Omaha daily bee., 1886-07-01
IOWA DEMOCRATS In SESSION,
The State Convention Meets and Selects
Temporary Officers and Committees.
SIOUX clTYs SALOON FIGHT.
The People Wax Warm and Are Cau-
toned Against Violence-Kcat-
ley to Be Supported by the
Knights-Iowa News.
Democratic State Convention.

DES MONIES, June Sl- special Telegram
TO the BEE. The democratic state convention
having perfected its organization this after
| noon, the assembled democrats are spending
the evening in celebrating and laying the
wires for tomorrow. About eight hundred
of the unterrted have come to Des Moines
and are full of a mild amount of enthusiasm.
Nothing developed in the preliminary organ
ization of an unusual character, but tonight
there is lively feeling among the delegates
over two OF three things that may make trou-
BILE tomorrow. There is no strife over the
nominations. On the contrary one
| prominent democrat remarked to-
night: Nobody wants them, and
nobody of any prominence will take them"
The greenbackers, who are also here for
state convention. demand three of the
officers as condition of fusion. But two
positions will probably be given, that of
treasurer and supreme court reporter, though
they also want attorney general.
For the head OF the ticket there is no con-
test and the democrats are all at sea. Though
the nominations will be made tomorrow
there are no candidates headquarters opened
and no special effort is made i'll any ones be-
half. Mr.. A. b. Keith, who has been talked
of, declines positively. Senator Cassatt does
the same. w. w. Wilmer, of this city,
also declines, but would accept if the nomi-
nation were forced upon him. This leaves
only Cato Sells, a young man from Black
Hawk county, and secretary of the state COM
mittee. He is quite willing, and probably
will be chosen if no better man will take it.
There are so few candidates for the other
places, and so little said about them. that
diligent inquiry among leading democrats
tonight showed that half of them had not even
heard any names suggested. Mr.. Theodore
Guelich, of Burlington, will be given the
nomination for auditor without doubt, and
Colonel Mackey, of Sigourney, will be
nominated for attorney general. Stephen
Bradley, of Iowa City, seems to be the princi-
pal candidate for clerk of the supreme court,
and there the general interest ceases, as the
greenbackers will be given the other places,
and no names are mentioned.
There will be lively scrimmage to-mor-
row over the senatorial back-pay question.
There is a strong feeling among the rural
members in favor of passing resolution of
censure of the senator's who took the S216
back-pay for their recess before the impeach-
ment trial began. Four of these senators
were democrats, and they are working
very hard tonight to prevent any action.
Senators Knight, Dubuque, and John son, of
Maquoketa, are the leading defenders OF the
back. pay, ond If forced to the wall tomorrow
!" VIII raise a Scene in the convention and de-
t.9estslgt themselves and their colleagues.
The convention, strange to say, will prob
ably resolve in favor of local option as its
treatment of the liquor question. The COM
mittee on resolutions is about evenly divided
on this point, but three quarters of the dele
gates want local option and high license.
Theodore Guellch, of Burlington, the leader
of the tlprohibitionisSt,says that he thinks
local option will not lose the party, any
NFnfn hut t1Nn x.,ih
| quite so enthusiastic as they would be with
| out it. The convention will endorse Cleve-
land, though three-fOurths of the members
c,,a Rn1s & GrsnEE h The federal Of
| noticeable that no fears of offensive parti-
| sanship have kept any away. Every revenue
| collector in the state and nearly all the depu-
| ties are here. The United States marshal
| United States district attorney, postmaSters
| innumerable and federal officers of all de-
| scriptions are on hand to see that the admin
| iStrattOn is endorsed.
| This evening several prominent democrats
| addressed the crowds i'll the street, among
them Judge Kline, standing candidate for
big office, and late recipient of the position
| of tie-counter on forty miles of government
road in Oregon He took particular pains to
| say that there were no sore headed democrats
here, but their actions all belle their words,
and his speech was received with almost no
| applause.
The permanent officers selected for to-mor-
| row are: For chairman, g.. w. Bell, Web
ster City; secretary, j, j. Frainey, Council
Marshalltown.
THE CONVENTIONS PROCEEDINGS.
Inc democratic state convention met in this
SSy SagyreS 9aay Semocras at are M in Ae1pt eoas egst
although the delegated representation is
limited to 622. The convention was
called to order by Chairman Kinne, of
| the state central committee, who announced
| that the central committee had selected A. II.
| Mccoy, Of Clinton, for temporary chairman.
The II t1iIO t2Iowipg secretaries re we're chosen: G.
| Kelly, Iowa City. Mr.. 7. o. Walker, of Mar
shal, was chosen reading secretary. After
speech by Temporary Chairman Mccoy, the
convention adjourned till . u. m. tomorrow.
The committee on resolutions is as fol
lows First district, J. ID. NJ; Hamilton, of
Lee; Second 9. $. Ragck. johnson Third,
son. Clayton;, Fifth, q. II. Munger, Jones;
| Sixth, Samuel Jones, Days; Seventh, Col
onel Joseph Elboeck; Polk Eighth, e. !.
Jones, Pottawattame; Tenth, George W.
Bell, Hamilton; Eleventh, Isaac Pendleton,
| Woodbury.,
| the following: First district, Charles Il.
Fuller, jefferson; Second, A. r. McGurk,
Third, Cato Sells, Black Hawk; Fomth,
n. j, Carter Winncshiek; Fifth, Alexander
GWharSls;, Charlie, Linn; Is q, si3th ?. & G. BalIngEall,
Eighth +; II. Hunter, Adams: Ninth, d. A.
Farrell, Mills; Tenth, Mike Miller, Carroll;
| Eleventh, William IIarker, 0'Bren.
The following vice presidents were chosen:
James Love, Des MONIES county; George
Paul, johnson; L. NJ. Carr, Delaware; DR..
| T. b. McCune, Fayerte; Irwin Mitchell. Ben
ton; d. w. Fenner Poweshek; Il. w. Per
ry, Warren; d; G. Sears, Decatur; S. W,
Sprague, Cass; Samuel Reese, Webster; r.
NJ. Hunter, Sac
Sioux City's Saloon Fight.
SIOUX CITY, Ia, June 3O.-ISpecial Tele-
gram to the BEE. The talk of the day here
has been the injunction proceedings insti-
tuted yesterday at Cherokee in Judge Lewis
court against the Sioux City saloonsts. The
principal case is that against John Orton, one
of the leading saloonists of the city. Zenk
and Gossein are the prosecuting attorneys
and A. X. Smith the complaining witness.
| All sorts of opinions have been expressed
to-day as to the probable outcome OF the
action. The saloonists are evidently eXeT-
eised, and realize that there is possibility Of
their being indicted. One leading liquor
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