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spirit of the Democratic party lies in
the masses. (Applause.) And from
this time forward / want the mass OF
the Democratic party to take it's des-
| TIMES into their own hands. and if
they do, assure you that the Demo-
cratic party will march on to certain
victory" (Applause)
The Committee on Resolutions then
reported. Judge French of Scott coun-
ty presented the minority report and
made an impassloned speech in its
favor. \ stormy scene followed, and
for half an hour the factions howled
themselves hoarse. The majority re-
port was then adopted by acclama-
ton. In part, it is as follows:
'The Democratic party of Iowa, in
convention assembled, hereby re-
affirms its allegiance to the time
honored Democratic doctrine of BIZ
metallism, to the use of both gold and
silver as primary money and the coin
age of both at a ratio without change
of limit.
"We hold the uses of both gold and
silver as the standard money of the
country and to the coinage of both
gold and silver without discrimination
against either metal or charge for
mintage.
"In the Judgment of this conven-
ton, the explicit pledge of the nation
al Democratic party, if fairly and
honorably kept, requires the constant
effort of every loyal Democrat to ac-
complish the repeal of all laws here
tofore enacted through the instru-
mentality of the Republican party
which do, in letter and spirit alike,
discriminate against silver in favor of
gold, and the substitution thereof of
affirmative legislation which shall up
on some terms or other restore silver
to equal rights with gold in the mints
and the coinage of the country.
"We hereby affirm as deliberate
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 vio-
lation 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 ex
punging from the statutes of the Re-
public.
eve therefore favor the immediate
repeal of all laws by which silver was
and demand its unquali-
fed restoration to the right of free
and unlimited coinage in the mints of
the United States as money of final
redemption at the old ratio of 16 to 1.
eve recognize the fact that upon
this question the country has reached
a crisis that can be no longer evaded
nor postponed. We know that the
result of the conflict must be a return
to the money of the Constitution or
the substitution therefor for all time
to come of standard of values born |
of British aristocratic greed, that |
doubles the purchasing power of
money, and in behalf of the toiling
millions of this Republic we welcome
the conflict and pledge the Democrat
ic party of Iowa to stand by the Con-
stitution, to defend the right, to beat
back with all its strength every Won
derful aggression of the money power
of the Old and New World alike and
to aid, to the utmost limit of its abil-
lty, in restoring to ourselves and our
party the sacred heritage of the finan-
cial system bequeathed to the Ameri-
can people by the fathers of the
American Republic and which was
equally fair and just to all citizens.
And in this effort we cordially invite
he cooperation of all good citizens,
without reference to political affilia-
ions in the past"
Another wrangle followed on a mo-
ion to approve the choice of district
'aucuses for district delegates, but the
notion carried unanimously and the
adjourned.
"Reposlng full faith and confidence
n the Democracy, patriotism and
Utility of Horace Boies, formerly
Governor of the State of Iowa, we
hereby declare it to be the bounded
iuty of every patriot in Iowa, with
'ut regard to former party affiliations,
o use all honorable means to secure
lis nomination at the Democratic Ma
ional Convention for the high and re-
ponsible Office of President of the
United States, to the end that the
principles of Jeffersonian doctrine be
preserved and promoted, and liberty
md prosperity be restored to the
,reat body of the people, and the del
gates to the convention are express
y authorized and instructed to place
lis name in nomination at Chicago"
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