Omaha daily bee., 1891-05-04
IOWNS COMING CONVENTIONS.
Democrats Have AIreadyiAunourced Their
Tins and Place for Meeting.
SIGNIFICANCE OF RECENT ACTIONS.
Traps Laid for Republican Farmers
The Intcr-ColIeg ate OratoriCal
Contcst--A New Political
Organization.

DEs MONIES, Ia May B. Special to THE
BEE. Lively interest has been developed in
Iowa politics by the events Of the past week
The meeting Of the democratic state central
committee on Thursday, which decided to
hold the state convention at Ottumwa June
"a. is significant from the fact that the date
fixed will probably result in the democratic
convention being held prior to the republi-
can convention for the first time in the his
tory OF the parties IN this state. This indi-
Gates IN measure that the democrats intend
to take an aggressive position and set pat
tern which the republicans, of course, will
take care not to follow.
This gathering Of the state central com
mittee brought together many of the lead
ing democrats of the state, aside from the
members of the committee, and a sort of
"iuside' state convention was held, which
decided a number of things that will be ma
terlal2ed at the stated meeting next month.
Among these was the determination that
Governor Boies will have no democratic op-
position in his candidacy for IT. election, and
that 5. L.. BestOw will probably be his run
ming mate for acknowledgement Judge
Kline will probably be nominated for su-
preme Judge, and Hon. Peter A. Day for
railway commissioner The platform will
not differ materially from that of former
years.
The movement among the farmers alliances
and kindred organizations for an independent
upon with suspicion, as sort of democratic
scheme to entrap republican alliance
men into severing their connection
with the republican party in the in
terCsts of democratic candidates. The
vote on congressman in the Eleventh district
last fail is cited in proof of this, which showed
that the full democratic vote was polled for
the party candidate, while several thousand
votes were drawn from the republican ranks
for the alliance candidate and came near de-
featng the republican candidate The same
scheme was successfully worked in the
Ninth district, and also reduced the repub
lican majority in the Tenth.
The republican state central committee
will meet in this city next Thursday to de
eide upon the time and place of holding the
next state convention. 1t is thought Des
Moines will be the place and some time near
the middle OF July the time chosen.
INTERSTATE COLLEGE oRAToRY.
Next Thursday will occur one OF the most
important gatherings of the year in this city
the eighth annual contest of the Interstate
Collegiate OratOriCal association. The asso-
citation is composed of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska,
Missouri, Kansas aud Colorado. The repre-
sentativcs of these states have been selected
by continually narrowing process of ora
torical contests, and are supposed to be the
embodiment of the best oratorical talent in
the colleges in each state. The location of
the interstate annual contest is by rotation,
hence 1t will be ten years before it will be
held in Iowa again. Des MONIES was selected
this year on invitation of Drake university
and the exercises will be hela IN the magnif-
cent auditorium of the new Church of Christ.
The orators and their subjects will be:
Ohio-Miss Kate f.. MOZART, state uni
versity, Columbus, o.; subject, Material
ISM
Indiana-Frank Fetter, state university
Bloomington, Ind, subject, The Victories
of Peace.n
Illinois-Ed II. Magill Illinois Wesleyan
Bloomington; subject Loyalty to Principle
the Nucleus of Reform"
Wisconsin-W. G. Millard, Ripon college
Rpon, Wis; subject, "Value OF Emotion"
Minnesota-G. E. Maxwell, Hamline uni
versity, st. Paul. Mimi; subject, Charles
Sumner as a Philanthropist."
lowa-W. A. Littell, Coo college, Cedar
Rapids, Ia; subject, Evolution of Demo
cracv.n
Nebraska-C. f. Winter Nebraska Wes
leyan, Lincoln, Neo. subject, "A Lost Citi
zenship.'
Missouri-E B. Devilby state university
Columbia, Mo-; subject,
Kansas-John |. Games, Baker university,
Baldwin, Kan. subject, l"Civillzatioa of thu
Anglo-SaXon."
Colorado Marion Law, Cenver university
Denver, Colo; subject, The Brazilian Rev
olution."
EQUAL FREEDOM CLUB.
A new and what bids lair 10 be popua
| movement has been started in southern
| Iowa. known as the equal freedom movement
| EX-Congressman McDlll is president of
| large and promising club at Creston. auC
there are others in neighboring towns
| Mayor r q. Stuart of Charlton is the gen
| eral organizer of the new movement, anC
| there is a strong club there including in it
| membership such men as Hon. 5. l.. Bestow
| Colonel w. S. DUNCAN and Revs. Atwood
and Austin. Their declaration reads as fol
! lows:
Whereas, Every person has a natural righ
| to do whatsoever he wills provided that in TIN
| doing thereof he infrlnges not the equal free
| dom of any other person; and
| NV hereas, large proportion of all the socia
| and political ills with which this nation is a
| the present time afflicted is directly traceabl
| to the legislative and judicial violations O
| this principe in matters of government; ana
| whereas, The time mas come when all earn
| est and patriotic men and women shoul,
| thoughtfully consider the grave problem
| that now confront us as "A nation, and sho ul
| band together for that purpose, to the en
| that threatened absolutism on the one ham
| snail not enslave our people, nor dreaded rev
| olution an the other subvert our institutions
| Therefore, We. the undersigned, hereby re
| solve ourselves into "A club for the considera
| tion and discussion of social, economic an
| political problems.
| Among the subjects arranged to be dis
| cussed at their weekly entertainments
law; the tariff question; government mar
tenance and control Of railways and telC
graphs; encroachments Of corporations; mt
nicipal control and ownership of publ
works; best methods of raising public rev,
nues; causes of extreme poverty and exol
bitant wealth; destiny Of oman, politically
professionally, commercially and socially
remedies for existing social and political i'll!
Horribly Mangled.
Missouri VALLEY, ia, May 3.-TSpecit
Telegram to THE BEE. "A man who CAV
his name as hauncey Fowler fell from
freight train near California Junction earl
this morning and was horribly mangled. II
was brought to town soon after and die
without giving any statements as to how tt
accident occurred, or of his home or formt
history. An inquest will be held tomorrow
Drowned Near River Sioux.
Missouri VALLEY, To-, May s. lSpeci
Telegram to TIE BEE man named Wi
son was drowned near River Sioux tn
evening while trying TO wade across Il
bayou. He got in beyond his depth and b
| coming chilled was unable to swim.