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


over Mr.. Gill had to run for train and S.
w. Williams presided. he in turn yielding
to Mr.. Motzinger, whose whiskers rested
comfortably on the judges desk.
The party met to put rival ticket in the
field against its old ally. the Democrats
Like them it had to use the draft for can
didates, and the draft did not bring out
enough to fill the slate. Consequently the
most serious work of the party was it's
platform.
POPULIST PLATFORM.
This document was read and amended
and finally written into the party history as
follows:
The Peoples party of Indiana, in sixth
regular state convention assembled, does
hereby indorse and reafflrm the national
platforms of 1892 1896 and 1900, and each of
the Indiana state platforms of the Peoples
party.
We congratulate the party in State and
Nation upon the great educational work ac-
complished and yet in progress by the
Peoples party. And In that connection call
attention TO the growing sentiment I'm favor
of the initiative and referendum the public
ownership of public utilities and the cleo
ton of United States senator's by direct
vote of the people.
The Peoples party Is the first and only
national party to declare for these great
reforms.
to heed the demands of the people to pro-
pose a proper amendment 10 the Constitu-
ton of the United States, providing for the
election of United States senator's by di-
rect vote of the people, we do now call upon
the Legislature OF Indiana to proceed under
Article of the Constitution to force the
calling OF a national constitutional con-
vention for the purpose of so amending
the Constitution to provide for the cleo
ton OF United States senators by a direct
vote, and. further, TO allow a tax to be
levied upon incomes.
We declare in favor OF municipal owner
ship of street car, water, light and heating
plants in Indiana and against the granting
of further franchises TO private corpora
tons for such purposes.
We favor the election of county school
superintendent by direct vote of the
people.
We condemn the practice Of farming out
on contract the men confined in our state
prisons as vicious, and 1t Is almost as bad
as combining such prisoners in idleness. We,
therefore, demand that prison labor be ex
pended in building good roads I'm the State.
We believe this will remove such labor from
competition with free labor and will result
in good as reformatory means among the
criminals and at the same time furnish
needed usefulness of that class among US
while II relieves the people of great bur-
den of taxation TO build roads over the
State.
We demand that the publication of legal
notices be let to the lowest responsible bid
der. the same as other public work.
enforce just settlement of controversies be-
tween capital and labor.
We most cordially invite all patriotic
voters who indorse our principles to act
and vote with us, regardless of their past
party affiliation. and we call attention to
the fact that in reaffirming our past plat
forms we adhere most positively to our
former position on the finance question.
which has been, is and will be, the para
mount question in American politics.
We condemn in unmeasured terms the bill
NUN he EaNx vlEar-
bill, which seeks TO give banks and corpOr-
ations the power to issue currency on cash
assets
OFFICES SOUGHT THE MEN
Then came the ticket. Offices sought men.
Some offices, notably the judicial, found
none When the offices got together and
compared notes they had landed these men:
Secretary of State-William B. Gill, La
doga.
Treasurer-Henry Brocksmith, Vincennes.
Attorney General-David F. Boyer, Wal
dron.
Clerk Supreme Court-Parker T. Brown,
Whiteland.
superintendent Public Observation-Disclosures
Patterson, Henryville.
State Statistician-E. S. Pope. Indianap-
oils.
State Geologist-Albert Shook, windfan.
The old cmblem-the pillow and hammer
was readopted.
ticket is completed, or as near completed as
this one. but the Peoples party had further
business. After the duty OF drafting the
rest OF the ticket was imposed on the eX-
ecutive committee of the party, 10 A.
Parker Che will not permit IL TO be spelled
joel, of Louisville, chairman of the national
committee of the party, presented himself
with a suit case and speech. His speech
was cheered. The suit case was watched.
Mr.. Parker Is a man of middle age, who
looks much like the old prints OF Oliver
he a Sui
was soon made known. II contained, not
dynamite nor greenbacks. but literature.
Printed matter of all descriptions in the
PEOPLES party is called literature Mr..
Parker took the literature and piled IL.
without comment, on the stenographer 5
table under the judges bench. Having filled
the table he sat down-in front-not away
back.
The literature seemed 10 be in oblivion
so far as the party was concerned for the
next hour. No one offered 10 buy. so Mr.
Parker rose and remarked that he regret
ted he had TO hurry away TO catch a train.
He said. with a sweetly sad smile. that he
had supposed the party would like 10 buy
the literature, but. IL had been over
| looked. ne would bestow IL gratuitously up
on the party in convention assembled. This
brought several 10 their feet. The rebuke
went home. and hands went into pockets
and 10 moved about receiving coins with
| both hands Then the party, having given
tithes surrounded the table much as the
hungry surround the fresh free-luch table.
When the party returned 10 it's seats the
| table was empty and outside in the marble
corridors could be heard the retreatins
| steps OF Chairman 10 a. Parker.
| IL was then proposed by Chairman Will
| lfans that as y. II MOtzinger. Thomas :.
| East and A G.. Burkhardt had served so
| faithfully and intelligently as national
L he
was going through with rush when a
man rose and said: Not East. have