St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-12
DEs MONIES CONVENTION A TU.
MULTI OF ENTHUSIASM FOR THR/
FAVORITE SON.
WAS AN ALLISON MEETING1
QUALITIES OF THE SENATOR ELox
QUENTLY DEPICTED BY Cons
GREsSMAN DOLLIVER.i =
SOUND MONEY THE pLATFon.<j
ALLISON Resolutions Put Through b6
Rising Vote With Three y
Cheers.

DES MONIES, To-, March 11.-Today
| opened decidedly colder, with a drivir q,
| snow, making the prospects for the:
! state convention unpleasant, but bv
the time for the holding Of the district
convention the atmosphere cleared and
the day became, while sharp and
clear, delightful The district conven-,
tlons Tor each congressional district
were heid at y a. M, and delegates and
allernates were selected for the naAi
tlonai Republican convention at ST.
Louis. The Fifth and Tenth districts
were the only ones having contests
The convention was without doubt
the most enthusiastic ever held in the
state. 1t was, from beginning to end
an Allison convention. It was mani
Test that he was the first and LAST
choice Of the Republicans of Iowa.
Ourlng the entire days proceedings
no other name was suggested The
names or Blaine and Harrison, when
mentioned by speakers, were invariax
ply applauded. 1t was a conventions
or oratory and enthusiasm from be-
ginning to end. It swept everything,
pefore 1T. There were many dramatic
incidents that marked the progress OF
the meeting. After the resolutions
were read by Hon. Jacob Rich, chair
man OF the committee on resolutions.
Gov. Drake, who was seated on the
platform, Jumped to his feet and said:i
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
convention: l move that those reso-
iutlons be unanimously accepted and
indorsed by the convention by a ris-
ing vote, and that three cheers and a.
tlger pe given for Allison, the next
president of the United States"
Almost before Chairman Cummings
could open his mouth to put the mo-
tlon, the vast assembly of delegates
ana the thousands of visitors in the
galleries arose and gave three cheers
ana tiger. the like of which has never
before been heard in Iowa. Before the
maj adjournment there were repeated
SSils Ior speecnes. Congressman Hen,
oerson responded to his name in a
mastery speech in which he told the
people or Iowa what the people Of
washington thought Of Senator ALL
son. He denounced the present ad. |
mlnlstration for operating a bond SELL
ing shop IN which mortgages are
pi@ceo upon the people. He referred
10 the foreign policy Of the adminis-l
tratlon as filled with "hectic. blood-rad (
oehrlum tremens declarations of war ;:
CHEERED THEMSELVES HoARsE
AT this mention the audience cheered
ior several moments and after sIhsid-i
ing commenced cheering again Cav Z
j. .. Clarkson did not attend tha oon'
vehtlon, having gone West last niebt ,
II was thought there would he some
opposltlon to him on account of a.
Protracted absence from the state hnt
ne was unanimously elected one of the
10
personal Endorsements in severeI as
ohe ulstrlct caucuses. The mention of
senator Gears name in connection with
Iree sugar was cheered at great lenotb
me iowa delegates held a meeting
at the SaVory house tonight and monnaS
uut plan or procedure. No chairman
mas yet been named The conventio,1
will act as a unit in all matters IT, -
strong and harmonious delegation
every member Of it an Allison rnon
from start to finish.
The convention was called to order az
II a. m. and the call read. Then came
the singing of the ALLISON March" !" for
tI tIe hTst tlme. 1T made a great hit.
Hon. j. d. Dolliver, temporary chair.
man, was then introduced.
MR.. DoLLIvER SAID:
The demand of the hour Is for sor,oho,,,
VINO understands the everyday business of
the government OF the United States who
cap read the account books on both sides
Wnat we take in and what we pay ont Wa
oner to the national service a statesmen
trained in the public business, who has left
tne impression of his practical wisdom ON
every revenue measure enacted since the
Thirty eighth congress- and under whose eve
every item for every appropriation bin for
nearly a generation has passed training
IKE that, seldom approached in American
public life, would of itself bring hone and
dellverance to the uneasy treasury OF tha
United States. We have just now business
n url1fO lob.
the internal revenue from the hands of dis
tliiers, nor the custom house from the in
genIlty OF the importers. Within year every
Shady scheme OF undervaluation has coma
forth to enjoy the picnic season of ad yaloren1
duties, until reputable merchants are already
asking the house committee on ways and
means to exact a peddler's license from the
agents or foreign factories, in order that
legitimate merchants may not be driven from
the trade. Inadequate and unjust as the pres
ent law is, | do not hesitate to saw that on
efectual collection of the revenues author
lied by its terms would go far toward cover
Ing the current deficits in the receipts We
need somebody in charge who can tell the
dlnerence between dollar collected and a
dollar borrowed.
For one, want the exact equality of paner
with coin, and of all existing coins Of the
same denomination with each other invio-
lably preserved. That man is poor student
OF the national welfare who would invite the
gold gamblers to bring their tables to the
centers or American business, that
THIEVES MAY AGAIN FATTEN
on the fluctuations of the money of the Amer
lean people Without disparaging any Re-
publican leader, we justified in the con-
viction that the troubled interests of trada
and commerce only find q welcome security
In the nomination of a man who was gener-
sly.commended to Garfield, in the letter of
Mr. Blaine, which is at once tribute to
Senator Alison's profound mastery of the
problem of national finance and memorial
OF the friendship which began on the day
they entered the house of representatives to-
gether, and ended only in the valley of the
shadow of death. For months the mainte-
nance Of specie payments has been difHcult.
not by any fear OF our own people that our
paper money is not good, that is to say, will
not be paid on demand, but by a long-stand-
ing shortage in the treasury, coupled with in
dustrial conditions that have induced steady
drainage Of gold out of the country in addi-
tion to Its usual movement, to pay for goods
and merchandise bought abroad and no longer
fully paid by the sum total current of our sx-
ports. The way out of our misfortunes lies
in giving back to our worxingmen of the
United States the opportunity to do the work
of the American people. The Democratic
remedy entirely ignores the sources of the
trouble. 1t proposes to keep borrowing
money, exposing the treasury on the one
hand to the approach of those who ask the
profits of taking gold out and leaving 1t