The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-12
BoIEs FOR PRESIDENT.

Ahc opeihcF CoHtluucu 10 arTalTn inc
Republicans for cowardly trucking to
Prohibitionists for-fear OF losing votes,
and claimed on GOOD :Probihition auth
ority thatatthey ylates sReaublican state
convention it was agreed that the
Catch bill should be defeated in order
TO retain the Prohibitionists at the com.
ing national election, after which it
should be sent to the rear in the state
contest. The speaker declared that the
only wnyto. send Prohibition to the rear
was to send the Republican party to the
rear, as he believed that Prohibitionists
would carry out any such contract.
The speaker in conclusion said he be-
lieved Gov. Boies would be the next
President OF the United States. That the
national convention would not be justi-
fed in projecting into the presidential
campaign the factional quarrels OF the
party in the state OF New York. The
nomination OF Boies would insure the
electoral vote OF Iowa in his favor. I'M
\mediately after Chairman Bills speech
the announcement OF the delegates and
members OF the various committees was
made. The convention took q recess
until Up. m.
CLEVELAND sSuBBED.
Tie Democrats Of Iowa pronounced
their mistaken fealty to Horace Boies
for President OF the United States BY a
unanimous vote and without dissent
ing voice either in committee or in con-
vention. Resolutions were adopted in
structing the twcnty-siH delegates OF
the hawkeye state to vote as Il unit for
Governor Boies, and TO use every effort
in their power to secure his nomination
for the presidency.
In one respect is the action of to-
days convention peculiar and original.
1t is the first state convention for scv-
eral years outside OF tho state OF New
York where the name OF Grover Cleve-
land has not been mentioned in the
platform.
Further than thi', the omission 10
extol the cx-Presidcnt was not the re-
suit oil error or ioruetfulness. 1t was
to the deliberate action OF the COM
mittec on resolutions alter calm dis
cussion OF the question OF policy that
Grover Cleveland was ignored, and
thus action was taken in n very excess
OF caution in order that some might
avoid the error into which ILL
nois is popularly regarded us having
fallen in apparently naming Grover
Cleveland as the first choice and John
NJ. Palmer the second choice OF the
Illinois Democracy. Horace Boies is
SO emphatically and solely tho choice
OF the Iowa Democrats for President OF
the United States, that even the name
OF Grover Cleveland was banished
from the official declaration OF Demo.
cratic iaith and not n single man in the
vast 5asscmblago protested against tho
omission, --7lqjg ,s.t - y,r
Immediately after the speech OF Per-
manent Chairman, ,Marklev the conyen-
ton proceeded to the selection OF four
delegates-at-largc to, the national con-
vention. j. II. Shields, OF Dubuque: 1.
NJ. Martin, Of Polk; Edward Campbell
jr., OF Jefferson, and j. +. Duucomb, Of
Fort Dodge, were elected as the dele
gates.at-larsc.
THE PLATFORM. RI
The platform adopted is in substance
as follows: .
g We demand such free raw materials
Tor our factories, shops and forses as
shall secure emancipation from indus.
trial bondage. We demand FREQ list
made up OF many articles OF necessity
and OF comfort to the peoplo
and n reduction OF import
duties all along the line, fixing
the limit at basis which shall give no
greater revenue than is requisite to tho
needs OF the government, honestly and
economically administered. We re.
affirm adherence to the financial sys-
TEN OF the fathers OF the republic,
based upon equally free bi-metallic coin.
age, and hereby declare our unquali.