Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-30
H)P[L[SSLY DIVIDED
Iowa Democratic Convention
Not Likely to be One Of
Harmony.
Determined Fight Will Be Made
by the Free Silver
Faction.
An Effort Will be Made to Name
Only "l6 to /" Candi.
dates.
Special to Times-Rapublican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Aug. 30. When the DEM
ocratic state convention for the state of
Iowa had concluded its work last year
in this city Gen. James Is. Weaver.
whilom candidate for president on the
greenback ticket and many years in the
populist ranks. Who now counts him
self democrat of the democrats in
IONA, remarked that while the conven-
ton was engaged in saving the plat
form the ticket had been lost sight of,
! and all the good work, as he saw it, of
/ the platform. was lost because ticket
Rad been named not in sympathy with
! the principles of the party as they We're
I enunciated at Kansas City. The can
didate for governor last Year had train
ed with the old line democrats and did
not Wear the right brand to suit the
new men in the party. In fact he had
been suspected of being in league With
! the reorganzers and covertly working
TO secure, a state platform ignoring free
Went hoJne disguised. Everything had
been sacrificed to save the free silver
plank in the platform. Men came to
the convention to fight for the plat
form and said they did not care any
thing about the candidates. All the new
CONVERTS 10 the party, those who came
over with Bryan. were delighted with
the Platform and dissusted With the
= ,ini- ci, fiai
Governor Cumnins got the biggest plu-
rality ever given a candidate in the
state 1t was all one sided and the
democratic party was left in Iowa at
what many believed would be It's low
water mar!S Free slveriteS are acclls-
ing the other fellows OF having brought
abou. this very state of affairs in order
that they, the reorganizers. might get
in their deadly work of bringing the
party back To it's original and we'll
known principles and policies. The
gold democrats or original free traders
are confident that the free silverites are
ffle eest. who are '.esnorsi'oIe fcr hrius-
state that only nine years ago elected
a democratic governor.
tion which is to be held here next week
"Wednesday is likely to be not love
feast The factonal feeling is intense.
a secret meeting was held few days
ago attended by large number of the
free silver democrats at which they
considered ways and means of keeping
the party in line With the Kansas City
PLATFORM. which is their ideal. After the
~ ~,
tha. i, will be much easier to head off
the organizers this year than it was
last. II was also believed that it would
be possible To have not only a free sill
yer platform this year, but a free silver
ticket thru and thru. IN fact it has
been resolved by the free silverites that
they will have no comproiniSeS this
year. and they will insist on having the
whole thing or nothing, and expect to
have the whole thing. The men nom
mated thins year must be men who are
known to have been active free silver
asitators the past few years. No names
have been whispered In public as yet.
and the outsiders are completely in the
dark as to who will be on the ticket.
There are eight places to he filled on ths.
ticket this year. SO that ii will be easy
some dcsultory talk of "reorganizing"
the party on the old lines. but ii APP
pears to have been only talk The men |
who are most active this year are the
silvertes and they are very confident +
that they will do the reOrganizing if /
there is amy done. They have been
keeping tab on the conventions and I
having reports made from week to
~,
who are coming as delegates and can
'ely on them this year.
The tariff question will appear in a
strong light in the democratic conven-
lion. 1t is not known what attitude the
temporary chairman will take that
question. The state committee selected
II. c. TAYLOR. of Bloomfield. for the
ask of striking the keynote in a speech
rs temporary chairman. Mr.. Tayor is
IN unknown quantity here. but he
ONES from near the Missouri line and
$ guaranteed TO be all right. If the
york of the democratic conventions is ]
my indication of what may be expected
he tariff plank will be a sharp one. :
Fhe democrats of one county (Aclair) ,
lad the ei1rontery to pass the follow /
ny resolutions: Z
"Resolved, That we heartily endorse :
he official acts of Governor Cummns
N the railroad problems confronting
he state of IoWa ANA on the tariff
question, whereby the burdensome tax |
n protected articles should be re-
loved n few more public servants of !
lis convictions would make the state ]
emocratic in fact if not in name" !
There has been AN effort on the part l
f many of the democrats to claim that 9
Governor Gummins has placed himself {
nd his party on democratic platform.
Me state convention is not likely. how Y
vcr. to repeat this sort of q resolution
The tariff plank will be strong one t
lVorinG Immediately II revision of the II
4rih To the end that the trusts shall I
ot longer be protected =
1t is also regarded rs certain that one Z
f the things that will be much talked \
at the state convention Will be that il
establishing u democratic newspaper
Des Aioines. Some of the we'll q
nown free silverites are anxious to be ii
the head of a democratic paper here. e