The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-17
STATE TICKET N IOWA
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION REAF-
FIRMED KANSAS CITY PLAT
FORM AT CEDAR RAPIDS
A PLANK ON IMPERIALISM
Americans Urged
to Oppose Republican Admins
trRtiOn-FuII State Ticket
Nominated.

CEDAR RAPIDS, To-, Aug. 16.-Heavy
rain this morning did not dampen the en-
| thusiasm of the delegates and visitors to
the Democratic state convention. Since
the meeting of the state central commit
| tee last night there has been no change
! in the unofficial slate. The district eau
| Gus was held this morning and electors
| selected
The Fifth district caucus was interest
! ing owing to a contest between the friends
| Of Eibock and Rowans for elector at
large. Cato Sells said the former was
needed to influence the German vote, and
should be welcomed back to the party
Eibock was Endorsed.
The convention was called to order by
State Chairman Huffman, who introduced
the temporary chairman, John d. Deni-
son, of Clarion. Mr.. Denison said in
part:
1.-The issue Of the republic or an empire
Is the overlapping issue of the cam
paign. Minor questions of national pol
tiles may come and go. Factions may
form and fade. Secondary issues may ut
times demand and receive the attention
Of the electorate, but when the Ideals Of
century are questioned, when the prtnci-
pies of the founders Of the government
are doubted, when a sordid commercial
ism, shameless in it's lust of gain, seizes the
power of government, and with impious
hands dares to polute the sacred fnstru-
ments of the republic, factions are silent,
minor differences are forgotten, and the
voices of discord are hushed. In such
time as that, men who love country and
not party, who prize the true and not the
fallacious, and believe in the merit Of
manhood and not the glimmer of gold,
who believe that what we want Is not
more men in the Philippines, but more
man in the White house. stand square and
firm, unmoVed by threat of force or fear
of power.
I'm this generation, when the evils OF
the old times are added unto the evils Of
the new times, when the minions of mer-
cenary commercialism threaten to grasp
the substance of power, when a once
great party, In the hands of faithless
leaders, attempts to assign the peoples
rights in trust Of an oligarchy of wealth;
when q horde of vampire combinations
feed and fatten upon the necessities OF
the people; when blasphemous leaders
masquerade under the mantle Of the Man
of Galilee, concealing beneath the robe
of righteousness the sword of slaughter;
when a new school of politicians attempts
to annul the declaration and make the
constitution but charter of trade when
the ensign that has stood for freedom
from the days of George III. down to the
days of McKinley-when this ensign IS
made the symbol of subsection, the pen
nant of polygamy and the flag of force;
the times demand man, and again De-
mocracy, that furnished Jefferson, that
provided a jackson, that produced a Lin
coin, comes forward with man. Out of
the West he comes, a leader as firm
old William the Silent, as pure as the
white plume of Henry of Navarro, as just
as the elder Brutus and as vtrtuous as the
younger, and his name is Bryan, of Me-
braska."
The report of the committee on resolu-
lions was read by Cato Sells, and adopt
ed amid much enthusiasm It was as
follows:
1.-The Democracy of Iowa in convention
assembled, approves and reaffirms the ma
tional Democratic platform adopted at
Kansas City on the 9Th day OF July, 1900.
I'VE extend greetings to those dis
tinguished and patriotic Americans, Will
liam j. Bryan and Adla1 e. Stevenson,
and pledge them our loyal support in the
impending contest for the preservation Of
the republic.
"As a phase Of the trust question bear
ing disastrously on manufacturing inter-
ests in Iowa and other agricultural
combination Of manufacturing trusts and
railway trusts has resulted IN closing
many factories. Many plants in Iowa now
stand idle because they have each been
driven out of business by unfair COM
petition or have been bought by the
trusts and closed down. We demand the
enactment and enforcement of stringent
laws both state and national, to control
all trusts
1--WE deprecate the growing power and
influence OF railways in state politics,
and the subserVency of the executive
council, railroad commissioners, and even
the governor himself, to railway dicta-
ton. We demand that railway rates and
taxation, as we'll as legislation affecting
railways, shall be fixed for the benefit
of the whole people without improper in
reference from special interests.
1--WE condemn the subterfuge Of the
mulct and pharmacy act, by which the
Republican party has returned the
saloon to Iowa, while still maintaining
a farce prohibition. The Democratic
party believes in a majority rule and
favors the honest and open policy of
local control with stringent reins.
1--WE condemn the Republican party for
passing the anti-fuslon law and for con-
stantly changing other election laws
with a view to confusing the voter and
defeating the will of the electorate.
1--WE earnestly urge all citizens who
love liberty and oppose imperialism and
the 1HlperIdIStlc Pollcy oA the lNoP0oAA-
can party to rally to the support of our
standard bearers in this presidential cam
paign."
All nominations were made by accla-
nation, except for electors-at-large.
The ticket nominated follows:
Secretary of States. G. Crane, Of Polk
county.
Auditor--I NJ. Gibson. of Delaware
county.
Attorney Generate Harper, Des
Moines.
Judge Supreme Court. W. Freeland,
Wayne county.
Railroad COMMISSIONER. E. Ander-
| son, Winnebago county
Electors at-large-Joseph Eibock, Polk
county, and c. H. Maekey, Keokuk
| county.
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