Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-27

Delaware, Fourth, f. G.. Dunn, Ccrrt
Gordo; Sixth, Gen. J. B. Weaver JAS
per: Seventh. Jerry Sullivan. Polk
Eighth, Claude r. Porter Appanoose;
Ninth. S. p. WadsWorth. Pottawatta
mic. l.. p. Genung Mills: Tenth. G. F
Duncombc. Webster. Eleventh, Will c
Whiting. Monona.
Porter Almost Unanimous Choice.
Claude r. Porter was as good as q
unanimous choice of the state for dele
gate large. and only in one county
in the state. Sioux. did he fail to re-
ccive a vote. OF the ,1S2 votes cast on
the first ballot 1.153 were for Porter
Sullivan was second high. with SSl,
and Dunn came third, with 6S9E. =
/ total of 592 was necessary to choice
and the fourth man failed to receiy
the necessary number Duncombe :
ceved SIT, Weaver 421ta. Whiting 3
1 Craig $40. Carr 161. and Genung 10.
Wadsworth withdrew when Dickinson
county was reached in the roll call.
Weaver Again Defeated.
! The tedious procedure of roll call by
counties was again necessary to elect
the fourth member on the delegation.
The delegates We're getting tired, alter
mates were yet to be chosen, and the
platform was vet to be read. A total
of 1,165 votes was cast on the second
ballot. three counties failing to re-
spond. Duncombe was elected, with 616.
5S3 being necessary to choice. WeaV-
er was again turned down, altho he ran
second. with 442. Whiting withdrew.
and Craig and Carr received only scat
terng votes.
AIternates Exceed Delegates.
Nominations We're then received for
alternates-a large, as follows: Craig,
of Lee: NJ. V. Cannon. Scott: A. r.
| McCook. Butler: Weaver. of Jasper;
J. f. Stanton. Marshall; S. P. Wads-
worth. Pottawattamie: E. NJ. Carr.
Delaware. Whiting, of Monona, was
nominated, but withdrew, and Weaver
also announced his withdrawal. 1t was
becoming so tiresome. and so many
were leaving. that it was decided to
make the entire sextette delegates.
with a proportionate vote.
Only Handful Hears Resolutions.
Only mere handful of the original
audience heard Holly wade thru the
resolutions. The more radical utter
ances against Republican misrule"
were greeted with the usual applause.
An attempt at guaranteeing bank
deposits" plank, which met with the
disapproval OF at least the permanent
chairman, who declared it to hurt the
resolutions, was cut out, and the COM
mittee was instructed to ''rewrite.'
This was apparently not taken serl-
ously, either by the convention or the
committee. The convention adopted
the resolutions without the rewritten
plank. The paragraph that was strlck-
en- out read as follows:
I'VE believe that the restoration of
confidence will do more to put money
into circulation than any currency leg
islation that can possibly be enacted;
therefore, we favor the enactment of
a law evolving some scheme absolute
iy guaranteeing bank deposits"
Platform as Adopted.
The resolutions adopted rejoice in
the moral awakening of the people;
declare for states rights in legissation;
for the sans laws for foreign as
for home corporations; rejoces in the
enactment of cheaper railroad fares
and the anti-pass law; favors election
of United States senators by direct
vote of the people; charges the re-
publican party with responsibility for
trust evils; favors arbitration of la
Dor disputes, and an eight-hour work.
ing day; favors an income tax, i'm
provement of waterways all interna-
tiona arbitration. The planks on
tariff reform and endorsement of
Bryan follow:
Eve condemn the deceit and duplic-
ity of republican platform promises for
tariff reform, that like the will-o'-
the wisp, is always just beyond reach,
promising revision that has been de-
fined by an Iowa republican platform
to mean lowering Of schedules that
are too high and a raising of sched-
ules that are too low; and the deter
mination by friends of the tariff leaves
the beneficiaries of high schedules the
sole Judges of whether or not they
are too high or whether they are too
low. For many years the promise has
been made that the tariff would be
revised after election. Since then sew
eral elections have occurred and the
party yet points to some
election in the future as the time for
this will-o'-the- wisp to submit to cap
ture.
"The present financial stringency,
occurring after twelve years of abso-
lutte republican supremacy, shows the
or unwillingness of the
leaders of the republican party to at
ford the people any relief further than
to loan to the gamblers of Wall street
the money of the people needed to
handle the commerce of the country
and market the crops of real things in
which honest men deal; we favor the
issue and control, by the general gov
ernment only, of emergency currency
in times of financial stress and strain,
to be loaned upon adequate security |
without discrimination, at such rate of
interest as will insure its retirement
when the necessity for its issuance has
We condemn the attempt OF
The leaders of the republican party to
mass the Aldrich bill or the Fowler bill |
as an effort to take the constitutional
oreroga tive of issuing money from the |
government where it belongs
and placing it in the hands of indi- |
viduals or corporations. where it does |
not belong, and where it's exercise |
means renewed danger to popular lib |
erty.
Firmly believing in these principles
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