Show woRiD NARMOY Iowa Democrats Meet inState I in-State ConventionS I DELEi Convention-S ARE INSTRUCTED Directed to Vote for Bryan at Kansas City Convention Tho Chicago Platform is Reaffirmed and tho Gold Standard is Indorsed Nearly 1000 Delegates Were in Attendance A Bisolutlon Was Adopted Providing Pro-viding for n Contribution to Fund for Doer Des Molnos la May 3Th Democratic Demo-cratic State convention selected for del cgatesatlarpe to the Kansas City convention con-vention Cato Sells of Vlnton Charles A Walsh of Ottumwa Jblui S Murphy of Dubuque George Baker of Davenport Tho proceedings were characterized by harmony throughout and tho convention 1 con-vention was the largest held by the Democrats oC this State in recent Yeas nearly 1000 delegates being present The I prevailing sentiment was overwhelmingly overwhelm-ingly for Bryan and the delegates were i Instructed to vote an a unit for him at Kansas City In the framing of tho platform the more conservative clement prevailed Tho Chicago platform Is Indorsed and the gold standard denounced but tho ratio of h to 1 does not appear in the resolutions The selection of John S Murphy editor edi-tor of tho Dubuque Telegraph was a concession to the radical advocates of I freo silver I Temporary Chairman Jeremiah B Sullivan received tremendous applause I In response t his denunciation 0 trusts and Imperialism and his imperialsm Indo ement of William Jennings Bryan for President Presi-dent Nowhere In his speech did he mention 1C to 1 He said In part The Declaration of Independence announced nounced at Chicago In 1S9C will never die Tho Democratic party stands for blmetallsm and ever will I Is opposed op-posed to a money trust aa much as It Is to a sugar trust The trusts must go and there is but one party that can and will accomplish it and that Is the Democratic party You cannot hope the Republican party will crush the trusts Do you expect a son father to cast ofT his most obedient I Imperialism militarism and trusts I i I are one They mean a gigantic consolIdation I I Idation and woe to tho common people when they aro united Imperialism I cannot be a success without a standIng stand-Ing army A standUK army bodes no good to a free people I maintained It will lead to but one end dictatorship We cannot have colonies under our t i system of government We cannot hold I I territory In any other capacity Cuba 1 Porto Rico and the Philippines are to become n part of the United Slates are I they not J they are then say so If they ILl not then the people of this country are In bondage and the lug of the Republic lloats over slaves The convention adopted 3 resolution offered by former Congressman Walter Butler providing that the delegates I contribute to a fund In aid of the Dot I The platform adopted rcajllrms unqualified un-qualified allegiance to the principles set forth In the Democratic national plat form adopted at Chicago In 1S96 recognizes recog-nizes Wllllnm J Bryan as the greatest S living exponent of those principles and demands his nomination as the standard stand-ard bearer of Democracy I opposes the single gold standard denounces trusts and combinations In restraint of trade and the protective policy of tho Republican party upon which it alleges al-leges they are founded deplores the adoption of the recent Porto Rico measure meas-ure as a violation of American pledges and of the Constitution and a stain upon American honor condemns what it calls the Imperialistic policy of thlM Administration extends sympathy to the South African republics and favors the election of United States Senators by direct Tote of the people |