Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20
TIE NM REprnLDcANS-

The republicans Of Iowa are TO be
an exceptionally strong state ticket
When the convention met. with seven
candidates for the gubernatorial nomi-
nation, q prolonged contest seemed to
be inevitable, with the possibility Of
more or less discord and disaffcction.
1t was the hope of the political oppo-
sition that such would be the case The
convention. however. was harmonious as
well as enthusiastic and but three for
NAL ballots were necessary to select the
candidate for governor. The other can
didates were nominated without much
contest.
The new leader Of tho HawkcyC re-
publicans Leslie NJ. shaw, has not hith-
crto been prominent in politics, but he
Is a man of fine abiity-a lawyer by
profession and also banker. He took
an active part In last years campaign
and his speeches on the money question
were among the ablrst and strongest
cxpostions of sound money views that
were heard in Iowa. He is an eloquent
speaker and his rcpublicaniSm, which as
he stated in accepting the nomination
was implanted in him when boy in
Vermont, Is Of the most earnest kind.
Undoubtedly Mr.. Shaw will make Il
spirited and aggressive campaign and
as the money question is to again be
made the paramount issue, no man in
.tn to al, ,i,,,
the cause of sound money. The other
candidates are men of capacity and
character.
The platform Is sound in every plank.
1t properly begins by commencing the
national administration and proceeds to
reattirm the principles cnuncatcd in the
last national platform. Protection, hon
est money, economy in public eXpendi-
lures, are the more important demands
of the Iowa republican platform. 1t
also speaks for restraint upon the power
of combination. 1t is n platform that
republicans everywhere can unquali-
iicdly commend.
With so good a ticket and cause
which appeals to the intelligence and in
tcgrity of the voters, the republicans
of Iowa should achieve this year one
OF the greatest Victories in the history
of the state. 1t must be impossible,
with existing conditions, for the political
clements fused in the cause of currency
dCbasemcnt to secure this year anything
like the support for that cause it re-
1np
very large number of the farmers who
last year accepted the free silver doe
trine are now convinced of its fallacy
and can see on what dangerous ground
they then stood. They know that one
of the chief arguments--indeed the car
dinal argument-of the free silver advo-
Gates has been entirely swept Tway by
the parting in price of wheat and silver
and with this prop of the free silver
cause knocked from under it little re-
mains save what appeals to dishonesty
There is no defense to be made of frye
silver on practical 80. So, s.o;,,,d o,,o,,,;a
,,rourds. .syr OF SOUND economic
4vn3i KS. Ihe only thing to be said for
1t is that it would enable debtors to pay
their ueDlS III Il cheaper mOney-ln otnel
words to repudiatc part of their obli-
cations. AS to protection, a majority
of the voters of Iowa have always IA
vored that policy and there is no reason
to suppose that they are not satisfied
with the new tariff law, which will GER
tainly be beneficial to the manufacture
ing industries of that state and thus
| increase the home demand for agricul-
| tural products.
The only things the republicans of
| Iowa have to fear are apathy and over
| confidence among themselves. If all re
publicans will work heartily in the cam
paign and vote on election day the party
will win IL victory that will have a far
| reaching influence