The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-17
Iowa Democrats Hold
Their State Conven-
ton at Des Moines.
CHICAGO PLATFORM ENDORSED
Bryan Named for President
In the Plat
form.

Des Moines, Ia, Aug. 1.-THE demo-
cratic state convention today nominated
this ticket: Governor, Fred E. White;
lieutenant governor, M. L. Bevis; judge
supreme court, A. Van Wagenen; rail-
way commissioner, w. H. Calhoun;
superintendent Of public instruction, B.
p Hoist.
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
it's entirety.
Cato Sells could have been nominated
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
Shaw who is the republican candidate
again. The convention was very turbu-
| lent throughout and the business was
transacted with difficulty but the re-
suits are satisfactory to the silver ele-
| ment which was in control. 1t Is not
probable, however, that the SOUND
money element will make an attempt to
maintain a seoarate organization this
year.
The platform after endorsing the
| Chicago platform, lin the whole and in
detail, expresses admiration for the 10y
atty to William j. Bryan and favors him
for the nomination in 1900. The platform
continues:
I'VE rejoice in the exalted sentiment
and motive that prompted the govern
ment of the United States to take ur
arms in defense of the bitterly Cypress.
| ed people Of Cuba and in the final ter.
mination of the war with Spain, the
patriotism and the unsurpassed bravery
displayed by our soldiers and sailors or
land and sea. War for liberation of the
| tyranny-cursed island was worthy O.
the greatest republic and the most civ.
ilized nation that has fiourished in the
| tides of time, but for the same reason
we glory in the successful war agains
| Spain, we deprecate and condemn wal
| against the F1lipinos. One war was fol
emancipation of a people, the other fo
| the subjugation of a people, and if wal
| against Spain was right, and it was
| that against the natives of the Philip
pines, who have committed no offenst
save to love liberty, and to be willing tt
fight and die for it, Is wrong.
1--WE view with alarm multiplication
| of those combinations of capital com
| monty known as trusts tnaT are cOncen
trating and monopolizing industry
crushing out independent producers d
limited means, destroying competition
restricting opportunities for labor. arti
| ficially limiting production and raising
prices and creating an industrial con.
dition different from state socialism
only in the respect that under social.
ism, benefits of production would go tt
| all, while under the trust system they
go to increase private fortunes. We con.
denim this policy, and it is our solemn
conviction that the trl SITS must be de.
stroyed or they will destroy free gov
eminent and we demand that they be
suppressed by repeal of the protective
tariff and other privilege comforting
legislation responsible for them, by the
| enactment of such legislation, state and
| national as will aid in their destruc-
ton"