Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-08-28
DEMOCRATS OF IOWA
STATE CONVENTION HELD mi
DIES MONIES AUDITORIUM.

Phillips OF Ottum wa Nominated for
Governor on Second Bailot-yictory
for Silver in Rca Affirmation of Kansas
City Platform-sharon'sA ddre.s.
Goyernor-Thomas ]. Phillips, Of Ottumwa.
Lieutenant Govcrnor-G. Il. Ferguson. Lo-
gan.
Judge Supreme Court-John shortley. Dali
las County.
Superintendent of Schools-Wiiliam r.
Johnson, Carroll County.
Railway Commissioned. C. Brice, Bed.
ford.
Des Moines correspondence:
The Iowa Democratic convention open
ed in the Auditorium at Des Moines
"Wednesday forenoon. State Chairman
Huffman raped for order at 10 o'clock
and was followed by the Rev. l. n. Nc
Nash, pastor of the University Place
Church, with the invocation. The tenn
porary officers of the convention We're
then presented. They consisted Of chair
man, q. NJ. Sharon. Of Scott County,:
secretary, II. A. Nash, of Dallas County;
reading clerk. ]. H. Gillespie, of Des
Moines County. Chairman Sharon then
began his address to the convention,
which was in part as follows:
Chairman Shnron's Address.
1--WE are facing to-day conditions that
are momentous, destructive to our indus
tries, our commerce and the welfare OF
our REPRESENTATION that have beeen
created by the Republican party in vio-
lation of the Democratic doctrine soe
equal rights to all and special privileges
to none-that 1t was the destiny OF the
United States to be the great American
power-the dominant power of the west
ern hemisphere. Imperialism and trusts
are the two great dominant evils of our
national life. They produce the two great
issues which the Democratic party must
meet
1.-THE colonial policy of the adnin!stra-
ton had its inspiration and its demand
from place hunters, concession grabbers.
from those who have or seek special privi-
legcs in our acquired possessions. Ii the
administration had said to those who
sought concessions in Havana and Ma
Mia that its policy was equal rights to
all and special privileges to none, we
would have had no war in the Philippines
and our army of occupation would long
ago have left Cuba.
There can be no solution OF the trust
| problem. there can be no breaking down
of monopolies, until government favor Is
withdrawn from them. Destroy monopo-
| ly and special class privileges and you
will kill the trusts. Commence in the
| patent office, the fountain head of legal
| lied monopoly.
'.lf the government Mt Washington
| would demand that the stock OF every
corporation licensed by 1t represents
money or property at its actual worth,
| if it will take care that it gets no undue
advantage from transportation compa-
| nies-that 1t used no unfair means to de-
stroy legitimate competition-that it sells
| its products for n fair price-that it
treats its employees honestly and pays fair
wages for fair dny's work-if 1t will
oSlige it to pay an income tax upon its
| possible earnings, we would find great
many Napoleons of finance losing inter
| est in what are now the vast monopolies
| and trusts of the world, and honest busi-
ness men could use their methods OF oper-
| alton for the benefit of our industries.
se'cctton of the Ticket.
John Lewis, of Ottumwa, nominated
MIR. Phillips for Governor, and Judge j.
r. Caldwell, of Tama, named Mr.. Stei-
ger. No other nominations We're made
formally, but when the ballot was taken
other names were added by delegations,
The first ballot resulted as follows: Phil
lips, 526; Steiger, 562; John NJ Redmond,
of Cedar Rapids, 20; j. B. Weaver, of
Colfax, 10; George w. Ball, of Iowa
| City, 10. On the second ballot Mr. Phil
lips received 585l1a votes to 589ka for Mr..
Steiger.
The ticket was quickly completed. G..
u. Ferguson, of Logan. was nominated
for Lieutenant Governor by acclamation,
and for Judge of the Supreme Court John
Shortley, of Perry. was named in the
same way. For Railroad Commissioner
/ Fred White, of Webster, was placed in
| nomination, but declined to take it be.
cause too i'll to go into the campaign, uni
| a. c. Brice, of Bedford. was named nv