The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-06-05
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Indiana Democrats Adopt
Platform
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CANDIDATES 3 NAMED
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Schoenove, $;r Secretary Of
State, lads Ticket.
Committee on Resolutions Has Long
Session and Succeeds in squelch-
ing the Reactionaries-Kern
Permanent Chairman.

indianapolis, June Awhile the Demo-
G ntic State Convention which was held
today was remarkable for its lack OF DIS
cord, candidates for all but three OF the
offices being chosen by reclamation, there
was a battle royal in the meeting OF the
Committee on Resolutions.
number of the friends of William j.
Bryan were very much in earnest in favor
of the insertion in the platform OF
plank endorsing him and the Kansas City
platform. The majority of tho COM
mittee was against any such ENDORSE
ment, saying that they considered 1t out
of place at the present time to inject
Mr.. Bryan's name into the State CAM
paign.
The fight lasted we'll into last night and
1t wasShearly noon before the report of
the committee was ready for presenta-
ton to the convention.
The Philippines plank also created much
discussion, the committee being called
upon to consider all sorts OF propositions
in behalf of the Filipinos. some OF them
being in favor of immediate and complete
independence. 1t was only after hours
of argument that the plank was agreed
upon in the form in which 1t appears in
the platform.
The convention was called to order al
1920 o'clock by w. II. O'Brien. chairman
| of the State Central Committee. The FOL
| lowing ticket was nominated:
The Ticket Named.
For Secretary of State--Alfred Schoen-
| over of Attica.
| Auditor-James R. Riggs of Sullivan.
| Treasurer-Jerome Herf of Peru.
| Clerk of Supreme Court-Adam Helm
| berger.
| John w. Kern of Indianapolis. who was
made permanent chairman, spoke in part
rs follows:
| II rejoice that today l see before me
the reunited forces of the Indiana Demo-
racy. 1t is the old party of Hendricks
and Mcdonald and Voorhees, and Gray,
whose representatives are here today as
sembled. For the first time since 1882
are we without a schism or division. and
it is known everywhere by none better
than our Republican opponents, that
| when the Indiana Democracy Is united
| IL is invincible That there has been
unfortr nate divisions In the recent past
| is a matter of history. That there nave
| been bitter ordinations and recrimina-
tions amongst us is equally true. Xe'
there has been and is such patriotism III
| the great Democratic heart that when
the constitution is imperiled, the princi-
pies of the declaration of independence
set at naught, the teachings of the
| fathers repudiated, when monopoly and
monopolists seek to gain the citadel OF
government for the exploitation and
| schemes and the oppression of the people
minor differences are laid aside, the bitter
| words spoken are forgotten, and remem'
| bering only duty to country the grea'
| forces of Democracy rally about the mas
| of the republic find common ground upor
| the constitution and declaration ano
| standing together as they did In the days
| Of Hendricks, are ready to win an Ole
time nemocratic victory In Indiana
HARMONY is the Prayer.
..Let us Invoke the spirit of harmony
here today. Let this be an occasion fol
| the burial Of all ill-feelings of recent
years, Let personal ambitions be offered
| IN as a sacrifice and let us have such d
| new baptism of patriotic fire as well send
| us forth from here to battle as we have
| not battled before for. the success of those
principles upon which the permanent wei
| fare of this Government so largely de
ponds.
"In the spirit of progress. let us ad.
dress ourselves to the solution of the
new problems which are being so rapidly
presented to us and see to 1t that they
are solved in accordance with the consti-
tuition in the light of the immortal princl'
ples of the declaration of independence
and in the interests of the soveriegns Of
| this land who by their labor, physica
and mental. earn the wealth of the ma
| ton.
THE battle Is on between the forces Of
progress and retrogression. Our oppo
| nents facing the past, are seeking tC
commence the work of conquest and sub
tugation where Caesar and George III lef
of The specious ard eloquent pleas o.
Roosevelt, Lodge and Beveridge for thu
| conquest of distant lands are but repro
| ductious of the arguments made in favol
| of the subjugation of Greece. the parti
| ton of Poland, the destruction of Hun
gary, the spoliation of the Dutch repub
| lies in South Africa and the oppres
| sion of our own revolutionary fathers
| The aims and purposes as declared by
modern Republican leaders for the up
| lifting of the people whose liberty they
| would destroy are no nobler or higher
| than the declared purposes of the tyrant'
| of a Thousand years ago. Only yesterday
| the melancholy announcement was mad'
of the death of two splendid republics II
| South Africa AFTER struggle uiSBrdceiu
| 70 the conquerors and glorious to the con
quered.
The Glory of Cuba.
| IT believe, as I believe the Lord liveth
| that IL the Democratic party had been II
| control of the Government Of this coun
try, the gallant people of those two repub
| lies would today be free. There would
| have teen no recruiting or supply station:
| maintained by monarchy in the land o.
| Washington and Lincoln, had William
Jennings Bryan or Grover Cleveland beer
| President Of the United States.
| only a few days ago new republic
| WAS bOrn-the republic of Cuba. While
| the destruction of the Dutch republic il
| EngIand's shame. the birth of the Cubar
! republic is Americas glory. In Cuba thu
| American flag went up as the emblem o
| liberty and it came down as proudly al
it went up, the emblem of self-govern
ment.
! 1T went up in honor. 1t came down il
glory
1T was because OF that resolution