The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-20
CBy Associated Press)

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| (By Associated Press)
| INDIANAPOLIS, May 20. - Indiana
| Democrats met in state convention
| here today to name a state ticket
| adopt a platform and select delegates
to the national convention at Sar
| Francisco, Calf
Chairman Bosse called the conven
| tlon to order at $50. Several women
were seated among the delegates and
there were many more in the galleries
and on the stage.
| Tasgart Is Nominated
| A motion was made early this after
noon to nominate Thomas Taggart for
U. S. senator by acclamation, and il
was carried with a shout
| Mr.. Taggart told of his birth in Ire
land and declared that he assured his
Irish friends that Ireland would fare
better if the United States were in
the league than out of it, Dr. earle.
ton B. McCulloch, who received the
plurality in the state primary. Swas
made the Democratic nominee for
governor by acclamation.
Samuel NJ. Foster, of Ft Wayne,
was nominated for lieutenant governor
by acclamation and he also was called
upon for speech.
Charles H. Wagner. of Columbus,
was nominated without opposition for
| secretary of state and Charles r.
Hughes, of Peru. was nominated for
auditor of state by reclamation.
George D. Sunkell, of Newport, was
unopposed for attorney general, and
he was nominated by acclamation.
A boom started for Vive-President
| Marshall for the presidential nomina-
ton at San Francisco was nipped in
the bud by the vice president. In a
i characteristic Marshall story he re-
ferred to it as "sweetened wind" He
again denied that he sought the presi-
| dental nomination.
: Mrs. Alice Foster McCullogh, of Ft.
Wayne, was named one of Indiana
four elegates-at-large to the Demo-
crat national convention, and three
other women were named as altern-
ates when the convention adopted the
! report of the committee on rules.
They were not instructed.
Big Four Are Named.
The delegates at large besides Mrs.
McCulloch, are Marshall, Taggart and
Mr.. Ralston. Those elected alternates
are Mrs. Bessie Lowenstein, Evans
vile; Mrs Mary X McNutt. of Indi-
annapolis, Mrs. Hortense Topp Moore.
| Rockville, and Mason J. Niblack, Vim
cenneS.
Adoption of the rules committee al
so provided for the election of the
presidential electors at large as fol.
lows: Miss Julia Landers, Indianapo-
lis, Paul V. McNutt, Martinsville, and
contingents. Miss Mary Callahan,
Peru, and Cornelius O'Brien, Law
renceburg. 1t also provided for the
ratification of the nomination of Tag
CART, who was unopposed in the prim-
ary for United States senator.
Claude G. Bowers of Ft Wayne then
spoke, dealing with state issues
After calling the roll by counties,
Vice President Marshall was intro
duced as temporary chairman and de-
livered the keynote speech on national
issues.
Equal and exact justice to all men"
as a remedy for unrest was prescrib-
ed by Vice President Marshall in his
keynote address.
He Urged Jail Sentences for Profiteers
Il hold that the Democratic doctrine
of equal and exact justice to all men
and of special privileges to none, will
meet all the angry and irreconciled
views of today" said Mr.. Marshall
The vice president also expressed
the hope that President Wilson and
the sentae would reconcile their diff
ferences over the peace treaty and
that it would be ratified; but said no
man should be read out of the Demo
cratic party because of his opinion on
the league of nations.
This was, as | understand it," the
vice president said, IAN American war.
The peace should be an American
peace. The war could not have been
fought successfully as either Demo
can not bring that real peace which
the American people want if 1t be
made either as a Democratic or Re-
publican peace.
Vice President Marshall said his
comments on the treaty would be
brief for he had no hope of lighting
the "cimmerian darkness which now
envelops it, but added:
"A life long advocate of resort to
courts and not to force. 1 gave my un-
qualified endorsement to the altruis-
tic views of the president, in the de-
Tense of which views he has broken
his body"
Oppose Breaking Dry Law.
Any let up in the enforcement of
national prohibition until legal change
has been made in its provisions was
opposed by Mr.. Marshall who warned
, the Democratic party that IL would
merit the contempt of the people If
it ever stands for the Haunting of
law because certain citizens do not be-
lieve in it."
The vice president assailed the Re-
, publican congress for its work during
, the last year. Mr.. Marshall declared
the aftermath Of the war 'fn legis-
lative halls would be heart breaking
!. If 1t were not humorous" and charged
that the Republicans hare spent the
!. last year conducting searching in
vestigations at great expense to show