Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-08
'RAH FOR IOWA DEMOCRATS Sound Money Wins in a Fair,
 Square Fight. FAMOUS PLANK REPEATED
Especially Necessary for tie Protection of the
 Farmers and Laboring Classes"
REPuBucia IREAcRERY IS coNDEMaED
Local Option High License Law Demanded and the Election of United States Senators by Direct Vote
 Of the Peop1s.

Marshalitown, Ia, Ang. 7.-The demo-
 cratic state convention was called to or
 der by Chairman Howard al 1920 o'clock
 this morning. There were nearly 1000
 delegates present. Temporary Chairman
 Nathaniel French of Davenport was pre-
 sented and addressed the convention.
 Nothing was done after the conclusion
 of Chairman Frenchs speech at the fore
 noon session. The afternoon session
 opened at o'clock. The majority of the
 committee on permanent organization
 recommends ed J. H. Shields of Dubuque
 for permanent chairman. c. H. Mackey
 of Sigourney, for the minority, reported
 the name of l.. Bestow of Charlton.
 Shields represented the sound money ele-
 ment and Bestow the free silver men.
 The ballot on the motion to substitute
 the minority report was the first test of
 strength. It resulted against the substi-
 tuition of the minority report-417 against 651. The majority report was then adopted. The sound money men re- ceived the announcement with protracted cheering. Mir. Shields accepted the gavel
 as permanent chairman and made brief address, in which he did not refer to the money question.
 The following platform was adopted:
 The democratic party of Iowa in con vention assembled reaffirms the national platform of the party adopted in Chicago in 1892 and points with satisfaction to the evidences of wisdom of that convention, of the results accomplished according to it's promises, to the evidences of re- turning prosperity, the restoration of wages and the re-establishment of in- dustry upon a prosperous basiS-condi- tionS which have extorted congratula- tions from even the republicans of Iowa. We declare the rescue of the finances of the country from the baneful effects of the Sherman law, the repeal of the un- American federal election law and the uprootng of McKinleyism to be works worthy of the history and prestige of the great democratic party and of a courageous democratic administration We reaffirm that portion of the seventh plank of the last national democratic convention as follows.
 We hold to the use of both gold and silver as the standard money of the country, and to the coinage of both gold and silver without discrimination against either metal or change of mintage, but the dollar unit of coinage of both metals must be of equal intrinsic and exchange able value, or be adjusted by such safe guards of legislation as shall insure the maintenance of the parity of the two metals and the equal power of every dollar at all times in the market and in l the payment of debts and we demand that all paper currency shall be kept at par with and redeemable in such coin' We insist upon this policy as espe- cially necessary for the protection of the farmers and laboring classes, the first and most defenseless victims of unstable money and a fuctuating currency. We condemn the cowardice and trick cry of the republican party of Iowa in failing to meet, in its last state platform, any of the issues important and vital to the interests of our state, and we ask Eho ind if intpl- ligent people.
 s'We believe that the mulct law fails to meet the requirements of good ex- else statute. It is unfair as between com munities and imposes hardships upon property owners, and it compromises the honor of the state in declaring the sale of liuuors crime and combining the offense for a money consideration. We repeat every demand of. the past live years for local option high license law. and on behalf of the commercial interest of our state we favor law permitting the manufacture of liquors, thus afford ing market for the products of the farm and labor of the state and saving to our people the enormous sums now expended in other states.
 s.We favor the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people, "We favor just and liberal pensions to all deserving veterans. "We reiterate our unfiinching opposi- ton to all mOnOpOlIeS anu tluoto ohN Soii for enactments which will abolish con- pines of all kinds
 I've demand that our state institutions be governed by a single non-partisan board of control, which can intelligently comprehend their relative wants ana economically and justly apportion among the whole that which their just require ments demand.
 "We favor the speedy completion of the Hennepin canal and the deepening of the water ways from the great lakes to the ocean, so as to enable ocean vessels to pass through"
 Judge w. F. Babb of Mount Pleasant,
 sound money man, was nominated for governor by exclamation on motion of ex-Congressman Walter l. Hayes or Clin-
 ton. In the same manner the nomina-
 tion of lieutenant-governor went to $. l..
 Bestow of Charlton, who has been lieu
 tenant-governor, and is an advocate of
 free silver. He was the candidate of the
 free silver men for the permanent chair
 manship.
 The nomination for railroad commits
 sioner went to Col. George Jenkins of
 Dubuque and for state superintendent to
 L. B. Parshall of Maquoketa. There
 were two candidates for supreme judge
 and ballot was required. G. Harper,
 ex-state senator of Burlington was nomi-
 mated, defeating E.. D. Hasner of Inde-
 pendence.
 The sense of the delegates was twice
 taken on the silver question and the party in this state is squarely on record as op
 posed to free coinage at the ratio of 16 to
 l.. The first test was indirect, the free
 coinage men and the opposition having
 candidates for permanent chairman. J.
 H. Shields of Dubuque, champion of
 sound money, was chosen by vote of 651 to 417. Later, when a direct proposition
 was made to substitute free silver plank for the reaffirmation of the national financial plank of 1892, contained in the platform as it came from the committee on resolutions, the silver men again met defeat by vote of 651 to APO.
 Judge Babb was introduced and made Aa conservative address. He asserted that