Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-04
TURN SILVER ISSUE DOWN
Iowa Democrats Face About Under Leader
ship Of Horace BOies.
WARM CONTROVERSY IN THE CONVENTION
Ticket II Nominated without Any
Difficulty and No Interest IL
Taken in Anything Ex-
cept Platform.
warm CONTROVERSY IN THE CONVENTION
Continued from First Pase.)

piNIn Dlstrlcl-S' r. mcconnell, Bloom
Seventh .District-J. c. Likes, Des Moines,
to succeed @. A. Huffman.
Eighth District-A. II. Maxwell, Seymour,
reelected.
Ninth Districts. b.. Morrisey. Harlan,
Tenth District-J. b. Romans, Denison, re-
elected.
City, reelected.
Credentials Committee.
First Distrlot-George f. Smith. Van
Buren,.
Second District-J. ]. vanLent, Musca-
tine,
Third District-Harry Cook. Wright.
Fourth District-Timothy Donovan.
Fifth District-John Baum, Benton.
Sixth District-Jesse Wenger, Jasper.
Seventh District-J. S. Cunningham,
Eighth District-w. T. Davis.
Ninth p~istrict-Samuel II. Reed, Guthrie.
Tenth District-John Moncrlef, Palo Alto.
Eleventh District-V. NJ. Ellston, Monona.
Permanent Organization Committee.
First District-A. r. Miller, Washington.
Second District-Thomas Lambert, jack
Third District-D. D. Myers, Dubuque.
Fourth District-W, II. Hart.
Fifth District-M, II. steelsmith, Grundy.
Sixth Distriet-J; 3. Weaver, Jasper.
Seventh District-J. II. Stubenrach,
Marion.
Eighth DIstrietGJ, F. McGinty;
tenth District. W. Sullivan. KossutGh.
Eleventh District-w. W. Ward, Sac.
Convention Proceedings.
The convention was called to order at
1880 by Chairman Mcconnell Of the state
committee and prayer was offered by Rev.
Frank Adams Of this city. There were
the usual announcements of committee
meetings and H. c. Taylor Of Bloomfield
was introduced as the temporary chairman
of the convention. MIR. Taylor read his
address, which was quite long and tedious.
There was no enthusiasm manifest save
where be mentioned the name Of Bryan.
But his address was so long that the dele
gates did not care to follow II through.
He started with the declaration Of in
dependence and discussed the record Of
the democratic party in the early days
of the republic. said 1t had fought the
war Of 1872 and had acquired all the ter
ritory that was contiguous to the union,
then he denounced the republican party
and characterized the republican plat
form as an "utterance Of the most insin-
cere aggregation OF the lineal descendants
of Ananias ever assembled" He said the
republican party could offer no excuse
for failure to pass any measure controlling
the trusts reducing the tariff or to
strengthen the Interstate COMMITTEES Law.
He was somewhat mild on the subject Of
the war in the Philippines, but took oppo-
sltion to it In general.
He spoke as follows:
speech of Temporary Chairman.
From a democratic tariff of revenue with
incidental protection In the early struggles
built up a tariff for plumber and with no
excuse therefore excepting that the bene-
,fciaries of such a tarif have filled the cam
palgn treasury Of the republican party to
overlooking with the money thus taken
from the people, and have by this means
last quarter of a century.
Emboldened by republican success In the
last congressional campaigns, the robbery
OF the people by tarif taxation and by the
trusts that have multiplied under the fa-
voritism and the enforced absence of COM
discern the advancing tide OF popular in
dignation until within the last few months.
and they are now seeking to avert disaster
TO their party by insincere contentious OF
hostilities to trusts.
Their bad faith during the Fifty-sixth
antitrust bill rather than let it come to
a vote, is too well known. to need dis
s satSt4oi ihe sm eTs nSw pI propnse % t in c tbo
Fifty-sixth congi ess for the control Of
trusts as evidence OF their good intentions.
month ago in this city says, I'VE favor any
modification of the tariff schedules that
may be required 70 prevent their affording
This statement in their platform after
six years OF republican control in all
W. W NhC BONSA hAhNhes az aANcA NANAA
special pet industries have been given every
opportunity to rob the people. is the utter
ance- of the most insincere aggregation of
the lineai descendants Of Ananias that ever
assembled under one roof
Shelter 20 Monopoly.
There can be no modification OF the tariff
schedules to prevent affording shelter to
monopoly without entirely eliminating the
protective feature of tarif taxation.
In the name OF all the Gods at once, what
does this great nation of ours, which has
gone almost wild in a mad frenzy Of com.
mercialism, which has no fears OF any for
eign power on earth or all the powers com
bined, which has the most gigantic COM
dom and which has produced men who are
crowned heads and sovereigns Of ali the
nations of the world with their ~stupendous
f shis Preat Sat eomS wsni S WIRtS 4 Trss IfSs
tarin? A protective tariff. A protective
tarin. To protect what? Our weak in
the strongest nation in the world? To pro-
tect the greatest combination of wealth
and the greatest industries In the greatest
wrong. The theory is wrong. It should
never be resorted TO except as a diplomatic
nation with infant industries is clamoring
and struggling for an existence. IT. robs
the world Of the advantages Of the differ
ent kinds OF soil, OF the different kinds
of climate and the different pursuits OF
government and their people, open your
wall of protection and let God and nature
instead OF ]. Pierpont Morgan, Mark Hanna
and the combined powers OF wealth regu-
late the production and blessings OF the
earth.
II is not the province OF our party to con-
denim the ACQUISITION Of wealth, nor to at
tack men who by industry and honesty
have become rlnh. There Is naturally too
much prejudice against men OF means,
without adding fuel to the flames in any
public expression except as II legttmately
bears upon the body polite.
An open commercial channel, so to speak,
through which all men without the special
aid OF their governments may acquire prop
erty, Is n lust rule. The man who by hon
est and fair dealings in the open market, OF
by industry, acquires to himself a great
ainount of the worlds goods, IS Justly en-
titled TO the same. There can be no prac-
Hcal and just laws enacted which prevent
or put an embargo upon men IN their hon
esty and fairly acquiring wealth. Whether
this acquisition is best for society Is an
other question.
Open Field I'm Business.
But governments In order TO be properly
founded must be content to give ali indi-
Viduals. not corporations, an open field In
the business. commercial or Industrial
" orld for action. Corporations are on a
d,herent basis because they are created by
law and can be iegiumately controlled BY
III Is government aid to men in the acqui-
sitiOn OF wealth and Its influence when
thus acquired upon legislation that 10 %
hurtful and dangerous to society.
Tha n uho fodav are dfcfaffnu the Uol.