People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1895 — NOMINATE JUDGE BABB. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NOMINATE JUDGE BABB.

lowa Democrats Declare Against the Free Stiver Idea. Marshalltown, lowa, Aug. B.—The democratic state convention, the second which has been held here in seventeen years, was called to order in the Odean Opera House by Chairman Howard at 10:30 o’clock yesterday. The convention contains 1,079 delegates, and every county is fully represented. From the first ;t was evident that there would be a hot fight on silver. The Rev. Father Linehan of the Catholic church in this city opened the meeting with prayer. Mayor Pierce, the ’ Kid” Mayor of Marshalltown, made an address of wel-

come. Judge Nathaniel French of Davenport was made temporary chairman, and addressed the convention for nearly two hours. He stirred up the blood of the silver men in an exhaustive discussion of the money question, taking the position of Grover Cleveland and indorsing his policy. At the outset of his speech Mr. French reviewed the history of the prohibition question in lowa for the past thirteen years, and spoke of the political significance, saying that the democrats of the state were confronted with the same problem—to eliminate the prohibitory liquor amendment—and must repeat their pledges made thirteen years ago. The majority report of the committee on resolutions was read, reaffirming the national platform of 1892, Indorsing the money plank therein adopted, condemning the cowardice of the republican party in the recent state convention in Ignoring state issues, urging a repeal of the mulct law and the enactment of a local option measure, and demanding that state Institutions be governed by a single non-partisan board of control, and favoring the speedy completion of the Hennepin canal. The minority report was then introduced, touching only the financial question and being an Indorsement of the 16 to 1 free-colnage idea. Fiery speeches were made, and the uproar at times was furious. Finally a ballot was tak-n and the “sound money” advocates were shown to be In the lead by a vote of 651% to 420%. Judge Babb, after being nominated for governor by acclamation, made a brief speech of acceptance. Ex-Gov. Bestow was nominated for lieutenantgovernor, Lyman B. Parshall of Maquoketa for state superintendent of schools, Col. George James of Dubuque for railroad commissioner and Senator Thomas A. Harper of Des Moines for Supreme court judge. The convention adjourned about 6 o’clock.

The financial plank of the platform is as follows: “We reaffirm the following portion of the seventh plank of the last national democratic convention. We hold to the use of both gold and silver as the standard money of the country, and to coin both gold and sliver without discrimination against either metal or charge for mintage; but the dollar unit of coinage of both metals must be of equal Intrinsic and exchangeable value, or be adjusted by international agreement or by such safeguards of legislation as shall insure the maintenance of the parity of the two metals and the equal power of every dollar at all times, and we demand the paper currency shall be kept at par with and redeemable in such coin. We insist upon this policy as especially necessary for protection of farmers and laboring classes, the first and most defenseless victims of unstable money and fluctuating currency.’ ”

JUDGE W. I. BABB.