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Show democratic platform of his stale is very pointedly in favor of free silver, the j governor straddles the question com-I com-I pletely. Mr I'khkins says among other things that (Governor RpflM has "very frequently attempted to maintain a discreet dis-creet silence on the silver question and bent all the strength of his Intellect to the whisky question, which ho insisted ought not to be hampered by party af-liliations." af-liliations." He says that the last Iowa campaign was fought on the am: question ques-tion of retention or dismissal of the state wide prohibitory liquor law; that all other questions were relegated to the rear. He point out the fact, and gives it emphasis, that nothing of free i bilver was heard in the campaign, and that no one know the fact better than Governor lioiEs. and therefore the wiiey governor underestimates the party in the state in declaring in favor of free coinage. .Mr. Peukins gives the republican record of Mr. Boies, which shows that he has not been within the ranks of jhe democratic patry sullic-iently sullic-iently long to pose as a democratic oracle, or-acle, and observes that Governor Hoiks in his official papers has repeatedly recoguf.ed the faet that republicans assisted as-sisted in his election, simply because he stood for the repeal of the prohibitory prohibi-tory liquor law, and has more than once deprecated any attempt to turn such a victory to partisan advantage. A the same time Mr. Perkins regards Mr. BOIES as a very decided candidate for the democratic presidential nomi nation, despite the fact that Boies' silence si-lence upon and evasion of the silver question shows himself to be out of joint with his own party in the state. Mr. I Ykkins thinks that should Governor Gov-ernor BOIES be given a place on the ticket this year he would be, so far as his own state is concerned, placed in a very embarrassing position, since the party in Iowa would force free silver to the front as an issue, and its local candidate can-didate upon the national ticket would be constantly dodging that issue. BOIES AMI SH.VHR. Uoprcrntativf 1'khki.ns of lown, had j au article ia tho WMhlagttMl Post the , Dtttcr tlay upon tho .subject of the possi- I bility of low QfujupyloB place upon I tli.i democratic national ticket this year, In which he calls attention to the fact ' ttial the Iowa governor has grown so diplomatic of late, that although the j i |