New-York tribune., 1912-03-22
'HOOS|ERS FOR MARSHALL
Democrats IndorSe Indiana Gov
ern0r for President.
FIRST AND ONLY CHOICE
Governor Tells Convention He Is
Not Now in Favor of Initiative,
Referendum and Recall.

indianapolis. March 2l.--Indiana Demo-
crafts in convention to-day unanimously
pledged support tC the candidacy OF Gov
crnor Thomas r. Marshall for the Demo-
cratic Presidential election. The platform
adopted instructed the thirty delegates TO
the Baltimore convention TO present Gov
ernor Marshall's name as the first ana
only choice of Indiana Democracy for the
nomination for President" 1t dealt briefly
with national issues declaring for tariff
for revenue only and commencing the Sher-
wood pension bill.
Samuel NJ Ralston OF Lebanon, was
nominated by acclamation for Governor,
after Lieutenant-GovernOr Frank J. Hail.
of Rushville, had withdrawn from the race
on the first ballot. W. Z. O'Neill. or
Mshawka, in field of six candidates for
the nomination for Lieutenant Governor,
won on the fourth ballot
The convention chose as delegates-at-large
to the national convention United States
Senators John W. Kern and Benjamin +.
Shiyely. National Committeeman Thomas
Taggart and G. V. Menzier
Governor Marshall, who was temporary
chairman of the convention, in his address
urged Democrats to 10 this year TO the
! People upon Il platform the cardinal prin-
Ciple of which is opposition TO special privi-
lege, and expressed himself not now
being in favor of the initiative, referendum
and recall. lie said in part:
Lincoln held 1t to be the inalenable right
of an unsuccessful litigant 10 80 down TO
the tavern and cuss the court. 1t is the
theory Of Roosevelt that 1t Is the right OF
| an unsuccessful litigant to go down to the
4 t0x md ,l.. h..
Of spirit and Indignation at what | deem
I to be Judicial injustice seize me- Even
now ! am chaIng under what | conceive
TO be the unwarranted interference or the
courts with my prerogatives. But my sober
judgment, looking To the permanent soOu
Of the people, impels me TO insist that the
that we must first seek relief through the
remedy we now have and patiently ablde
the lawful reversal Of judicial injustice.
Until the provisions of our present Con
StitutiOn with reference TO OfiiCialS are trl"d
and until graver evils arise than nave thus
far arisen there Is but slight demand for
the initiative, referendum and recall. ! am
myself not I'm favor OF these changes now,
as | see no emergency for them, but ] De-
leve that wisdom demands readiness 10
meet any emergency
The Governor condemned the Payne AID
rich tariff and stated the Democratic party
believed in genuine tariff reform. Speak
ing of big business" the Governor said:
The Democratic party IL not opposed 10
corporations, however large they NAV ne.
IT does insist, however. that corporations
shall conine themselves TO the purposes
for which they are created by the law or
that they shall yield up their lives TO the
author of their being There Is no Ob)ec-
tiOu to men investing as much money as
they please in one corporation formed for
the purpose OF doing one lawful thing.
I There Is vast objection. however. 10 men
being officers under directors IN hdlf
dozen different corporations organized Tor
the doing OF the same thing and by written
contract or by gcntlcmon's agreement fore
stalling the market and preventing compe-
tlt!On.