The morning call., 1891-06-25
BY ACCLAMATION.
Governor BOieS Of Iowa NOmi-
mated for a Second Term.
Ticket Presented by the Democratic State
Convention.
a Platform Adopted = Position Of the
Party on the Leading Issues
Of the Day.
Special to The MORNING CALL

OTTUMA Qowa), June 24.-The Demo-
cratic State Convention assembled here this
morning at 10 O'Clock. Chairman Fuller
called the convention to order. The coming
campaign will be decisive, because it is con-
ceded by both political parties that as Iowa
goes in the next election so it will proba bly,
go in the Presidential election of 1892
Should the Democrats carry the State and
re-rlect Governor Boies, the claim of Iowa
as pivotal State in the great national CAM
paign next year will be too we'll established
to be disputed, and the voice of the Hawk
eye State will consequently be power in
the coming national conventions.
Walter H. Butler. temporary Chairman.
made an eloquent address, in which he
eulogized Governor Boies. He said the
work Of the Democratic party in Iowa would
not be fully done until the Prohibition farce
should be swept from the code.
The members of the new State Central
Committee were then announced and the
convention took a recess until 80 o'clock in
the afternoon.
Immediately after tho meeting of the con-
vention in the afternoon w. Fl. NJ. Pusey of
Council Bluffs was selected as permanent
Chairman.
After a speech by the permanent Chair
man, the formal reports of committees
were received and adopted, aud the nomi-
nation OF State officers were declared In
order.
THE TICKET AND PLATFORM
Colonel Clark of Cedar Rapids nominated
Governor Horace Boies for the second Gu
bernatOrial term. His speech was an elo-
quent one and was loudly cheered through
out The convention then by acclamation
declared Boies their nominee. There was
wild excitement and enthusiasm Tor time.
The other nominations were: For Lieuten-
ant-GoyeTnor, Samuel l.. Bestow; Supreme
Judge, l.. G. Kline; Superintendent Of
Public Instruction, j. B. knoepler; Railroad
Commissioner. Peter A. Dey.
The platform. as finally presented, con-
tained the silver clause OF last year, and
was unanimously adopted without discus
sion. The platform demands the repeal of
the prohibtOry liquor law in the interests
OF true temperance; favOrS a carefully
guarded license law; favOrs such changes IN
the laws as will insure full and equal tax
alton of every species of property after al
lowing the present exemptions; faVorS the
Australian ballot system, and denOunces the
Republican party =" for the defeat Of this
Salutary reform in the Twenty-thiTd Gen
eral Assembly; reaftirms adherence TO the
doctriue Of the control and regulation of
railroads as now enacted into law, with
such changes as experience may have shown
10 be necessary TO protect the people
from eyasiOns OF the law; calls for
statutes which provide stringent safe
guards for the organization of all corpora
tions TO protect the people from fraudulent
concerns. and when any such artificial crea-
ture of the law Is found engaged in harmful
practices the law shall promptly put an end
TO its existence; denOunces all trusts, pools
and combines, and favOrS such action, State
and national, as will forfeit to the public
all franchises and property made use OF by
corporations or others &c form trusts in
manufactures, trades or commerce, to the
injury and spOliation Of the people, and also
TO insure the punishment, cTlmlually, OF in-
divldualS thus cOnspirng against the public
veal. The Democratic party declares that
in the division Of the products OF labor and
capital labor does not receive its fair pro-
portion and on behalf of the lab0ring and
producing masses the platform renews that
devotion to their interests and rights which
has always been the fundamental doctrine
of the Democratic party, which favOTs all
fair and lawful methods by which labor may
secure laws establishing free public employ
ment agencies, and adequate compensation,
undiminished by any device for the enrich
ment of a few at the expense Of the many;
condemns the practice of importing contract
labor for work in mines or elsewhere; IA
v0rs the election of United States Senators
by direct vote of the people. and holds in
detestati0n the alarming coTruptons so
widespread In Senatorial elections by Legis-
latures. On the silver question the plat
form says: 1--WE reiterate our demand of
year ago for the free coinage of silver, and that
1t be made full legal tender for all debts
public and private, and we denounce as un-
just and dishonest tue provision OF the law
recently enacted allowing parties to stlpu-
late against payment In silver and silver
certificates, thus setting up one standard
for the creditor and another for the debtor;
one for the poor and another for the rich
man, The platform -avOrs liberal and
equitable pensions; denouuceS the Mckin-
ley bill, the motives of its authors and de-
tenders and the theory under which it is
submitted for the approval of the American
people; insists that every oppressive feature
Of the tariff be eliminated to the end that
our merchant marine may be restored TO the
sea aud the markets OF the world opened TO
the producing classes the sugar bounty is
not tariff, 1t is the Sp0latlOu OF the Treas
ury for special classes and interests which
are no more entitled to be aided by the Gov
ernment than the farmers of Iowa in rails
ing hogs and corn, or the pioneer settlers of
frontier in their hardshipS and sutferingS as
the vanguard Of civilization. The platform
denOunces the "wasteful and lavish appro-
priatons OF the last Congress; declares un-
altelabe opposition to non resident alien
ownership of land and OF foreign syndicate
ownership of our industries; demands that
all unearned land grants be reclaimed and
held for actual settlers; sympathy is eX-
pressed with the Irish i'll their struggle for
home rule; adherence is expressed OF the
Russian prosecutions of the Jews, and the
belief that all civilized nations should pro-
test" A liberal approDriation for an Iowa
exhibit at the Worlds Fair is recommended.