The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-10

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TX you nsn here are wise in your eoun-
sells and provide the opportunity 20 the
people 70 strike TIE blow
Horace Boses was born In New York
state and came to Iowa In his early man
hood He came not as an sdyensurcr.
permanent home. which he did at the
town OF Waterloo. while he was vciun-
tartly and reselngely iaeurrsnx al the
inconvensences o< = frontier life. The
result Is that IN bis mature years the
people Of hts state have loaded him down
with the richest honors and reward In
their power To hestew. and he IL today
an tns~parahie factor in . conspicuous
part in the phenomenal history Of our
state.
Let us beg Of this convention the
privilege OF one glimpse Of Iowa history.
AS to ths question OF Iowa being great
state. concerning the capacity Of her soil
70 produce uniformly ABUNDANT crcpAs I
vii, not deal II is enough 10 say that
the diplomas awarded 10 Iowa by the
management OF the Columbian sxpost-
ton Is the offscisl declaration which Sc
cures TO as what had been before con-
coded hy all. viz. the crcwning glory OF
standing at the head OF the loRg column
OF the agricultural states OF this nation
Neither drouth nor aood has ever been
powerful enough In Iowa 10 constitute
what was national calamity. I have
raised nifty bushels % solid corn per acre
upon which not one drop Of rain fell
from the time IL came up until the ear
was fully grown There Is perhaps not
another spot in this wide world where
such a thing was possible. But while We
are easily supreme In the cornneid. our
Democrats have had a hard rev TO hoe
IN politics The tcrnents inflicted by the
- f<a. ~
solid chunk OF comfort compared with
tho treatment accorded 10 Iowa Demo
Gratis by the sixty, seventy and eighty
thousand uninterrupted Republican ma
joritisS which for more than genera
ton have delighted In making an annual
picnic out OF the election day. ana juss
for the fun of the thing traInpled the
Iowa Democracy into the very earth.
This huge army of Republican voters was
dominated by spirit OF tnexrlicaoie
fanaticlsm, and the more we comhatted
this spirit the fieroer it grew. Naturally
the Democrats became disheartened and
scarce. When this Republican reckless
ness was nearing the eliminating point
and through sumptuary legislation every
guarantee of personal liberty was endan-
gered. when acts which throughout tho
civilized world are regarded as natural
and treated as lawful. were In Iowa de-
fined as crimes and compared TO capitA
ton Of trial by jury, which for centuries
had been esteemed the very climax OF
all the glory of an Anglo-Saxcn eiviiizA-
ton. when this was about TO be elimin-
ated from our judicial system ana tho
cold. harbarous system OF Russia was 10
be substituted; In fact. when the whole
machinery OF our local government. the
greatest of all Democratic principles. tho
principle OF home rule. was about 70 be
swept out Of existence. when every lover
OF freedom was on the point OF despair
ing: when there was no Democratic Lead
er anywhere in sight wise and bold
enough TO face the crisis there was heard
the voice of one speaking as In the Wild
erness: II was the magic voice OF Horace
Boles summoning disheartenet men 10
heroic action. lie II was who leaped
boldly 10 the very front and alone dened
the seemingly irresistible column OF an
exuited foe. foe that had never been
chastened by defeat He accomplished
what all men united In declaring the Inn
possible. for in the two contests which
followed. which In many respects have
~ parallel In the history OF American
politics Horace Boses came on victor, and
thus did ne forever avert the danger OF
having a veritable desrosism planted upon
the fruitful soil OF a free state. A soldier
can show his courage only In battle: his
fearlessness only while a storm Is rag
ing; the fireman in a great city can only
exhibit that sublime type OF heroism
which we all so much admire. during tho
time OF an actual confagration. when
property lis 10 be saved and imperiled
lives are to be rescued: 90 n statesman
can only show his real capacity. can only
demonstrate the full measure OF his wis.,
dom and power during crisis. II - only
during an actual crisis that the higher
qualities OF stntesmanship can be devei-
oped and tested That Horace Boies
possesses the rarest OF all human capaci-
ties. the power 10 rise equal and superior
to a crisis and control 1t, Is attested by
this history OF our state and the concur
rent testimony OF political friend ana
foe. This is the man. who stands before
the American people equipped With these
supreme qualifications. that We ask this
convention to nominate.
sUpon the overshadowfng issue OF this
campaign Gov. Beaes stands upon an In
vulnerable platform. the constitution OF
his country. Inasmuch "a the constifu-
ton in defining what ths state shall use
as legal tender In the payment Of debts
designates not gold or silver. but gold
and silver. Gov. Boies believes the b.
metallic system thus provided for In tho
fundamental law OF the land IL the aya-
tenn the Democratic party must indorse
and uphold. He believes that 20 long
as the constitution remains unchanged
congress has no power 10 demonetize
either metal. Hence. In common with
fhe great MAS of the American people.
he believes the decentralization or silver
was not an ordinary political biunder.
but an actual crime. and he can conceive
OF no condition which can possibly arise
that would Justify the Democratic party
In justifyiHg that crime or In helping 10
perpetuate its direfui results. Gov Boies
does not believe In n dishonest so-cens
dollar. as IL would work an injury to tho
credit class: neither does he believe In
the e0O-esnt dollar. which Is stu more
dishonest, ~ II unquesfionably Involves the
bankruptcy OF the debtor slsss. Gov. Boits
believes In an honest American dollar.
authorized not by the British parliament.
hut by q law OF the American congress-,
and eoiped for use among the American
naouls He believes In a gold dollar Of
- grains Of gold snd In = silver dollar
just sixteen times heavier. Having re-
belled against British influence over
century ago. winning the fight when
mere weakiIng, having now developed In
10 the strongest people on earth, clearly
emitting us 20 the leadership among ma
,fons ID would be not merely pitiable
cowardice on our part. but actual treason
IN the people should we now capstulate
10 English greed. The finger OF fate points
to the election Of Horace Roiss. History
seems 10 be anxious 10 repeat Itself Give
rs the man from Waterloo. and allies
viii nork TO his standard which win
destroy Mark Hsnna's Napoleon no. a.
esfsctuaIly as the European allies Destroy
ed the French Napoison No. l."
Foote seconds Blackburn.
w. W. Fooss. OF California, seconded
Blackburn. az follows:
"Mr. Chairman and Delegates OF the Ma
tional Convention: California. the great
eat gold producing state IN The world sent
10 the convention eighteen delegates who
al fn ttFf4ft tad II