Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1920 — DELEGATES GO UNINSTRUCTED [ARTICLE]

DELEGATES GO UNINSTRUCTED

To Democratic National Convention in San Francisco. INDIANA FOR T. R. MARSHALL State Convention Is Largely Attended and the Most Enthusiastic One Held in Years.

DELEGATES AT LARGE Vice-President Thomas R. Marshall. Former U. S. Senator Thomas Taggart. Former Governor Samuel M. Ralston. Mrs. Alice Foster McCullough. Alternate Delegates at Large Mrs. Bessie Louensteln, Evansville. Mrs. Mary K. McNutt, Indianapolis. Mrs. Hortense Tapp Moore, Rockville. Mason J. Niblack, Vincennes.

F. M. Welsh, Dennis O’Riley, Ellis Jones, A. H. Dickinson, E. P. Honan, Frank Fisher, J. P. Ryan, N. Osburn and Mesdames J. L* Gwin and A. A. Hoover returned Thursday evening from attending the Democratic state convention in Indianapolis. This convention was one of the most largely attended, most harmonious and most enthusiastic ever held by the Democrats of Indiana. Former Governor Samuel M. Ralston was permanent chairman of the convention and the keynote speech was delivered by Vice-President Thomas R. Marshall, while the address on state issues was made by Hon. Claude G. Bowers of Ft. Wayne. The ticket nominated Js as follows: For United States senator —Thomas Taggart, French Lick. For presidential electors at large —Miss Julia E. Landers, Indianapolis; Paul U. McNutt, Martinsville. Contingent electors —Miss Mary Gallahan, Peru; Cornelius O’Brien, Lawrenceburg. For governor—Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch, Indianapolis. For lieutenant governor—Samuel M. Foster, Ft. Wayne. For secretary of state —Charles H. Wagoner, Columbus. For auditor of state—Charles R. Hughes, Peru. For attorney-general —George W. Sunkel, Newport. For treasurer of state —George -A. Dehority, Elwood. For superintendent of public instruction —Miss Adelaide Steele Baylor, Indianapolis. For reporter of supreme and appellate courts —Wood Unger, Frankfort. For judge supreme court, Fifth district—F. E. Bowser, Warsaw. For judge appellate court, First division—Elbert M. Swan, Rockport. For judge appellate court, Second division—John G. Reidelbach, Winamac. Edward C. Hoffman of Ft. Wayne was re-elected Democratic national commy.teeman from Indiana by the delegates from this state to the Democratic national convention, who met following the adjournment of the state convention. The delegates to the national convention from this district are Charles M. Murdock, Lafayette, and Henry Downey, Lake county. Alternates— Miss Edna Stembel, Benton county, and William Dailey, Porter county. Presidential elector, Tenth district —Edward McCabe, Williamsport; contingent elector —Elmore Bacre, Fowler. The name of Mrs. Ura Gwin of Rensselaer was presented by Judge Darroch of Kentland at the district meeting as a delegate to the na. tional convention, and she received the solid vote of the agricultural sections of the district, but was defeated by two votes, the strength of the Calumet district and Lafayette, which latter had to go With Lake in order to get anything for itself, being sufficient to defeat her by this narrow margin. Mrs. Gwin is not at all “sore” over the defeat, however, as she *s saved the expense of the trip to San Francisco, which is no Inconsiderable amount, and was pleased at the loyal support

given her from other parts of the district. A new feature for Democratic conventions was the presence of the 12 women delegates on the floor. The women delegates from this district were Mrs. Ura Gwin and Mrs. A. A. Hoover of Rensselaer; Mrs. W. M. Seward of Earl Parks; Miss Laura Darroch of Kentland, and Miss Edna Stembel of Oxford. For the first time in the history of Indiana a woman —Miss Adelaide Steele Baylor of Indianapolis —was given a place on the state ticket of either of the two major parties. Women took an important part throughout the deliberations of the two-day convention. Mrs. Adelbert Flynn of Logansport was a member of the committee which drafted the party platform. She also from the floor of the convention nominated Miss Baylor as the candidate for superintendent of public instruction. Mrs. Alice Foster McCulloch of Ft. Wayne was named a member of. Indiana’s “big four” to San Francisco and three other women were named alternate delegates at large. The platform adopted by the convention is a clean-cut statement of the party’s position on both the national and state issues, and no attempt to side-step or straddle any Question is made. The national administration and the league of nations is fully endorsed the tax law of tire Republicans is condemned

and a pledge made to repeal the measure, if a Democrat legislature is elected, and substitute a fair and equitable law in its stead, restoring to the local taxing units the powers taken from them by the Goodrich law, etc., etc. In a later issue the platform in full will be published. While Marshall is not a candidate for the nomination for president, mention of his name as such brought forth round after round of applause and the Indiana delegation will work for his nomination in the national convention. Mr. Marshall insisted, however, that the delegation go uninstructed, which was done. ••