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INDIANA. 



INN ESS, GEORGE. 



or foreign laborers. It enacted the schoolbook law, 

 saving large sums to the people, bearing down an 

 oppressive monopoly, and placing the instruments of 

 education within the reach of the poorest and hum- 

 blest citizens. It enacted our laws purifying elections, 

 giving an untrammek-d ballot to the voter by the 

 Australian system. It framed and passed our present 

 tax law, thus adding millions of property to our tax 

 duplicates. It passed the present fee and salary law ; 

 it enacted the Barrett improvement law, which has 

 proved a blessing wherever used. It also passed the 

 State Board of Charities law, which has insured hon- 

 est, humane, and intelligent administration of our 

 public institutions. 



The platform further affirmed opposition to 

 protective duties, commended the action of the 

 Administration and of the Democratic Congress 

 on the tariff, and proceeded : 



We condemn the Republican party for its persistent 

 effort to prevent the execution of this unmistakably 

 popular verdict, and we especially condemn a small 

 coterie of Senators who, masquerading as Democrats, 

 by threats to defeat all tariff legislation, have tempo- 

 rarily prevented the Democratic party from carrying 

 out all its pledges to the people for tariff reform, as 

 announced in the Democratic platform of 1892. We 

 congratulate the Democratic party upon the fact that, 

 notwithstanding the open opposition of the Repub- 

 lican party and the conduct of a few pretended Demo- 

 crats, a substantial measure of reform has been effect- 

 ed; that many important raw materials have been 

 placed on the free list; that a material reduction has 

 been made of the duties on iron ore and coal ; and that 

 the tariff tax on nearly all classes of manufactured 

 goods, including woolens, and on the necessities of 

 daily life have been largely reduced. 



We approve the action of the House of Representa- 

 tives in following the enactment of this law with the 

 passage of separate acts, placing sugar, coal, iron ore, 

 and barbed wire on the free list, and we demand that 

 the Senate shall concur in these righteous measures 

 at the earliest possible moment. 



We especially indorse the income tax as a wise and 

 equitable measure, designed to place a fair share of 

 the burdens of the Government upon the property of 

 the country, for the benefit of which the expenses of 

 the Government are so largely incurred. 



We indorse the law passed by a Democratic Con- 

 gress authorizing the taxation of greenbacks as other 

 money is taxed as a great measure of reform. 



We are in favor of a constitutional amendment 

 providing for the election of United States Senators 

 by a direct vote of the people. We are also in favor 

 of such constitutional and other changes as may be 

 necessary in order that Congress may assemble as soon 

 after its election as is practicable, and to the end that 

 the will of the people as expressed at the polls may 

 receive prompt and full legislative expression. 



The A. P. A. was denounced, sympathy was 

 expressed with workingmen, violence and the 

 mob spirit condemned, the Republican party de- 

 clared responsible for the hard times, the State 

 Administration approved ; Congress was recom- 

 mended to deal generously in the matter of sol- 

 diers' pensions, and the State to provide a sol- 

 diers' home. In reference to silver, the platform 

 commended the repeal of the Sherman act, and 

 said : " We believe it absolutely necessary to the 

 welfare and prosperity of the great producing 

 masses that silver shou'ld be restored to the place 

 it occupied in the currency systems of the world 

 a quarter of a century ago." 



The ticket nominated was as follows : For 

 Judge of the Supreme Court, First District, 

 George F.^Reinhard; Judge of the Supreme 

 Court, Fourth District, J. S. Dailey ; Secretary 



of State, W. R. Myers ; Auditor, Joseph T. Fan- 

 ning; Treasurer, Morgan Chandler; Attorney- 

 General, Francis M. Griffith; Clerk of the Su- 

 preme Court, C. W. Wellman ; Superintendent 

 of Public Instruction, Charles W. Thomas : Stat- 

 istician, Elliott Fulton ; Geologist, E. T. J. 

 Jordan. 



The plank referring to " coteries " of United 

 States Senators masquerading as Democrats 

 caused excitement and cries of "Name them!" 

 and the names of Brice, Gorman, and Smith 

 were called out. 



The State council of the American Protective 

 Association met at the capital in April, and 

 adopted a platform of which the following are 

 the most significant parts : 



It is, in our opinion, unsafe and unwise to appoint 

 or elect to civil or military office in this country men 

 who owe supreme allegiance to any foreign king, 

 pope, potentate, or ecclesiastical power, or who are 

 sworn to obey such power. 



We are opposed to the use of public funds for any 

 sectarian purpose. 



We are in favor of maintaining our general unsec- 

 tarian free-school system. We are not opposing any 

 parochial school except such as demand a division of 

 public funds for sectarian purp 



We do not oppose honest and thrifty immigrants, 

 but welcome to our shores all who come for the pur- 

 pose of becoming citizens, and who will forswear al- 

 legiance to all foreign potentates and powers. 



The Indiana Good-citizenship League was 

 formed in August for the purpose of promoting 

 good government by securing the election of the 

 best candidates for office, without regard to 

 party. It was resolved to appoint State and 

 county committees, whose duty it shall be to 

 ascertain for the benefit of members of the 

 league the character and sentiments of the nom- 

 inees on all tickets for State and county offices. 



The Republicans elected their State ticket by 

 about 46,000 plurality. Following is the vote 

 for Secretary of State : William R. Myers, 

 Democrat, 238,732; William D. Owen. Repub- 

 lican, 283,405 ; Winford Taylor, Prohibition, 

 11,157 ; Charles A. Robinson, Populist, 29.388 ; 

 Owen's plurality, 44,673. All the Republican 

 candidates for Congress were elected. The Re- 

 publican vote was larger by 20,144 than in any 

 previous election, or than that ever before cast 

 for any one candidate. 



The' next Legislature will have in the House 

 81 Republicans and 18 Democrats on the day of 

 organization. The vote in Tipton County is 

 tied, and there are charges of fraud in connec- 

 tion with the tally sheets in that county. 



In the Senate there will be 18 Democrats and 

 32 Republicans. 



INNESS, GEORGE, American landscape 

 painter, born in Newburg, N. Y., May 1, 1825, 

 the son of a retired New York grocer, of Scotch 

 descent ; died at Bridge of Allan, Scotland, Aug. 

 3, 1894. His body was brought to this country, 

 and on Aug. 23 a public funeral service was held 

 at the National Academy of Design. In Decem- 

 ber a memorial exhibition of 240 paintings left 

 by Mr. Inness was opened with an address by 

 Parke Godwin, Esq., in the galleries of the 

 American Fine Arts Society. These paintings 

 were sold at auction for $108,670, on the even- 

 ings of Feb. 12, 13, and 14. 1895. 



The place which Mr. Inness held was in no de- 



