Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-22
SILVER Is TIE SLOGAN
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What happened to Cato Sells was
positively pitiful. He came to town
on Monday flying high. He would not,
under any circumstances, accept the
nomination, but the platform must be
MS and the candidate must be one who
would stand on it. His plank was
turned down in his own caucus and
another man was sent to write the
platform The chair would not let
MIN present his plank on taxation to
the convention during roll call, and
after the roll call the convention it.
self absolutely refused to hear him
read 1t. His own county was for Stiger
while Sells was against Stiger Every
th1ng went wrong with him. On the
whole, the convention did almost every
thing the republicans could have
wished done. 1t was badly managed
clear thru.
Sit down, you lobster, you're skin
ned, yelled delegate from the stage
to gold man in the Second district who
was trying to get the chairman to put
the adoption of the platform as a whole
to vote. This admonition wac called
out several times. 1t raised laugh and
the ire of the delegate over on the edge
of the crowd
You're fine democrat" said the
mad delegate. We're here for harmony;
you won't let us have it,"
Harmony, --," said the delegate.
Harmony with club suits me-
Then the lobster" subsidized. It was
a silver mans convention.
The Nominations.
The nominations coming in as they did
Immediately after the silver question
had been disposed of, found the whole
convention undecided what to do. Some
one moved that a roll be called, and that
| nominations be made by informal bal
lot. That was lost. No one seemed to
know What to do then, and cheerful
| volunteer In the rear of the hall arose
and moved that the nominations be by
reclamation. He supplemented his mo-
ton by the suggestion that nominating
| speeches be limited to five minutes.
Some one yelled thirty Seconds The
convention voted this down. 1t was then
decided to call roll of congressional
districts for nominations. All went
| along smoothly until the Fifth district
was reached, when Judge j. r. Caldwell,
of Toledo. announced that he had a
candidate to place in nomination who
| had been democrat for twenty years.
Who in the-is he?" inquired some one.
After this unseemly interruption had
been rebuked, Caldwell proceeded.
STIGER NAMED.
Judge Caldwell. of Tama county, nom
1inated H. j. Stiger, also Of Tama. He
said in part:
II present the name of a democrat
who has come to these conventions for
twenty years.
(Cries Who is he?")
He is man Of greater courtesy than
the gentleman who Interrupted me.
| Laughter.) ! refer to II. j. Stiger of
Toledo. He has voted for every demo-
cratic nominee for president from Sam
uel j. Tilden down. He will carry the
gospel of democracy into every corner
of the state. 1t has been charged he is a
railroad attorney. 1t is true he is the
local attorney of the Northwestern rail-
road at Toledo. But he is absolutely
untrammeled. He has tried more cases
against railroads, dare say, than any
| lawyer in this convention. He is an hon
orable gentleman, an able lawyer, and
| a sterling democrat. He Is as free as
the winds to stand on a democratic plat
! form that calls for just taxation of rail-
roads.''
/ The nomination of Mr.. stiger was sec
onded by r. p Fitzgerald, of Tama
county, amid a feeble burst of applause.
Nomination speeches were being
/ called for by districts, the custom of
calling the roll of counties for nomina-
/ tons having been done away with by
vote of the convention. When the Sixth
district was called there were calls for
4 Phillips, mingled with calls for Stiger
and Others
The Sixth district was called next, and
/ t. j. Phillips was placed in nominatio
/ by John w. Lewis. of Ottumwa.
PHILLIPS NAMED.
John w. Lewis of Ottumwa took the
| platform and made vigorous speech,
nominating T. j. Phillips of Ottumwa:
II present the name of honest, cour-
ageous, blunt, plain, loyal Thomas j.
/ Phillips of Ottumwa. His genial blunt
honesty, his stalwart courage and his
DuSlicS dDlilty LldhS It'll tIlc HAL 10Y
1 the honor, whom the democratic party
can not do better than nominate. He
differs in almost every particular from
| the republican nominee for governor. He
will make a vigorous campaign and will
4 be vote getter.
4 A voice-..What is he, democratic"
He is democrat. He served two
terms as mayor of Ottumwa and the
| people of Ottumwa will tell you unani-
mously that the administration of Tom
I Phillips was admirable. He grew up
I miner. He is diamond in the rough.
| He has never lost the love and conf
I dence of the 10000 coal miners Of the
4 state, tho he has attained to distinction
and responsible position in the bust
ness world. His nomination will insure
strong support from organized labor, be-
cause he s recognized as friend of the
laboring man.
Delegates this man Phillips, like
/ Stiger, railroad Attorney"
He is not
Can he take the stump with A. B.
Cummins?''
Hell let cummins make the speeches