The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-24
OUlSSTANCH DEMOCRATS
pa,S and BeStOW Enthusiastically
RenOminated.

c-sat Day at Des Moines and Good
work by the Convention-President
o,.reland Endorsed and the Chicago
0,s+form Reafarmed, With It's Tariff
Daform Plank Emphasized-Con
l.nce in the Democratic Congress
nscIared-The Complete Ticket.
nos N1oines. Ia, Aug. 23.-The demo-
...,ic state convention was called to or
5or this morning by Chairman Fullen of
state committee, who introduced DR.
Tlrard A. Johnston, pastor of the Cen
i ..,l PRESBYTERIAN church of Des Moines,
rbo delivered an impressive prayer. Mr..
&r,lIen after few remarks on the signifi-
a,rce of the convention, presented the
militant young mayor of Davenport,
Henry Vollner, whose address was liber-
onv punctuated with applause.
After the appointment of committees,
the convention adjourned until p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The convention reassembled and nomi-
GATED Gov. Boies by reclamation, and
Lieut. Gov. Bestow on the first ballot.
A SOUND PLATFORM.
After Gov. Boies had been renominated
i nv reclamation the committee on resolu-
Id5n reported n platform of
which the following is part:
Awe declare our confidence in the
administration of President Cleveland.
Ne have faith in his wisdom, honesty and
liability to tear the country out of the
|honds which had been forged by the un-
wise and corrupt class legislation of the
|Repubhcan party, and to bring about an
|era of national and individual pros
|perity
qencv is the direct legacy of republican
administration 1t is the logical result
|Of the Mckinley tariff, of the Sherman
law of fostering trusts, of legislation for
the avowed benefit of classes against the
masses, of the preference for the rich
over the poor in legislation, and of cor
rupt combination and bossism. 1t is these
things which have combined to shake
|redit, to foment distrust, to paralyze
business and to create panic.
SOLID ON TARIFF REFORM.
owe reiterate our devotion to the cause
Iof tariff reform as set forth in the plat
form adopted by the democratic national
convention at Chicago in 1899, and we
urge congress to give the country early
relief, having in view a permanent,
stable honest and reliable revenue sys-
TEN.
We denounce the republican legisla-
tion known as the Sherman act of 1890,
as a cowardly makeshift, which has
brought the present financial perils and
troubles upon US, and demand the imme-
date repeal of the silver purchase clause
, of. 4 1,n
ton of 1892 we hold to the use of
both gold and silver as the stand
ard money of the country, and to the
coinage of both gold and silver without
against either metal or
charge for mintage; but the dollar unit
Of coinage of both metals must be of
equal intrinsic and eXchangeable value or
be adjusted through international agree
ment, or by such safeguards of leg
lslatiOn as shall insure the mainten
ance of the parity of the metals and the
equal power of every dollar at all times
in the markets and in payment of debts;
and we demand that all paper currency
snail be kept al par with and redeemable
IN such coin. We insist upon this policy
rs especially necessary for the protection
Of the farmers and the laboring classes
the first and most defenseless victims of
unstable money and a fuctuating cur
rency.
Pending a final settlement and adjust
nent of the monetary question, we ex-
press full faith in the wisdom of the
present democratic congress to enact
such legislation as will best meet the re-
luirement Of the country.
And, as partial PREPARATION for the I'M
Just confiscation of private property
caused by the prohibitory law, we favor
such legislation as will permit the manu-
tacture of spirituOus liquors within the
state, thereby giving to our own people
At least equal rights in this respect with
The manufacturers of other states"
THE TICKET COMPLETED.
On the second ballot John Cliggett of
Mason City was nominated for supreme
Judge Superintendent of Educa ion Knop-
teller was renominated by reclamation,
and the ticket was completed by the
nomination of Thomas Bowman of Coun-
Gil Bluffs for railroad commissioner.