The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-22
FAvORS BRYAN
IOWA DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
INDCRSEs THE KANSAS CITY
PLATFORM OF 1900
BALLOT WAS FAIRLY CLOSE
Votes for the Free Silver Plank
Numbered 6G9 IL, While Sup
pOrters of Gold Showed
Up With 500 I-2.
7. :. PHILLIPS HEADS TICKET

Governor-Thomas J. Phillips, of OF
tumwa.
Judge of the Supreme Court-John
Shortley, of Dallas county.
Superintendent OF Scnools-W. z. John-
Railway C6mmissioner-A. c. Brice, Of
Bedford.
DES MONIES, Iowa, Aug. H.-The
Democrats of Iowa in state convention
assembled here today nominated the
above ticket on a platform reafhrming
the national platform adopted July 5, 1900,
at Kansas City and the addition of a
plank on state issues demanding reform
in taxation laws, repeal of mulct liquor
law and the enactment Of local option
license laws and several other matters.
The chief contest IN the convention was
on the adoption of the platform. The
struggle began in the district caucus held
before the convention assembled in the
morning, the anti-silVer forces succeed
ing in naming a majority of the commit
tee on resolutions. There was pro-
tracted session of this committee, and
finally at 1870 o'clock in the afternoon, a
majority and two minority reports were
submitted to the convention. The ma
jority report ignored national issues en-
tirely and confined itself exclusively to
the state issues outlined above. The first
minority report agreed with che majority
report except in a preamble which re-
affirmed the Kansas City platform. The
second minority report differed from each
of the others in its preamble only, which
set out that state issues were paramount
in this campaign. The first minority re-
port, reafirming the Kansas City plat
form, was adopted on the call of the roll
by counties, amid much confusion, by
66Si2 to 550l2.
There We're 500 delegates in attendance
when State Chairman Huffman called the
convention to order in the Auditorium.
He presented the temporary officers, as
follows:
Temporary Chairman-E. NJ. Sharon, of
Scott county.
Temporary secretary-E. H. Nash, of
Dallas county.
Temporary clerk. H. Gillespie.
Chairman Sharon addressed the con-
vention briefly, committees were appoint
ed and the convention took a recess un-
The committee on permanent organiza-
tion selected former Mayor john Red
mond, of Cedar Rapids, as permanent
chairman and made the balance of the
temporary organization permanent.
The report Of the committee on resolu-
tious was received by the convention at
$40 o'clock and after the majority re-
port had been read the minority report
was reported by ex-Congressman Butter
the majority report, excepting the pre-
Rmble.
The platform as adopted follows:
THE PLATFORM
I've. the Democrats of Iowa, in con-
TentiOn assembled. hereby reafirm the
principles Of the Democratic national
platform adopted at Kansas City, July >,
1900, and without surrendering our con
vtctlonS or ahating our loyalty to our ma
tiOual policies, we believe this campaign
to be particularly one that should be con-
fined to SKATE issues
we, the Democrats of Iowa, in con-
Veution assembled, do hereby declare and
adopt the following declaration of prin-
ciples:
'ResoIved. That the fundamental prirg
Ciple of Democracy equal rights to all
and special privileg ges to none applies in
Iuu force to the subject Of taxation. The
Democratic party believes that the bur-
dens Of taxation should be borne equally
by all taxable property. We pledge our
members of the general assembly to
formulate and urge the adoption of such
q law as viii compel the burdens of TAX
alton to rest on corporate and individual
property alike without favor or eXemp-
tion of any interests.
I'VE demand economy in the admins
tratiOn Of state affairs the repeal of the
mulct law, the enactment of local op-
tiOn law. the abolition Of offices of state
printer and state binder and the contract
ing for supplies for the state with the
lowest responsible bidder.
We cordially invite all honest men Of
the state to unite with US in securing the
enactment of these principles into law"
Amid much confusion the convention
proceeded to ballot upon the substitution
OF the minority report for the majority
report the ballot resulting as follows:
For the substitution, 6G) 3-5; against
550 2-5, the result being the affirmation
of the Kansas City platform, upon the
announcement of which the convention
fairly went wild. The convention then
adopted the platform as a whole, as
above outlined.
THE NOMINATIONS
1t was o'clock before the convention
proceeded to the nomination for governor.
Judge Caldwell of Tama county, offered
the name of H J. Stiger, of Toledo. and
r. B. Fitzgerald seconded the nomination.
The name of T J. Phillips of Ottumwa
was presented by H. NJ Lewis, on be-
half of the Sixth district No other
nominations being made, the roll call was
proceeded with, during which Fayette
county cast its vote for ]. NJ. Redmond,
of Cedar Rapids, Fremont county voted
for Cato Sells, of Vinton, and Green
county voted for Gen. J. B. Weaver of
Colfax, Jasper county, also voted for Red
mond, and Henry county for Weaver.
Johnson county voted for George w.
Ball, of Iowa City. The ballot resulted
as follows:
Stiger, 5S2; Phillips. 52s: Redmond. 20:
Weaver, Is, and Ball, 10. The second ball
lot was then taken, resulting as follows:
Phillips, 5e515; Stiger, 5S915, and the
chairman announced that T. ]. Phillips.
of Ottumwa, had received the nomina
tion for governor.
For lieutenant governor, G. f Fergu-
son, of Harrison county, was nominated
by acclamation. Cato Sells, of Vinton.
and W. T. Davis, of Fremont county.
were nominated, but their names were
Withdrawn.
For judge OF the supreme court John
Shortley, of Dallas county, was the only
candidate, and was nominated by accIa-
nation.
For superintendent Of public instruc-
ton. Sam D. Whiting, of Iowa City: w
P Johnson, of Iowa county. and Logan
Steece. Of Burlington. were placed in
nomination. The ballot resulted in the
nomination of Whiting by a large ma
jority.
For railway commissioner. ex-ConsuI A
c. Brce, of Bedford, was nominated bv
acclamation
The convention then at I O'Clock ad-
tourned sine die.
Pioneer POpuIist Dead
SIOUX CITY. Iowa. Aug. 21.-A Journal
speclal from Mitchell. S. D., says Capt