St. Paul daily globe., 1893-08-16
HAWKEYE REPUBLICANS.
Annual Meeting of the Iowa
League Clubs.

DEs MONIES. Aug. 15.-The Iowa
League of Republican clubs met in an
nual session at Calvary tabernacle to-
day with over 1,200 members in attend
ance. besides hundreds of delegations
to the state convention, which meets
tomorrow. 1t was most enthusiastic
gathering. Hon. Lafe Young. who it is
believed will be nominated for COVER
nor, delivered. the principal address, and
was greeted with cheers lasting fully
five minutes. Mr.. Young said that il
the American people had the same dis
trust OF the Democracy the day of the
election as they had thirty DAYS
after the election the country would
not now be in the condition it is.
Continuing his remarks. Mr.. Young said:
The Democratic party may not be
the cause OF the present distress,
but it has been caught under very
suspicious circumstances. The sovereign
voters of the United States, in putting
the Republican party in the soup, seem
to have put the country in also. The
country is standing still today because
1t realizes that for the first time since
1886 the Democratic party is in full nos
session of all departments OF the gov
ernment, and knowing the determina-
ton OF the Democratic executive the
he should compel the fulfiilment of his
party's pledges. In the present crisis
the Republican party pleads for Such
wise and patriotic action as shall BRING
confidence to the business world and
unioOSe purse strings of those who are
hoardlng their money, and it is in favor
OF such action whether it shall brint.
glory to the Democratic party or not
Ihe republican party has no interest
In calamity or adversely, 1t has no
partnership in rags. The enemies Of
our country at home or abroad are the
enemies of the Republican party. The
friends of the country NAV not all be
Republicans, but none OF its enemies
are"
Following Mr.. Young's speech, re-
marks were made by Col. Hepburn. A.
Il. Cummtns and John Y. Stone.
Thomas 9. Dawson. of Council Bluffs,
responded in lieu of johnson Brigham.
president of the league. He said that
aitlouSh 1t was great honor to pre-
Slde over SUCH convention, he did not
blame Brigham, as this honor was not
to he compared with that of being at
the same time bridegroom and REPRE-
sentative or bis country abroad. enjoy
ing honeymoon aud a salary from the
Democratic administration. After an
p0lntlnent OF committees and an adj
dress by Chairman Blythe, of the state
committee, the league took recess.
AT the meeting tonight speeches were
made by Chairman Blythe, of the state
central committee. Hon. A. B. Cum
minis, of Des Moines, and Hon. w. Nc
Farland, secretary of state. Mr.. Blythe
spoke on The Necessities of the Or
ganlZatlon," Mr.. Cummins on 'rhe
Tariff" and Mr.. Mcfarland on THE
Prospects of the State Campaign" MIR.
Cummins declared the test of party
fealty to be protective tariff. and that
one who believes in the principles of
protection without regard to the details
of application. Is a sound Republican
everywhere. He held that the Demo
cratic party Is largely responsible for
the hard times of the present. A great
deal of interest was taken i'll the reSolu-
tionS, but when the committee appeared,
it was found to be restricted to indOrS-
ing the national platform adopted at
Minneapolis and the platforms of the
national league at Louisville.
The Democratic party was denounced
for the precipitation of panic
and for its insults TO old soldiers The
prohibition plank of the platform was
limited 10 declaration i'll favor of the
advancement of the morals. Officers
elected for the ensuing year are: /.
k. Conway, Brooklyn, To-, president,
and L. j. Wilcox, of AorthWoOd, Secre-
tary and treasurer.
Before the close of the meeting Joel
p. Davis, OF DeS MOineS, Introduced a
resolution for woman suffrage, follow
ing declarations made at Louisville in
Clarkson's speech. The resolution was
voted down and ended with laugh.
A canvass OF the delegates tn the
state Republican convention tonight
shows jackson apparently still in the
lead for the gubernatorial nomination,
with Young following, close
second, and Gen. Drake seemingly
the best third. All estimates
are very uncertain, as candidates are
largely dependent upon the action of
the platform committee. The resolu-
tions will De read and adopted before
any nominations are made, and
will naturally affect the candi-
dates. The liberal element of the
party is largely represented
and il is predicted that references to
prohibition will be meager. if not en-
tirely absent. Ex-senator Harlan, who
will preside over the temporary organi-
Zation, received All ovation tonight, and
there is considerable talk of him as a
candidate for governor should the lead
erS lock horns.