Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-24
TWENTY POPULIsTs
Such Was The Extent of the Assre.
cation Which Met at State Con.
vention and Named State Ticket.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Aug. 24.-If it had not
been for the late democratic convention
and its antics the populist convention
held yesterday afternoon would have
appeared like a comedy. Andrew Nc
TIMBER of Madison county presided, and
there were about twenty persons pres
ent. 10, Parker, national secretary, came
all the way from Louisville. KY, to at
tend, and offered resolution denoun-
cling the democrats for getting off the
populist platform. The state commit
tee was reorganized. Nsth Ali Reed, of
Sioux City, as chairman, anef7L.S. Har-
vey, of Des Moines. as secretary The
following state ticket was nominated:
Governor-L. H. Weller, Chickasaw
county.
Lieutenant Governor-Perry Engle,
Jasper county.
Railroad Commissioner-Luke Nc
Dowell, Shelby county.
Superintendent. c. Harlan, Wood
bury county.
Judge Supreme Court. r. McDow-
ell. Polk county.
The following is the platform adopted:
We. the populists of Iowa in conven-
tion assembled in Des Moines, Aug. %,
1901, do hereby give our unqualified in
dorsement to that first great declaration
| of principles promulgated by our party,
| the Omaha platform, and to each subse-
quent platform.
To-day we see the formation of gigan-
tic trusts to which the people are COM
PEELED to pay enormous tribute. while
| these heartless organizations are using
every advantake gained by their finan-
cial power. aided by subsidized press
and official power to crush beneath
their iron heel the laboring classes of
| the country. We see favored few issu-
| ing their notes of indebtedness and loan
| ing them to the people at interest to
take the place of safe, sound and sta
BILE currency issued by the government.
We behold the railroad companies COM
bining to further increase extortion from
the people, and to increase their power
and authority over their employees, as
we'll as to fasten their influence upon
the legislative, executive and judicial
departments of the state and national
governments. We see at the instance
of corporations the formation of most
corrupt and debauching rings and COM
| bina tons in the nation. states and cities,
to usurp the powers of the people by
using the franchises granted them. and
thereby compelling the masses to con-
tribute to their campaign funds.
\ And all these evil conditions we real
ize to be the result of the present policy
of our national, state and city govern
ments by comforting the sovereignty of
the people upon private individuals
that they may use public functions for
private gain, therefore as remedy we
demand that they cease granting fran
chises to individuals or corporations.
I'VE extend our sympathy to all peo-
pie struggling to re-esta abliush more rep
resentative forms of government. and
We condemn the concerted action of the
| present administration with the policy
of England in trying to crush out young
republics and establish in their stead
crown colonies under imperial rule.
I'VE especially indorse that system of
government known as direct legislation.
"On state issues we demand the equal
taxation of all property. whether cor
porate or private, and we further de-
mand that no persons shall be COM
PEELED to pay taxes on property over and
above the equity they may have in such
property. Instead of the present system
of having the state printing done by in
dividuals. who extort unreasonable prof
its. we demand the abolition OF the Of
fees Of state printer and binder and the
letting of the work by contract to the
lowest responsible bidder We favor di-
rect state supervision to the end that
unearned profits may be eliminated and
the laborers performing the work be