The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-08-16
IOWA'S DEMOS MEET.
FRENCH MAKES HOT ANTI
SILVER SPEECH.
Judge Babb Nominated for Governor
rhe Platform Endorses tho National
Plank Of 1sss-0ver 100 Feasral once
Holders Appear as Delegates.

MARsHAl.LTowN, Iowa, Aug. S.The
Democratic state convention was called
to order at the Odean Opera house by
Chairman Howard at 1926 o'clock this
morning. 1t contains 1,079 delegates,
every county being fully represented.
The Rev. Father Linehan of the Cath
olic church of this city opened with
prayer and then Mayor Pierce made
the address of welcome. He is Re-
publican, but he aroused great enthu-
siasm by telling the convention that
the Democratic party was greater than
any one sentiment or principle of the
party. He created great amusement
by saying that he extended the free
dom Of the city to all delegates, land
especially delegates from the state of
Scott" who are all members of the
Liberal league,
Judge Nathaniel French of Daven-
port was made temporary chairman
and addressed the convention for near
Iy two hours. He devoted much timo
at the outset to the prohibition issue
in the state and especially denounced
the present mulct law in the strongest
terms He referred to the silence of
the recent Republican party platform
on this and other state issues. He
strongly upheld high license and local
option. Then he reviewed the work OF
the national Democratic administra-
tion in the line of tariff reform in the
midst of the most severe depression,
and lauded the work of President
Cleveland in securing the repeal of the
Sherman silver purchase law and
the Mckinley high protection meas
ure. Then he declared for real BIZ
7netallism, holding that silver should
be coined at it's bullion relation TO
gold and declaring that the fulfllment
of the demands Of the Is to l silver
men would mean national bankruptcy
and silver monometnllism After
dwelling upon the bad effects of such
policy on laborers and farmers, he
closed: ''Woe to the country which
dare endanger the prosperity of it's
people by debasing its money! Which
dare degrade itself from it's high rank
among nations to the level of Mexico
or China! Woe to the nation which
takes from the creditor half his due,
and from the laborer half his wages,
from the old soldier half his pension
If that calamity is to be visited upon
this country, let it be done by the
party whose clubs, in convention at
Cleveland, passed over the money
question in cowardly silence; by that
party which passed the infamous
Sherman law to buy the votes
of silver mine owners for the
no less infamous Mckinley bill.
To the" gold monornetallist or silver
monometallist, whose policy would re-
suit in either the expulsion of gold or
silver, and the contraction Of our cir
cuiation, we can show our national
platform upon which we stood and
fought and won. We have made our
record; we have proven our loyalty to
personal liberty. to justice in taxation,
to honesty in finance, and the welfare
Of the people. With joyous prosper
fty greeting the work we have done,
Let us push on and complete our task.
Reason and right are with us; and with
coiors flying, we will press on till we
win the victory-a victory not merely
for the party, but for the country.
Judge Babb of Mount Pleasant will
be nominated for governor by ac-
clamation.
The platform denounces the mulct
law and declares for the manufacture
of liquor by the state, the reform of
the tariff and the adoption of the Dem
ocratic money plank of 1892. There
are over 100 federal Office holders in
the convention.