Show I I OW A DEMOCRATS NAME A TICKET 9 Thomas J Phillips is Nomi Nominated Nominated For Fo Governor G i iI I FIGHT OVER PLATFORM 4 I SILVER FORCES IN HT GETTING IN 9 i Des Den Moines la Ia Aug SL The Democrats DemOcrats Demo Democrats of ot Iowa in state convention today tody 7 nominated the following follo ticket Governor J Phillips of f Qt Ot Ottumwa Lieutenant Governor O E Ferguson son of Logan Locan Judge Jud e of the Supreme Court John of ot Dallas Superintendent of Schools W WP P Johnson John on of Carroll Railroad Commissioner A C Brice Brine of Bedford The platform the natiOnal platform adopted in IMS 1109 at Kansas Kaa as City and contains a plank on state Sa In is issues sues demanding reform in taxation 1 laws repeal of the Mulct liquor law lawand lawand and enactment of local option law tew The chief contest in the convention was on in the adoption of the platform The struggle began in the district cau caucus cus Cu held bt ld before the convention assem Jn assembled i bled in the morning The ant auW tr forces succeeded In naming a majority of the committee e on resolutions There I was a protracted session Bession of this thin com committee c mitten and in the afternoon a majority I and two minority reports were submit submitted u ted to the convention The majority ty report ignored I nored national nal I issues entirely confirming itself ex en ent elusively to state matters Th The first t I minority report agreed with th the ma majority maI maS S I report except in a preamble which reaffirmed the Kansas City plat platform platform platform I form The second minority report dif differed differed I from each of the others in its itt preamble only which set out that state stab I issues issue were paramount in this eam egin j The minority report jug ing the Kansas City platform was ling adopted on the call of roll by counties I I amid much confusion by 1891 to 50 I Following is the text of the platform The Platform I We Vie the Democrats of Iowa in con convention assembled as hereby reaffirm tip the I principles of the Democratic platform adopted at Kansas City in 1900 and ant without surrendering our convictions S or abating our loyalty to our national I politics we believe this campaign to be bi particularly one that should be con confined confined confined fined to state issues Resolved That the fundamental principle of Democracy equal rights right S to all and special privileges to none soul C applies to the subject of o taxation The Thi a Democratic party believes s that the th C burden of taxation should be borne horn S CS I equally by all aU taxable property sub subject subject met to the jurisdiction of the state We pledge our members of the leg legislature legislature to formulate and urge the th C adoption of such a law as a will compel compe the burdens of taxation to rest on cor car corporate and individual property alike without favors or exemption of any an V interests We demand economy In the admin administration of state affairs the repeal rt alor of o mulct laws the enactment of a local lees I I leesS option law the abolition of or the offices office S of ot state printer and state binder and an the contracting for supplies supplier for the Ut e state st te with the lowest responsible bid bidder bidder bidder der derWe We cordially invite all am honest men mc T of the state to unite with us in securing ing the enactment of these principles principle S Sinto into law |