Show GOLD lavrn democracy want no silver lowa Aug 7 one of the biot notable state conventions in iowa closed in this city thia afternoon since monday there has aftan bitter strife between the two opposing opp elements of the party one contending for a ticket nominated on a plat form on a sound money basis the alier clamoring for free coinage without waiting for au international agreement by an apparently fortuitous incident the silver men had u fine chance to exploit their views in the convention hall during the afternoon from the fact that the resolutions committee get into a wrangle on the financial plank that kept them in the committee room till nearly 4 the currency resolutions being overhauled and reconstructed two or three times before an was reached and the majority making persistent efforts to avert the introduction of the minority report during this interval the convention did nothing but listen to free i by radical white metal champions the sound money men preserved pres arved silence except that cato sells made a short talk of a conciliatory cili atory character the controversy grew warm and bitter and when the minority report favoring free coinage was introduced another prolonged silver discussion was precipitated and for a while the proceedings were tumultuous the final roll call on the resolutions showed alie white metal crowd defeated by vote of to A mighty hout mingled with groans followed the announcement of the result A large number of free silver delegates immediately left the hall not waiting for alie nominations THE STATE TICKET the ft ate ticket waa then nominated pa follows for governor judge W I 1 mount pleasant lieutenant govenor S li bestow of chariton superintendent of public instruction lyman R parshall of maluo quota commissioner colonel Q K james of dubuque supreme judge senator thomas G harper Ds moines |