Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-21
The Democratic State Ticket
Headed by S. B. Crane,
of Des Moines.
EOTHER NOMINATIONS
Full Ticket Is Placed in the Field
Resolutions Condemn Governor
Shaw and Endorse Bryan-Story Of
the Convention.

Secretary of States. B. Crane, of
Perry.
Auditor of state-I. M. Gibson, of
delaware county.
Treasurer of state-H. L. Williams,
of O'Brien county.
Attorney General-Senator T. G.
Harper, of Des Moines county.
Judge Supreme Court. w. Free.
land, of Wayne county.
Railroad Commissioners. &. An
derson, of Winnebago county.
Electcrs-at-Large-J Eiboeck,
of Polk county; Col. c. II. Mackey, OF
keokuk county.
Iowa democracy certainly has bit
ter pill to swallow at this falls cleo
ton. With free silver crammed down
the threats of Iowa democrats, nine
tenths of whom were in favor of leay-
ing a specific declaration of sixteen
to one out of the platform, the dose is
supplemented by the action OF the
state convention at Cedar Rapids yes
terday in placing a rank populist to
head the state ticket. With these two
evils confronting them, there is but
little wonder that democrats all over
the state are disgruntled and Will
not support the ticket this fall. The
only ray of light that penetrates their
political gloom is the hopefulness of
the party's leaders in their united eff
forts to impress the rank and file with
Bryan's ability to defeat Mckinley
this fall. This is being so thoroly
drilled into the democrats of the ma
ton by their party leaders, fair sam
pie of the drilling process used being
the sanguinary statement of Secre-
tary Charles A. Walsh, as given to me
at Cedar Rapids yesterday and pub
lished in the Courier, that it was no.
ticed among the delegates that they
are becoming sanguine of party vic
tory and for that reason are willing to
Swallow anything.
With S. B. Crane, of Perry, for sec
rotary of state, the democratic ticket
| is headed by the most prominent and
outspoken populist in the state, who
is also chairman of the populist state
central committee. Mr.. Crane is one
of those populists who does not hest
tate to say that they are democrats
by principle, while the democrats in
the party are democrats because they
are branded as such. He claims that
the only reason the pops are with the
democrats is because the democrats
have come over to their principles, and
for the sake of the principles they
have changed their party's name and
accepted that of democrat"
No democrat who was at the Kansas
City convention will deny the fact that
eight out of ten of the delegates and
party leaders present were against a
specific silver plank in the platform
Until ]. S. Murphy, of Dubuque, arriv.
ed at Kansas City, it was agreed and
conceded that Iowa democracy was
almost a unit against sixteen to one
Mr.. Murphy changed matters and to
his credit be it said that he was largely
instrumental iii swinging the Iowa
crowd around, and with the assistance
of Cato sells, who turned to free silver
at the last moment and against every
thing he had heretofore declared, sue
ceeded in getting himself named as
Iowa member of the resolutions com
mittee. When Mr.. Murphy arrived in
Cedar Rapids he found that the slate
made up contained the name of Jos
eph Eiboeck, editor of the Stats
Zeitung, of Des Moines, the leading
Iowa German paper. for electoral
large, and he Immediately began his
old bullying tactics in resolve to de
feat Mr.. Eiboeck because four years
ago Eiboeck was against free silver
But at Cedar Rapids the Iowa demo
Gratis We're not buclling the nation
. and the party leader, VIM. j. Bryan
and they administered a drubbing tt
Mr.. Murphy that he will not forget il
few days. They not only placed Mr.
Eiboeck in nomination, but some O.
the leading democrats of the state
spoke for him, and he received the
overwhelming vote of 901 for the of
fee. So complete was Mr.. Murphy.
rundown that he did not even rise tx
the floor of the convention to oppose
: Mr.. Eiboeck This rebuke of Mr.. Muir
ply certainly shows that Iowa demo
Gratis are not reconciled to swallowing
!. sixteen to one whole, without grim
{ ace.
The afternoon session was marked
by several rather interesting episodes
) After the permanent organization
: committee had reported that ther'
: would be no call of counties for candi
; dates, but nominating speeches of fiv,
minutes duration would be allowed t.
| be made from the platform, and Per
: manent Chairman O'Connell had fin
: ished his speech, it was past thre
| o'clock. Then the resolutions commit
tee reported the following resolutions
which were unanimously adopted:
The Platform.
i The Democracy Of Iowa, in CONVEX
t ton assembled, approves and II
r afirms the national Democratic plat
form adopted at Kansas City on Jul