The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-27
RENOMINATED BY ACCLAMATION.
A Stirring Set Of Resolutions Which
are Adopted Without a Dis
senting Vote.
Iowa Democrats Sound on the Silver
Question-They Favor High
License.
IOWA
They Pass a Ringing Set of Resolutions and
Favor Free Coinage of Silver.

They Pass a Ringing Set of Resolutions an,
Favor Free Coinage of Silver.
OTTUMwA, June 24.-The Democrat,
state convention was held here today
After the organization Col. Charles Clarl
nominated Gov. Boies for the head OF
the ticket. 1t was at the conclusion OF
Col. Clark's brilliant address that the
most enthusiastic incident of the day oc,
cured. Just as the final words were
uttered a visible device from behind the
scenes was touched and a huge banner
suddenly dropped into sight displaying
the portrait and familiar features of Gov.
Boies. The effect was instantane-
Gus. From the audience one
mighty cheer arose. and as
Col. Clark turned with graceful gesture
to the portrait and said, democrats.
salute your chief the enthusiasm was
almost without bounds.
Mayor Ficke of Davenport seconded
the nomination of Gov. Boies and in al
luding to the Iowa leader as one who was
destined to a place on the national ticket,
again aroused the deafening enthusiasm
OF the convention. Senator j. II. Shields
of Dubuque. who haG the honor of nom
mating Boies for the ~governorship two
years ago. also seconded the nomination.
There will be a presidential election in
1892" said he. in conclusion. "and who
is there to say hat he who has carried
his followers to the verge of the prom
ised land may not then carry his follow
ers to the very heart of it. You know
what mean Prolonged applause.
Somebody moved that Gov. Boies be
declared the nominee by reclamation.
Let everybody arise" said the chair
man. simultaneously. fifteen hundred
cheering. unterritied democrats arose to
their feet. and even ladies in the boxes
caught the enthusiasm by rising and
waving their fans and handkerchiefs.
The band struck up, Aud Lang Syne."
and the announcement of the chairman
that Boies was the unanimous nominee
of the convention was never heard amid
the cheers which the familiar melody
called forth.
The ticket was completed with Sam
uel Bestow of Charlton for lieutenant
governor; l.. G.. Kline of Toma county
for supreme judge; J. B. Knepler, super
lntendent OF public instruction. and Pc
ter A. Dey for railroad commissioner.
An attempt was made to appoint six
state central committeeman at large, but
the resolution was laid on the table.
The greatest interest was manifested in
the report Of the committee on resolu-
tons that the platform as finally presen-
ted contained the silver clause of last
year and was unanimously adopted with
out discussion. The platform is as fol
lows:
AS the signal illustration of the public
good to be secured by letting the office
seek the man; we congratulate the peo-
pie of Iowa upon the pure. able andfear-
less administration of our present dis |
tinguished chief executive, H. p. Boies.
We demand the repeal of the prohibi-
tory liquor law, and in the interests of
true temperance we favor the passage of
a carefully graded license tax law which
shall provide for the issuance of licenses
in towns, townships, and municipal cor
porations, and which shall provide that
for each license an annual tax of $500
be paid into the county treasury, and
such further tax as the town, township.
or municipal corporation shall provide,
the proceeds thereof to go to the use of
such municipalities.
Third-We favor such changes in our
laws as will insure full and equal taxa
ton.
Fourth-We favor the Australian sys-
tenn for voting; we denounce the repub-
lican party for the defeat Of this salu-
tory reform in the Ord general assembly.
Fifth-We reaffirm our adherence to
the doctrine OF the control and regula-
ton Of railroads as nov enacted into law
and we favor such changes AZ experience
may show to be necessary.
Sixth-We denounce all trusts, pools
and combines and we favor such action,
state and national, as will forfeit to the
public all franchises and property made
up Of or by corporations or others to
form trusts to the injury and spoilation
of the people. The democratic party de-
clares that in division of the product of
labor and capital, labor does not receive
it's fair proportion.
Seventeen behalf Of our laboring
and producing masses We renew that de-
votion to their interests and rights
which has always been the fundamental
doctrine and practice Of the democratic
party.
Eighth-We are in favor of the cleo
ton Of United States senators by a di-