Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-06-27
CONVENTION OF
DEMOCRATS ENDS
LIQUOR QUESTION BROUGHT UP
BY DAVENPORT IS DOWNED
BY DELEGATES
SUPREME JUDGES NAMED
A. J. House and D. w. Hlebee Choice
of Convention for Nomination
Platform Lauds Bryan
Highly.

Sioux City, June c6.--The Demo-
cratic state convention adjourned at
5:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon after
adopting platform and nominating A.
J. House Of Maquoketa and DR.. w.
Higbee of Creston for justice of the,
supreme court.
The only contest of consequence oc-
CURED in the committee on resolu-
tions. In the interests of Mark
Walch's candidacy for congress the
Second district insisted on an out
spoken declaration against prohibit
ton, while several members of the
committee opposed such statement.
Henry Vollmer of Davenport sub,
mitted the following plank I'VE de-
plore the attempt to again inject into
the politics Of the state the question
amendment We are opposed to such
amendment and it's resubmission anu
we urge in the name of true temper
ance and home rule that the several
communities of the state be given
power to make their own purely local
police regulation on this subject"
A Compromise Report.
In order to prevent fight on the
floor of the convention majority of
the committee agreed to stand for the
following very general statement I'VE
reaffirm the traditional policy of the
Democratic party with reference to
local self-government and home rule. /"
The Vollmer plank was considered
entirely too strong by the majority.
The following members of the resolu.
tons committee would not even stand
for the milder plank, and signed a
minority report, protesting against it.:
O. P. Myers of the Fifth district, w. N.
Townsend of the Sixth, r. G. Weissell
of the Eighth They wanted the con-
vention to ignore the liquor question
entirely.
When the minority report was sub
mitted to the convention 1T was voted
down, 551 to 1926. The platform was
adopted as follows:
The Votes for Judges.
The vote on nominations for SUI.
preme justices follows: A. j. House of
Maquoketa, 730; D. w. Hughes OF
Creston, 612; w. H. Jaques of Ottum.
wa, 376; Theo. Bradford of Marshall,
town, 100.
Douglas Barrymore of Allamakee
county disputed the title of Tim Don,
ovan of New Hampton to membership
on the state committee, alleging a
manipulation of votes in the caucus
but the convention sustained Mr.. Don
oyan.
The State Platform.
The Democratic platform follows:
I'VE hail with qualification the GER
tainty of the nomination for prssi-
dent of the United States of the graa
commoner, William Jennings Bryan
at the hands Of the democratic nation.
al convention to meet in Denver, Jul!
Z, 1908.
I'VE rejoice in the fact that thu
Democrats of Iowa have nominated
for United States senator the Hon
Claude r. Porter, a man who sincere
! ~ and steadfastly stands for I'll,
| progressive reform ideas unsuccessful
lily urged by Governor Cummings
1--WE rejoice further in the nomina
Iowa of that gallant old soldier an.
statesman, the Hon. Fred E. White
| for governor of this state. His election
would mean an able and economical
| administration of the high office AM
guarantee that the blot of Republi
can reactionaries will be foiled 1ns
that the hand on the dial of progress
shall not be turned back in Iowa.
i I'VE demand such legislation as will
make the American house of lord
more responsible to the peoples will
! and to this end favor the election Q