Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-29
Iowa Mine Workers Presi-
dent Will Oppose Major
Lacey in Sixth District.
QUARREL ABOUT SILVER
Money Plank in Resolutions Delays
Game.
CONVENTION LARGELY ATTENDED


Democrats in Congressional Conven-
ton at oskaIoosa Yesterday unani.
mousIy Selected John P. Reese as
Nominee for Congress.
John P. Reese, of Abba, president of
District 10, United Mine Workers of
America, was yesterday afternoon
nominated by the democrats of the
sixth congressional district of Iowa
for the office of congressman to repre-
sent this district in Washington. Mr.
reese enters upon a race with John f.
Lacey of Oskaloosa, who has for
years held the Office of congress
man. Mr.. Reese was nominal
ed by reclamation, being the
nominated by reclamation, being the
only candidate However, the progress
of the convention was delayed so long
by the squabble in committee over the
silver plank in the resolutions that it
was after o'clock before the dele
gates got around to the nomination of
candidate for Lacey's place in the
national house of representatives.
When finally the resolutions, with the
silver plank and all, were reported to
the convention and adopted. Then Mr..
Reese's nomination was made and he
replied with speech in which he ar
raigned Major Lacey on several counts
and brought much applause from his
democratic brethren.
l.. T. Richmond of Abba was tempo.
rary chairman of the convention, R. A
Mortland of Poweshiek county was
secretary, and G. l.. Barlow of Sigour.
ney was reading secretary. When the
permanent organization was affected
and vice presidents were named from
the various counties in the district. S.
"A. Brewster OF Ottumwa was made
vice president from Wapello county,
Mayor TIL. Picker was appointed
member of the. committee on creden.
tials, H. ]. Ostdiek was on the com.
m1ttee-%on resolutions, T. J. Phillips
was. placed on. the committee on per.
manent organization, and Fred Wilcox
OF Eldon. was named on the congress.
slonal committee. Fred TOWNSEND of
Abba, was elected chairman of the
congressional committee.
The report of committee on resolu.
tons came in in two pieces and it was
nearly a O'Clock before it was made.
Committeeman Burke of Oskaloosa
and Barlow of Sigourney were against
declaring in reafflrmation of the Kan
sas City platform and were opposed
by the remainder of the committee.
The two made a minority report agree.
ing with the majority report except
as regarded the money plank. The
conventions vote on the two reports
stood 102 to % in favor of the ma.
1ority report. Wapello voting % to 4.
Poweshiek voted all of its twelve votes
against the majority report Keokuk
and Mahaska giving three each to the
minority.
The resolutions, as they were finally
adopted, were as follows:
Resolutions.
"The democracy of the Sixth con.
gressional district of Iowa. in conyen.
ton assembled, hereby affirm:
"That American manufacturers
should treat their home people as we'll
as they do foreigners; that we be-
lieve in equal rights to all and special
privileges to none; that since Americ-
an manufactures, made by high priced
labor, have been and can be sold prof.
itably in the open markets of the world
and to foreigners at a less price than
to ourselves, the present high tariff up
on such articles should be at least
reasonably reduced-tp the end thatI
such useless legalized' favoritism and
extortion be forever ended and wei
therefore condemn the republican con-
gress and our present representative
therein for doing nothing.
THAT all private monopolies are bad
and have for their main reason of be.
ing the control of material price andl
production; that their, rapid formationl
and gigantic proportions are a vital
menace to civilization; that while legit-i
innate freedom in business is recogniz-
ed, America will find way to shacklel
cunning, whether in the form of trusts
high tariffs, ship subsidies, mergers,
combinations in restraint of trade orl
otherwise; that every trust made
article should be at once placed upon
the free list; that all government add
and bonus should be withdrawn FROM
them; that every constitutional check, I'll
in mails, transportation, publicity, in
corporation, or otherwise, should bel
exercised; that the present laws
should be enforced, both civilly and
criminally, to the end that organized
wealth and commercial greed shall not
rule society Or enslave American in
diyiduality; and we therefore con,
denim the republican congress and curl
representatives therein for doing moth
ing.
That we still sincerely revere the,
Declaration of independence; that our
own origin and true Christianity for
bid conquests, subjects and colonies;
that governments derive their Just
powers from the consent of the govern
ed that the same pledges of aid and
Nm, Independence as were made the