The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-10
IOWA REPUBLICANS.
They Met Today to Nominate
State Officers.
Are Supposed to Voice Allison's
Views on Money.
NOT FOR FREE SILVER.
Temporary Chairman Lane is
Mr.. AllisOn'S Exponent.
A Hard Fight is Looked for on
Governor.
Senator Allison Cheered and
NOT FOR FREE SILVER.
Senator Allison Cheered and
Blushed Like a Girl.

DEs MONIES, Iowa, July 10.-The Iowa
Republican state convention which met
here today, attracted more than usual at
tention on account of possibilities affect
ing the presidential boom of Iowa's IA
vorite son, VIM. B. Allison. The utteran-
ces of the temporary chairman. of the
convention. Joseph R. Lane, of Daven-
port, were listened to with marked inter
est as an outline of the Allison idea as to
the present political situation.
In referring to the demand for the
coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 TO /,
Mr.. Lane said:
''In my judgment such a policy will
establish America to be the dumping
ground of silver for the world 1t means
we would be brought at once to a silver
basis. It means the degradation of our
dollar to so cents. 1t means reputation.
1t will bring an avalanche of silver, but
rest for labor
"'The Republicans of Iowa oppose
this. In the state of Iowa if we owe
debt we expect to pay it in money
worth par-worth 100 cents on the dollar.
"In my view we should favor bimetal-
lism, the use of both silver and gold,
with the largest use of silver in our cur
rency that will not impair or endanger
in any manner the parity in value of all
money in circulation, whether metallic or
paper.
"That we should favor an International
conference, to adopt such measures as
will insure a parity of value between
gold and silver for use as money through
| out the world
"That the United States should not
open its mints to free coinage of silver,
until an arrangement shall have been
made with other leading commercial ma
tions, whereby they will agree to con-
currently open their mints to free coin
age at an agreed ratio"
| The campaign for guber Material hon
ors has been one of the most hOtly con-
tested ever known in Iowa, and has been
unique from the fact that the candidates
| have organized and conducted the cam
| paign on the school district committee
plan, just as the state central committee
does the campaign for the election of
! the ticket
! About fifteen active candidates en-
! tered the field for governor, Jackson de-
| clining to run for another term last
! spring The field simmered down till
only the following opened headquarters
Monday and sought the nomination
today: Gen. F. NJ. Drake, Centerville;
Ex-senator James Harlan, Mount Pleas
/ ant; Senator Matt Parrott, Waterloo;
! Senator ]. B. Harsh, Creston; Secretary
of State w. Mcfarland, Des sMoines; SEN
ator J. T. Kamrar, Webster City; Col e.
S. Ormsby, Emmetsburg.
When the convention convened the
best estimates on the first ballot were:
Drake 400 votes, Harlan 800, Parrott
200, Mcfarland 100, others scattered.
There are 1,243 delegates to the conven-
tion, requiring 622 votes for a choice.
1t was generally conceded that Su.
preme Judge Given, Lieutenant Cover
nor w. S. Duncan, Railroad Commission
er q. w. Perkins and Superintendent
Henry Sabin would receive the nomina-
tions. The convention was called to or
der by Chairman Blythe of the state cen
| trail committee
An unexpected but highly dramatical-
ly interesting feature occurred when
Senator Allison came upon the platform
There was a pandemonium of cheering
to which Senator Allison responded with
a gracious bow and was then seated.
A few minutes after Temporary Chair
man Lane referred to Allison as a presi.
Dental possibility and the applause
again became so great and continuous
that United States Senator Wright o.
this city led the distinguished Statesman
again to the front of the stage while be
blushed like a school girl and tears o.
JOY rolled down his cheeks. The convsn
ton adjourned till 2 2. m.
The platform will be in line with Lane'i
speech.