The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-21

thusiasm of the convention. nominated
Horace Boies as first delegate and chair
man of the Iowa delegation. Boies was
elected by unanimous vote. s D..
Evans of Wapello, Will A. Wells or
Sioux county and L. t. Genung, FIRE
mont, were then elected delegates IN
turn.
During the election of delegates the
committee sent for Governor Boies, his
appearance being the signal for another
enthusiastic demonstration and at the
conclusion of the election of delegates
he said:
when this battle began few weeks
ago, was determined that the masses
of the Democratic party of this great
state of Iowa should be heard on this
occasion. l believed, as 1 believe now
that there were many occasions in
many conventions of political parties
where
THE VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE
have been silenced. AS far as was
concerned, l was determined the DEM
ocracy of Iowa should speak. L be-
lieve this is the safety and the only
safety of any political party on earth.
And 1 say unto you that when l set
such a convention as this, whose dele
cations have been selected in the way
that the delegations of this convention
have been selected, ii is a source of
qualification that / am unable to ex-
press in the English language. l want
you from this time forward to know
that in Iowa the spirit of the Demo-
cratic party lies within its masses zap
plause), and from this time forward l
want the masses of the Democratic
IN 40 IL mi i49f1a hni
own hands, and il they do, assure you
that the Democratic party will march
on 10 certain victory" (Applause).
The committee on resolutions then re-
ported. Judge French of Scott county
presented the minority report and
made an impaSsioned speech in it's
favor.
A STORMY SCENE FOLLOWED
and for half an hour the factions
fowled themselves hoarse. The major
ity report was then adopted by accla-
nation. In part it is as follows:
THE Democracy of Iowa, in conven-
ton assembled, hereby reaffirmS its al
legiance to the time-honored Democrat
ic doctrine of bimetallism, to the use of
both gold and silver as primary money
and the coinage of both at a ratio
without change or limit.
1--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 charge for
mintage.
In the judgment of this convention
the explicit pledge of the national
Democratic party, if fairly and honor
ably kept, required the constant eff
fort of every loyal Democrat to accom-
plish the repeal of all laws heretofore
enacted through the instrumentality IF
the Republican party, which do, in let
ter and spirit alike,
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST SILVER
in favor of gold and the substitution
thereof of affirmative legislation which
shall upon some terms or other restore
silver TO equal rights with gold in the
minis and coinage of the country.
I'VE hereby affirm as a deliberate
conviction of this convention that the
act of 1873, in SO far as it demonetized
silver and established gold as the sin
gle unit of value is a fragrant viola
ton Of one of the most important pro-
visions of the constitution of the Unit
ed States, violation which every .po-
lftical party ought to condemn and
every good citizen should assist in ex-
punging from the statutes of the re-
public. We therefore favor the imme-
date repeal of all laws by which silver
was demonetized and demand it's I'M
qualified restoration to the right of
FREE AND UNLIMITED COINAGE
in the minis of the United States as
money of final redemption, at the old
ratio of 16 to l.
Third, We recognize the fact that
40 1,o.
reached a crisis that can no longer be
evaded nor postponed. We know that
the result of the conflict must be a
return TO the money of the constitll-
ton, or the substitution therefor for
all time to come of a standard of
value born of British aristocratic
greed, that doubles the PURCHASING
power of money and in behalf of the
toiling millions of this republic we
welcome the conflict and pledge the
Democratic party of Iowa to stand by
the constitution, to defend the right; tc
beat back with all its strength every
aggression of the money power of the
old and new world alike, and to aid to
the utmost limit of it's ability in re-
storing to ourselves and our poste1ity
the sacred heritage of the financial sys-
tenn bequeathed to the American peo-
pie by the fathers of the republic: and
which was equally fair and just to al
citizens, and in this effort we cordially
invite the cooperation of all good citi.
zens, without reference to political af.
filiations in the past.
THE DELEGATES.
Another wrangle followed a motion
to approve the choice of district eau.
cuses for district delegates, but the mo.
tfon carried unanimously and the con.
vention adjourned
District delegates are as follows:
First, w. H. Stackhouse, w. R
Wherry; Second, Max Mayer. T. NJ
Gobble: Third, ]. S. Murphy, D NJ. Fill.
kins; Fourth T. Donovan, F. d. Ray
less; Fifth, T. T. Bradford. ]. M. Terry
Sixth. H c. Taylor. W. A Mcintyre
Seventh. M. H. King. ]. S. Cunning
nam; Eighth, S. A. Brewster, Charlie.
| Thomas; ninth, F. w. Allen. w. Fl
Welt; Tenth, R. F. Jordan. C. c. Calico
Eleventh, T. P. Murphy, C. L. Soister