Iowa state bystander., 1908-03-27
DEMOCRATS, At
CEDAR RAPIDS
GENERAL WEAVER IS LEFT OFF
DELEGATION.
He WILL RUN FOR GOVERNOR
CONVENTION Is for Bryan State
Chairman Announces
Retirement.

Centerville, Jerry B. Sullivan of Des
Molnes and E. G. Dunn of Mason
City were chosen as delegates at
large on the first ballot by ,ue demo.
cratlc state convention, and c. f.
Duncombe or Fort Dodge was chosen
on the next ballot.
Inc platform indorses Bryan and
lnslructS for him uuuer the unlt rule.
zen. j. b. Weaver and his friend 5
made hard fight tor delegate at
large, but he was defeated. Later
| General Weaver gave out lne follow.
ing interview:
The Hon. Claude R. Porter stated
to me this evening that he would no,
enter the June democratic primaries
as candidate for governor as |
had hoped he would do. This being
the case, at the solicitation of friends,
l have concluded to enter the prim-
ary myself for that Office"
! During the day Chairman Miller of
the state committee announced that
| he would not be candidate to sue
! ceed himself.
Claude X. Porter, temporary chair
| man, delivered an address in which
ne made an urgent plea to the
democrats or Iowa and of the ma
| ton to unite and reassert the great
| and undying principles OF democracy.
He declared that there was in the
present situation greater promise of
democratic success than in many
years, and that there ought to be a
harmonious fight under the demo-
cratic banner against republicanism
Whlle the convention was waiting
the report of the committee on reso-
lutions, following the speech of Per.
manent Chairman Denison, there was
series of time filling speeches by
Judge Wade, Congressman Dan Ham
ilton, Fred White, General Weaver
and oth~rs. Finally the committee
proceeded to the election of delegates
at large.
On the first ballot Claude r. Por-
ter of Centerville, Jerry r. Sullivan
OF Des Moines, and E. G.. Dunn of
Mason City, were chosen
On the ballot for the election of
the fourth delegate at large the can
didatcs were John Craig of Lee
county, Major Carr of Manchester,
General Weaver c. F. Duncombe, and
Will Whiting, the latter of whom
withdrew. Duncombe's vote was GIG,
and Weaver's 442.
AS alternates six men were chosen.
Each will have two-thirds vote They
are: J. e. Craig, Keokuk; M. V.
Cannon, Scott county; A. r. Nc
Cook, Butler; E. M. Carr, Delaware;
worth, Pottawattamie
Delegates.
District delegates were chosen as
follows:
First district. P. Cruickshank,
Lee; w. P. Lippincott, Van Buren,.
Second district-E. M. Sharon,
Davenport; A. Brandt. Jackson.
Third district--W B. Higbee, Blu
chanan; H. G. Liggett. Black Hawk.
Fourth district-John McCook.
Howard; II. B. Dorsey. Mitchell.
Fifth district-Double delegation.)
r. l. Williamson, Grundy; H. P.
Fitzgerald, Tama; John w. Valley,
Marshall; C. H. Pat.enburg. Benton.
Sixth Districts. B. Reynolds, Ma
haska; Claud Meyers, Wapello.
Seventh district-John T. Null
vaney, Polk; P. J. O'Malley, Dallas.
Eighth district-J. J. Dunnegan,
Page; E. J. Sankey, Decatur.
Ninth district-John Blake, Caos;
w. C. Campbell. Shelby.
Tenth district-D. L. Caswell,
Crawford; J. H. Mention, Boone
Eleventh district-W. F. Hutton.
Ida; C. C. Cannon, O'Brien.
A'ternates.
First district-Frank J. Riling Dcs
Mcjn wi,
Second district-L. c. Mosinger,
Clinton; H. H. Bartlett, Muscatine.
Third dstrict-C. c. Gethal.., Har-
din; J. F. Kenefick, Franklin.
Fourth district-C. w. Dillon,
Worth; A. Bernaty, Winneshiek.
Fifth district-(Dou delegation.)
j. A. Greene. Jones; Lewis Helms,
Linn; J. c. Vance; M. J. Donnelly,
Linn.
Sixth district--D. w. Bates, Mon
roe; j. H. Platt, Poweshiek.
Seventh district--A. w. Brady. Ma
rion; N. W. Harris. Polk.
Eighth district-M H. Wilson,
Wayne; w. w. Perkins, Wayne.
Ninth district-J. w. Norris, Guth-
rie; William Dolk, Audubon.
Tenth district-F. w. Walchoz,
Winnebago; l.. c. Nauger, Humboldt.
Eleventh district-E. l.. Grow,
Monona; H. L. Pierce, Buena Vista.
The platform is understood to be
the product of G. F. Rinehart of Des
Moines, prepared after the Nebraska
platform at the suggestion of Mr..
Bryan himself.
The convention struck out the
fincncial plank Of the platform on the
ground that it was not happily and
properly expressed, and empowered
the committee on resolutions to sub
stitute new plank.
The platform follows:
"We, the representatives of the
democracy of Iowa. in convention as
sembled hereby proclaim our faith
in and adherence to the principles or
democracy as propounded by the IL
lustrious founders of our party.
Thomas jefferson, defended so earn
estN and effectively by Andrew Jack
son and expounded so lucidly by the
greatest living champion OF democ-
cracy, William Jennings Bryan.
I'VE rejoice in the great moral
awakening of the American people,
the exposures of graft and political
corruptjon and the manifest evidences
of public sentiment that demands the
punishment of the guilty. and we see
therein ample evidence Of the ability
of the people to work out their own
salvation and shape their own des-
tiny, We recognize as the para
mount issue Of this campaign lhe
famous dictum Of Jefferson Equal
rights to all and special privileges
to none and we declare that III the
adoption and execution of the prln-
cinles therein outlined lies the only
nath to civic Righteousness.
1--WE believe that in the preserva.