St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-19
IOWA NOMINATIONS.
Democrats Name Ticket and
Adopt a Platform.

DAVENPORT. To-. Aug. 1S.-The Dem
ocratic state convention of Iowa met in
the BurtiS opera house at II o'clock this
morning. After organization Hon. John
f. Duncombe presented the platform,
the main planks of which follow:
The Democrats of Iowa, in convention as
sembled, .hearlly tindOrse the platform of
principles enunciated at the national con
ventlon held at Chicago. and the nomination
of Grover Cleveland and AdlaI Stevenson for
president and vice president. We hail the
opportunity for a full discussion and de-
termination by ballot of the paramount issues
which the national platform and the candi-
dates suggest TO wit Radical reform of the
tariff and the maintenance and perpetuity of
the doctrine of local self-government, and
we pledge our earnest and united support to
these principles.
We recognize the effort of the popular
branch of the congress of the United States
to secure a reform of the tariff, and we con-
demn the Republican senate for its failure to
consider measures passed by the popular
branch, particularly when the people them
selves had declared against the high protec-
ton policy represented by the Mckinley bill
by an overwhelming majority in the election
of 1890. The failure Of the Republican ma
uonal administration and the Republican
senate to bow to the verdict of the people at
the polls is denial of the right of the popu-
lar sovereignty. such as was not contem plat
u.
as would not be tolerated in any other civil
lied country on the globe.
We are i'll thorough symnathy with the
multitude of honest toilers throughout the
land; and we observe with deep solicltude
the conflicts between capital and labor
which manifest themselves in the ever in
creasing number and scope of lockouts and
strikes. These conditions are chargeable to
the policy OF the Repuslican policy. which
has for its object the disbursement of taxes
among the favored few, and the maintenance
of privileged classes at the expense OF the
masses.
The greed of the capitalists in monopoliz-
ing the benefits granted by this policy will
never deal justly with producing labor and
while we insist that violence and disorder
must be restrained under all circumstances
and that the ballot box is the place for the
determination of such vital questions: we
declare that the proper solution of the
problems which now confront the people of
this country can be found only by returning
to the simple original principles enunciated
by the founders of the republic, the sturdy
advocates of The greatest possible personal,
political and commercial liberty consistent
with good order and the supremacy of the
law.
The reception of the resolutions was
enthusiastic and they were adopted
unanimously by rising vote.
For secretary of state Col. J. Fl. Nc
Conlogue, of Mason City, was nominated
Oll tilC niob Odllct' ~ = diluykG, Ol
Benton county, was nominated by ac-
elimination for auditor For state treas
urer Charles Ruegnitz Won on the first
ballot. Judge Ezra Willard, of Allan
tic, was nominated for attorney general.
For railroad commissioner w. q. Kent,
of Fort Madison, was nominated. Judge
Nathaniel French, of Davenport, and
w. w. Wilmer, of Des MONIES. were
nominated by acclammation for electors
at-large.