kingsbury, II. M. Blount. J. A. Roberts,
c. e. Newlin. John Presley. Dale Sargent.
f. Wright, E. b. Swift, Calvin Harvey,
John b. Ham. Edward w. Clark.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
Prior to the meeting of the convention
the Marion county Prohibition committee
reorganized by electing c. e. Newlin chair
man and Otto Neerman secretary and
treasurer After the reorganization the
committee on resolutions made it's report.
which is as follows:
eve the Prohibitionists Of Marion coun-
ty, in convention assembled this 9th day of
April. 1902, reaffirm our allegiance to the
principles set forth in the state and ma
tional Prohibition platforms of 1900 and
adopt and submit for the consideration of
the voters of this county the following
declarations as 10 local issues upon which
we feel we are justified in asking for the
votes of our fellow-citizens for the candi-
oates this day nominated, who, if elected,
will carry out the letter and spirit of these
declarations:
II. The Supreme Court of Indiana has
repeatedly declared a saloon a nuisance,
immoral and against the best interests OF
the public. The retail liquor traffic is the
source of more crime, i'll health and pau
perism than all other causes combined,
and thus becomes the greatest financial
burden on the taxpayers and the greatest
disturber of the public peace and public
morals. The Supreme Court of the United
States has declared: No Legislature can
bargain away the public morals or the pub
lie health the public peace. We there
fore declare the licensing of a saloon I'M
warranted, and pledge our candidates for
county commissioner, If elected, TO refuse
To grant a saloon license and we conf
IDENTIFY believe the courts will sustain them
i'm such refusal, as they have been brought
to outlaw lottery and other immoral insti-
tutiOnS.
80 We pledge the citizens of the county
that if they will elect the candidates on
the Prohibition ticket they will enforce
all laws rigidly and impartally, instead OF
reasonably and literally, to please some
profession or faction whose political favor
| is desired in the future, as has been the
custom, no matter which party has been
in power.
| IS We declare our conviction that the
reason that prohibitOry laws do not pro-
| hibit the crimes prescribed, no matter
whether gambling lottery, those relating
to the liquor traffic or any other crime, is
! that the officials in power of their own
| choice at the dictation of the party
which elected them do not attempt to en-
force the laws nor viii they allow their
subOrdinates to try to enforce them. No
/ law will enforce itself, and a party should
] be placed in power in this country which
! wishes all laws enforced and is in no way
under obligation to the law-breakers, and
| which is unwilling to accept revenue paid
for exemption
! "a We denounce the political cowardice
of county commissioners who spend the
! peoples money TO employ experts 10 foot
! up the totals of the stealings of former
| county officials and then neglect to bring
suit 10 recover the money stolen from the
! taxpayers, they have done in recent
cases. We pledge our candidates TO con-
| serve the peoples money by an economical
and honest administration of all offices
! and to recover the money which has been
| stolen by former officials.
''5. We condemn the unwarranted meth
DDS which have prevailed in choosing Juries
| favorable to the law violators who are
| friends of the officials concerned
IS. The citizens of this county owe II
/ to themselves to rebuke the political par
/ ties which have elected county clerks who
! have persstently favored the lawbreaking
/ liquor men by failing 10 collect from them
the money due the county from bonds and
~ We declare our conviction that the
| burden of taxation should be relieved by
/ a reduction of salaries OF officials TO such
compensation is given for similar re-
! sponsibility and service In private bust
/ ness.
! office in both the Republican and Demo
/ c. atic parties i'm Marion county is partisan
political activity and fealty 10 the party
machine We pledge that the qualifications
/ OF our candidates shall be their business
! capacity, and that their interests shall be
for the public welfare rather than for the
emoluments Of office or the Strengthening
! 20 We denounce the methods used in thy
recent Republican primary election In Ma
/ rion county as demoraliZing and corrupt
/ ard an insult to every self-respecting, law
abiding citizen. No political party should
receive the franchise of honest men whose
/ candidates resort TO such methods. We de
clare that the overthrow of the express vii
/ of the people by unjustifiable methods in
/ the South is not a greater menace 10 pOpu
| lar government than is the overthrow OF
| the express will Of the people by the i'm
| proper of money in the primary. The
| expenditure OF money in seeking nomina
! tiOn and election. In sums often equal 10 tn,
| salary of the office. we declare TO be al
| infallible badge of corruption. and should
receive the rebuke OF all honest citizens.
10. We deplore the system OF secret
| commissions used in securing public con
| tracts and charge that specifications fol
| public work are often made so exactins
| that honest men know they cannot comply
| with them and that contracts are let TO IA
vorites by low bids. which are given witt
/ the secret understanding that the speclf
| cations are not TO be fulfilled. Thus com
| petition in bidding public contracts i:
! destroyed. the peoples money wasted and
/ public officials corrupted. We sOlemnly
| pledge the Prohibition party 10 opposition
| TO these evils
u. We believe that the judiciary OF oul
| county should be entirely divorced from
| politics. so that any who hold the respOn
! sible position of Judge or prosecutor should
| I'm way be influenced by political inter
ests. The right OF all itiGants in oui