Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-10-04

4 Arriving'at the Bluffs the evening pre-
ceding the convention they soon dis
covered that the cOnspipators had done
their work only too well and that the
indications were that Weaver would be
endorsed in the convention the follow
ing day. They also found that the
Council Bluffs Globe had come ont tina,
levenlng in favor of the adoptiOn b,
the convention of a platform fayorins
the free and unlimited coinage of silver
at the ratio of Is to |, "without the aiC
or consent of any nation on earth" ;
declaration III direct antagonism tc
the declarations OF the democratic state
platform and multiplying that portion
of the declaration of the notional plat
form OF 1872 which provides for the
parity of the two metals.
Wishing if possible to preserve har
m0ny III the party in this district, and
hoping that the discordant factions
might be united on a platform if moi
agreeing on candidate, | went to one
w. ii. Nepher, who by some strange
combination of political circumstances
had been but recently advanced from
his place as ward wheeler and brawler
to the leadership of the Council Bluffs
conspirators, and stating that the Oh
position to WeaVer's nomination were
at least respectable minority, asked
that the democrats of the district be
given democratic platform i'm line
with the state and national platforms.
His reply was decidedly lurid and i'm
perfect keeping with the man and the
contract he had OH hand. He damned
the democratic platforms, state and
national, damned Grover Cleveland
and the national administration damn. .
ed everything that favored of straight
democracy and absolutely refused as
the leader of the Weaver forces. TO
change the program as they had it
mapped out in single particular.
with this answer to our request a
meeting of the Cass and Audubon
county delegations was called and il
was determined to place the name of
l.. l.. DeLano before the convention
and 10 put Judge Willard of this coun.
ty and Professor Brinkerhoff of Audu-
bon on the committee on resolutions
thus giving the convention an oppor
tunlty to choose between a man who
has been democrat all his life, spend
ing his time, his means and his ability
lighting the battles of democracy: and
man who has never been a democrat.
| and whose life has been devoted TO
fighting the democratic party, as a re-
| publican, or in the guiSe of a green
hacker, union laborite or populist: and
also an opportunity to choose between
the democratic position on public oues-
lions of interest and the rankest decla.
ration on the silver question that has
been promulgated by any convention
OF any party, populists not excepted
Inc result OF our efforts is a matter of
history. When Judge Willard pre-
sented the minority report to the con
vention, urging the substitution of the
democratic state platform for the plat
form built for the express use of
Weaver, he was Kissed and jeered and
insulted by the Nepher following until
1T became necessary for the chairman
to appoint sergeantat-armS to preserve
order. His speech was one of the most
patrlotlcally democratic ever delivered
in a convention in this or any other
state. He plead with the democrats
not to desert the party of their faith
and fathers for the sorry privilege of
following the fortunes Of man who,
while printing the kiss of a new-fOund
affection on democratic cheeks, even
then had his dagger under the demo-
cratic robe seeking for the party's
vitals. The democratic platform and
democratic candidate were both reject
ed by the conspiratOrs, the party ban
ner trailed in the dust and the fortunes
of this district placed in the hands of
man, the method of whose madness
has at all times been the defeat of the
democratic party, it's candidates and
| its measures.
Complaint has been made because |
have refused to be bound by the action
of convention based upon the cow
ardly and treacherous surrender of the
democracy of this entire district into
the hands of its worst enemy, a surren-
der made the matter of previous con-
tract, as shall show before concluding
this article, and resolutions have been
adopted by county conventions and
committees asking me to resign my
place on the state committee and that
be retired from my position as post
master or tins city. Strange to say, l
am charged by these party assassins
with treachery and diSloyalty to the
democratic party. The Montgomery
county resolutions were written i'm the
office of newspaper (The Red OAK
Sum which refused to support Judge
Magee, the democratic candidate for
congress two years ago, and whose in
luence went to Hager at that time,
while the resolutions passed by the
Pottawattamie county convention
were written by man who bolted the
nomination of Judge Magee two years
ago and has bolted portion of the
democratic ticket at every election in
the past two years. The democratic
newspapers of this district which have
criticised my refusal to become party
to the contract are printed in counties
where it is expected to elect few road
supervisors and constables by the aid
of populist votes. In answer to these
/ maintain that was not elected a
member of the democratic state COM
mittee for the purpose of assisting in
the election of Weaver to congress, nor
to give aid and encouragement to the
schemes of those who have contracted
to trade off our democratic birthIight
for mess of county pottage / was
elected as democrat. / still refuse
to become party to the attempted
surrender of the democratic party by
the traitors who have been annOinted