Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-12
Iowa Gives Her FavOrite Son
a Grand Send-Off.
A Formidable Candidate for
the Presidency.
Hawkeye Democrats Unit for His
Nomination.
Cleveland's Name Not Mentioned in the
State Conventi0n-New Hampshire
and Missouri Democrats De-
clare for Grover.
By the Associated Press.

CouNoIL BLUFFS. Ia, May 1.-THE
Democrats Of Iowa today pronounced
their mistaken fealty to Horace Boies
for president Of the United States by a
unanimous vote and without dissent
ing voice in the committee or in the
convention. Resolutions were adopted
instructing the twenty-six delegates of
the Hawkeye state to vote as unit for
Boies and use every effort in their power
to secure his nomination for the presi-
dency. As the first state in the great
west to pronounce in unequivocal terms
for the candidacy Of her favorite son,
Iowa must occupy prominent position
in the national convention, and the
friends Of Governor Boies are rejoicing
tonight over the impetus which todsy's
action must give to his presidential
boom.
CLEVELAND NOT IN 1T.
In another respect is the action of to-
days convention peculiar. 1t is the
first Democratic state convention for
several years, outside OF the state OF
New York, where the name of Grover
Cleveland has not been mentioned.
This omission to extol the ex-president
was not the result of error or forgetful-
ness. It was due to the deliberate action
OF the c0mmitte on revolutions, after
calm discussion of the question
of policy, that Grover Cleveland was
ignored; and this action was taken in
the very excess of caution in order that
Iowa might avoid the error into which
Illinois il popularly regarded as having
fallen in naming Grover Cleveland as
frat and Palmer as second choice. Boies
ls apparently so emphatically and solely
the choice of the Iowa Democrats that
even Cleveland's name was banished
from the official declaration of the Dem
ocratic faith, and not q single man in
the vast assemblage protested against
the omission.
A BoIEs AssEMBLAGE.
1t was the largest Democratic conven-
tion in the history of the state that as
ssmbled here today. Over. 500 dele.
gates were present. The hall was
crowded. Many were unable to secure
+ presidential boom of Iowa's favorite son,
the convention was distinctly Boies
assemblage. Every mention of the
name of the popular governor was the
signal for tumultuous cheers.
The convention was called to order by
Chairman Charles D. Fulton of the state
central committee. Hon. John 9. Bills,
temporary chairman, made speech
strongly arraiguing the Republican
party, OF which he was member until
few years ago. when he went over to
the Democrats on the tariff reform and
prohibition questions.
Hon. j. E. Markley of Mason City was
made permanent chairman. He spoke
at length, congratulating the convention
on the fact that Iowa was Democratic
state. He closed with glowing en-
dorsement and prediction of triumph
for Governor Boies for next president.
The following delegates-at-large to the
national convention were selected J.
III. Shields, of Dubuque; L. M. Martin,
of Polk; Edward Campbell, Jr.. of
-. Jefferson, and j. F. Duncombe, Of Fort
Dodge. The alternates are: s. L.
Marsh, of Polk tcolored); J. d. Yeoman,
neshiek, and s. L. Gardiner, Of Clinton.
The committee on resolutions then
made q report, and when the plank en-
doraing Boies' candidacy and pledging
the delegates to his support was
reached, every man in the hall sprang
to his feet, and the cheering which en-.
sued lasted two minutes. The crowd
outside caught the inspiration, and
moment later the steeple bells Joined in
the acclaim which attested the birth of
the Boies presidential boom.
THE PLATFORM.
The platform denounces as iniquitous
the doctrine of protection as enunciated
by the Republicans; depounces the Nc
Kinley bill. Tariff reform is declared to
be the paramount issue in the coming
presidential campaign, and the platform
says: "With free ships and the mar
kets of the world open to our farmers,
our wage-workers and our mechanics,
we will have that larger freedom of COM
merce and that genuine reciprocity for
which the Democrats have always con-
tended, and our industrial and COM
mercial supremacy is assured. Trusts and
monopolies, with their imported labor,
are entitled to favors over our mechan-
ics, wage workers and farmers. We de-
mand such raw materials for our shops,
factories and forges as shall secure
emancipation from industrial bondage.
We demand a free list made up of many
articles OF necessity and comfort to the
pSoPAO3 anu q AOOuCbAOul VI LILO
duties all along the line, fixing the limit
at the basis which will give us no great
er revenue than is requisite to the needs
of the government honestly and eco
nomically administered.
The Democratic party Of Iowa, recog-
nizing the nations obligation to main
tain sound and honest currency of
equal value in all its forms, and of suffi-
cient volume to preserve lust propOr-
ton between its purchasing power and
the cost of the products of labor at lib
eral wages, reaffirms its adherence to
the financial system of the fathersgof
the republic, based upon equally free
bimetaliic coinage, and hereby declares
its unqualified opposition to all legisla-
tion calculated to reduce either of the
precious metals to the position of COM
modify alone, by establishing the other
as single standard for the measure
ment of values.
We commend the faithful, honorable