The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-08

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa, Aug. T.
One of the most notable state oonven-
tions in Iowa closed in this city this
afternoon. Since Monday there has
been bitter strife between the two op-
posing element of the party-one con-
tending for ticket nominated on a
platform on sound money basis; the
other clamoring for free coinage with
out waiting for an international agree
ment. From start to finish the white
metal contingent did nearly all the
talking.
BY an apparently fortuitous incident,
the silver men had a fine chance to ex-
plot their views in the convention
hall during the afternoon from the
fact that the resolutions committee got
into a. wrangle on the financial plank
that kept them in the committee room
till nearly o'clock, the currency reso-
buttons being overhauled and recon-
structed two or three times before an
agreement was reached, and the ma
jority making persistent efforts to
avert the introduction of the minority
report. During this interval the
convention did nothing but list
en- to free silver speeches by
radical white metal champions. The
sound money men preserved silence
except that Cato Sells made a short
talk of a conciliatory character.
The controversy grew warm and Bit
ter, and when the minority report,
favoring free coinage, was introduced
another prolonged silver discussion
was precipitated and for a while the
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final roll call on the resolutions showed
the white metal crowd defeat ted by a
vote of 6511a to 4201a. A mighty shout
mingled with groans followed the an
nouncement of the result. A large
number of free silver delegates i'm
mediately left the hall, not waiting for
the nominations.
The State Ticket.
The state ticket was then nomi-
mated as follows:
For governor. Judge W. I. Babb,
Mount Pleasant.
Lieutenant governor, S. L. Bestow, of
Charlton.
Superintendent of public instruction,
Lyman r. Parshall. of Maquoqueta
Railroad commissioner, Colonel G.. r.
James, of Dubuque.
Supreme judge, Senator Thomas c.
Harper DeS MoineS
Judge Babb made a brief speech of
acceptance in which he said he only
accepted because of repeated urging
and his devotion to the party and it's
interest in the state in which he was
born and raised He said the differ
enceS existing in the party as devel-
oped in this convention were in regard
to details rather than to great prin-
ciples involved in financial and other
leading issues which should be left to
legislation.
1t is understood tonight that Bestow
will not accept the lieutenant COVER
norshop nomination. He is strong
free coinage man, and was chosen in
the hope of conciliating the silver peo-
pie, but says he cannot consistently
run on so strong a sound money plat
form.
The Platform.
Following is the platform:
The Democratic party of Iowa in
convention assembled re-affirms the
national platform of the party adopted
in Chicago in 1892; points with salts
faction to the evidences OF the wisdom
of that convention, in results accom-
pIished, according TO promises, to
evidences Of returning prosperity,
restoration of wages and re-establish-
ment of industry upon a prosperous
congratulations from even the Repub-
licanS of Iowa. We declare the rescue
of the finances of the country from the
baleful effects of the Sherman law; the
repeal of the unAmerican federal cleo
ton law and the uprooting of Nc
Kinleyism to be works worthy the his
tory and pretige of the great Demo-
cratic party and courage of the DEM
ocratic administration. We re-affirm
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plank of the last rational Democratic
convention.
I'VE hold to the use of both gold
and silver as the standard money of
the country and to coin both gold and
silver without discrimination against
either metal or charge for mintaSe,
but the dollar unit of coinage of both
metals must be of equal intrinsic and
legislative value, or be adjusted by
International agreement or by such
safeguards of legislation as shall in
sure the maintenance of the parity of
the two metals and the equal power
of every dollar at all times in the
payment of debts; and we demand
that the paper currency shall be kept
at par with and redeemable in such
coin. We insist upon this policy as
especially necessary for the protec-
ton of farmers and laboring class
The first and most defenseless victims
Of an unstable money and 1uctuating
currency.
We condemn the cowardice and
rickery of the Republican party of
Iowa in falling to meet in its last
state platform any of the issues i'm
oortant and vital to the interests of
our state and ask sober Judgment of
he intelligent people.
We believe the mulct law fails to
meet the requirements of a good
'xcise state. 1t is unfair as between
communities and imposes hardships
ipon property owners and COM
promises the honor of the state in
febarring the sale of liquor as
crime, and condoning the offense for
4 money consideration. We repeat
our demand of the last five years for
I local option, high license tax on
behalf of the commercial interests of
the state. We favor a law permitting
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