Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-15
SILVER DEMOCRATS.
Iowa Silver Men viii Not Make
Peace With Gold Bugs.
THE CONVENTION MEETS NEXT WEEK
There Will be a Solid SILVER lining to
Everything In sight-Bsshor Will
Probably he The Nominee
for Governor

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Des Moines, Aug. 10.-As safely as
ANYTHING relating to politics. it can be
predicted that the silver democrats of
Iowa will at their state convention
next week scorn the olive branch of
peace, proffered by their sound money
brethren. and once more read out OF
the party everybody who win not ac-
cept the fullest measure of Bryan and
16 to l.
The sound money men have done all
they could. but their advances will not
be met half way. From the actions
thus far taken by county conventions,
and from the expressions of delegates
who have been elected to the state con-
vention. it can safely be ventured THAI
Bryan will be unequivocally endorsed
for the nomination in 1900; that the
Chicago platform will be reiterated,
not i'll perfunctory fashion, but with
ringln" emphasis on the free silver
declarations and finally, that men who
have become known as conservatives
on the currency issue will be given
to distinctly understand that they are
not wanted TO flock with the party.
They must repent in sackcloth and ash
es, and, acknowledging their errors,
'humbly petition to be received back
into fellowship. And when they
have done this. their petitions will be
| taken under consideration.
The Downfall OF Cato Soils.
The development of ultra Bryan and
/ silver sentiment, in the last two or
| three months, has been surprise.
| When the state central committee met
early in the spring and called the con-
vention for Aug. 16 it selected Hon.
Cato Sells, of Ninton, to be temporary
| chairman of the gathering. Mr.. Sells
has always been regarded as conserva-
tive on the money question. But he
| was not of the large class that voted
for Mckinley or Palmer in 1896. On the
other hand he remained Loyalty with
the organization, accepted its platform,
supported the ticket publicly and pri-
vatel and made himself in many ways
| the most conspicuous example of this
class OF party men. He had been
United States attorney for the north
administration, his affiliations were
/ Will tiic souilS lnOuey elciucHt.f Dul
he remained with the party.
So it happened that when the state
committee, controlled by the free silver
4 ties, selected him for chairman, ii was
universally accepted as an olive branch
Immediately the newspapers and the
sound money men generally heralded
forth the news that the free silver peo-
pie were giving up. 1t was declared
that the state committee had been cap
i tured by the sound money section OF
the party and that plans We're laying
for the capture of the convention. Mr..
| Sells began to be talked of for the gu
I,bernatorial nomination. 1t was urged
that with him as a candidate, the plat
form might say what it pleased. me
sound money people would accept him
as the platform.
silver Men show Their II q nd.
The result was what might have been
expected. The uncompromising advo-
Gates of Is to / promptly took up the
challenge. They declared that the state
convention must take the strongest
possible ground on the money question
In order that they should not be mis-
understood. a movement was started
TO have Bryan strongly endorsed for
the next nomination for president
Then S. H. Bashor, OF Waterloo, was
formallv brought out for governor by
the silver element. Mr.. Bashor was
Formerly a minister. He was at one
time the fusion candidate for congress
in the Third district against Col. Hen
derson. He was originally a populist
but always a fusionist, and in 1896
TIL. f,,Il Il
shin. He is a man of good standards
and on the whole will make a very re.
spectacle candidate. If an ultra silver
man is to be named. it would be much
/ easier to worse than better. He is a
good speaker and widely acquainted
in the state. EN-Gov. Boies. fellow
townsman of Mr.. Bushor. came out in
a strong letter for the latter. endorsing
1 him as quite the ideal candidate for
this year.
The action of the Polk county demo-
cratic convention on Saturday is con
sidered to settle that Sells cannot be
the nominee for governor.
No Contests for Nominations.
The convention will be held here
Aug. 16. in the new auditorium. From
all parts of he state come reports which
leave no doubt that it will be well at.
tended. There is no contest for any
of the nominations. Indeed. Mr.. Bash
or seems to be the only man willing
to admit that he would like nominn-
ton. Mr. Sells has never said that he
would accept if nominated. He has
simply assured inqnirers that he did
not want to make the race; he didn't
believe there was any chance to be
elected, and he didn't want to take the
time. He positively would not con
slider accepting the nomination unless
it be offered to him unanimously. This
is now proved to be out OF the ques.
ton.