The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-02
LARGEST MEETING SINCE 1892.
Interest in Selection Of Delegates to
Denver Who Will Decide on
National Committeeman.
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The Indiana Democratic Convention
Wednesday entered upon its two days
task of adopting platform, naming
State ticket ana selecting delegates to
the National Convention at Denver.
All the thirty national delegates,
which number includes the four select
ed by the committee on rules. will vote
for William Jennings Bryan for Presi-
dent.
The program the first day included a
brief session at IL o'clock. district meet
ings in the afternoon TO select twenty
six delegates to the National Conven-
ton and TO name convention commit
tees. and a night meeting at which all
of the committees except that on reso-
lutions reported. and the convention
address was delivered by Robert W.
Miers, of Bloomington, former Con-
gresham from the Second District.
Robert w. Miers, temporary chairman
of the convention, in addressing the dele
gates alluded to William Jennings Bryan
as the Idol of the people" He referred
to the principles held by the fathers of
the republic, and continued:
THE leaders of the Republican party
have done nearly everything that the faith
ers feared. They have gone into a far
country to spend their substance in riot
Gus living. They have quadrupled the
standing army. The doctrine of Alexan-
der Hamilton is again revived and the
doctrine of a strong. centralized govern
ment is in control-that a few men
shall run the government and fewer con-
troll all the business of the country. until
by reason of legislation by the Republican
party along that line trusts have been
formed by the thousands.
''They say that new trade has brought
about new conditions which require large
aggregations of wealth to handle. Is the
expansion of trade only for the purpose
of adding to the millions of the million
aire. and is its effect to be loss to thou
sands of men of small means? If that
is the new trade we are expanding into,
let us drop it, because it is losing
trade"
The session Thursday adopted plat
form. named four delegates-at-largc to
the National Convention and selected
State ticket among the twenty-seven
candidates, of whom seven were aspir-
ants for the gubernatorial nomination.
The platform instructed the thirty
Indiana National delegates TO vote for
Bryan and was unanimously adopted.
The platform pledged the party, when
returned TO power. to correct the evils
that have grown out of Republican Of
fetal shortcomings to an economical
administration of public affairs and to
a consistent enforcement of the laws
relating to public welfare" For near
ly twelve years. says the platform,
''the Republican party has been in abb
Of national government. yet during that
time colossal combinations of capital
have dominated the people and Illegal
perversions OF corporate laws have
the opportunity of the individual citi-
zen. We denounce the hypocrisy of the
Republican party, which, while pre-
tending to legislate against these condi-
lions, deals only with the symptoms
and not with the disease
The candidates for Governor were
Samuel NJ. Ralston of Lebanon, Carroll
X. Mccullough of Anderson, Thomas
II. Marshall of Columbia City, L. f.
Slack of Franklin. Thomas VI. Kuhn of
Richmond, c. G.. Conn of Elkha-t and
William O'Keefe of Plymouth. For
Lieutenant Governor the candidates
were Frank f. Herring of South Bend,
William p. O'Neill of Mishawaka and
Frank J. Hall Of Rushville
James +. Cox of Columbus was the
only candidate for Secretary of State.
Marion Bailey of Lizton had no opposi
ton for Auditor and John Isenbarger
Of North Manchester was not opposed
for Treasurer. The three candidates
for Attorney General were Walter l..
Lott of Muncie. Milton B. Hotel OF
Salem and Richard NJ. Milburh of JAS
per. Other candidates nominated were
for reporter of the Supreme Court,
Judges of the Supreme and Appellate
Courts. State Statistician and Superin-
tendent of Public instruction.
The convention brought to the city
the largest gathering of Democrats here
since 1892. Because Of the election Of
a member of the National Committee
by the delegates at Denver great inter
est was taken in their selection by the
district meetings of State delegates.