The Portland daily press., 1896-05-21
BoIEs AND FREE SILVER.
Iowa Convention of Democrats Favors
sBoth Bold Speech BY Chairman Wright.

Dubuque, Iowa, May 30-Naarly one
thousand delegates to the Democratic
stat convention trooped into the Grand
Opera house this morning.
AT 10. 10 State Chairman G. r. Rank
called the convention. S. S. Wright Of
| Upton was then introduced as temporary
| chairman. When Temporary Chairman
Wright was presented, tho gold standard
advocates gave him frantic greeting,
while the silver majority kept silenos.
| The same conditions prevailed when he
delivered with emphasis, and in tone
OF defiance, the sound money portion Of
his address. The gold men cheered and
stamped for several seconds at the round
| ing of every period, while the only inter
| rupt1on came from delegate on the plat
form, who yelled at one point: 'Them's q
| Sherman's sentiments"
| MIR. Wright eulOgized President Cleve-
| land in his closing remarks, the conven-
tion applauding again and again. Then
there were shouts of "Roies" and cries
| for the Ex-Governor that were repeated
for couple of minutes.
At the conclusion of his address COM
| mittees on resolutions and credentials
were announced and the convention took
a recess until 2 p. m.
prepared plank for submission to the
| committee on resolutions. The draft was
endorsed approved" by Ex-Governor
Boies. 1t declared for the use of both
gold and silver without discrimination
against either the metal or charge for
mintage; held that the act of 1871 was a
f1sgrant violation of important principles
Of the constitution and favored the imme-
diate repeal of all laws by which silver
was demonetizod and it's unqualified res
turation to the right Of free and un-
limited coinage in the mints of the
| nation as the money of final redemption
at the old ratio of 16 TO /.
In the afternoon Il. B. Carr, editor Of
the Manchester Democrat was chosen
| an address ia which he said that the ad-
| ministration's financial policy is not the
financial policy of the Democratic party.
1t never has had the support Of the Dem
ocratic party.
When he concluded the delegates called
for e1-Gov. Boiso for five minutes. He
did not appear. Mr.. Boise was named as
with small negative vote. rhe first
real test OF strength between the silver
and gold element arose in the ballot for
second delegate at large. S. B. Evans.
the free silver nominee, defeated Judge
". /. Babby vote of $40 to $50. The
InIHOriGy gave up Uh0 C0DU0SG at tnl6
point W. A. Wells and d. NJ. Young
| were elected as the other delegates with
out opposition. Boise was presented and
accorded tumultuous greeting. His
remarks were brief and elicited little en-
thusiasm.
The majority report of the oommitte on
resolutions was presented. 1t reathrlns
allegiance TO the time honored Demo-
cratic doctrine of bimetalism to the use
of both gold and silver as primary money
and the coinage of both at ratio with
out change of limit.
The report declares the result of the
conflict between silvsr and gold must be
q return to the money of the constitution
or the substitution for all time to come
of standard Of value. The report
protests against all schemes for the re-
demption of OUR nOn-interest bearing
national paper currency and the substitu-
tion therefor of five hundred millions of
intereso bearing bonds against the
further issuance Of government bonds to
acquire gold with which to redeem such
currency; demands that the government
hereafter redeem the same with coin of
either metal it may possess; denounces
as faliaoy the claim that labor can be
benefited by the maintenance of The
single gold standard, favors the appoint
ment Of cabinet official to be known as
tbe secretary of labor and ,nstructs the
delegates for Horace Boise for President.
The financial plank recommended by the
silver wing was incorporated in the plat
form. Adjourned.