New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-31
DEMOCRAT md POPULIST LOVEFeI,r
THE PARTY OF JEFFERSON sURRENpERs r.,
PRINCIPLES IN IOWA

PRINCIPLES IN IOWA
Des Mones. Iowa. Aug 30 (Specan-r,o,.
thousands Of Disguised Democrats in Iowa ,h,s
The cause OF their disgust Is the combination ~,
their party has entered into with the Popu.i,,. :.
at least four Of the eleven districts the Democ,.,.
have adopted as their standard bearers men a, -,
most ultra-Popu!istc leanings. In only a SINCE A..
trict. the With. has the party had the cour,y. :.
refuse the overtures OF the followers OF W.,,...
and Lewelinglsm. In the other districts tho ,'-
has still to be enacted.
In some cases these combinations are sua % A.
ocratic indifference. There are thousands Of ~.
Gratis In the State who do not expect TO Sea 49,.
party successful. even in the sense Of polling ~
spectacle minority vote There Is nothing IN ,,.s.
districts TO keep up organization for. And No..
uraly the party leadership falls into the hauds =,
those who want to use 1t to aid their wild ,hao,,
But not all OF 1t !s due to the hopelessnsss and f.,
difference OF the Democratic party |, is a ,,c ~.
cannot be successfully denied that the Democr,,.
party In Iowa Is In many places hopeess.v NIL
up with Populism. The recent pank in the s,,,.
Platform indorsng Cleveland's silver views ,nx,s,s
OF those Of General Weaver cannot be taken 80
Indication of what Democracy in Iowa stands %.
That convention was meagrely attended and tho,.
who did attend were mostly oficeholders or mo.
who were the friends of of1cehOlders or ,hosa ..
expected Offices yet The silver declarations ,bsro.
fore mean, nothing. This was brought Oh, az ,,o,
as the Congress conventions were he'd IN onv
few OF which the doctrines proclaimed by the Stat.
Convention have been Endorsed. The Corgres. a.,
trcts have generally stood close 10 the Ws,v..
Platform.
The four districts in which the Popu..s,s and Dam
ocrats have pooled their issues are the With uh.
the Democrats lndorsed the nominee OF the ponr
lists. j. r. Bancroft; the With where thew b,v.
Joint candidate in Frank O. Stuart the rx,h
where they have the joint candidate, General Jane.
y. Weaver and she Xth. where the partnership 4.
vested In J. c. Baker, who was nominated by N.
Popuists first.
The m.dest OF these Popusts Is Mr. Barcro,, .,
the With District. He Is an elderly man who Ia.
IN his after years been webbing around a grea, deaf
He has In vain been hunting for the solution ~ a,
earthly political problems. He has declared hi, as.
herence 10 many strange beliefs. He is no, A ram.
pant silver man. as understood by the extreme Pan.
ulists but his .eanings queer enough 10 rscom.
mend him 70 thai class u political reformsrs
an political nondescrpts. Stuart has a record az
Socialist. reaching back into Colorado. where bs
entered the state Legislature. and seems to have
gotten into some difficulties with the police authori
ties over matters growing largely out Of Sociallstc
doctrines. He was for time editorial writer on
THE Des Moines Leader" and while in that
place was in the habit OF indugng in wild opinions
which shocked the staid Democrats who read the
paper Recently he published what ne calls his
political creed. in which ne placed twelve articles
The most important were as follows: Free coin.
Of silver: the unconditional repeal Of all legal
tender laws: the like repeal OF all laws for the
collection OF debts: the like repeal Of all laws for
all United States patent laws: the repeal Of all
laws for the upbuildng and maintenance OF a
standing army: the unconditional repeal Of all
tariff legislation; public ownership OF railways.
telegraph lines, street railways. stock yards,
J ket yards and everything. In short. that is OF
| public nature. To all OF these other qualities
Stuart adds healthy faith In the singletax theo-
ries OF Henry George. and while In Des Mones
affiliated with society for the promotion OF these
principles. II there is any other political fad or
q which allegiance
II is simply due to the fact that 1t has not been
brought to his attention. To those who know him
It is a strange case OF politics that brings THIS
PARTIES and one OF them the Democratic party
which has been supposed 10 have had some con.
servatism. at least in Iowa. and whose leading
spokesman, ex-governor Boles recently so ssnsIey
denounced all these isms that lead 10 state OF
semi Anarchy. $500 ,,.,.. 4, 1. -.
OF the candidate in the IXth District II IS nov
necessary to speak His recorI pe.ong ss isaSer
OF the Popuists I'm the Presidential nght ms Hos'
notorious action since is the Endorsement OF neney
ism here las, spring rnnn 19sn him and his views
as tending toward Socialism. Now they are ihuo's'
ing him for Congress. $500, D.,,u.,s
IN the Nth District J. c. Baker. Is almost III IN.
Lnown He is Populist Of royal blood, IN.
democrats proceeded 10 nominate man OF Ins,.
own. bu. the man nominated a aga % running
AGAINST that popular man. and so they aaop'ea
Baker and Bakers platform -. nsr,ocro,,
II must not be supposed that t tne Il',rrenders
OF their PRINCIPLES. but most OF theu 49, III, very
election time the members OF the parN To- re
generally have been persuaded 70 w cood.
sizod revolt among Democrats. led BY ChaI'eSs .s:
chase a prominent leader or Atlahtlo, az nn,sler
County In the Xth District there i os,raster
revolt. led by l.. f. Lange. CLEVELAND p0''"N