The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-27
GoLDBUGS Of IOWA.
AN ALLEGED DEMOCRATIC CON-
VENTION AT DIES MONIES.
A Few of Its Advocates Found in
That on Them Alone Rests ALI the
Virtues of Jeffersonian DemOc-
racy.

DIES MONIES, a., Aug. 26.-The
largest Democratic convention THAT
has been held in Iowa in three years
was the gathering of the National
Democracy today to select delegates
to the Indianapolis convention. 1t
alphabetically denounced the Chicago
platform, endorsed Cleveland and re-
iterated the principles of jackson, JEFF
ferson and TiIden. The permanent
chairman was Judge W. I. Babb, who
only a year ago was made the uIani-
nous nominee of Iowa Democracy for
governor.
His speech was an exposition of what
he deemed the essential differences be-
tween the principles of true Dmocracy
and those enunciated at Chicago, and
was vigorously applauded.
Mr. Markley's speech was the most
eloquent, however, and resulted in
breaking the slate and nominating him
unanimously in the face of his declina-
ton for e1ection-atlarge. w. W. Wit
mer of Des Moines, being his running
mate.
For delegates at large to IndianapO
lis, there were so many asDirants that
the convention named eight, and gave
them half a vote each. They are: w
I. Babb, Joseph Eiboeck, William
Groneweg, John C1iggett. L. NJ. Mar
tin, M B. Hendricks, Joel Stewart and
H. H. TrimbIe.
THE ONLY JAR
In the convention was when a. resolu-
ton was presented, declaring the sense
of the convention that every sound
money Democrat should vote against
any congressional candidate who does
oil IN f11a
coinage of silver at Is to 1. It had
been decided that the state or congress
sional tickets would be named by the
national Democracy, and when this
resolution was presented Chairman
Rabb ruled that the state convention
had no authority over congressional
matters and, therefore, it was out Of
order There was no opposition to the
ruling.
The platfrn reiterates the principles
which it recognizes as those of DemOc-
racy; declares that the Chicago con-
vention surrendered these and declared
for a new sectionalism; declares that
the Chicago platform is nnischievous in
its tendencies and a menace to free
government It denounces the Chicago
attitude toward Cleveland. whom it
eudogizes. The attack ON the judiciary
is denounced, and the attitude of the
Chicago convention on money is dfet
cussed at some length. The declara-
ton on this subject is in substance as
follows:
THAT platform threatens to debase
the coinage, through unlimited coinage
of silver an AN arbitrary and fictitious
ratio. 1t virtually pledges, if placed in
power, to repeal the act for the resunp-
ton of specie payment. These are not
Democratic principles, and cannot re-
ceive our support. The election of a
president pledged to these principles
will precipitate financial crisis, whose
consequences cannot be predicted. We
favor the use OF gold and silver, main
tanned at parity; we adhere to the gold
standard until true bimetnllism can be
achieved. We demand a reorganization
of the present financial laws, especially
those which compel the issue of gov
eminent bonds to maintain national
credit We reafffrm the past declar-a-,
tions of the party on the tariff and on
state issues"
The state central committee met af
ter the convention, and decided to open
Headquarters and conduct an active
speaking and literary campaign III the
state.