Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-06-23
DES MONIES DOINGS.
Three State Conventions in One Day,
Democrats, Populists, Silver Re-
publicans-Large Attendance
and Anything to Down
Republicans.
To Fuse-Conferen Committees APP
pointed.

Des Moines, June 23.-About 1000
delegates were present when State Chair
man M. f. Healy, of Fort Dodge, called
the Democratic state convention to order
today, but the attendance of visitors was
email The announcement that exCon-
gressman Fred E. White, of Keokuk, lead
ing candidate for governor, would preside
as chairman was Sgreeted with cheers.
Mr.. White in his address said:
"None but veritable demagogues and
| reckless partisans will dissent from the
statement that conditions throughout our
country are not only unsatisfactory but
deplorable, not only deplorable but &C.
tual alarming, and becoming more alarm
ing with the lapse of each succeeding day.
These conditions are sought to be in
tensified and made perpetual by certain
class of people who are direct pecuniary
benefciaries, and, while comparatively
few in number, are powerful in influence.
The cause of true reforms suffers i'm
mensely because a great many PEOPLE
rest secure in the belief that their freedom
remains un,mpaired 80 long as they are
not actually sold upon the block. There
are at the present time many indications
indicating popular awakening.
"Unless we set people down as incurable
idiots, it will be impossible for us to
believe that they will much longer
continue to submit to the almost
wholesale confiscsting of their earnings
and the heartless spoliation of their
political inheritance. Not content with
controlling the coal fields, oil fields, ore
deposits, timber supplies, provision
market, labor market, transportation
lines, telegraph and telephone, to say
nothing of illimitable value in municipal
franchises; not satisfied with owning the
executive, judiciary, congress, and most
state legislatures and the entire metro
politan press, these millionaires
have determined to posses themselves of
vast additional power by controlling
the peoples, Finances. Should they sue
ceedthey will own the people themselves"
A committee on resolutions was
appointed, majority of whom favor an
incorporation plank favoring the
"Tem pie amendment" prohibiting railroad
panies from avoiding by contract
their liability for damages to employees.
THE FREE SILVER REPUBLICANS.
Des Moines, Iowa,--The Free Silver Re-
publican convention openend today with
about $50 delegates present. j. B. Ro-
mans, temporary chairman, arraigned the
Republican party for failure to bring the
prosperity promised during MoKinley's
cam paign, and.predicted victory for the
allied silver forces in Iowa this fall. Com
mittees were appointed, together with
conference committee, to meet with like
committees from the Democrats, the Pop
ulists and opposition forces \
THE PoPuLIsT STATE CONVENTION.
Des Moines, Iowa.-Five hundred dele
gates were present at the Populist state
convention today. 9. A. Holly, temporary
chairman, made an address, favoring the
coinage of silver at 16 to l.. Acommittee
to confer with the Democratic and Free
Silver Republican conventions was named.
The state central committee created
conference committee to meet like COM
mittees from the Populist and free silver
Republican conventions, to confer regard
ing the ticket and other matters.