Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-03-28
OUR CANDIDATE IN 1900
Mr.. Romans Letter.

In q letter to the DeniSon Bulletin
Hon. j. B. Romans, member of the
democratic state committee for the
Eleventh district, denies some of the
printed reports concerning the recent
meeting of the committee in Des
Moines. He declares that the commit
tee did not, as alleged, consider what
ought or ought not to be in the plat
form, and that such discussion of the
ratio as there was, was by outsiders
and not by the committee. And he
also explains why the date of the con-
vention was left to future determine
ton. Mr.. Roman letter is so inter
esting and instructive, and so perme-
ated with true democratic sentiment.
as to merit reproduction in every BIZ
metallist newspaper in Iowa. 1t
reads:
L notice the republican gold bug pa
pers of the state, and especially our
local organs, are printing the same
old lie in regard to the meeting of the
democratic committee by saving that
the, committee discussed the promo
sltion whether we shall drop free sill
yer. There was no discussion Of that
Kind at the meeting and nothing of
the kind suggested or thought of. If
Such proposition should come at all
in the state Of Iowa it would come
from the democratic committeeman
OF the east part of the state. They
came to the meeting enthusiastic for
the Chicago platform and in favor of
every plank in the platform. All are
we'll pleased with the Chicago Mat
form, and instead of discussing the
dropping of any plank in that plat.
form, all were very enthusiastic in
favor OF it. Ii we want to prove the
popularity of the platform we only
have to go back to 1896, when 6.5OO.-
600 men voted for that platform and
for the candidate that stood upon it
more votes than were ever before cast
for a successful candidate, and en-
ough votes so that the changing of
10000 votes would have elected the
champion of free silver, equal rights
to all and special privileges to none.
The opposition to the democratic
platform exists, not in the democratic
party, nor in the committee, but in
the editorial rooms of the gold bug
press of the state of Iowa. Thew are
afraid of the popularity of the Chica-
go platform, and they are afraid also
OF the popularity of the candidate
who stood on the platform and almost
won in the contest of 1896.
1t is scarcely any use to refute these
MEASUREMENTS, because they will
scarcely be refuted until others are
proposed.
Another thing that is not true and
that is, they say the date was left
open in order to consult the popuiists
and free silver republicans. The date
was lett open for no other reason ex-
cept that that it was rumored that the
republicans might change their date
on account OF the converting of the
knights of Pythias on or about the
same date at Des Moines. That, and
no other, was the reason. 1t was well
known by the committee when the
popullst wanted to have the state CON
yentlon, without consulting them.
Ihey had already indicated what
their choice would be as to time. But
inconsistency and untruthfulness of
statement is no new thing with our
gold bug friends
BY the way, before l close this |
want to call your attention to the fact
That they almost go wild when there
Is any trouble in the south and a few
colored citizens get shot and killed.
But IN the same issue of the same pa
per they champion the cause of the
government which in the last sixty or
ninety days has shot and killed more
helpless people of the same color in
the philippines. But perhaps that is
being done Tor the reason that those
poor creatures have been bought from
SPAN at two dollars a head, and to
save missionary money and expense
of converting and christianizine them
II Is cheaper to shoot them. Icannot
see upon what other principle il car
be done. But this is simply FOLLOWING
out the lines of Great Britain. which
this country seems now to be hobnob
bling with-the country that has beer
cruel with all its colonies.
1t happened in the remembrance q
many who are living now, when the
leaders OF the churches, both nortl
and south OF the Mason and Dixor
me, undertook to defend human
slavery, tne most monstrous PROPOSE
tlon tnat could be proposed; and w,
remember that within sixty days, OF
ninety at the longest, these poor crea
Shres whom we are shooting down by
me thousands, were our allies, ane
friends, but when we got thronef
with them as friends and can use then
no longer, we turn our Guns nnor
them and shoot them down.
have already made this letter tot
long. only started to refute the Ii.
that was going the rounds of the ma
pers as to what was said in reeari
TO the doings and purposes of tn,
meeting of the democratic state com
mittee. o WIN
hoping and trusting that the Amer
can people will righte themselves up if
due time, | am, Very truly yours.
j. b. ROMANS.
Mr.. Romans was formerly repub
lican, and he allied himself with tn
democratic party in 1896 because h.
regarded the democratic national plat
form adopted in that year as an EN-
bodiment of the Abraham Lincoln re
publicanism to which he had been de
voted. He is democrat for the sake
OF principle and not for the sake O.
party-by conviction and not for sell
1nterest-and his opinions, anteced
ents and record explain why his let.
ter to the Bulletin has the true JEFF
fersonian ring. Telegraph.
Before the discovery of One Minute
Cough CD1e, ministers were greatly
disturbed by coughing congregations.
NO excuse for 1t now. Lusrs q Lowry