Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-27
CONVENTION
nv INDIANA
FOR BRYAN
DELEGATES INSTRUCTED TO
SUPPORT NEBRASKAN
THOMAS r. MARSHALL is PUT UP
FOR GOVERNOR
Majority of Nominations Holly Con-
tested--PIatform Declares for ln-
come Tax, Postal Banks, Direct
Vote for Senators, Etc.

By Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS, March 26.-The In
diana Democratic state convention
closed it's two days session tonight
after naming a state ticket, adopting
a platform and instructing the thirty
delegates to the national convention
to vote for william j. Bryan for presi-
dent, John w. Kern of this city being
indorsed for the vice presidential nomi-
nation.
The convention was enthusiastic and
a majority of the nominations were
hotly contested.
There were six candidates for gov
ernor. and the nomination was made
on the fifth ballot. There We're four
ballots for lieutenant governor.
The state ticket nominated was:
For governor-Thomas r. Marshall OF
Columbus City.
For lieutenant -governor-Frank b. Hall OF
Rushville.
For secretary OF state--James #. Fox OF
Columbus.
For state auditor-sIarion Bailey Of LIZ
I,or state trcasurer-John Isenbarger of
North Manchester .
Fer ATTORNEY general--Watler >. Lotz OF
Muncie.
For supreme court judge--M. b. Larry OF
For appellate court judge--E. W. Felt of
Greenfield -, i.
For reporter supreme court--Burt New OF
For state statistician-Patrick J. Kellehcr
For superintendent public instruction-E.
j. Alley, Bloomington.
Platform as Adopted
The platform included a declaration.
for laws executed in the interests OF
the whole people. 1t denounced the
Republicans for alleged failure during
the fourteen years of absolute control
of the departments of the government
to rectify evils whereby colossal COM
binations of capital have dominated
the people and illegal perversion or
corporate laws have stifed competl-
ton" with no honest effort by Republi-
can legislation TO cure or eradicate
these conditions.
"IJnfair features of the so-called pro-
tective tariff" said the platform, have
made these laws possible. We there
fore demand the tariff be revised and
that the tariff shall be for revenue
only. Articles entering into competi-
ton with articles controlled by trusts
should be placed on the free list.
Material reductions should be made
in the tariff upon the necessities of
life and reductions should be made in
such other schedules as may be neces-
sary to restore the tariff to revenue
basis
Favors Income Tax
The platform declared for an income
tax, postal savings banks, better regu-
lation OF banks, abolishment of favo-
ritism in the deposit of treasury
funds, and that surplus revenues shall
be deposited at competitive rates upon
sufficient security and fairly distribut-
ed throughout the country. 1t also IA
vors election of United States senators
by direct vote of the people, approved
completion of the Panama canal and
urged liberal appropriations for i'm
provement and development of the in
terror waterways.
Opposition was declared to the Aid
rich and the Fowler currency bills. and
an emergency currency favored in
stead The platform also opposed the
ship subsidy bill. 1T declares strongly
against indiscriminate use of injunc-
tions by United States courts without
notice to defendants without appear
ing and trial by jury in proceedings
arising out of indirect contempt of
such injunctionS.
Efforts of the president of the United
States to dictate the nomination of his
successor were disapproved as danger
Gus to our form of government, also
the fact that the last congress eX-
pended nearly two billion dollars which
is condemned as 'profligate waste of
the peoples money"
The present financial stringency is
declared to furnish additional proof
that the Republican leaders are either
unwilling or incompetent to protect
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