Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-01
NO VICTIMS ARE IN SIGHT
Democratic Convention Only Two Days
Away, but Meme Seek HsnOrs.
ALL THE FIGHT is OVER THE PLATFORM
Labor Day WIN he More Generally
Observed in Iowa This Year Than
Ever B~efOre-ButIer is
Improving.
fFrom a stan correspondent.l

DIES MONIES, Aug. 31.-(speciai.)-
Within two days the delegates to the demo-
cratic state convention will be face to face
with the question OF picking candidates
for their state ticket, and thus far the
slate makers have given them no help.
The fact is that not one name has thus
far been mentioned as Of a person willing
to 60 on the democratic state ticket this
year in Iowa. 1t is not known that any
body is giving any consideration to the
ticket and IL any delegation from any place
in the state is ready to advance the inter
ests Of any possible candidate the fact has
thus far been carefully concealed from all
the newspaper men Of the state. A demo-
cratic congressional convention is to be
held in Des Moines the day previous to
the state convention, but no candidates
have been suggested for congress. The
democrats have been concerning themselves,
such as they did last year, more with the
platform and the reaflrmation OF the Kan
sas City utterances in favor Of free silver.
1t is known that the group OF free silverites
who have been in control for several years
have been carrying on a movement to Sc
cure only silverites on the delegations, to
the end that the platform will again in
dorse the Kansas City platform. Charles
A.. walsh, secretary Of the national COM
mittee. has been writing to his friends
from st. Louis, Mo-, asking them to be
on hand and see to II that the party is
kept in line with the Bryan ideas. On
the other hand T. J. Phillips, the candidate
OF the party last year for governor, is out
in an Interview in o which he expresses
himself as decidedly opposed to reaflrma-
ton Of the Kansas City platform. Last
year the silverites bent all their energies
en- saving the platform and then by in
advertence selected a ticket that was OPP
posed to the platform. AS a consequence
neither faction was satisfied. Present in
dications are that this will be done again
this year. The state convention will meet
in Des Moines on Wednesday.
Good Butter Exhibits.
State Dairy Commissioners Wright reports
that the butter which was exhibited at
the Iowa state fair this year far surpassed
anything ever before exhibited. There was
an increase in the number Of exhibitors and
a greater increase in the quality Of the
butter. There were ninety one entries Il
the creamery class and of these slxty-four
were prize winners, the scoring placing
them above the low mark. This is an I'M
, usual showing. The work being done in
the Iowa creameries is far superior to
that Of former years, and according to the
y Reports 4 Ln6 udlTy COulullSSlOuST y bIcdu-
lily improving. The new laws of the state
for the better protection Of creameries and
creamery patrons are having a good effect
and lettering the business in the counties
where creatneries. have been in operation.
labor Day Orators.
A larger number Of labor day celebra-
lions will be held in Iowa next year than
usual, several cities having been fully or
Il ~ ~A ~-Nu AH-
tions under the auspices Of Trades and
Labor assemblies for a first time this year.
Among the labor day orators are the fol-
lowing:
Sioux City,. r. Conway of Des Moines
and E.. w. Caldwell and NJ. ]. sweeley of
Des Moines-sidney Kent of Lincoln. Neb..
late deputy labor commissioner OF Ne
Davenport-Max Hayes of Cleveland, o.
Davenport-Eugene v. Debs of Denver.
Boone-S. A. Harris OF Dwight, III; b.
II. Smith of Boone and John 2. White Of
Abba, secretary of the Mine Workers
CentervilIe-s. U. stockman Of Sioux City
and John F. Byrne of Ottumwa.
Albia-W. B. Wilson Of Indianapolis, gem
eral secretary of the Mine Workers union.
MISUNDERSTANDING T. Stafford OF
Ke~okukEEdward G. Brigham Of Des
Moines, state labor commissioners.
Bussey-John Staley of Dee Moines.
Waterloo-Arthur E. Holder of Sioux
City, president Of the State Federation OF
Labor.
A call has been issued for a socialist
district convention to be held in Des Moines
September 8, the day of the democratic state
convention here, to nominate a candidate
for congress in the seventh district.
Discharged Young Amanaites.
Pete Bang and August Dendler, two young
men from the Amana colonies, the COM
munistic German settlements in Iowa
county. were discharged without honor from
the United States army yesterday and re-
leased from Imprisonment, allowed to return
to their colonies. Bang and Wendler en-
listed several days ago and soon afterward
disappeared. When they returned they
were accompanied by a relative. who swore
that they were under age and had violated
the rules of their peculiar religious sect,
which proscribes the taking Of an oath or
joining an army. The young men were held
as deserters and the matter was taken
up with the secretary Of war. who ordered
their discharge without honor.