The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-27
INDIANA STATE
 TICKET IS NAMED Democratic Convention h. structs For W. J, Bryan PLATFORM is BROAD ONE Nominations For Most of the State Officers Are HotIy Contested, There
 Being Six Candidates For
 Governors Office.
PLATFORM is BROAD ONE

Indianapolis March 26-The Indiana democratic state convention closed its two days session tonight at 9;4o o'clock after nominating a state ticket adopting a platform and instructing the 30 delegates 10 the nation convention to vote for w. J.. Bryan for president. John w. Kern of this city was indorsed for the vice presi- dential nomination. The convention was enthusiastic and the majority of the nom nations were hotly contested. There were siv candidates for governor and the nom- ination was made on the fifth ballot. There were four ballots for lieutenant governor. Three of the nominations were made by exclamation. there being only one candidate for each of those offices.
 he state ticket nominated was
 For governor, Thomas R. Marshall, Co., lumbia City.
 Lieutenant governor, Frank J. Hall, Nashville.
 Secretary of state James F. Cox, Co., lumbus.
 Auditor of state, Marion Bailey. Liz ston.
 State treasurer, Johnh Issenbarger, North MancneStef.
 Attorney general, Waiter J. Lotz, Muncie.
 Supreme court judge, M. B. Lairy, Logansport.
 Appellate court judge, E. w. Felt, Greenfield.
 Reporter of the supreme court, Burt New, North Vernon.
 o1io Indianapolis.
 Superintendent of public Instruction, Robert J. Alley, Bloomington.
 The Platform.
 The platform as read included the fol. lowing blanks:
 The democracy of Indiana, in conven- ton assembled, renews it's allegiance to the principle of constitutional government through laws enacted and executed in the interests of the whole people witholt favor to individual or class. It pledges itself when returned to power to correct the evils that have grown out of repub lican official shortcomings to an econom- ical administration of public affairs and to consistent enforcement of the laws relating to public welfare. For nearly P years the republican party has been i1 absolute control, of all the departments ct all national government with power to adjust unjust conditions and to rectify evils. Yet during that time collosal com b.nations of capital have dominated the people and illegal perversions of corpor- ate laws have stificu competition and un- fairly limited the opportunity of the ind- vidual citizens. Wealth thereby illegally obtained has been unsparfngly used to control legislation and corrupt the cleo tons. No honest effort has been made or is being made by republican legislation to cure or eradicate these evils We de- nounce the hypocricy of the republican Iarty, which, while pretending to legis. late against these conditions, deals only with the symptoms and not with the dis case. The unfair features of the so-caled protective tariff have made these things possible and no permanent relief can be secured until the obnoxious features are removed. We, tnerfeore, demand that the tariff be immediately revised and that the tariff shall be for revenue only. Articles entering into competition with articles controlled by trusts should be placed upon the free list Material reduc- tons should be made in the tariff upol the necessaries of life and reductions should be made in such other schedules as may be necessary to restore the tariff 10 a revenue basis. The growth of the trusts and other inordinate and dangerous combinations of capital, the tremendous and rapidly increasing absorption and cen tlalzation of the wealth of the country in the hands of a chosen few all due to Iremeditated and systematic legislation Tn behalf Of special interests by the re- publican party, demand a change in the policies imposed upon the country by that party and make the position of restrictive laws an imperative necessity.
 Income Tax Favored.
 We favor an income tax as part of our revenue system and we urge the submis- sion of a constitutional amendment, spe- officially authorizing Congress to levy and collect tax upon individual and cor porate incomes to the end that wealth may bear it's proportionate share of the burdens of the federal government
 We favor the postal savings bank, and in addition thereto insist upon the pas sage of laws, state and national, for the better regulation of banks and for the protection of bank deposits.
 We favor the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people.
 We believe that the Panama canal will prove of great value to our coun- try and favor it's speedy completion.
 We urge liberal appropriations for the improvement and development of the in- terior waterways.
 we oppose both the Aldrich bill and the Fowler bill, and believe that insofar as the needs of commerce require an