Evening star., 1896-07-10

II am authorized of the democracy of
Iowa to present to this convention, for the
nomination to the high office of President,
the name of Horace Boies of our state. I
want to assure this convention in advance
that this is not a result of any question of
mere local pride, nor is it the result Of any
consideration of the question of mere
availability. We ask you to nominate the
candidate of our choice upon far broader
grounds, upon the broad ground that
Horace Boies Is emphaticalIy a broad man.
Those of us who know him best, do not
hesitate either here or elsewhere to de-
clare with all the confidence that thor
ough knowledge of the truth can inspire
that he is man of the stanchest char
acter possessing a powerful personality
and equipped with a combination of mental
quantities that will make him. if elected, an
ideal executive Knowing as we all do
that the political situation of the country
IS a grave and ominous one, this conven-
uoh must not ignore nor evade the re-
spoasibility this situation creates, which is
10 give to the American people candidate
the mention of whose name, wherever
known. will carry with it an overwhelming
strength and stand in case Of election and
an unqualified guarantee for the entire
safety i'll the management of all public af-
fairs, the just settlement of every pressing
question and the speedy Inauguration OF a
vigorous reign of exact justice.
Not Sensational Man.
Neither in formulating policy in
the execution of the same, nor yet in pre-
senting an argument upon the merits OF
dement's of any public question, has Gov.
Boies ever striven in the least degree 10
create sensation, to his everlasting honor
II must be said that in the dong of these
things he has never failed to make deep
impression. This is the ideal test by which
the capacity of public man should be
Judged, this is the highest standard by
Wnlcn statesman's reliability and use
1uliess should be ascertained and deter
mined. If you select Gov Roies as your
candidate. and the people ratify your de-
clslon IN November, We can promise YOU
no pyrotechnical display from the White
House during his administration. there will
be no rockets sent up the explosion of
which Will frighten the timorous or furnish
q subject for foolish talk for the super-
ficlaL There will be no sensational per
TO- MIoEniances upon the political trapeZe at the
executive Mansion while Horace Boies Is
It's occupant: he Will write YOU no startling
messages upon excitable public topics; we
promise you none of these performances
put L VIII tell you what We can and do
promise Eou and that is the inauguration
ana 1aithful execution of policy that will
commend Itself to every philosophic mind
anu De app!auded by every sincere patriot
q poiicy ,hat VIII be characterized through
out py the lnvigorating course of hard
common sense and be all agloW with the
everlasting sunshine of noble Intention.
Poncy the primary object of which will lie
,,.s. ea'ioh oi opportunities for the
unnatural increase of the already exces
SiVe fortunes of an avaricious class hut
'He strict maintenance of the natural ana
right of every citizen: care
iunS including that great body of our nonn
lation, the laboring class the nson1 ~, -
produce our national wealth, who neveT
ire OF their devotion to the Constitutio,,
VINO never desert their country's cause AT
- s.ase of any peril who are always
r tfue and steadfast. even in the very midst
OF an oVerw helming crisis who furnish Tho
Noiinteer soldiers and sailors in time of
"a "a' ahu earn the wherew.th to paw the
VINO are the very mainstay of free govern
mem, 70 secure to these a larger share cf
!he iFult or their labor; to secure to then,
~ rr, ruai Justice viii be one of the cardi-
haI PRINCIPLES fully developed I'm the noIicv
OF the Boies administra tion.
10 secure to him who earns a dollar
M tne dollar he earns is task that will he
tbs. Gusiy exacted OF the craftsmanship of
.nS i''ure- That type of statesmanship
winch SO persistently and successfuliy
ptotted 10 pilfer fIcm the Industrious thai
tIn me lnle may thrive will he given it's death
dow next November, IL you men here are
wise in your counsels and nro,.id. ~ are az
por rtuhisy 10 the people to strike the blow
Horace Boiex' Career,
Horace Boies was born in New yorL
state, and came to Iowa in mis- early man
mood He came not an adventurer. but
with the fixed purpose of building nm .
permanent home. which he did at the
town Of Waterloo, voluntarily and reso-
lu'eiy lncurring all the inconveniences of
frontier life. The result Is that in his
mature years the people of his state have
loaaea MIN down with the richest honors
ana reward IN their power to bestow and
ne Is today an inseparable factor in a cor
spicuous part in the phenomenal history of
our state Let me beg Of this convention
tory. ~
AS to the question of Iowa being a great
state concerning the capacity Of her soil
TO produce uniformly abundant crops.
viii not deal. 1t is enough to say that tba
diplomas awarded to Iowa by the NAV
agement of the Columbian exposition are
the official declaration which secures to ms
what had been before conceded by all. VIZ:
The crowning glory of standing at tho
head of the long column of agricui,uraI
states OF this nation. Neither drouth nor
Hood has ever been powerful enough in
iowa 20 constitute what in other localities
was a natural calamity l have raisej
nifty bushels of solid corn Der acre NOV
which not one drop of rain fell from The
time II came up until the ear was fully
grown. There is, perhaps, not another
spot in this wide world where such a thing
was possible " iis
But while we are easily supreme in the
cornheld, our democrats have a hard row
TO- TO noe noe IN politics. The torments inflicted
by the seven plaques of Egypt must have
been solid chunk of comfort COMPARED
TO the treatment accorded Iowa democrata
by the sixty, seventy and eighty thousand
uninterrupted republican majority which
FOR more than a generation deliehted In
making an annual picnic out of the election
day. and just for the fun of the thing
trampled the Iowa democracy into the verv
earth. This huge army Of republican voters
was dominated by the spirit of the inexnl;.
cable fanaticism. and the more we com
bated this spirit the fiercer it grew. Maj.
urally democrats became disheartened and
scarce. When this republican recklessness
was nearing the eliminating point and
through sumptuary legislation every guar
an;ee of personal liberty was endangered
when acts which throughout the civilized
world are regarded as natural and treated
as lawful We're in Iowa defined as crimes
and compared to capital offenses
w hen the constitutional protection of
trial by jury, which for centuries had hem
esteemed the very climax Of all the pIorr
OF Anglo-Saxon civilization, when this u,a
about to be eliminated from our iudjc;ai
system, and the cold. barbarous system nf
Russia was about to be substituted-;n
fact, when the whole machinery of our
local government, the greatest of ali dem.
ocratic principles, the principle of home
rule, was about to be swept out of exist-
ence: when every lover of freedom was On
the point of despairng; when there was no
democratic leader anywhere in sight w;se
and bold enough to face the crisis there