The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-17
BRYAN AND Sill YER
|OWA'S KEY NOTE
Chicago Platform Endorsed
in Its Entirety.
ALL TRUSTS CONDEMNED
DECLARATION AGAINST THE
PHILIPPINE WAR.
FRED {. WHITE NAMED FOR GOVERNOR
Populists Meet and Endorse The Democratic
Ticket and Pass Resolutions in Line
With Those Passed by the
Democratic Convention.

Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 16.-The
Democratic State Convention today
nominated the following ticket:
Governor-Fred E. White, of Keokuk
county.
Lieutenant Governor-M. l.. Bevis,
Montgomery county.
Judge Supreme Court-A. Van Wag-
enen, Woodbury. county.
Railway COMMISSIONER. III. Calhoun,
Marshall county.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
B. p. Hoist, Boone county.
The Populist State Convention also
met and endorsed the above ticket. All
the nominees are Democrats except Cal
houn, who was the Populist candidate.
The Chicago platform was endorsed in
its entirety.
Cato Sells could have been named for
Governor, but was not acceptable to
the Populists and withdrew, throwing
his strength to White. Fred e. White
was the candidate on the Fusion ticket
two years ago, being defeated by Gov
ernor Shaw, who is the Republican cam
didate again.
The convention was very turbulent
throughout, and the business was trans
satisfactory to the radical silver ele-
ment, which was in control. 1t is not
probable, however, that the sound money
element will make an attempt to main
tain separate organization this year.
The platform after endorsing the Chi
cago platform, lin the whole and in the
detail" expresses admiration for and
loyalty to w. J. Bryan, and favors him
for the nomination in 1900. The plat
form continues:
I'VE rejoice in the exalted sentiment
motive that prompted the Government
of the United States to take up arms in
defense of the bitterly oppressed people
of Cuba. But for the same reason we
glory in the successful war against
Spain, we deprecate and condemn the
war against the Filipinos. We condemn
the war against the Filipinos, believing
it to have been inspired by Great Britain
for the purpose of producing conditions
that will force an Anglo-American sAlli-
anee, and we not only protest against
the war and demand its termination by
extension to the Filipinos of the same
assurance given to the Cubans, but we
record our deep-seated antagonism to an
alliance with Great Britain or any Eu-
ropean power.
Eve view with alarm the multiplied
ton of those combinations of capital,
commonly known as trusts that are con-
centrating and monopolizing industry,
crushing out independent producers of
limited means, and creating an industrial
condition different from State socialisnl
only in the respect that under socialism,
benefits of production would go to all,
while under the trust system they go to
increase private fortunes. We demand
that they be suppressed by repeal of the
protective tariff and other priyilege-con-
ferring legislation responsible for them,
by the enactment of such legislation,
State and National as will aid in their
destruction.
The platform concludes with denuncia-
tion of letting convict labor by contract,
urges careful study Of the existing
liquor laws and condemns the adminis-
tration of Leslie M. Shaw and the Re-
publican party in Iowa.
The Populist party resolutions are
similar.