The Worthington advance., 1896-05-28
IOWA DEMOCRACY.
Presents the Name Of Horace
Boies for President.

Presents the Name Of Horace
Boies for President.
State Convention Held at Dubuquo-.s7..
Governor Placed ut Head Of Dele
cation to Chicago-Declaros
for Free Silver ~. .'
Dubuque. Ia.. May 2l.-Carrying out the
programme formulated by tho leaders Of
the majority element. the democratic state.
convention on Wednesday declared for
sented ex-Gov. Horace Boies to- the
democracy of the nation as q candidate
for the presidential nomination and in
structed the delegates at largo and the
adhercnts Of the sound money doctrine. to.
vote as a unit. az. 1'; .s;
The majority report OF the committee
on resolutions was barren OF any refer
cnce to President Cleveland or his adminis-
tration; while the commendation o. the
chief executive attached to the minority
report was voted down by nearly three to-
one.
Ex-Gov. Boics heads the delegation TO-
Chicago and his associates are: Samuel
B. Evans, Ottumwa; William A. Wells.
ings. These are the alternates: Judge A.
Van Wegenen, Woodbury.; D. B., stubbs.
JEFFERSON: Andrew c.. Daily. Marshall: G.
H. Mackey. sigourney. When ex-Gov:
Boies was named as first delegate ana 1t
ton, there was a small negative VOTE
but the chair declared that the motAon nao
been carried unanimously. This provoked
q storm of hisses
/ After the business proper Of. the con-
vention had been disposed Of ex-Gov. Boies
nfa6' nd 6od t01rnn1fnn1lA
reception. He said that In the
part he had taken in the present trouble he
had been animated by the sole desire to Sc
cur for the masses in the state represen-
tatton in the convention. He believed before
as he did now that in many conventions OF
political parties the voice Of the people
had been stided and so far as he was con-
cerned he had been determined that the
democracy OF, Iowa should speak for itself.
1t had done so and he hoped that from this
time on they would recognize the fact that
the strength of the democratic party reste6
in the masses.
There was an exodus Of delegates simul-
taneous with the governors closing Woros~
and the report of the committee on resolu-
tions presented by w. L. Read. OF. DeS
Moines, was listened TO WIN scaht atte"-
tion.
It reafflrms the allegiance OF the Iowa
democracy to the doctrine OF bimetalltsrc,
to the use Of both gold and silver as prl-
mary money and the coinage OF both at a
ratio without charge or limit; favors the
repeal Of all laws which either In spirit
or in letter discriminate against silver and
In favor of gold, and the substitution
thereof OF affirmative legislation which
shall restore silver to equal rights with
gold in the mints and coinage Of the coun-
try: favors the immediate repeal OF all laws
by which silver was demonetized and de-
mands it's. unqualified restoration to the
right OF free and unlimited coinage In the
mints of the nation as money Of full legal
tender and final redemption at the ratio OF
sixteen to one; recognizes the money ques-
ton as the leading one OF the times, anf
declares that as the result OF the present
conflict must be a return to the money OF
the constitution, or the shbstitution there
for for all time to come OF stanoaro a9 o.
which doubles the purchasing power OF
money. and reduces by one-half the price
of all the great staples or inoustry: INC
party pledges itself to stand by the con-
stitution, and to fight with all its strength
every wrongful aggression Of the money
power, and in this effort cordially inviten
the cooperation Of all good citizens without
reference to political affiliations IN tho
past It pfotestB against all Eschemss Tor
the retirement OF our rnon-interest-oearl
I tian therefor Of ;5oo.ooo.6oo Of interest-bear-
Ing bonds to become an additional burden
upon the producing classes. that national
banks may be supplied with interest-bear-
inx capital on which to transact their In
diyidual business; 1t also protests against
the further issuance and sale OF govern
ment bonds to acquire gold with which to-
redeem such currency. and demands Of the
government that It shall herea1ter redeem
The same with the coin of either metal II
may possess in strict accord with both tho
snirit and the letter Of the law 1t de-
nounces a. transparent falacy the claim
that labor can be oenenteo by
the sintsna9Ss aSs ba.,. of our nSn i"
cial system. and declares It to be the
> experience Of all ages and OF every coun'
try alike clearly demonstrates that con-
tracted currency invariably compels con-
traction Of business; the lessening Of in
dustrial enterprises: the enforced idleness
of great numbers Of the working classes:
and nothing of which the human mind can
conceive is more clearly self-evident than
the naked truth that the wages of labor
with the price OF labor's products IN the
markets. It favors the appointment OF q
cabinet official to be known as secretary
OF labor. whose duty It: shall be. In all
vestiKate. ascertain and report to congress
what share. II any. Of the enhanced price
for which protected products are SOLO IN
the markets Of this country ID paid oy EN-
ployers in these. industries to their en-
ployes, and to inquire into the merits Of
the controversies between employers and
employees and recommend the adjustment
thereof upon such terms as to him or
erbitrators appointed by him shall seem
just, and in; case Of the failure Of either
marty to abide by the Recommendation
made to report the facts to congress OF to
q state legislature, as tho case may re-
Quire, with recommendation for addition
al legislation If such in his judgment be
necessary. 1t instructs the delegates to
the national convention to vote as unit
Oh all questions. especially those relating
to the adoption Of platform and the nom
ination of candidates for president and
vice-president. It also instructs the dele
gates to present the name Of Horace Boies
to the national convention as the candidate
Of the Iowa democracy for the office OF
president Of the United States, and 10 use.
all honorable means to secure his nomina-
tiUn.
Tried Before Two Juries.
- Omaha, Neb., May 23.-Stanley Clay
comb was arrested several weeks ago.
charged with robbing the graves of
Hannah Larsen and Jacob Helm and dis.
posing of their bodies to the Drake