The herald., 1895-07-11

sprung up demand by the producers oi
| This claim 10 now crystaIlized into
demand for the free end unlimited com
age OF silver and gold at the ratio OF II
| to 1.
This means to give to every man, t.
| every nation, the right to deposit at the
| mints of the United States silver in un
limited quantity and to demand and re-
ceive in return, free of charge or cost,
that silver coined into money at the ratio
of is to l, bearing the stamp of our gov
| ernment.
In my judgment such policy will es-
| tabllsh America to be the dumping ground
of all silver of tho world. That means we
| would be brought at once to a silver basis.
1t means the degradation of our dollars tG
| so cents. 1t means reputation. 1t Will
bring an avalanche Of silver. but rest
for labor. The Republicans OF Iowa op-
pose this. In the state of Iowa, il we
owe a debt. we expect to pay it in money
| worth par, worth 100 cents on the dollar,
in money of equal purchasing power with
any other money OF the world. If any
| one owes us we demand and expect pay
| ment in money of equal value. This is a
vial question: ito all classes. The farmer,
the laborer. merchant. manufactures, all
classes have an interest in the mainte-
nance of good currency.
The dollar they receive for their pro-
ducts and labor should have the highest
| purchasing power and be as good as the
BEST dollar in the world. Upon sound
currency depends to a large extent the
| development, the prosperity. the success
| and maintenance of our people.
So, now, the Republican party must
not be allured by what might be called an
apparent craze sweeping over the coun-
try. but must take its position according
to every light of this question. In my
view we should favor pimetallism, the
use of both silver and gold with the larg-
est use of silver in our currency that will
not impair or endanger in any way the
parity IN value of all money in circula-
tion. whether metallic or paper.
That we should favor an international
conference to adopt a measure that will
insure the parity of value between gold
and silver for use as money throughout
the world.
That the United States should not open
its mints to flee coinage of silver until
arrangements have all been made with
other leading commercial nations where
by all will agree to concurrentiy open
their mints to free coinage at an agreed
ratio.
Let this convention. with the spirit OF
harmony and wisdom that prevails
among you, nominate its candidates ana
declare its platform and you will carry
the state by rs. 900 majority.
This afternoon Governor Jackson and
other dignitaries occupied the platform.
Every seat in the vast auditorium was
filled. Hon. Lafe Young was elected
permanent chairman and J. W. Willets
secretary.
Chairman Young made speech in
which he said that neither defeat nor
success seem to have any effect on the
Democratic party. 1t was needless, he
thought. to say anything about the Dem
ocrats-they were saying worse things OF
each otner than we dare to say of them.
The convention then proceeded to for
NAL ballot for governor. The first ballot
resulted as follow: Drake. 1856 SIS; Har-
land, 116; Harsh. S., Ormsby, "a; kam-
seii. ssI' 5. sV' ''''''' " ''A""' - NUS
The second ballot resulted: Drake, 425;
Harlan, 305; Mcfarland. 80; Parrott, 213;
Harsh, 70; Qrmsby. 20; Kamrar, So;
Conaway, &; Let's, 25.
Great excitement prevailed during the
announcement of Polk county. Harlan
made gain of votes. The third, fourth
and fifth ballots resulted in no choice but
showed gains by Drake. Before the sixth
ballot had proceeded far brakes nomina-
tion was assured. The following was the
result: Drake. S64; Harland, 1873; Parrott,
23l; Harsh, 3; Kamrar, 2: Ormsby, 2.
With tie announcement of the vote
Chairman Young declared General Drake
the nominee of the convention for COVER
nor.
After prolonged cheering balloting for
acknowledgements was commenced: D.:
Matt PARROT of Waterloo was nominated
on the third ballot, defeating Lieutenant
Governor DUNCAN of Charlton.
Henry Sabin was renominated for su-
perintendent OF public instruction; !;
George w. Perkins for railroad commits
sioner and Joseph Given for Judge of the
supreme court.
r. In speech General Drake said before
the convention he was prepared to make
vigorous campaign on the broad ma
tional platform adopted by the conyen-
ton.
The platform presented to the conven-
tion was adopted without debate or dis
sent. The following are the main planks:
We reattirm our feaity to the great prin-
ciples which our national party from its
birth has steadfasty proclaimed. We
congratulate the people of this country
upon the evidences of returning prosper
ity and rejoice in each instance of labor s
re-employmnt, wages restored and in
dustry e-established upon prosperous
basis. On the record of the building up
of our industries upon Republican policy.
their paralysis under Democratic power,
and their revival with the -epudiation of
the Democratic party and the dissolu-
tion of the Democratic house of repre-
sentatives, succeeded by one elected upon
the platform CT the Republican party,
the vndication Of the policy Of protec-
ton, the Democratic patry is convicted
OF obtaining power in 1892 under false
presenses. In it's patform it declared the
policy of protection to be unconstitu-
tional, and in its campaign it denounced,
the policy as robbery. But with COM
pete power in it's hands, its lawmakers
have utterly failed to carry out the pol
icy to which they were pledged. 1t is a
tarccal pretense for the Democratic
party to claim credit now for measure
from which nine months ago its presi.
dent withheld his approval and de-
nounced as humiliatlng abandonment
of their cardinal principles. The senate
bill, substituted for the Wilson bill, is
not a measure which the Republican
party would father; it reduces the rev.
enue upon the luxuries, a method OF levy
more effective than any income tax; it
restores taxation to sugar; it reduces the
wage rate in many industries IN which
labor is the chief element OF COST but it
maintains in many of its parts the prin-
ciples which the Democratic party de-
clares to be unconstitutional. To claim
credit under it is to claim credit for aba1-
doning its policy and adopting the prin-
ciples which it has denounced.
The platform farther deplores the revo-
cation OF reciprocity. denounces tariff for
revenue only, and declares for American
wages.
On currency the platform says: 1--WE
affirm the declarations Of the Republican
national platform of 1892, adopted at
Minneapolis, that the Ameican people
from trad itiOn and in terest favor blmet-