The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28

OTTUMWA, Iowa, July 28.-Such
townships and municipalities in Iowa
as are willing to pay high license for
the sake OF dealing In liquor may do
SO in the event of democratic success
in the coming gubernatorial election
At least the platform adopted by the
democratic convention here says SO,
but the pledge was not made without
fight, both in committee and on the
floor. Former Congressman Martin
Wade, chairman of the resolutions
committee. defended the plank
against a vigorous assault by Gen. j..
B. Weaver. Wade said:
Il am tired of belonging to party
which is known as a liquor party.
Where a majority OF q community
desire liquor they should have it and
vice versa. This is personal liberty.
gentlemen, and it is democracy
Gen. Weaver replied: II don't
know what will do more to make the
democratic party liquor party than
this plank
me PLATFORM as reported, was.
then adopted with a shout. The
Weaver democrats asked for roll
call on the liquor plank They SAD
the people would thus know exactly
where the party stands. Weaver
made motion to strike out the vital
parts of the plank, but was over
whelmingly defeated.
P. B. Wolfe, of Clinton, received the
1prs6 -,
the short term nomination for the
supreme bench.
H. j. Stenger, of Toledo was per-
manent chairman, A speech was de-
livered by G. r. Porter, democratic
candidate for governor.
The heat was oppressive. Frank
Holme, recorder of Scott county, was
overcome, but revived later.
First District Caucus.
Frank c. Norton of Burlington sue
ceeds A. c. Miller of Washington as
member of the state committee from
the first district. The caucus was held
In the Commercial association rooms
and was presided over by Committee
man Miller. James j. Gillen of Henry
county was secretary and ]. w. Doe
OF Jefferson was his assistant. John
q. Craig of Keohuk was named as the
member of the resolutions committee
and A. N. Alberson of washington
county will serve on the credentials
. committee, Carl Lohmann of Burling-
ton viii serve on the committee ON
permanent organization. A. G. miller
was selected as vice president.
The Liquor Plank.
The liquor plank reads: The demo
cratic party is in favor of as large a
degree of individual liberty as is com
patible with the rights of organized
society and therefore, with reference
10 thesuse and sale OF Intoxicating
hquor, we are il favor of a strict local
option law with high license, the min
mum to be fixed by the legislature
under which a municipality shall de
clare by vote Of the people whether
Or not Intoxicating liquors are sold
therein 2
Balance Of Platform.
The democratic party of iowa ir
convention assembled reaffirms its
laith and devotion to those essential
principles of democracy which have
ever held the party together in vic
tory and defeat.
democracy is q conservator of prop
erty and the champion Of human
rights. 1t defies alike both paternal
ism and communism. It's theory oi
government is that that government
is best which governs least. 1t is the
friend OF both labor and capital. l,
adds to the reward of human endeavol
by giving equal opportunities to all
and special privileges to none Demo
cracy fixes no limit to honest accum
ulation of capital but it denies that
wealth. and cunning leagued together
may lawfully concentrate into few
hands the fruits Of the productive en-
ergy of the world.
We denounce the republican tarif
act as masterpiece of injustice, In
yolving renorseless exactions from
Nc many to enrich the few, through