The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-02
IOWA Fo4 ) CLEVELAND
His Letter ktacking the Sem
ate Ward niy Approved.
REAL TARIFF psFoHM DEMANDED
A Conservative silver Plank Adopted
Ex-Gev. Bss4 Prssiaes Over the
Dsnsorafi etlss Cenvsntfsn.

DIS MofNks, H. The Democratic
state conventioaI as srlolsd at 10 o'clock
about 40 cd "a es being present.
]. III. Parson. mporary chairman,
delivered an sd Re ;. SAYING that Coxey-
ism was MckinA 81. IN carried 10 . logical
conclusions. E3ss6Dv. Boies was chosen
permanent chai1U nan. In his address he
said that if the Democracy would live il
must fulfill the Nrrc misses on which VIC
tory was won. 1e pictured the results
OF the three decSNaes OF the protective pol
lev, as seen IN sTus IS, strikes. lock-outs
general disconteAnt nd armies of home-
less men, an6 demanded that the
tariff reform me asnre be accepted
at once. Ths s.Iveg plank of the
last platform, I'd 81 4. required Affirmative
action. Boies a soo ssed the labor troubles
at length, declI a1ing that the strike as
often conducted Is revolution, anarchy. an
incipent stage civil war. Sympathetic
strikes, he SAID must go or the unions
would be destro4 be
The followingftic at was nominated by
acclamation: ecretary of state, II. III.
Dale, of Polk; d nc or, John Whitfield, OF
Guthrie; treasd GTer, l. w. White, of
Wayne; supr4nae Judge. long term.
John CleggettN ef Cerro Gordo; SUI
preme judge, 4lhort term, Edward W.
Mitchell, of Frs' nont; attorney general, ].
f. Smith, of ChN RRckee; railroad commits
sioner. w. L. PA lrler. of 0sceola: clerk of
the supreme coNir,. r. r. North. of Dallas;
supreme courtl re Forter, J. ]. Shea, of
Council Bluffs.
The resoIutioN hs adopted affirm the plat
form OF the natJlnnaI Democratic conven-
ton of 1892, ALL demand of the Demo-
cratic represeHI latlves In congress that
they carry ou1 tie same in good faith
by giving Us tariff law that will
lay the did ties on imports for
revenue only,f and thereby destroy the
trusts, comhinlbs and organizations that
have been rod bing the people and deplet-
ing the treass.lF of the nation; that
have destroyed cur commerce with the
world at lara7e AMI have driven our
ships from Ne high seas; that has
filled our coul ntEv 10 overlooking with
the pauper labd b. OF Europe; that has bred
anarchy, confuI aioG, unrest and dIsloyalty
throughout Thu lapd, and made war be-
tween capital hRd labor" The platform
declares:
"We comm4md the administration of
President ClstuAIa0d for the ability, wis.,
dom and patA 7ol SIN shown in dealing
with mattersi % public interest Espe-
ciaily do we euounend Cleveland in his
efforts tor taHfG reform. His letter to
Representative wilson is a manly and
outspoken doc1amic mt, and meets our most
hearty approval, end we condemn any and
all efforts madXs e. impede the passage of
real tariff refo4 %.
The financial plank is as follows;
with the nd III aal Democratic conven-
ton of 1892. ve hold TO the use of
both gold a13 Id silver as the stand
ard money a he country, and the
coinage of Il both gold and silver
without discrU limitation against either
metal or chars. for mIntage, but the doll
lar unit of coinage of both metals
must be of eaIua intrinsic and change
able value, an& "a demand that all paper
currency SHALL be kept at par with, and
redeemable mi such coin. And we favor
such legislatidH n as will faithfully carry out
these pledges the people"