Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1889 — THE lOWA DEMOCRACY. [ARTICLE]

THE lOWA DEMOCRACY.

HORACE BOIES NOMINATED FOB GOVERNOR. Other Nominees by the State Convention —The Platform Declares in Favor of High License anti Local Option. For Governor HOItACE BoIES For Lieutenant-Governor......S. L. BESTOW ■For Supreme Judge (long and Bhortterm( : AV. H. BRANNON For Supt. Pub. Instruction..THOM AS IRISH For Railroad C0m..... DAVID MORGAN Sioux City flowa) telegram: The Democratic State convention met here Wednesday, nominated a State ticket with Horace Boies at its head, adopted a platform demanding high license and local option, and declared unanimously in favor of Chicago as the site of the world’s fair. Tee convention was called to order at •11 o’clock by E. H. Hunter, chairman of the State central committee. After a fervent prayer by the Rev. M. W. Darling and a song by the Schubert quartet, Mayor Clelland welcomed the delegates. Irving B. Richman of Muscatine was made t9mporury chairman. In the afternoon the committee on permanent organization named Judge Kinne for permanent chairman. On taking the chair Mr. Kinne made a short speech, touching on the tariff, prohibition, and railway questions. The convention then proceeded to make nominations. For Governor the names of Horace Boies and John E. Craig of Lee were presented and the informal ballot resulted: Boles 50 i, Craig 161 J, Whiting 67A, Bolter 10, and Allen of Woodbury 80. Patterson of Union (Lee county) then withdrew Craig aDd seconded Boies’ nomination, and he was nominated by acclamation. The ticket was completed by the following names: For Lieutenant-Governor, S. L. Bestow of Charlton; for Supreme judge (long and short terms) W. H. Brannon of Muscatine; for Superintendent of Public Instruction, Thomas Irish of Dubuque; for Railroad Commissioner, David ; Morgan of Powaschiek.

The platform was reported and adopted unanimously, together with the world’s fair resolution and a resolution thanking Sioux City for its reception of the convention. The platform indorses the declaration of principles made at St. Louis in 1889; renews opposition to the unconstitutional and unjust policy of high tariff taxation, which robs the many to enrich the few, makes the producer the slave of the manufacturer, lays its heaviest burdens on the farmer, t. e mechanic, and the day laborer, gives no return through any channel whom it daily robs, and fosters trusts, which are the legitimate results of our present tariff system; denounces the fallacy of the Republican State platform of lowa that a high tariff is or can be any protection to the farmer; lavors the Australian system of voting: recognizes and approves the doctrine of State and national control of railroads and other corporations; demands the passage of a carefully guarded license tax law which shall provide for the issuance of licenses for not less than SSOO in towns, townships, and municipal corporations by a vote of the people of such corporations; arraigns the Republican party for changing the pharmacy laws of the State; and resolves that while demanding that all honorably discharged Union soldiers who were injured in the line of duty or who are unablo by reason of age or other infirmities to support their families shall receive liberal pensions denounces the decision of the present national administration that the dishonorable discharge of a soldier from the service of the United States is no bar to his receiving a pension. A resolution wal passed deploring the death of S. S. Cox and extended sympathy to his family. At 5:15 the convention adjourned sine die. The State central committee is composed of these men: Charles D. Fullen, of Jefforson; Samuel Cohn, of Muscatine: J. G. Dunn, of Dubuque: M. K. Carter, of Winneshierk; John Baum, of Benton: J. E. Seevers, of Mahaska; J. B. Elliott, of Marion; W, E. Lewis, of Lucas; T. H. Lee, of Montgomery; G. W. Hyatt, of Webster; G. B. Healey, of Woodbury.