Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-12
OCK ISLAND. THURSDAY, MAY IL, 1892.
HORACE OR GROVER
Democrats ProposeThese Lead.
ers for President.
IOWA SPEAKS OUT LOUD FOR Bo1Es.

Missouri and New Hampshire Equally
Vigorous for Cleveland-A Large and
Enthusiastic Convention of Hawkeye
Democrats-Extracts from Charm an
Markley's Speech-The Temporary Pres
ident Says There Is No Republican Par
ty In the S1ate-Names of the Delegates
Chosen-A Colored Alternate.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia. May 12-The larg
EST Democratic convention in the history
Of Iowa assembled at Council Bluffs yes
terday. Every county was represented,
sver 800 delegates being present. The hall
was crowded, and many were unable to
secure entrance to add to the vigor of the
presidential boom of Iowa's favorite son.
The convention was called to order by
Chairman Charles D. Fullen, of the state
central committee. Prayer was offered by
Rev. E. j. Babcock, of Council Bluffs.
S. ID. Wadsworth, of Council Bluffs,
chairman Of the county committee, well
coined the delegates in an eloquent poetic
speech.
Delegates Not POLITICALLY Inclined.
His reference to Iowas farms and fields,
hills and dales, forests and flowers, and
the sweet songs of Iowa's birds was re-
ceived rather coldly, but when he began
making insinuating illusions to Grover
Cleveland and Horace Boies the scene
changed and vociferous Democratic cheers
swept over the assembly. He introduced
j. c. Bills, of Davenport, as Temporary
chairman, who in taking the chair said
that there was no Republican party in
Iowa. 1t was Prohibition party in dis
guise. MIR. Bills was once a Republican.
and seeded on the Prohibition issue. Frank
Watson was chosen temporary secretary
with dozen assistants. The convention
then took recess until p. m
The Permanent President Speaks.
Upon reassembling the district dele
gates to Chicago were announced and the
organization committee reported J. Z. E.
Markley, young lawyer of Mason City, a
graduate of Cornell and later of the law
department of the state university, and an
eloquent and forcible speaker as perma-
nent chairman, and he responded to the
honor with lengthy speech in which he
said, among other things: "The Demo
cratic party stands today, as it has always
stood, for the masses, against classes, for
equal rights of person and property; for
ment. The policy of the Republican party
is no longer q secret. Burdens placed
upon the people because of the exigepcies
and necessities of war they now seek to
maintain and augment after twenty five
years of peace.
The Democratic Policy.
Democracy recognizes the
right of taxation to the full extent of the
public need, but we deny the right of tax
alton for private gain. In the year 1890
the people Of the United States paid to the
support of the national government the
enormous sum of S372, 275, 900 in taxes
Counting the population of the United
States at 64, 900 and of Iowa at 2 OOO, ,OOO
Iowa's share of that tax was more than
$40, 600, ,000 while the taxes paid by US to
support our state government and institu-
tions was only s1,5600O0 Individually
we paid to the state IS cents and to the
national government more than S. The
state tax we paid to our county treasurers,
and grumbled while he wrote the receipt:
the national tax we paid when we pur-
chased" the necessaries of life and
grumbled at the prices.