The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-21
DEMOCRATS In IOWA
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declared that to be the gold standard
programme and gave his views of what
he termed cheap and dear money. ITO
restore free coinage safely, wisely and
Justly is the mission of the democratic
party" said the speaker, land / re-
joice to know Iowa's voice in the great
national council will be for the nomina-
ton of Horace Boies, a man who, with
Gods help, will be the efficient instru-
ment of the peoples will in this great
work" When the name of Horace
Boies was mentioned the convention
broke into wild cheering and calls for
Boies were frequent. The convention
scarcely waited for the conclusion of
the chairmans speech when cheers and
calls for Boies were renewed, nor could
order be maintained for fully Is min
utes.
Judge Noble objected to the time of
[. e convention being taken up with
speech from Ex-Governor Boies. in
sisting that this was a meeting for
business and not for speechmaking. He
was cried down and the demand for
Boies became more boisterous, the
scene being one of indescribable con-
fusion. Finally word came from the
governor that he was i'll and begged
the convention to excuse him.
Nominations of delegates-at large
was then proceeded with Horace Boies
!
Evans, w. A. Wells and l.. T. Genung
were then elected delegates In turn.
During the election of delegates the
| committee sent for Governor Boies, his
appearance being the signal for an
other enthusiastic demonstration and
| at the conclusion, he said: when this
| battle began few weeks ago / was de-
! termined that the masses of the demo-
1 cratic party of this great state should
/ be heard on this occasion. / believed,
as believe now, that there were many
/ occasions in many conventions OF pollt-
/ ical parties where the views OF the peo-
pie have been silenced. AS far as 1
was concerned, / was determined the
I democracy of Iowa should speak. i
believe this is the safety and the only
safety of any political party on earth.
| When / see such a convention as this
| whose delegates have been selected In
the way that the delegations of this
convention have been selected, 1t is
source of qualification that l am un-
able to express in the English IAN
guage l want you from this time for
ward to know that in Iowa the spirit
of the democratic party lies within Its
| masses and from this time forward
want the masses of the democratic
, party to take it's destinies into their
own hands and if they do / assure you
the democratic party will march on
The committee on resolutions then
reported Judge French of Scott coun-
ty presented the minority report and
made an impassioned speech in ITS
favor. A stormy scene followed and
for half an hour the factions howled
themselves hoarse. The majority re-
port was then adopted by acclama-
ton. In part it as follows:
THE democracy of Iowa, in conven-
tion assembled, hereby reaffirms its al
legiance to the time-honored oemO-
cratic doctrine of bimetallism, to the
use of both gold and silver as primary
money and the coinage of both at
ratio without change or limit. 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 Sill
~ yer without discrimination against
either metal or charge for mintage. In
the Judgment of this convention the ex-
plicit pledge of the democratic party
If fairly and honorably kept, required
the constant effort of every loyal dem
ocrat to accomplish the repeal OF al
laws heretofore enacted through the
instrumentality of the republican
party which do in letter and spirit alike
discriminate against silver and in "a
yor of gold and the substitution there
of of affirmative legislation which snai
upon some terms or other restore silver
= to equal rights with gold in the MINUS
, and coinage of money"
, District delegates were elected a.
follows: w. H. Stackhouse, w. X
wherry, Max Mayer, T. NJ. Gebble,
S. Murphy, d. NJ. Filkins, T. Donovan
, r. ID. Rayless, T. F. Bradford, j. nj
. Terry, H. c. Taylor, w. A, Mcintyre
M. III. King, ]. S. Cunningham, s. A
Brewster, Charles Thomas, F. w. Al
len, w. H. Weir, r. F. Jordan. c. c
Calico, T. p. Murphy, c. L. Soister