The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-21
BoIES AND SILVER BULLION.
THE HUMBUG DOLLAR on TOP IN
IOWA's CONVENTION.

Free Coinage at 10 10 1 and BOies
for President-NearIy 1000 Dele
gates Present.
Dubuque, Ia, May 2O.-Nearly 1000 dele
gates TO the democratic state conve1-
tion, twO-thirds Of them wearing white
silk badges, with a picture of ex-Gov.
BOies and the inscription, Free Coinage
at 16 to 1 and Horace Boies for President"
trooped into the Grand Opera house this
morning. 1t had originally been intended
to house the assemblage in Saengerbund
hall, which has a seating capacity Of TO-,
600, but the delegates protested when they
learned that this structure was four miles
distant. and the theater was substituted
at the last moment. II has accommoda-
tions for but 1.2O0 and after the dele
gates had taken their seats room re-
mained but for a handful Of the throng
of spectators that clamored for admission.
and it was found necessary to close the
| doors
At 1915 o'clock State Chairman c. r.
Rank called the convention TO order and
prayer was offered by Rev. DR.. w. d.
Benton of the Episcopal church.
S. L. Wright of Upton was then intro
duced as temporary chairman. At the
conclusion of the address the committees
on resolutions and credentials were an
nounced and the convention took a re-
cess until 2 o'clock.
When Temporary Chairman Wright was
presented the gold standard advocates
| gave him frantic greeting, while the
silver majority kept silence. The same
conditions prevailed while he delivered
| with emphasis and a tone of defiance the
sound money portion of his address. The
gold men cheered and stamped for sew
| eral seconds at the rounding of every
| period, while the only interruption came
! from a delegate on the platform, who
yelled at one point, "Them's John Sher-
| mans sentiments; he said all that years
| ago" Nevertheless the speaker was
| cheered when he concluded.
| on reassembling the committee on or
| ganiZatiOn submitted the name of Editor
/ Carr of the Manchester Democrat, for
| permanent chairman, and the nomination
| was ratified. In the course Of his address
| Mr. Carr said: ITO restore free coinage
| safely, wisely and justly is the mission
| of the democratic party, and / rejoice to
| know that IOWa's voice in the great ma
| tional convention will be for the nominal
! tion Of man, who, with Gods will, will
| be the efficient instrument of the peoples S
! will in this work. And If the rank and file
| Of the democracy wins this present con-
| test, as II now seems almost certain they
| Will, our party viii deserve the, respect
| of every friend of pure government by
| the people in this and other lands A partS
| with sufficient inherent strength to enable
| il TO maintain and protect its principles,
! after being betrayed by many of its
|
| considerable portion of it's most influential
| press, possesses the attributes of immor-
tality and deserves them, Such party
| will continue to live while the republic
| lasts, to benefit and bless the homes of
The many Instead of TO- PROMPTS the
| schemes of the few"
| When Mai carr concluded the Delegates
| yelled for ex-Gov. Boies for five minutes.
| A committee Of escort was sent to his
| hotel and returned with the intimatiOn
that he was suffering from a severe head
| ache and desired TO be excused. This did
| not satisfy the convention and there We're
| so much uproar that the chairman asked
| the band for five minutes Of lively music.
| This put the gallery in good humor.
| The committee on credentials reported in
| favor of seating the cOntesting (silVer)
| delegates from Blackhawk county, headed
! by eX-GOV. BOies and the convention adopt
| ed the report by an Overwhelming major
| ity. No roll call was demanded.
Nominations for delegates at large were
| next in order. EX-GCv. Boies was named
| as the first delegate and it was moved that
a small negative vote, but the chair de-
! clared that the motion had been carried
unanimously. This provoked a storm of
| Kisses.
The first real test of strength between
| the silver and gold elements arose on the
| ballot for second delegate at large.
S. b. Evans of Ottumwa, the free silver
! nominee, defeated Judge Walter /. BabD
| of Mount Pleasant. The vote stood: Ev-
ans, 64912; Babb, 2S0la. Babb was the
! nominee for governor last year. The mi
| nority gave up the contest at this point
and Will A. Wells, editor of the Alton
Democrat, was selected as the third dele
| gate by acclamation.
Lewis T. Genung of Hastings, was nam
ed as the fourth delegate without opposi-
| ton
The business proper of the convention
| having been disposed of, ex-Gov Boies
| was presented and accorded a tumultuous
| reception. His remarks were brief and
| elected little enthusiasm.
There was an exodus of delegates stimuli
taneous with the governors closing words
| and the report of the committee on resolu-
| tions presented by w. L. Read, of Des
Moines, was listened to with scant atten-
tion.
1t reads as follows: 'eFhe democracy nj
Iowa. in state convention assembled here
by realtlrm its allegiance to the time hon
| Ored democratic doctrine Of bimetaIlism
TO the use OF both gold and silver as pri-
| mary money, and the coinage of both at
| ratio without charge or limit 1t is the
demand of this convention that this doc
trlne of the national democratic party II
! fairly and honorably observed renljiree
| the constant effort Of every lovaI demo-
| crat to accomplish the repeal of all laws
helr.etolQre enacted through the instrument
tallty OF the republican party which do in
letter and spirit discriminate against stl-
| YER and in favor of gold, and the substi-
| tuition therefor of affirmative legisIatfon
| which shall restore silver to equal rieTi1t Il
with gold IN the mints and coinage Of the
Second we hereby affirm. as a DELHI
| crate conviction of this convention. that
the act of 1873, in so far as it demonetized
| silver and established gold as the single
unit of value, is a fragrant violation of
one Of the most important provisions OF
| the constitution of the United States. a
violation which every political party ought
to condemn and every good citizen Should
assist in expunging from the statutes OF
the republic We, therefore, favor the
| immediate repeal of all laws by which
| silver was demonetized and demand its
unqualified restoration to the right of free
| and unlimited coinage in the m!nts of the
nation as money of full legal tender and
final redemption at the ratio of 16 to /.
| Third, we recognize the fact that upon
this question the country has reached a
| crisis that can no longer be eVaded or
| postponed. We know that the result of
| this conflict must be a return to the
money of the constitution or to the
| substitution therefor, for all time to come,
| of a standard of value born of British
| aristocratie greed, which doubles the pur-
chasing power of money and reduces by
| one-haf the price Of all the great sta
| pies of industry. In behalf of the toiling
| millions of this republic, we welcome the
| conflict and pledge the democratic party
| of the state to stand by the constitu-
| ton, to defend the right to beat back
with all its strength every wrongful ag-
| gression of the money power of the old
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