The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-08-08
IOWA STATE CONVENTION.
A FULL TICKET NOMINATED BY
ACCLA0IATION.
Ex-Governor Horace Boies Make
Ringing Speech After Being
Chosen Permanent Chairman-Other
Political Matters.

cratic state convention assembled at Cal
vary tabernacle today at 1880. About
four hundred delegates We're in attend
ance. No candidate opened headquarters,
and in this case the office seeks the man.
]. NJ. Parsons, temporary chairman, de-
livered an address. saying that Coxeyism
was McKinleyism carried to a logical
conclusion.
Several contests over seats delayed the
opening of the afternoon session until
quite late. They were finally settled and
the following ticket nominated by ac-
clamatiOn:
Secretary of State-H. II. Dale of Polk.
Auditor--John Whitfield OF Guthrie
Treasurer. w. White OF Wayne.
Supreme Judge Gong term)-John Cleg-
gett Of Cerro Gordo.
Supreme Judge Cshort term)-Edward
W. Mitchell of Fremont.
Attorney-GeneraI-J. d. f. Smith of
Cherokee.
Railroad Commissioner-W. L. Parker
Clerk of Supreme Court. r. North
of Dallas
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Council Bluffs
Boies's speech.
Horace Boies was chosen permanent
chairman OF the convention and made a
speech
After reviewing the conditions leading
up to the democratic vistory of 1892 and
arraigning the republican party for the
policy it pursued while in power. ex-
Governor Boies continued:
THAT victory was NOT won without
definite and of1-repeated promises by
those who claimed to speak for the party
as to what would be done II the party
success crowned our efforts. There is
now no middle ground on which it can
east an anchor. Protection. II right in
one instance. is right in all. he who is
willing that his patty as such shah re-
trace a single step from the position it
assumed in 1892 who would surrender an
iota Of the principle for which he then
fought and won, is not a democrat We
are standing at the end of more than
three decades Of a most intense protect
I've policy on the part Of the government.
And what is the result? Trusts and
combines on every hand, the fruits of
idDor taken from the many and given to
few; milliOnaiTes counted by the thou
sands: homeless men by the millions:
-rumblings Of discomfort from every quar-
ter, but .Oudest and longest i'm the very
Centers of the most high1y-protected in
dustries of the land; strikes and lock-outs
everywhere. armies of Idle men gathered
IN our cities are marching over the coun-
try, V1unting their destitution in the face
OF the word. with here and there the
h0Wl Of the anarchist. the knife Of the
assassin and brand of the incendiary en-
phasizing with fire and blood a dscon-
tent that has become almost epidemic
ana threatens the stability OF the govern
ment itself until the last resort OF a ma
uon' an appeal TO the military arm for
protection. has been public necessity.
Has Reached "a Crisis.
1T would be cowardly evasion Of truth
10 attempt TO conceal the fact that the
democratic party has reached a crisis
In It's history that threatens its welfare,
II not its life. Within the party councils
want the voice of elimination and re-
elimination hushed at once, and / want
the democratic members I'm congress to
agree upon the very best measure of
tariff reform IT, Is possible 20 pass and
make it the law Of the land without
further delay. IL it does come M To the
requirements Of that pledge as 1 read ii,
/ will not lay down my arms; l will help
TO keep the wheels Of reform I'm motion
until all that has been promised is faith
fully performed. This is my view OF the
duty OF democrats ia this crisis. both
in and out OF congress- BY an explicit
resolution In its last national platform
the democratic party Is committed to
the use of both gold and silver as the
standard money OF the country and 10
the coinage Of both without aiscrlmina-
ton against either but II is expressly
declared that the dollar unit Of both
metals must be OF equal intrinsic and
exchangeable value OF be adjusted
through international agreement or By
such safeguards Of legislation as viii
insure the parity Of the two metals
ITO my own mind the unqualified
language OF that plank requires aftirma-
tive action OF the party by which IL was
adopted. There is another subject which
/ am glad 10 say is not n political issue
between any OF the great parties of the
country, Of grave Importance TO the well
fare OF the nation. / refer, as you will
surmise, TO the unprecedented troubles
IN labor circles during the last few
months. / know. too, that every one Of
these men who is an adult citizen Of the
United States is clothed with precisely
the same power under the constitutions
OF the states and the nation to help
mold. and cause to be executed. the
laws OF the land. that Is possessed by the
haughtiest millionaire that ever cast a
vote. and / believe as firmly as I believe
In my existence that IL their organlza-
bohS aAN ~ Ut PitSNINtQs anu continue
70 be OF the least practical benefit TO
their members. they must see that they
neither violate the law themselves nor
tnsugate, aid or abet others To DO so.
With every loyal citizen Of the land who
Is loyal friend OF its laborers / have
been shocked by the fragrant breaches
OF law that have characterized so many
OF the recent labor strikes OF the coun-
try. ] am still more amazed to know
that within the circles OF some OF these
unions are men who yet condemn the
authorities. both state and national. for
interpreting the military arm OF each TO
put an end TO conditions that had reached
a complete stage OF anarchy and over
thrown In some localities every semb-
lance Of law and order.
sympathy Strikes Must Go.
IF these men are not bereft OF rea-
son they must by this time realize that
the strike as conducted in many places
In the recent past is revolution, Is an
archy. Is the incipient stage Of civil war.
It IS vain to assert that the scenes of
riots, incendiarism and bloodshed we
have witnessed are not the work of
members OF any OF the unions but In
stead that OF the lawless elements OF the
cities In which they have occurred III
this Is literally true Il can not relieve
the question OF responsibility for condi-
tons that their own acts made possible.
and which. without such acts, would
never have existed. There IL another
phase OF this question OF immeasurable
importance 10 individuals. It is the