Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-09
FAVOR PROHIBITION.
Iowa Republicans Meet in State Con-
ventiOn and Nominate HI. c..
Wheeler for Governor.
The Platform Contains the Usual
Planks and Favors Silver
Coinage,
But the Most Ringing Declaration
FavOrs the Present Policy of
Prohibition.

CEDAR RAPIDS. Ia, Jul y I.-One of the
most enthusiastic republican conven-
lions ever assembled in Iowa con-
vened here to-day. 1t was as distin-
gulshed for its harmony and good feeling
as have been the conventions of recent
| years for their discord and dissensions.
Among the audience were many persons of
state and national reputation. Ex-Gov-
ernor Larrabee and Solicitor Treasurer
ID epburn occupied seats on the platform
and Mrs. Ellen Foster, representative of
the Non-partisan Women's Christian
Temperance union, headed delegation of
enthusiastic lady republicans VINO occu-
pied private box.
Promptly at IL o'clock Chairman Mack,
of the state central committee, called the
convention to order, and the divine bless
ing was invoked by Rev. Julius Ward. of
Cedar Rapids. Chairman Mack s speech
was short and crisp. 1t consisted in an
nouncing John Y. Stone, of Mills county,
as temporary chairman and w r. Coch-
rane, or Taylor county, as temporary sec
rotary OF the convention.
The convention decided to allow no
nominating speeches, and Hiram G..
Wheeler, of Odebolt, Sac county, was
nominated for co. ernor on the first ballot.
The following is brief sketch of MS life:
Mr.. Wheeler was born in New Hamp-
shire in 1885. His father was a farmer
there, but moved to Lane county, in Illi-
nois, W hen the subject of this sketch was
still child Young Wheeler worked on
his fathers farm and attended district
school and academy. When he was
Is years old he taught school
and next year decided to seek his
fortune on the Pacific slope. He went
to California, and when 81 years old
was engaged in the real estate business
IN San Francisco for himself, and was
soon afterwards married to Miss Kate
Dennis. In 1858 he went with his wife
to Europe and remained there for two
years. IN 1875 he purchased ten sections
OF land IN the western part OF Sac county,
Iowa, upon which he has since resided.
Mr.. Wheeler was a candidate for the
gubernat0rial election in 1889, when Mr..
Hutchinson was nominated. He was
president of the State Agricultural society
for three years and has al ways been presi-
dent of the Iowa Fine Stock Breeders as
ISOLATION.
It required two ballots to settle the
lieutenant governorship, the surprise of
the day being the defeat of the present in
cumbent, Poyneer. His opponents were
George Van Houten, of Taylor county,
and J. N. w. Rumpla, of Marengo. Van
Houten was finally nominated.
Van Houten is a practical farmer, sec
rotary of the state horticultural society aud
organizer of the farmers alliance of Iowa.
For supreme Judge there were three bal
lots, the surprise being the small vote
received by Chief Justice Beck the present
incumbent. On the first ballot he re-
ceived 204, S. M. Weaver, of Iowa
Falls, 315; E. Mccain. of Iowa City, 251;
L. G. Blanchard, of Oskaloosa, 161, and
W. E. Blake, of Burlington, 1877. Wea-
yer was nominated ON the third bal
lot by large majority and the nomina-
ton was made unanimous. Henry Sabin,
OF Clinton, the present incumbent was
nominated for superintendent of public
instruction, and Frank 7. Campbell, of
Newton, the present incumbent for rail
road commissioner, both by reclamation.
Following are the planks on the silver
question and prohibition:
We approve the coinage act by which
the great product of the silver mines of
the United States is added to the currency
of the people, and out of which experience
may come wise adjustment of financial
questions liberal towards western inter-
ests.
We have no apologies to offer to the
people nor to the democratic party for the
republican IN the conspicuous issue in the
tate campaign this year. In the
interests of true temperance and under
the laws Of Iowa enacted by
the representatives of its sovereign
people the saloon was made an outlaw In
this state. We charge that the outlaw
has mad the patronage, counsel and pro-
lection of the democratic party, that the
democratic party as it has won power has
nullifed the law, defed the authority Of
people and that now an appeal is made to
the electors of the whole state for the ap.
prevail of its lawless work. We recognize
that the issue is Law
against the defiance of law
subcrdination against INSTRUMENTATION, the
state of Iowa against the democratic
party. We realize that the issue Is be-
tween the interests of true temperance and
freedom and the rule of the indiscriminate
traffic. We renew our allegiance to the
people of Iowa and submit
10 them the determination of the
issue, recognizing that the control of
the next legislature by the democratic
party means state wide license and that
the control of the next legislature by the
republicans means continued opposition to
the behests of the saloon power through
TIE maintenance of the law
We denounce. the democratic party in
Iowa as insincere in its dealings with the
saloon issue. We charge that Party ~ with
pose to strengthen the saloon grasp upon
the homes and politics of the state.
We cite as proof of this the surrender
this year of the local option
feature of the plank of 1889,
under which last year the
pretense of endorsement by the state was
made and to which pledge was given In
the petition for legislative authority.