People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1895 — IOWA REPUBLICANS. [ARTICLE]

IOWA REPUBLICANS.

STATE CONVEN DON INSESSION AT DES MOINES. Will Likely Be Hot Fight for the Gubernatorial Nomlnatloi Temporary Chairman Lane's Address —May Indorse Allison for President. Des Moines, lowa, July 10.— The lowa republican state convention this morning attracted more than usual attention on account of possibilities affecting the presidential boom of lowa’s favorite son, William B. Allison. The field for the gubernatorial nomination simmered down till only the following opened headquarters Monday and seek the nomination: Gen. F. M. Drake, Centerville; ex-Senator James Harlan, Mount Pleasant; Senator Matt Parrott, Waterloo; Senator J. B. Harsh, Creston; Secretary of State W. McFarland, Des Moines; Senator J. T. Kamerar, Webster City, and Col. E. S. Ormsby, Emmetsburg. Up to the hour of convening the chances were believed to lie between the first three for the nomination, with Gen. Drake a strong favorite to win. There are 1,243 delegates to the convention, requiring votes for choice. Little interest was shown in other offices, for which tfie nominations were conceded as follows: Supreme judge, Judge Given; lieutenant governor, W. 8. Dungan; railroad commissioner, G. W. Perkins; superintendent, Henry Sabin. The convention was called to order at 10 o’clock by Chairman Blythe of the state central committee, and Temporary Chairman J. R. Lane of Davenport took the chair. After thanking the convention for the honor conferred upon him Mr. Lane proceeded to eulogize the republican tariff policy, which, he declared, had built up American Industries. He spoke In favor of a “sound” currency, saying: “We should favor bimetallism, the use of both silver and gold, with the largest use of silver in our currency that will not Impair or endanger in any way the parity in value of all money in circula- . tion, whether metallic or paper. We should favor an international conference to adopt such measures as will insure a parity of value between gold and silver for use as money throughout the world. The United States should not open its mints to free coinage of silver until an arrangement shall have been made with other leading commercial hations whereby they will agree to concurrently open their mints to free coinage at an agreed ratio.” Permanent organization was completed with LaseYoung as chairman.