The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-19
D. B. HILL WILL LEAD A
PARKER DELEGATION TO
ST. LOUIS CONVENTION
New York Democrats Instruct
Their Big Four to Support
the Jurist Candidate.
MUST VOTE AS A UNIT
Fight in the Convention Over Bind
ing the Delegates, but Parker
ties Win by 3oI to I4o.
TWO TURBULENT SCENES
Crowd Bursts Into the Hall and
Hearst Men Yell-TisSes and
Cheers at Night.
MUST VOTE AS A UNIT
TWO TURBULENT SCENES

cratic state convention for the election of
delegates TO the national convention Sc
lected the following delegates at large:
David 3. Hail. OF Albany; Edward Murphy,
jr of Troy; George Ehret, of New York
city; James w. Ridgeway, of Brooklyn.
IS alternates it selected c. n. Bulger, of
Oswego; w. Caryl Ely, of Buffalo; L. c.
Ackerman. of Broome. and Francis Bur-
.on Harrison. of New York The delegates
were instructed by a vote of SO1 TO 149 for
Alton b. Parker as the state candidate for
President
Tammany was not treated as badly as
had beer predicted. being allowed to name
a delegate at large, Mr.. Ehret. and an al
ternate and one of the two electors at
large, Harry Payne Whitney, the other
being John T. Woodford.
The platform adopted is brief and in ad-
diton to instructing for Parker. compels
the delegates to vote as unit.
Among the district presidential electors
are: Isador Strauss. Robert B. Roosevelt,
Hugh J. Grant, Herman Ridder and John
D. Crimmins.
The list of district delegates to the ma
tional convention includes the following:
Perry Bllmont. z. II. McCarren, George II.
Lindsay, Martin W. Littleton, Controller
Edward NJ. Grout, Andrew l.. Sullivan,
formerly postmaster of Brooklyn, James
Shevin. Congressman T. ID. Sullivan. Con-
gressman Sulzer, John Fox, Lewis Nixon,
M. Morley Palatzek. Bird S. Coler Will
liam McAdOo, w. Bourke Cochran, Robert
A. Van Wyck. Charles F. Murphy. Frank
lin Bartlett, Charles A. TOwne, Thomas f.
Grady, Harry Payne Whitney, Jefferson NJ.
Levy, former Postmaster Charles w. Day
ton. Asa Bird Gardiner, William Temple
Emmett. john w. Carlisle Elliott f. DAN
forth, George Raines and John B. Stanch-
field.
new state committee was selected, and
this committee will organize next week.
with NJ. 4. Haven. of Syracuse, it is un-
derstood. as chairman.
MARKED BY TURBULENCE.
Great confusion resulted at the after
noon session OF the convention from orders
which had been given TO keep the doors
closed until the last moment The result
was that when the doors were opened at
three minutes before ? o'clock the crowd
burst in with a yell and rush. In three
minutes the top gallery was filed with a
stamping and shouting mass of men and
boys. In the galleries were number of
Hearst hackers and a running fire OF
shouts and comments was maintained by
the gallery crowd. The aisles filled
with people demanding seats AT the rate OF
about three persons TO one seat. The police
We're almost helpless. Hats were smashed,
clothing torn. faces scratched and feet
trampled in the rush.
Order was finally secured and former
State Senator George Maines, OF Monroe
county. was introduced as chairman. He
delivered speech TO the convention He
said, IN part:
I'VE to-day know whom the satellites of
Republican rule, office-hOlders. bosses and
tariff benefciaries have selected as their
candidate. He is a citizen of New York.
But the people at large are not seeking
military heroes, nor for one who is vocifer-
Gus. spectacular or adventurous They are
looking for a safe. conservative, level
headed, well-balanaced candidate. There Is
among US no division essentially as TO our
choice. AS / read the sentiment of this con-
ventiOn il is practically unanimous; II there
Is a difference in sentiment il is merely as
TO the form in which the one choice should
be expressed
Without mentioning his candidate by
name the speaker said that from the valley
OF the Hudson arose 'one whose Democracy
has never been questioned. whose popularity
l. we'll attested. whose fairness, impartiality
and learning have attracted the attention
OF the conservative business of the country
and have conferred renown upon the high
est court OF our State.
Committees were appointed and the mat
ter OF contested seats was referred. n recess
was then taken until evening
When the doors of the convention opened
at 6.45 tonight there was rush that swept
before it uShers, door tenders and police
The word had gone forth that there would
le a fight On the floor of the convention and
and stage were jammed. The police elected
hundreds of persons who had pre-emIpted
1nost mo o'cIoek that the Convention was
called 10 order.
THE PLATFORM.
Senator McCarren presented the report OF
the committee on platform. 1t follows:
.The Democrats, in renewing their pledge
of fidelity to the essential principles OF
Jeffersonian Democracy as repeatedly
enunciated in our national and state plat
forms. make these further declarations
upon the national issues of the hour, re-
serving an expression upon state issues
until the fall convention, when state can
didates are 10 be nominated.
..FIrSt-This is "A government of laws
not of men; one law tor Presidents, cabi
nets and people, no usurpation: no exc
cutive encroachment upon the legislative
or judicial department
.Second-We must keep invioate the
pledges of our treaties; we must renew anS
for law and that love OF liberty and o.
peace which the spirit OF military domina
lion tends inevitably to weaken and de
strOy
Third-Unsteady national policies and {
restless spirit of adventure engender alarm:
that check our national commercial growth
let us have peace. TO the end that pusines:
confidence may be restored ana that oul
people may again IN tranquility ENJOY th'
gains Of their toll
..Fourth--Corporation chartered by tn
State must be subject 10 just regulation
by the state in the interest OF the people
taxation for public purposes only; no gov
ernmnt partnership with protected monop
olies.
.Fifth-Opposition 20 trusts and combl
nations that oppress the people and stin
healthy Industrial competition
'sixth-A check upon extravagance IL II
public expenditures. that the puruen Oh IN
peoples taxes may be lightened-
''Seventh-Reassslabl revision OF IN
tarif: needless duties upon imported raw
materials which weight heavily upon tn
manufacturer are menace to the Amer
ican Wage-earner and by increasing tn
cost on production shut out our product
from the foreign markets
"Elghth-The maintenance OF state right
ard home rule; centralizatlon-
"Einth-Honesty in the public service
vigilance in the prevention of fraud
frmness ia the punishment OF guilt whel
detected.
-Tenth-Tfe impartial maintenance of tn
rights of labor and OF capital; no unequa
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