The McCook tribune., 1897-08-27
THE STATE CONVENTION
NAMES THE TICKET.
Charles A. Lloyd of Muscatine County
Chosen as the Standard Bearer-L.
ID. Perkins Will Make the Race
for Lieutenant Governor
Text of the Platform
For the Center OF the Road.

Iowa City, temporary chairman, ad-
dressed the convention in part rs
follows: "Thc present condition Of
society, where few take all that the
many produce, Is the direct out
growth of the competitive system.
1t is useless to apply palliative
methods to this condition Heroic
treatm ent is demanded. Nothing short
of the absolute destruction of the com
petitive system as applied to those
things which are in themselves essen
TALLY public utilities or public neeessi.
ties will relieve society from the load
under which it is at present strug-
Cling. The competitive system is at
variance with the laws of God. the
tenets of Christianity and that very
liberty which we hold sacred above
all things else, and no reform party, L
care not by whom championed or how
aggressive may be its campaign, can
ever succeed in holding the suffrages
of the people unless it recognizes this
fact
The speaker denounced the fusion
y
constituted and declared that Bryan
was not now the Democratic party, as
he was practically in 1896. He closed:
when the absorbing power of capi-
tai is constantly increasing no tempo
rary revival in business can change
the certain and fixed result. 1t is the
capitalistic system which must go,
I>;c 70.
change this system the Chicago Demo
cratic platform offers not one thing.
Its one cureall is the free coinage of
silver. The free coinage of silver
will increase the volume of money and
raise prices, but will destroy no trusts,
no monopolies, will in nowise deprive
corporations of their enormous ab-
sorbing powers; in fact, could they
but realize it, it would increase them.
Free silver will destroy the power OF
no railroad king, nor will it in any de-
gree lessen the burdensome tax which
our railroad management has placed
on commerce. Free silver will not de-
prive a single land baron of his stolen
public domain. No party can ever sue
ceed upon the single silver issue, for
its inldequacy to relieve society of its
stricken condition is apparent. Deeper
and more far-reaching must be the
reform, the banner of which will
gather to it the countless numbers
Of the oppressed. Never again
shall we consent to COMP lromise with
plutocracy, and from the dark night
of the present system of consuming
greed, of aggregated wealth and of
cruel injustice. we will turn to the
dawn of a brighter day, when the
commonwealth of the people
For Charles A. Lloyd of Musca-
tine county.
For Lieutenant-Governor- l.. Perkins of
Lyons.
For Judge'Suprcme Court. \. Lonburg
Of WapellO.
For Superintendent of Instruction
Rlain of Marion.
For Railroad Commissioner. II. Griffith
Of Lee.
Adjournment was taken until after
noon. Senator PETER addressed the
convention. saying in part:
IF recent discoveries of free gold
mines should be as valuable as present
appearances indicate. the silver ques-
from republican discussions. except,
perhaps, as to those persons whose in
dividual interests are at stake. Silver
republicans want more metallic money
and they would probably be satisfied
with gold if there was enough of it.
1T is proposed that the pooulist
party shall do two things-limit the
range of our discussions to the silver
l. ,,al, 6 h.,
ally ourselves with the democratic
party.
These are the propositions on which
we are divided.
Il am opposed to both of them.
10 not wish to see the peoples. party
merged into any other existing organi-
zation. l would be willing to, abide
by the conclusions of Il national con-
ference of delegated duly appointed
and accredited. fairly representing all
the elements among voters who are
opposed to the present gold standard,
high tariff regime. But until that can
be accomplished the populist party is
good enough for me.
The alliance with the democratic
party in 1896 was only for. the cam
paign. Now. though we may not be
1ulUe ourselves again ana IN our rlgnt |
mind. we are free to determine our
affairs in our own way as a party and |
as individual men
The platform adopted reafffrns the |
st. Louis and Omaha platforms: de- |
clares for direct legislation; for a suf- |
icient amount of sound and flexible |
for the issuance of money to |
state, county. township and municipal |
governments. the principal to be paid |
oack to the government at two per !
cent per annum without interest: the |
said money to be a full legal tender |
The Temple amendment is indorSed, |
The reduction o. freight. passenger |
and express rates. and salaries of |
public officers is demanded and the /
deduction of mortgage Indebtedness |
rom assessed valuation is urged