Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-28
The v.CLESS JUBILEE,
-
Iowa Republicans Declare for Schools
on the HilltopS and No Saloons
in the Valleys.
Sherman, Manning, Aikcrs and Reed
Make Up the Ticket-Fiery
Speeches, n Blazing Plat
form and Great En-
thusiasm.
The Democrats vigorously at Work
Special Dispatch TO TnE BE.

Special Dispatch to THE BIZ.
Dies MONIES, June 27.-The Republi-
can state convention was called to order,
and Hon. John A. Kasson made temper
airy chairman. Mr.. Kasson, on taking
the chair, very briefly reviewed the sue
cessful management of the republican
party for twenty years in the nation and
in Iowa. He said that whatever may be
the honest differences of opinion on some
points, on two things Iowa republicans
were agreed, viz: opposition to free
trade and free alcohol. Mr.. Kasson was
frequently interrupted by cheers. At
the afternoon session ID. B. Henderson
was made permanent chairman, and
Sames F. Wilson chairman of the COM
mittee on resolutions.
Mr.. Henderson was escorted to the
chair. He delivered a speech full of
fire and enthusiasm, pledging the party to
home as against saloons, and to home in
dustries as against the influences of the
British gold power. His speech was en-
Enthusiastically %applauded. One of the
vice presidents was Addison Rhodes, of
Mahaska, a former slave who had been
sold On the block. Committee on reso-
buttons was not ready to report, and the
convention, on motion of Rev. j. r.
Lozier, renominated Buren, r. Sherman
for governor by reclamation, and H.
Manning for lieutenant governor by &C
clamation, Prof. Akers renominated for
superintendent of public instruction by
reclamation. Judge Reed, of Council
Bluffs, was nominated for supreme Judge.
THE BUTToN-HoLERs.
The republican convention to-day was
attended by S44 delegates, every county
in the state being represented. There
were three distinct sets of delegates pres
ent, each button-holing the crowd. First,
the anti-prohibitionists, forming about
one-ifth of the members; second, the
prohibitionists, who thought the amend
ment was still in force but suspended in
operation by a corrupt or ignorant SUI
preme court; third, the resubmissionists.
All the prohibitionists favored a radical
plank and the sentiment was overwhelm-
ing for making strict prohibition the test
of party faith. The sentiment on officers
was strongly in favor of Sherman, Man.
ming, Akers and McDill, with Reed a
strong second. Governor Sherman,
Lieutenant Governor Manning and Super.
intendent of Public instruction j. w,
AKers were renoilinated by reclamation
amidst the most uproarous applause, ant
calls for Sherman followed.
HERE CAME THE TUG oE
There were no less than eight candi
| dates, who received the following vote OF
the informal ballot: McDill, 248; Day
1873; Ruddick, SO; Jay, 20; Reed, 270
Reiniger, 70; Lewis, 21; Cooley, 16.
At this point the committee appeared
and introduced Governor Sherman, whe
said: ''To be nominated by such a con
vention is an honor of which any maj
may well be enthusiastically proud. do
esteem it as the highest honor of my life
Promise all my energy and unseins.h
ness, 80 that it may be said of me by the
best people in the state that l tried to dc
my duty"
Manning appeared, and said: This il
a larger audience than he was in the habit
of attending. He thanked the conven.
ton for the horror and its urhnimity. He
wanted to aid and assist i'll carrying the
old flag to an old time Victory. He
thought the party was advancing to higher
ground to stay. He needed no augury of
victory. Republicanism meant a school
house on every hill, and no saloon in the
valley prolonged cheers), but if it needed
an augury of victory we have it in the
fact that never yet has our banner trailed
in defeat when it was led by a Sherman.
He instanced the other Sherman, and so
would the Iowa boys follow Shilo SHEER
man. After Manning's speech a formal
ballot was taken, resulting as follows:
McDill, 225, Day 90, Ruddick 20, Reed
432, Reiniger 90. A number of counties
then changed their votes from McDill to
Reed, whice finally resulted in the with
drawal of McDills name and the nomi-
nation of Judge Reed by reclamation,
amid wild excitement and cries of "No!"
''no!"
THE PLATFORM,
which Is very voluminous, it affirms the
platform of 1880; declares in favor of pro-
hibition, both constitutional and statuary;
condemns all arbitrary discrimination of
pools and combinations which prevents a
competition or works injustice to a com
at competing or non-competing
favors a law prohibiting the Civ
ing OF receiving of railroad passes by any
officers; declares in favor of a pro-
tective tariff, a revision of the patent
laws, the maintenance and enforce |