Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-17

the office of governor on the democrat
ic ticket. While all democrats admit
that there is not the slightest chance
for the election of their ticket this fall
many were of the opinion that the
candidacy of Cato Sells would have
united the many factions of the party
and thrown off the yoke. of populism
which has worn deep ridges into the
necks of the party leaders. But. as
has been stated above, it was lust such
"A convention as might be expected
from the democratic party. There was
no evidence of harmony, and the dele
gates did not seem to care what be-
came of the party, or its principles.
Ihey could not be brought to their
senses, even after months of hard
work by the party leaders, and the res
suit is the nomination of Fred White,
whose very name makes two-thirds of
the democrats of the sixth district
turn away diseustcd.
I Cne scene which was not down on
the bills, occurred in the .Sayery house
corridor, shortly before the, afternoon
convention. Several of the prominent
democrats of Wapello. county, hearing
that Sells lad withdrawfi. ana tha,
White was to be nominated, loudly
denounced the latter and made no ef-
fort to disguise their feelings with
regard to his utter inability TO even
having, having 2 { ghost host. ot chance Of hsiax
There was no contention over the re-
mainder of the ticket.
The Resolutions.
l: would be natural TO suppose from
the chaotic condition of the delegates
durn" the early part of the afternoon.
and the determination on the part of
majority to hear the resolutions before
the candidates We're nominated, that
when the resolutions were read they
would be picked to pieces, but in this
there was another surprise. Judge Van
Wagenen. chairman of the committee
on resolutions, read them to the CON
ventlon, first stating that they had
been adopted without dissenting
voice. In the resolutions. both the con-
servatire and free silver elements of
The party claimed partial victory.
The, conservative democrats say they
triumphed because Il special l6 to
plank was not inserted in the platform,
The silver men claim that the endorse
ment of the Chicago platform. "in
whole and in detail" is virtually a
thorough endorsement of is to / and
al. they desire.
The following are the resolutions in
full:
We the democrats OF Iowa. in con-
vention assembled. nnquaiifiedly and
uireservedly endorse the Chicago plat
f,rin oe 1895 in Mi7o!r :rd I'M detail.
and declare our uuwavering fidelity and
adherence 10 the same: and we nro-
claim our aa:G.ii;,t:nn Tor ard loyalty 10
that feerless exponent OF democratic
principles. W. i. Bryan. aud favor his
nomination in 1900.
We rejoice in dfs exalted sentinerl
and motive th,,t pro ntsted ths 4 ossst-s
:.sent Of tha United Sistss TO ID i lle 3 M
sarms3ia defense al. the 1, ,l;5rs ssss
ed people OF CUBA, IN The succes sftilafer-
mination OF the war VITA Spain. aud
sin the patriotic tnd unsurpassed bras-
cry displayed BY our se.disrs on land
ana..sea. The war fog tl.e liberation
of the tyranny cursed ISLAND was
wor.ly the greatest republic and
the best civilization that mas flourish
eG in the tides OF time. But for the
same reason that we glory in the sue
cessful war against Spain we deprecate
and condemn the war against the Eli
i1lros. One war was For he emanci-
patton ef The people; the other for the
subjugatlon of the people; and if the
war against Spain was right-and it
was-that against the natives of the
Philippines, who have committed no
otfense save 10 love liberty and be will
ing to fight and die for it. is wrong
The attempt. unauthorized by con
gress, to conquer the natives of the
Oriental islands is a reputation of
the American doctrine of consent af-
firmed in the Declaration of Independ-
ence and in conflict with the princi-
pies which George Washington and his
fellow patriots of the revolution made
sacrifices to estaD Dlisi3
We also condemn the war against
the Eilipinos, believing it to have been
inspired by Great Britain for the pur-
nose OF producing conditions that will
force an Anglo American alliance. And
we not only protest against the wal
and demand its termination. by extern
sion TO the Filipinos of the same assur-
ance given to the Cubans, but we re-
cord our deep seated antagonism to
an alliance with Great Britain or any
other European power and express our
detestation of the attempts made
in British interest to disrupt the
friendly relations which have uniform-
ly obtained between the United States
and Germany.
We oppose conquest of the Philip
pines because imperialism means mill
tarism, because militarism means
government by force, and because gov
ernment by force means death to gov
ernment by consent, destruction of po-
Utica, and Industrial freedom, the OBJ
liberation Of the equality of rights and
the assassination of democratic insti-
tutions.
VIZ view with alarm the multiplica-
tion of those combinations of capital
commonly known as trusts, that are
concentrating and monopolizing indus
try, crushing out independent produc-
ers of limited means, destroying com
petition, restricting opportunities for
labor, artificially limiting production
and raising prices, and creating an in
dustrial condition different from state
socialism only in the respect that un-
der socialism the benefits of production
would go to.all, while under the trust
system they go to increase the tor-
tunes of these Institutions These