The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-04-17
Leaders Inform Local Dele
gates Platform Will Com
ply With Demands of Peo-
pie on All Questions.
ROBBINS BOOMED
FOR COMMITTEE
Party Expected to Declare
for Removal of Judicial
Candidates From Party
Politics and Tickets.

Local Progressive leaders have been
informed that the platform which will
be drafted by the platform committee
of the state convention, when the COM
mittee meets this evening at Indian
apolis, will be safe and sane," prac-
tical and in strict compliance to the
demands of the people of Indiana, and
will deal only with Indiana questions.
The Sixth district delegates will
caucus at room SIS, state house, early
this evening, for the purpose of elect
ing representatives on the various
convention committees.
An Innovation.
One innovation which the Progress
sives will probably make is declara-
tion in favor of removing the election
of all judges from strictly party poll
tics. 1t is probable a plank will be
offered in the convention declaring in
favor of taking the names of candi-
dates for the judiciary off the party
tickets and either placing them on a
separate ticket as is done for the
school commissioners, or holding a
special election for their selection. At
any rate the Progressives appear de-
termined to take stand against par
ty politics in the election of judges.
1t now seems probable that the con-
vention will take very definite action
on industrial issues declaring for jury
trials for all cases of indirect con-
tempt. advocating the establishing of
judicial tribunal for the adjudication
Of labor disputes and pledging the
party to an effective workmen's com
pensation act.
Sentiment Divided.
There may be an effort to insert a
plank on the Mexican situation, but
sentiment on this is divided, some
taking the attitude that it does not
properly come within the range of
party politics The same attitude is
held by many on the Panama canal
tolls question, but sentiment is pretty
strong in favor of a plank protesting
against any action on the part OF the
government which would indicate that
the United States relinquishes any
rights which follow complete owner
ship.
But the part of the platform which
will be of special interest to the Demo
Gratis is that in which the state admin
istration is scored and charged with
extravaganza The platform may de-
clare in favor of the consolidation OF
the departments of the state geolo-
gist, entomologist. department of for
estry and the office of state statisti-
clan under one department to be pre-
sided over by state conservation
commission.
Charge Ineffciency
The platform will doubtless charge
the last Democratic legislature with
having created jobs and raised salar-
les for the benefit of political workers
and will attempt to show that there
are minor positions in the state house
paying more than $4,000 year which
can be, and in other states are, handled
by $500 clerks or stenographers. The
platform will charge that these large
salaries are being paid for efficiency
in politics rather than for work rem
dered the state.
AS yet the platform is much in the
air, but at least twenty-five planks
are known to have been prepared by
various leaders for submission to the
committee 1t does not seem PROB
able that the convention will be mark
ed by single fight over platform pro-
visions.