Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-14
ALL FOR BOIES AND SILVER
Pottawattamie County Democrats Hold
Their Convention.
SOUND MONEY MN LARGELY oUTVoTsD
Much Enthusiasm Manifested on the
Subicct-SeIecting Delegates to
Attend the stntc Gathering
of the Party.

time as did the white wing democrats at the
county convention yesterday. Preparations
had been made for a fight and the war horses
had their trappings on. but the enemy failed
to appear and the marshaled hosts had to
content themselves with word paintings Of
the battle that would have taken place had
the enemy had the hardihood to make
fight.
Country roads are well nigh impossible on
account of the rains Of the last few days and
thirty-three OF the country delegates failed
to appear at the convention. 1t is claimed
that all of the absentees were elected as
free silver democrats that their absence
had no material effect upon any part Of the
convention, except its noisinees, and there
was enough OF that as 1t was.
The convention was called to order at ii
o'clock by Ira f. Hendricks, chairman of the
county committee. Mr.. Hendricks, has
been and is an enthusiastic opponent of free
silver and he accordingly waived any con-
gratulatory speeches, and simply named DR..
S. d. Toby of Oakland as temporary chair
man of the convention and explained that
his action was 'in Difference to the wishes
of the convention" This was the program
agreed upon by the free silver democrats at
the caucus on Tuesday night. Dr. Toby
made brief Acknowledgement of the honor
and said he believed that the democrats of
the state were in favor of free silver ana
that the democratic party of the nation was
in favor of it.
Jason r. Lewis was made secretary OF the
convention and the following committees
were appointed by the chairman.
Credentials-T. b. Hughes, G; NJ; Wilson
Valley, ii: j, Mos; of Rockford uriah Nc
Lean Of York, q, o. Mosher a Of Layton Atkins
Frsmont BENJAMIN Of Knox, AIex,andeFr
Campbell of Garner and Riley-Clarke OF
TO name delegates to DubpppemW H; e
Kane: ] 3. Mathews of Washington John
Grow of Minden, c. T. Healy of Knox, Will
liam Farrell of Norwalk
After the appointment of the committees
the temporary organization was made per
manent and the convention adjourned until
80 o clock. At that hour Chairman Hughes
from the committee on credentials reported
the following delegates entitled to seats in
| the convention: Be knap, s. d. Toby, J. o..
Humbert George Whted; Crescent William
Currie, |. A. Boren, p. j. Moran; Center.
William Rogers r. R. Thomas; Garner, J..
R. Macrae Alex Campbell, Ben Davis; Knox,
Josiah True Don Cramer, G. I. Healy, Ere
mont Benjamin, G. Diederich, w. H. Schill-
ing; Keg Creek, S. G. Underwood, G. A.
Morrow. H. F. Saar; Kane, outside city, L..
| Mcmahon; Lewis, G. H. Catterlin, E. Jenk-
ins. Garner Snyder; Layton, Julius Hector,
William Peters, C. N. Simonson, O. Mosher;
Mnden John Grow, Henry Groepper, Henry
Siebels, George Gronewes; Macedonia, ]. C..
Robinson H. Kennedy, j. Dye; Nicola, Her
man Mendel, ]. E. Hemsworth Riley Clarke;
Norwalk. william Farrell, ]. Shields, George
Fisher; Pleasant, George Dentler, A. H.
Ennis John Dea; Rockford, III. j. Moss, w.
S. Campbell. NJ. L. Jones, p. d. Jones; Val
ley, e. e. Berthelson, T. T. Clark, T. L..
Myers; York, Uriah Mclean, Conrad Geise;
Kane H. e. Grimm ]. H. Danger, l.. A.
| Casper, R. S. Rawlings, Charles Huber,
| George Wilson, NJ. C. Goodwin, Robert Rain,
John I. Lutz, James Wickham j. G. De-
Haven, B. Marks, ]. N. Casady, A. T. Whit
! tlesey, J. j. Stewart, ]. R. Lewis, w. II.
Knepher, ]. C. Martin, Max Mohn, Reese j.
| Thomas Harvey Ouren, l.. Zurmuehlen, jr.,
| NJ. G. o'Connor. Oliver Lower. T. b. Hughes,
| P. Gunnoude. w. c. James ]. B. Atkins, F.
A. Bixby w. II. Ware, A. w. Slack, S.
Boysen, p H. Moran, M Callahan, Ed Cody,
G. A. Machan. ]. p. Morris, Peter Egan,
| William Grogan, Dan Kirley, p. D. Burke,
| w. c. Boyer, William Sharpnack, Charles
Graves, ]. NJ. Lewis.
| The only show Of a contest came on the
| adoption of the report of the committee on
resolutions. There were fourteen Sound
| money" democrats in the convention, three
| from the Second precinct of the First ward,
| three from Keg Creek, four from Layton,
one from Macedonia, two from Minden and
| one from Knox. They wanted the vote put
on record and they got 1T. the re resolutions
l
| Whereas We believe that the paramount
issue now confronting the people is the ques-
tion of monetary reform, and that the gen zen
throughout the nation has been caused by
the demonetization of silver and that the
restoration of silver to its use as money,
| as IL existed prior to it's decentralization in
| 1873 is necessary to remove such financial
depression and to promote he general pros
| Resolved BY the democrats of Pottawat-
tamie county, Iowa, in convention assem-
| bled:
l. That we demand the immediate res
| toration of free and unlimited coinage or
! silver at the existing ratio of l6 to l, with
out awaiting the aid or consent of any other
nation.
the democratic tic party party as @ laid ''i down in the
platforms of the party in this state prior
| to the year 1895.
county is instructed to vote for Hon. Hor-
ace Boies for one of the delegate at-large
| to the national convention.
| 4. The delegation from this county
| to the state convention is hereby instructed
| to vote as n unit upon all questions and to
| vote only for such persons as delegates to
| the national convention who favor the fore
se s. Each delegate elected by this conven-
| ton pledges himself in advance not to give
a proxy to anyone and no proxies shall be
| allowed to this delegation to the state con-
vent!on. and the delegates present at said
convention shall cast the full vote of the
| county.
The committee to name delegates to Du-
| A. w Wyman owen Wickhsm, A. T. Whit
| tlesey, NJ c. Goodwin, j. X. Lewis. James
p. Carey. H. e. Grimm f. A. Blxby, Ben
| Marks, Emil Schurz, ]. j. Brown, U. II,
| White, w. G. Conner w. c. James, w. IL,
Ware and John G. Sullivan of Council Bluffs;
! Or. S. ID. Toby Of Oakland, Fremont Ben
| jsmin of Avoca DR.. j. N. Hemsted Of Car
SON. Riley Clark Of Nicola and G. T. Healey
| of Avoca.
That ended the work of the convention,
and then there was call for speeches J..
j. Shea, Fremont Benjamin, A. T. Whitte-
sey, Colonel Cullson and w. II. Ware ad-
dressed the delegates in congratulatlon, and
| the convention adjourned.
The new executive committee. appointed
| by Chairman Toby. consists of Fremont
Benjamin. J. b. Atkins. w. C. James, j.
W Hemsed and w. II. Ware. The c,m-
mittee held an informal session after the
| adjournment Of the convention. II was de-
| cded to call a meeting OF the county central
| committee and reorganlze that body by the
election of a chairman and members in sym
pathy with the platform and resolutions that
were adopted by yesterdays convention. The
| date for the meeting has not been fixed hut
1t will probably be postponed until after the
state convention.