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Show IOWANS FAVOR HIGH LICENCES OTTIIMWA. Juh 27. Such townships town-ships and municipalities of Iowa as are willing to pay a high license for the sake of train ring in liquor may do so in the event of Democratic success suc-cess at the forthcoming gubernatorial election. At least the platform adopted adopt-ed at the convention of that party here today says so, but the pledge was not Inade w.thout a fight, both in committee com-mittee and on the door. Former Congressman Con-gressman Martin Wade, chairman of the solution committee, defended the plank against a vigorous assault on the part of General J. B Weaver "I am tired of belonging to a party which is kiown as th liquor party." declared Mr. Wade. "Where a majority of a community desire liquor the should have It and vice versa. That is personal lUterty, gentlemen, and it is Democracy. Weaver Assaults Plank. I General Weaver grew vehement in reply. "I don't know what will do more to make the Democratic party, the liquor party than the plank." he declared de-clared The platform as reported was then adopted with a shout and General Weaver demanded a roll call on the liquor plank, so that, as he said, the people of the state would know exactly exact-ly where tbe party stands. He made a motion to strike out the vital parts of the plank, but was overwhelmingly defeated on roll call P B. Wolfe of Clinton received the long term and H. C, Van Wagenan the short term nomination for the supreme su-preme court bench. Jerry B. Sullivan cf Ds Moines, tbe temporary chairman, delivered the keynote speech, II .1. Stcnger of To- ledo presided over tbe permanent or ganlzal ion A ringing speech was delivered by Claude R. Porter, the Democratic candidate can-didate for governor. Delegate Overcome by Heat. Frank Holme,, recorder of Scott county, was overcome by the heat as he sat among his delegation, but was revived. Many delegates were forced to leave tho hall. The platform denounces recent tariff tar-iff revision as a "masterpiece of in injustice," declares trusts and monop-lles monop-lles to be Intolerable, opposes the central cen-tral bank Idea, condemns the postal savings bank law in allowing the withdrawals of savings from tba communities com-munities in which they are deposited and accuses the Republican national administration of making reckless expenditures. ex-penditures. It endorses the regulation of railway, rail-way, telephone, telegraph and express ex-press companies, an income tax, the conservation of natural resources, the Initiative, referendum and recall ami improvement of roads. It urges 'i modification mod-ification of the state primary law to reduce expenses and declares for the Oregon plant of electing I'nlted Slates senators until such time as it shall be possible to do so by direct vote of the people. |