Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-08
Io,ca Democrats.

BURLINGTON, Iowa, April THE Democratic
State convention, to elect delegates to Cincin-
natl, met at 11:4O A. NJ, it being the largest
assemblage of Democrats in the annals of Iowa.
Fully 500 delegates were present. The con-
vention was called to order by Hon. Ed.
Campbell, chairman of the State Central COM
mittee. Elder j. H. sBlakeny, of the Burling-
ton conference, led in prayer. Judge Edward
Johnston, of Lee, was chosen temporary
chairman, and W. H. Garner, of Louisa county,
CIV. Sherman, of Mills county, and @. Hazelett,
of Boon county, temporary secretaries. On
taking the chair, Judge Johnston briefly
thanked the convention for it's honor, and in a
speech, which was loudly cheered, referred to
the electoral frauds of 1876 as issue that
would not down, and said the battle OF 1851
must be fought for an honest count; that the
Democratic party. must pledge itself to protect
internal trar sportation and Interstate COM
merce against combinations OF gigantic railroad
monopolies, and finally, the man nominated at
Cincinnati must be man that can defeat
Grant, anybody of sense could see that ne
will be the Republican nominee. Committees
nominated by a delegation of respective Con-
gressional districts were appointed, when re-
cess was taken.
The convention re-assembled at p. NJ. Gov.
Gear was called for and made very partisan
speech upon the material prosperity of Iowa.
THE PLATFORM.
The committee on resolutions reported the
following, which were adopted.
The Democrats of Iowa reiterate their faith
in the principles of the Democratic party as
taught by the fathers of the republic, denounce
the fraud and corruption Cf the Republican
party, deprecate it's policy as tending to im-
perialism, as evidenced by continued usurpation
of power by the few, by which monopolies are
encouraged and labor and industry depressed
and the liberties of tho people threatened.
The Democrats of Iowa, are now, as in the
past in favor of the two-thirds rule in the
National Democratic convention in selecting
the candidates for President and Vice Presi-
dent.
DELEGATES.
The following were chosen by representa-
tive districts as delegates to Cincinnati:
First Distriot-Jas. Kazerman, of Lee county,
and Geo. G. Rodman, of Washington county.
Second District-J. J.. Richardson, of Scott,
and G.. l.. Johnson, of Jackson.
Third District-Col. e. 8. Malven, of Della
ware, and G.. w. Durham, of Buchanan.
Fourth Distrlct-Martin Bin, of Black Hawk,
and John Saley, of Chickasaw.
Fifth District-J.J. j. Snouffer Of Lynn, and
G. s. Lake, of Iowa.
Sixth Districts. B. Evans, of Wapolla, ,sand
G. N. Mackey, of Keokuk.
Seventh District-Geo. Gardiner of Polk,
and J. A. Penneck, of Lucas.
Eighth District-Robert B. Percival, Of Pot
tawattomie, and J. Anderson, of Plymouth.
Ninth District-E. l.. Bowman and E. D.
Finn, of Story.
For delegates at large there was placed in
nomination T. j. Potter, of Des Moines county
J. A. o. Yooman, of Webster; Daniel j. Miller,
of Lee; j. 1. Bates. of Dubuque; John P.
Irish, of Johnson; j. @. Morgan. of Pottawat-
tonne; A. W. Cole, of franklin, and d. M.
Harrison.
resolution instructing the delegation to
vote as a unit at Cincinnati vas laid on the
table. Adjourned sine die.