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

Most of the Nominations Had to Be
Made by AccIamafiOn

Most of the delegates had gathered by
1890 o'clock, and at that hour Chairman
O'Brien called the convention to order.
Prior TO this the band had kept the crowd
in good humor with different grades of
music, from two-steps to classics. The hall
was decorated much after the manner of
Republican conventions, particularly in re-
latiOn to the flag. Above the stage was an
American eagle done in bronze and below
it were portraits of Jefferson, Jackson and
Hendricks. The portraits of other we'll
known men of the party, including the late
Governor Matthews, Senator Mcdonald and
David Turpie, were displayed. There were
also portraits of Bryan, Kern, Shively and
Adlai Stevenson.
The lower floor of the hall was comfort
ably nlled by the delegates, although there
were vacant chairs in some of the delega-
tons when the convention opened. In the
east gallery there was a considera BILE at
! tendance OF women, the ladies being es-
corted to seats by six young women wear
ing immaculate white shrtwaists and pink
| carnations. The assistant sergeants-at-
\ arms wore bows of red white and blue rib
| bon No Democratic state convention is
! ever complete without the services of Tim
othy Griffin and this veteran was In evil
| dence yesterday a sort of general man
ager of the convention. The convention was
| opened with prayer by Rev. John Bran
/ stetter, of the NJ. l.. Church South. His in
Our heavenly Father we would render
| unto Thee our grateful thanks for all bless
/ ings vouchsafe fed unto men, both spiritual
/ and temporal. Grant that we NAV at all
| times fully realize our obligations to Thee
! and to our fellow-men, and as heirs of a
! goodly Inheritance, that of Christian liber-
ty as expressed In our Constitution and by
/ our laws, may we transmit the same
sullied unto our childrens children. Bless
we beseech Thee, the defenders of our Re-
public
soldiers and may our flag be a true ex-
ponent, that of peace and liberty. and we
ask that Thou wouldst ever guard from
| state and national evils and protect us
| from imperial dangers.
BLESS the deliberations of this conven-
ton. May we prove ourselves worthy of
| the confidence OF the people of the State
| and crown our efforts with success. We
ask it in Thy name Amen
COMMITTEE MAKES REPORT.
The report of the committee on organi-
zation made John w. Kern permanent
chairman, Dr. j. w Nusbaun, secretary.
and Capt. James w Fortune, sergeant-at-
arms. Mr.. Kern was escorted to the plat
form and delivered his address The De-
mocracy made some noise when he men
toned the name of William Jennings Bry-
an. AS some one remarked, Mr.. Kern rath-
er had a hammer out" To add another
slangy but very popular phrase, he
knocked" on about everything in sight
| He took a shot at the Columbia Club at
! Governor Durbin, and at Capt w. f. Eng
| lish and Charles l.. Jewett. He alluded TO
the latter as that very able tariff reform
| er who has denounced the policy of protec-
| ton on every stump in Indiana" The De-
| mocracy Kissed when he mentioned Jew
| ett's name. but when he paid his respects
| TO that "battle-scarred veteran of Santi-
ago. the Democracy giggled immoderate-
| ~. His speech will be found in full in an
| other column
The report of the committee on resolu-
tions was read by Chairman Shively of the
| committee and adopted by the convention
although the resolutions contained no
reference 10 William ]. Bryan. 1t required
a hard fight in the committee room Tues
day night, however, to keep the name of
/ Bryan out of the platform. For three years
the two forces-the conservatives led
by Major G.. V Menzies and the radicals
led by b. +. Shively and 5. NJ. Raston
battled for supremacy in making the plat
form. The conservatives won the day
and the state platform was adopted with
out a single allusiOn TO the man who led
the party in the national campaign two
| wears ago. The resolutions will be found i'm
full in another part OF this issue.
After the adoption of the resolutions
there were calls for Frank Il. Burke The
| convention wanted Mr. Burke because he
says things and says them in no uncertain
tone. The chairman. however, suggested
! that speechmakng be postponed for the
ne asked TO be relieved from speaking. Mr..
Kern promising that he would address the
convention later.
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE.
The first nomination made was that OF
lected as the nominee for secretary OF