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Show TIIK tlH PA IHX II lOtU. Ok rilK lat Inat. the Iowa Hlata lie-put lie-put Mean convention wat held at Cedar llaplda. Harmony and good frellog, Ilia tald, characlerlitd Ibe (recced Inga. Hiram C. Wbeeler waa noml-uatcd noml-uatcd for governor on the fl nil allot, aud (leorge Van lloulen fur lieutenant governor on the aecond ballot. There were rreaentmany of the old party wheethoreea and they were ileoaed with Iho amoolh manner In which liualneaa waa Iranaacted. The moat algnlltcant feature of Ihe tltuallonln lowaltfixindlnlbetprrcli delivered by JohuV.HIone, temr-ary temr-ary chairman of Ihe convention. Tint gentleman dlttlnctly told Ihe delegatea that loua waa a doubtful Hlate, and that the good reaulla achieved by tbe Ilepubll- an parly, during Ita rule of Si) jeara were In danger, lie outlined what would lake place provided the Demo-cratlorty Demo-cratlorty gained control of the tie-entire tie-entire and leglalatlve de artmenU. It would manipulate con gteaalonal it f trlcta au that membera of Ita own party would be In tbe majority In the con-grmlonal con-grmlonal delegation. I'urtherroori, It would ado( I the Michigan Jalem of choualiigprveldcntlal elector! by dla-trlcla, dla-trlcla, and Ibua aecuro aeveral Iowa volet for a Democratic ireaidenllal candlJate. The latforni adoled favora jr. hlbltlon, commenda Harrlaon'a ad-mlnlitratlon, ad-mlnlitratlon, endoran Ihe McKlnley bill ond Ibe tllver bill of Mo. It alto favora HUte legislation on agricultural Intereata, and the enlargement of tbe po era of Ihe dairy comralaaloDert. Of cuurto It denounce the Ottuuiwatlat. form of the DemocraU which waa romulgaled about a week ago. Thectmlgn In low will I heated and vlgoroui. Itoth aldra are fully aUlpe. for the fray. Hut the tllver quetllon will not figure aa prominently aa la euppcecd. I'rohltiltlon and Ihe McKlnley bill will form Ihe main It. tuiaof the Utile. Tba former la a local qucttlou on which Ibe opli, fei I Intenaely, In Ihe convention a com-proinleetuUtllutefor com-proinleetuUtllutefor .uare problbU Hon waa defeated by v volet to 107. Thlt ihowi that the Itopul.llcan parly In low a It almoal aolld for Ibe comi l,t. annlhllallon of Ihe nhliky Interetl. Ill Ohio tbe McKlnley bill muat of neoclty U b. ivt ( le campalgu, and Iowa will make II the bailo uatlou-al uatlou-al Laue of Ibe comlug couteaL It la true that the Iowa Demo, crata have denounced the tllver leglaladon of Ibe pait and emphatically deniaud free an I nullmlied ivilnage. They will moat rubably forre the fighting on tbla queatlou, but never-theleaa never-theleaa the logic of Ibe alluatlou lu Iowa will bring tolhe front prohlbltlou and protection at Ibe luoet Iraportaul problenu. Iul8WOrfleldreelved a plurality of8U,0.ld!nIoa. but the defection, from Ihe ranka of Itebllcanlani aluce are netoul.liliig. Two )eart ago a Democratic governor waa eleilod. Tbla Democratic victory wwacblovcd before Ilceil'a (Jongrtaa waa wf t Into oblivion obli-vion and fully one year liefore the tidal wave of laat November. The growth of nomocracy In Iowa la attributed to acceaalont from the Itepubllcan aotl-prohlbtlonltte, and antl-Urlffllef, The Itepubllcana will make a Ire-mendoue Ire-mendoue fight to regain what baa been theundbjputed property of their parly ever alnce Ita birth. They have one good advantage tblt year. Thecrojt were never ao prolific, farmera will be In good humor, and the eofl blandishment blandish-ment of the orator may bring them 'back to their oil love. On the other hand the DemocraU Dem-ocraU have In Holea a leader whoao iKTeenellty alone la elmo-t a guaranty of victory. In addition they have the Indortement of Ihe Farmer' Alliance on free trade and free tllver. Altogether the campaign In Iowa thlt fall will make aalnlereitliig a bit of political warfare aa the moatbcllg erent ellllcal tolJler coulJ detlre. And next lo Ohio It will mott engage the attention of tho ptoi le cf the nation na-tion at large. |