Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-29
REAL WORK OF CONVENTION
It Is Transacted at the Afternoon
Session When Kansas City
Platform Is Reaffirmed.

Des Moines, Aug. est was $50
when Temporary Chairman Sharon
called the convention to order. The
committee on permanent organization
reported in favor of Mayor John M.
Redmond of Cedar Rapids, for perma-
nent chairman and that all the other
temporary officers be made permanent.
The report was adopted.
Mayor Redmond on taking the chair
delivered an address, counseling har-
mony within the party in order to be
better able to battle with the common
enemy"
Fight on Platform.
The committee on resolutions sub
mitted majority and a minority re-
ports. The majority report follows:
I'VE the Democrats of Iowa, in cAi-
vention assembled. do hereby declare
and adopt the following declaration of
principles:
Resolved. That the fundamental
principle of Democracy. equal rights to
all and special privileges to none ap-
plies in full force to the subject of
taxation, The Democratic party be-
lieves the burdens Of taxation should
be borne equally by all taxable proper
ty. We pledge the members of the
general assembly to formulate and urge
the adoption of such law as will compel
the burdens of taxation to rest on cor
porate and individual property alike
without favor or exemption of any in
terests.
We demand economy in the admin
istration of state affairs, the repeal of
the mulct law, the enactment of a local
option law, the abolition of the offices of
state printer and state binder and the
contracting for supplies for the state
with the lowest responsible bidder
I'VE cordially invite all honest men
of the state to unite with us in securing
the enactment of these principles into
law"
Report for Silver.
Walter II. Butler presented the min
ority report. which is identical with
the majority report excepting the pre-
amble, which was as follows:
I'VE. the Democrats of Iowa. in con-
vention assembled, hereby reafflrm the
principles of the Democratic platform
adopted at Kansas City July 5, 1900, and
without Surrendering our convictions or
abating our loyalty to our national
policies, we believe this campaign to
be particularly one that should be con-
fined to state issues"
This was signed by Claude Porter
Walter IA. Butler and John J. Serley
Mr. Butler moveS the substitution of
the minority for the majority report,
and addressed the convention in favor
thereof. He was enthusiastically
Second Minority Report.
d. w Hamilton OF Sigourney pre-
scented a second minority report signed
by himself, w. NJ. Higbee and John l..
Powers This differed from each OF the
others in its preamble only, which set
out that state issues We're paramount
in the campaign. 1t was ruled ont of
order on the ground that substitute
for q substitute was contrary to parlia-
mentary law.
10 to l on Top.
Amid much confusion, the convention
then proceeded to ballot upon the sub
stitution of the first minority report for
the majority report and the balloung
resulted as follows
For substitution .........,. Coy 80
Against Observation-Disclosures. BOO 20
This resulted in the affirmation OF
the Kansas City platform, The con-
vention then adopted the platform as
embodied in the minority report.
Gubernatorial Nomination.
The nomination OF governor was then
taken up. Judge Caldwell of Tama
county offered the name of II. j. Steiser
Of Toledo The name OF T. J. Phillips
of Ottumwa was presented by J. NJ.
Lewis on behalf OF the Sixth district.
No other nominations were made. The
ballot resulted as follows:
Steiger OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. %
Phillips ,,.t...,.. -. ..,....'.. 90
Redmond ............. ~