The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-07-10
WHITE NOMINATES BOIES.
Pr. Chairpln and Gentlemen Of the Con

yenti0n:
] am authorized by the Democracy o.
Iowa, to present to this convention, fol
the nomination to the high office of presi
dent, the name of Horace Boies OF ou1
state. | want to assure this convention
In advance that this Is not a result of any
question of mere local pride nor is 1t the
rtSult OF any consideration of the question
of mere availability. We ask you to nom
mate the candidate of our choice upon far
broader grounds: upon IT, broad ground
that Horace BoieS is emphatically a broad
man. Those of us who know him best do
not hesitate either here or elsewhere to
declare with all the confidence that a
thorough knowledge of the truth can In
spire, that he is
A Man of the Staunchest Character.
possessing a powerful personality and
equipped with a combination of mental
qualities that will make him, If elected, an
ideal executive. Knowing as we all do
mat the political situation of the country
Is a grave and ominous one. this conven-
tlon must not ignore o evadc the rcspon-
slbility this situation creates which is to
give to the American people IA candidate
the mention of whose name, wherever
known, will carry with it an overwhelm-
ing strength and stand in case of election
an unqualified guarantee for the entire
safety in the management Of all public
affairs, the just settlement of every press
Ing question and the speedy Inauguration
OF u vigorous reign OF exact justice.
Not Sensat onal, But Impressive.
Neither in formulating a policy nor in
rho pYlnItinr Of NLn $500 .-At - ,c,
senting an argument upon the merits or
dement's OF any public question has Gov
crnor Boies ever striven in the least de-
gree to create a sensation, but to his ever
lasting honor it must he said that in the
doing of these things he has never failed
to make a deep impression. This is the
ideal test by which the capacity of a public
man should be judged; this is the highest
standard by which a statesman's relia-
blllty II usefulness should be asccrtained
and determined. If you select Governor
Boies as your candidate and the people
ratify FOUR decision in November, we can
promise you no pyrotechnical display from
the White House during his administers
ton; there will be no rockets sent up, the
explosion of which will brighten the
tlmorous or furnish n subject for foolish
talk for the superficial. There will be
No Sensational Performance
: pom the political trapeze at the executive
mansion while Horace Boics is its occu-
pant; he will write you no startling mes
sages upon excitable public topics; we
promise you none of these performances.
but l will tell you what we can and do
promise o and that is, the Inauguration
faithful execution of "a policy that
will commend itself to every philosophic
mind and be applaudcd by every sincere
patriot, IA policy that will be characterized
throughout by the invigorating course of
hard common sense and be all aglow with
everlasting sunshine of noble in
tention-a policy, the primary OBJ
ject of which will be not the
creation of opportunities for the unnat-
ural increase of the already excessive for
tunes of an avariciOuS class. but the strict
maintenance of the natural and constitu-
tional right of every citizen carefully. ir-
Guiding that great body of our population,
the laboring classes, the people who pro-
duce u national wealth, who never tire
of their devotion to the constitution, who
never desert their country's cause at any
stage of any peril, who are
Always True and Steadfast,
even in the very midst of an overwhelm-
ing crisis, who furnish the volunteer sol
diers and sailors in time of war and earn
the whcrewith to pay the cost of the war
when it is over; the people who are the
mainstay Of free government; to secure to
these a larger share of the fruit of their
labor; to secure to them impartial justice
will be one of the cardinal principles fully
developed in the policy of the Boies adj
ministration.
To secure to him who earns a dollar the
dollar that he earns is a task that will be
vigorously exacted Of the craftsmanship
of the future. That type Of statesman
ship which so persistently and success
fully plotted to pilfer from the industrious
that the idle nay thrive. will be given it's
death blow next November, if you men
here are wise in your ~counsels and prO-
vide the opportunity to the people to
strike the blow.
Mr.. White next gave all outline Of
the political history of the state of Iowa,
always Republican by overwhelming
majorities until Governor Boies rescued
it from their grasp b~y>splendid MAORI.
ties. He closed as follows:
His Stand Upon the Money Question.
Upon the CSer shadowing issue of this
campaign Governor Boies stands upon an
i~nvulnerable platform, the Constitution
of his country. Inasmuch as the COnsti-
tuition in defining what the state shall use
as legal tendeI' in the payment of debts,
designates not gold or silver, but gold and
ci1ynr Hnynrnnr Roles hn1tavnc that Tho
bimetallic system thus provided for in
the fundamental law Of the land is the
system the Democratic party must endorse
and uphold. He believes that SO long as
the Constitution remains unchanged that
congress has no power to demonetize
either metal. Hence, in common
with the great mass Of American
people, he believes that the de-
->opfi,otion IF c;lror xro, -.