The record-union., 1897-06-24
Their Ideal Of the Leader Who Can Carry
the Party to Victory.
Every Mention of His Name Cheered
in the Convention Hall
The Nebraska Silver Exponent Capa-
bic of Sailing the Old Ship of
Democracy to Triumph, Aided by
an Old-Fashioned Jeffersonian
Democracy.

Democracy.
| DES MONIES 0owa), June 23.-About
], 900 delegates We're present when State
Chairman NJ. F. Healey called the
Democratic State Convention to order
| to-day. The attendance of visitors
was small.
The announcement that eX-CongresS-
man Fred E. White of Keokuk, the
leading candidate for Governor, would
preside as Chairman was greeted with
cheers. A large picture Of w. J. Bry-
an was unveiled at the rear of the
stage. Three cheers were given for
Bryan, and then Mr.. White gave an
address. He said in part.
None but vertable demagogues and
reckless partisans will dissent from the
statement that the conditions through
out our country are not only unsatis-
factory but deplorable; not only deplor-
able but actually alarming, and be-
coming more alarming with the lapse of
each succeeding day. These condi-
tions are sought to be intensified and
made perpetual by a certain class of
people who are the direct pecuniary
beneficiaries. and while comparatively
few in number, are powerful in their
influence.
THE cause of true reform suffers
immensely in the cause of a great
people who rest secure in the hope that
their freedom remains unimDared SO
long as they are not actually sold upon
the block. Let the working classes
once thoroughly comprehend that the
power to fix wages and to determine
prices is the omnipotent power in this
material world-the power that can
most effectually create the autocrat
upon the one hand and the menial upon
the other; that can aff1ict at the same
time with the twofold curse of multi
millionaire and pauper. Once let these
truths penetrate the popular under
standing and the carnival of the thiev-
irg and gambling fraternity would alb
ruptly come to an inglorious end.
Equality in the owning of property
is an ideal condition for which the
Democratic party is not contending.
The equality we demand is the equal
ity of all citizens before the law 1t is
equity, not equality, we plead for. 1t
is justice-impartial justice-we are
battling for. We freely concede the
natural superiority of some men over
others, but we never concede that
Rockefeller's brain is $1,000 times big
gel or 2S,000 times more active than
other peoples brains.
Not content with controlling the
coal fields, the ore deposits, the oil
fields, the timber supplies, the pro-
vision market, the labor market the
transportation lines. the telegraph and
telephone, to say nothing of the illimit-
able value of municipal franchises not
satisfied with owning the executive the
judiciary, Congress and most of the
State Legislatures, and the entire met
ropolitan press these multi -millionaires
have determined to possess themselves
of the vast additional power of con-
trolling the peoples finances. Should
they succeed they will have completed
their ownership of the last thing upon
earth. They will own the people them
selves. The odious relationship of
master and slave will then have been es-
tablished without the physical presence
of the auction block. The programme
is to utterly destroy the use of silver for
primary money-to make it artificially
SCdICe, 50 DIS W llldlh tHe price OI ldDOI
and it's products down, down, and to
legislate the value of the gold dollar up
UP.
But the old ship that has sailed
upon so many turbulent waters, that
has been whirled and twisted in so
many furious eddieS; that has trium-
phantly outridden all the storms of
every century. is still af1oat. This his
toric craft, under the temporary COM
mand of a treacherous captain, was re-
Gently anchored in the mudholes of the
Republican landing places. But the
pa triotic crew refused to remain or
obey. They unceremoniously threw the
captain overheard, thoroughly reno
waited the old ship, readjusted her ma
chinery and installed a new captain.
He Immediately weighed anchor, quit
the foul waters of Republican ports,
and to-day William ]. Bryan is navi-
eating the proud craft upon the blue
waters of the high sea, not according
to the rules formulated in Wall street
but with the aid of an o1d-fashioned
Jeffersonian compass.
Behold the old ship! How proudly
how magnifcently. she rides, headed
for the deep. clear waters of a true
Democratic harbor. Salute her as she
passes. not with the coarse belchings
of a barbarous cannonade, but with
the ringing cheers of the patriotic null
titude, Throw to her the kisses of
your souls affection, bless her with
your benedictions, and in troublous
time defend her with manly devo-
tion!"
A Committee on Resolutions was ap-
pointed, a majority of whom favor the
incorporation of a plank favoring the
Temple amendment" prohibiting rail-
road companies from avoiding by con-
tract their liability for damages to en-
ployes.
Bryan's picture and every mention of
his name brought out tremendous ap-
plause, though the attendance was
smaller than usual.
The State Central Committee created
a Conference Committee to meet COM
rnittees of the Populists and Free Sill
yer Republican Conventions on the
ticket and other things.
POPULISTS WILL NOT FUSE.
DES MONIES Qa), June 23-The
middle-of -the-road Populists will not
agree to fusion. The convention to-day
had a lengthy wrangle over the basis
of representa- alton A W. c. Weeks led
the middle Of the-road contingent, de-