Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-02
DEMOCRATS At
CEDAR RAPIDS
GENERAL WEAVER Is LEFT OFF
DELEGATION.
He WILL RUN FOR GOVERNOR
convention Is for Bryan - State
Chairman Announces
Retirement.
He WILL RUN FOR GOVERNOR

-Centerville. Jerry B. Sullivan of Des
Moines and E. G. Dunn OF Mason
CITY were chosen as delegates al
large on the first ballot by the demo
cratic state convention, and C. f.
Dunoombe OF Fort Dodge was chosen
ON the next ballot.
The platform indorses Bryan and
1nstructs for him under the unit rule
Gen. j. B. Weaver and his friends
made a hard fight for delegate al
large, but he was defeated. Later
General Weaver gave out the follow
Ing interview:
"The Hon. Claude Fl. Porter stated
TO me this evening that he would not
enter the June democratic primaries
as a candidate for governor as ]
had hoped he would do. This being
the case, at the solicitation of friends
4 nave concluded to enter the prim
airy myself for that Office"
During the day Chairman Miller oil
the state committee announced that
ne would not be candidate to sue
coed himself.
Claude r. Porter. temporary chair
man, delivered an address In which
ne made an urgent plea to the
democrats of 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 @
harmonious fight under the demo
cratic banner against republicanism.
While the convention was waiting
the report of the committee on reso
buttons, following the speech of Per
manent Chairman Denison, there was
q series Of time filing speeches by
Judge Wade, Congressman Dan Ham
ilton, Fred White, General Weave,
and others. Finally the committee
proceeded to the election of delegates
at large.
On the first ballot Claude r. Por
ter OF Centerville, Jerry B. Sullivan
of Des Moines, and e. G.. Dunn Of
Mason City, were chosen.
On the ballot for the election oil
the fourth delegate at large the can
gdidates were John Craig of Lee
county, Major Carr of Manchester
General Weaver, G. F. Duncombe, anu
EWill Whiting, the latter of whom
withdrew. Duncombe's vote was GIG
fand Weaver's 442.
AS alternates six men were chosen
Each will have two-thirds vote. They
are: ]. E. Craig, Keokuk; M. v
Cannon, Scott county; A. R. Nc
Cook, Butler; e. M. Carr, Delaware
j. q. Stanton, Marshall; S. P. Wads
worth, Pottawattamie.
Delegates.
iefr iat AL
follows:
First district. P. Crutckshank
Lee; w. P. Lippincott, Van Buren,.
Second district-E. M. Sharon
Davenport; A. Brandt, Jackson.
Third district-W. B. Higbee, Blu
chanans H. G. Liggett, Black Hawk.
Fourth district-John McCook
Howard; H. B. Dorsey, Mitchell.
Fifth district-(Double delegation. J
r. I. Williamson, Grundy; H. P
Fitzgerald, Tama; John w. Valley
Marshall; c. H. Pattenburg, Benton.
Sixth districts. B. Reynolds, Ma
haska; Claud Meyers, Wapello.
Seventh dstrict-John T. Null
vaney, Polk; P. j. O'Malley, Dallas.
Eighth DISTRICT. ]. Dunnegan
Page; e. ]. Sankey, Decatur.
Ninth district-John Blake, Caas
w. G. Campbell, Shelby.
Tenth district-D. L. Caswell
Crawford; J. H. Mention, Boone.
Eleventh district-W. F. Hutton
Ida; c. c. Cannon, O'Brien.
Alternates.
First district-Frank J. Killing, Des
Moines; Edwin knapp, Washington.
Second district-L. c. Mosinger
Clinton; H. H. Bartlett, Muscatine.
Third district-C. G. GethaL4, Har
din; J. F, Kenefick, Franklin.
Fourth district-C. wv. Dillon,
Worth; A. Bernaty, Winneshiek.
Fifth district-(Double delegation.
j. A. Greene, Jones; Lewis Helms
Linn; j. G. Vance; M. J. Donnelly
Linn.
Sixth district-D. w. Bates, Mon
roe; J. H. Plat, Poweshiek.
Seventh district-A w. Brady, Ma
rion; N. w. Harris, Polk.
Eighth distriet-M. H. Wilson
Wayne; w. w. Perkins, Wayne.
Ninth district. w. Norris, Guth
RE; William Dolk, Audubon.
Tenth district-F. w. Walchoz,
Wirnebsgo; l.. c. Nauger, Humboldt
Eleventh district-E. L. Grow,
Monona; Fl. 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
financial 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:
I'VE, the representatives of the
democracy of Iowa, in convention as
sembled hereby proclaim our faith
in and adherence to the principles OF
democracy as propounded by the IL
lustrious founders of our party
Thomas Jefferson, defended so earn,
estly and effectively by Andrew Jack.
son and expounded so lucidly by the
greatest living champion Of democ
cracy. William Jennings Bryan.
1--WE rejoice in the great moral
awakening of the American people,
the exposures of graft and political
corruption 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 the
famous dictum of Jefferson, Equal
rights to all and special privileges
to nome and we declare that in the
adoption and execution OF the prin
cirles therein outlined lies the only
path to civic righteousness.
1--WE believe that In the preserva
ton az inviclate and inviolable, OF
the reserved rights OF the states to
REGULATE end control internal rights