Missouri Valley times., 1901-08-22

For Superintendent Of Public lnslrua-
tion- Nm. ID. JOHNSON of Carroll.
| lSRi6'E of Bedford
Des Moines Ia, Aug. 2e-The silver
wing of the Iowa democrats snatched
victory from defeat i'm Wednesdays
convention. the platform adopted reaf-
tfmlns the Kansas City declaration of
1900. though declaring that the pres
cnt campaign should be confined to
and The committee on resolutions the
eons@YatiNe element was Victorious
j. $, Murphy of the Third being beat
an for the first time In wears, and Cato
Sells suffered defeat i'm the Fifth. The
resolutions committees report ignored
silver entirely. but the minority
brought i'm a separate report reaf-
frming the Kansas City declaration,
which the convention adopted by Il
vote of G61 TO o5S.
Mr.. Cleveland. gold democrat, who
al not attended democratic state
convention since 1896. read the major
ltN report of the committee. ii dwet
upon state issues alone and made not
e'en the slightest mention of silver on
the national platform.
II Was signed by II. !. Cleveland. w
ID. Ely +. g. He,riclS. III. g. Bishop. N.
r. jackson and w. NJ Higbee.
The conVentiuns hardly breathed
when the last words had been read.
and then the gold men burst out i'm
wild applause that swept the hall.
Eut Immediately Walt IL. Butler
2aia4e forward with another report, a
minority report the preamble to the
platform finally adopted. The report
port. excepting the preamble. which
Mas as follows:
We. the democrats of Iowa. in con-
Neation assembled, hereby reaflirm the
principles of the democratic national
platform adopted at Kansas City July
D 1000. and without slrrendering our
convictions or abating our loyalty to
campaign to be particularly one that
should be confined To state issues
Ihis was signed hy Claude Porter.
Walt H. Butler and John j. Secriey.
Then bedlam broke loose: the silver
men leaped to their feet, yelled and
danced i'm ecstasies of delight
Butler Presents Minority Report
Wien quiet was partly restored Walt
'ut'cr explained that the minority re-
port recommended that this preamble
ne pfehMed To the majority report and
that the minority report then be adopt
e3l as substitute for the majority re-
.toit.
d. W. Hamilton of Sigourney pre-
sellted second minority report, signed
by himself. w. NJ. Higbee and John L
Powers, as follows:
We. the democrats of Iowa. in con-
venton assembled. make the following
declaration of principles:
We hold that I'm this campaign state
'ssGes are paramount. and While not
retractng or repudiating any past dec
laratons of the democratic party. we
deem 1t our duty at this time, waiying
questions of national politics, to adj
dress ourselves 10 the redemption of
iowa from republican misrule.'
In all other respects 1t was the Same
as the majority report
Mr.. Hamilton moved that his renort
b" substituted for the first minority re-
port, but Was ruled out of order on
grounds taken by Walt H. Butler that
q substitute for a substitute was con-
trarS TO parliamentary law.
Silver Forces Win.
Before the anti-stver men had time
10 gather themselves for a concerted
parliamentary defense of the ma aiority
report Chairman Redmond put the
SuDStt-
lute and II carried by vote of 661 .
10 5os 20. Agail there We're demons
stratons by the silver men; they shout
ed With JOY, they ieerrd I'm derision at
INC gold men; they threw hats into th.
an and ram here and there about the
HAL like Wild. ON the platform But
ler, Walsh. Weaver and other wheel
EnrseS of the IL To lers could not re-
strain themselves and they shook hands
;ld hugged each Other. The delegates
IL the gold district camps looked un-
siCoisled and i'm more than one heart
ere rompinss To bolt.
Quickly Judge NJ. j. Wade sought to
Save something for the sound none;
faction by moving to amend the substi-
lutsu report by adopting in place OF
the preamble of the minority report the
Quick plank on the Kansas City plat
inin. Il mild reaftirnation. He was
greeted With cries of Get out" ..Sit
down. and then the chair said the
amendment could not be entertained
Quickly some one arose With a motion
tc proceed TO nominate a state ticket.
which was put and carried against a
lcui opposition.
Then came parliamentary tangle in
which it was insisted by the gold men
that the platform h&d not been adopt-
ei because the minority report had
merely been substituted for the ma ior-
ity report. and then not adopted as
sis@i.. The chair would not listen to
the gold men. although he had been
named by them because he was sup
posed to be friendly. and they subsidized
ainia protests Cato Sells appeared on
lac platform then With resolution
that he wanted to present on railroad
taxation. but he was also squelched and
Il roll call for governor was ordered
Tho Nominations.
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