The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-29
Tom Taggart's Forces Are Defeated After a Stub-
 born Contest
PLATFORM IS ADOPTED
 DENOUNc|NG TARIFF LAW
publicnns Are Held Up to RidIcuIe in Relation to Taft, Tariff
 and BeycridGe

Indianapolis. April 8.-Opening in riotous discord and closing in enthusiast tic harmony the Indiana democratic con-- vention today adopted Governor Ma-- shall's proposal that it should indorse at next years legislature a candidate for the United States Senate and it named John w. Kern, the party candidate for wise president in 1908. All was carried through.
 The opposition made a grim fight under the leadership of Thomas Taggart.
 Today's action means that Kern would be elected to succeed Senator A. J. Bev- eridge, provided the democrats have a majority in the next state legislature. and that majority adheres to the indorse- ment made today.
 The following platform was adopted:
 Democracy is a conservator of prop erty. It defies alike both paternalism and communism It's theory of govern ment is that government is best which governs least. It is the friend of both labor and capital. It adds to the rewards of human endeavor by giving equal oppor- tunites to all and special privileges to none. Democracy fixes no limits to hon. est accumulation of capital, but it denies that wealth and cunning, leagued to- gether may lawfully concentrate into a few hands the fruits of the productive energy of the world.
 We denounce the Payne-Aldrich tariff act as a masterpiece of injustice, invol-- 1 ing remorseless exactions from the many 7 to enrich the few, through the trusts and monopoles, which it fosters. Tariff tax ation, like other taxation, should be for public purposes only, and not for pri- vate profit, and should be levied as not. to Discriminate against any section, class, industry or occupation, and limited to the actual necessities of the government, economically administered
 We condemn tile cowardice of the re- publican party in Indiana in failing to get the issues in fair and manly way; that In its endeavor to gain democratic votes 1t has on the tariff question one propo- sition in its state platform and different and opposing propositions in congress sional platforms that by indorsement it comments President Taft, who approved the Payne-Aldrich tariff law, and in the same resolution comments Senator Rev.
 
 ure for his course in opposing such tariff law.
 Relief Not Expected
 President Taft has indorsed Cannon and Aldrich. We submit to ~the peonle whether relief may be expected from the party standing for Taft, Cannon, AL, drich and Beveridge all at the same time
 We favor the immediate enactment of pension law by Congress providing for A pension of not less than $1 a day for all Union veterans of the civil war
 We most heartily favor the ratffica- Hon of the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States autbor- lzing Congress to levy an income tax.
 We are opposed to all subsidies by the government, and we especially condemn the present ship subsidy bill
 We are opposed to the indiscriminate use or the power of injunction by the courts without notice to the defendants and without a hearing, and we demand that the right of trial by jury, in pro- ceedings arising out of indirect contempt Of such injunctions shall not be denied to . defendant in such cases. fs- E fef s
 We conoemn the extlavagant adminis- tration of the affairs of the nation by the republican party.
 Conservation Is Favored
 We favor the conservation of our nat ural resources and demand the withdraw al from entry of our remaining timber, coal and iron lands and water power sites. The republican course of favorit- ism and the countenancing of fraud in relation to these matters has become a national scandal. The remnants of our resources should be preserved in the gov ernment for the benefit of the people and only opened again for entry under such restrictions as will protect the pblic We favor the improvement of interior water ways and urge appropriations for such purposes.
 We are in favor of the strengthening of the laws of our state with reference 10 child labor and the sanitary condition of workshops.
 The democratic party has always ad- vocated the largest measure of liberty to the individual citizen. consistent with the public good It still recognizes and be- lieves in the old democratic principle of local self government We recognize the right of the people of the state to settle the question as to whether intoxicating liquor shall be sold in their respective communities. and to that end we favor the amendment and modification of the present local option law so.sas to make incorporated cities. townships and the territory in townships outside of such cities as the units of election; but such amendment and modification shall be so drawn as to preserve the en.onstrancc laws of the state. Provided that territory voted dry under the present option law shall remain so for two years from the date of such election.
 I've favor an amendment to the consti- tion of the United States providing for the election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people,
 The platform heartily commends Uni ted States Senator B. F. Shiveley and the indiana democratic representatives Congress and the administration of the affairs of the state by Governor Mar shall ss.e
 ShiveIey's Address
 Senator Benjamin F. Shiveley, perma- nent chairman, described the passage of the present tariff law, adding:
 'The president pronounced that bill the best tariff the country ever had. "sipce then the republicans of Indiana. in convention assembled, have approved the president. who approved the blls 1 condemned the bill approved by the pres ident and approved an instruction against it. condemned by the president. Tho accredited leader of his party in