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hereafter in the State conventions, which was 

 regarded as equivalent to pledging the Federa- 

 tion to act with the Populists. 



When it was desired to pay the militia for 

 service at Hammond there was no regular fund 

 in the State treasury from which the amount 

 could legally be drawn, and the State Auditor, 

 on the advice of the Attorney-General, declined 

 to issue warrants without a special appropriation 

 to cover the amount. The Governor took $40,- 

 962 from banks on his own security, and will 

 ask the next Legislature to reimburse him. 



Political. The Prohibition party held its 

 convention at Indianapolis, March 15. There 

 were 621 delegates, of whom 62 were women. 

 Besides the usual declarations on the liquor 

 traffic, the resolutions favored equal suffrage and 

 equal wages for both sexes, demanded that the 

 tariff question be placed in the hands of a non- 

 partisan commission, favored supplying by an 

 income tax the deficiency in national revenue 

 that would be caused by suppression of the liquor 

 traffic, advocated the establishment of Govern- 

 ment savings banks, reduction of official salaries 

 and abolition of the fee system, abolition of the 

 contract system of employing convict labor and 

 employment of prisoners on highways ; pledged 

 the party, if elected to power, to the granting of 

 just pensions; opposed appropriation of public 

 money to sectarian schools,' and in reference to 

 the currency the following : 



We favor a national currency of gold, silver, and 

 Treasury notes, issued only by the United States Gov- 

 ernment, which shall be a legal tender for the pay- 

 ment of all debts, public and private. All .such 

 money should be subject to taxation, and its volume 

 should be increased to meet the natural demands of 

 trade and for the employment of labor. 



The ticket follows: For Secretary of State, 

 W. M. Taylor ; Auditor, John B. Hanna ; Treas- 

 urer. Addison Hadley ; Attorney-General, Clar- 

 ence Kissinger; Superintendent of Public In- 

 struction, E. A. De Vore : Clerk of the Supreme 

 Court, William M. Ross ; State Statistician, Wil- 

 liam F. Little ; State Geologist, Elwood Kemp. 

 The nominations for justices were left to the 

 State Committee. 



The Republican Convention met at Indianapo- 

 lis, April 25. The resolutions expressed belief 

 in the doctrine of protection and reciprocity, de- 

 nounced the tariff policy of the Administration 

 and its pension policy, demanded a rigid enforce- 

 ment of the immigration laws, and such further 

 legislation as is necessary to shut out the crimi- 

 nal and vicious classes, condemned the course of 

 the Administration in regard to Hawaii, and 

 "the outrageous bargain and sale of Federal 

 patronage by the Cleveland Administration in 

 its unblushing efforts to usurp the prerogatives 

 of the legislative branch of the Government, to 

 force favorite measures through Congress and 

 compel the confirmation of presidential appoint- 

 ments by the Senate,'' and contained the follow- 

 ing on money : 



We believe in a currency composed of gold, silver, 

 and paper, readily convertible at a fixed standard of 

 value, and entirely under national control ; and we 

 favor the imposition of increased tariff duties upon 

 the imports from all foreign countries which oppose 

 the coinage of silver upon a basis to be determined 

 by an international congress for such purpose. We 



denounce the avowed purpose of the Democratic 

 party to restore the era of" wild-cat" money. 



The resolutions condemned the gerrymander 

 of the State by Democratic Legislatures", the ex- 

 travagance and increased rate of taxation, and 

 the multiplication of offices in the administra- 

 tion of State affairs, and favored placing the be- 

 nevolent, educational, and correctional institu- 

 tions of the State under nonpartisan control, 

 and such legislation "as will protect the lives 

 and limbs of employees of railroads, mines, and 

 factories." The ticket placed in nomination 

 was : For Secretary of State, William D. Owen ; 

 Auditor, Americus C. Daily; Treasurer, F. J. 

 Scholz ; Attorney-General, William A. Ketcham ; 

 Clerk of Supreme Court, Alexander Hess; Su- 

 perintendent of Public Instruction, David JM. 

 Geeting; Statistician, Simeon J. Thompson ; Ge- 

 ologist, W. S. Blatchley ; Supreme Judge, First 

 District, James H. Jordan ; Supreme Judge, 

 Fourth District, L. J. Monks. 



Representatives of the People's party met at 

 Indianapolis, May 24. The platform deplored 

 the present state of affairs, denounced both the 

 Democratic and Republican parties as being the 

 creatures of the money power, recommended the 

 free coinage of silver, at the ratio of 16 to 1, and 

 advised an increase of the currency to $50 per 

 capita ; denounced national banks and noninter- 

 est-bearing bonds, and recommended the election 

 of United States Senators and postmasters by a 

 direct vote of the people, and favored an income 

 tax. They also demanded a revision of the 

 State Constitution, a better school system, the 

 employment of convicts for the public roads, 

 equal "suffrage for women, a board of arbitration 

 to settle disputes between employer and em- 

 ployee, and a reduction in the number of working 

 hours. It favored local option, and municipal 

 control of water, transportation, and lighting 

 plants. It condemned the letting of public work 

 to the lowest bidder, and favored the carrying 

 on of such work by the community under effi- 

 cient officers. The repeal of the metropolitan 

 police law was demanded, and of the law that 

 forbids minority representation on election boards 

 or witnesses to count ballots. The ticket follows : 

 For Secretary of State, C. A. Robinson ; Auditor, 

 Edgar A. Perkins ; Treasurer, A. B. Keeport ; 

 Attorney-General, Silas M. Holcombe ; Clerk of 

 the Supreme Court, J. Harvey Montgomery ; 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction, A. J. Allen ; 

 Statistician, W. P. Smith; Geologist, Edward 

 Kindle ; Supreme Court Judge, Fourth District, 

 C. W. Chambers. 



Four Populists were arrested in West Indi- 

 anapolis, Aug. 12, on a charge of desecrating the 

 Sabbath by making political speeches. 



The State Convention of Democrats was held 

 in Indianapolis, Aug. 15. The platform specified 

 the measures passed by the Democratic party in 

 Indiana as follows: 



It passed the mechanics' lien law, and the law giv- 

 ing laborers a lien upon the product of their labor for 

 wages and material furnished ; the law protecting 

 labor organizations ; the law providing for the safety 

 of miners and the proper ventilation of mines ; con- 

 stituting eight hours a day's labor in public employ- 

 ment; prohibiting the blacklisting of employees ; pro- 

 hibiting pluck -me stores; the employees' liability 

 law, forbidding the importation of Pinkerton detec- 

 tives; and the law against the importation of alien 



