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 Railway Commissioner, J. W. Luke. The resolutions declared against any compromise with the saloons and supported the people in their hostility to their existence and spread of the liquor traffic.

The Democratic State Convention assembled at Cedar Rapids on the 6th of August and placed the following candidates in nomination: Secretary of State, W. H. Chamberlin; Auditor, G. S. Witters; Treasurer, W. L. White; Attorney-General, C. H. Mackey; Judge Supreme Court, P. B. Wolfe; Clerk of Supreme Court, E. J. Sankey; Reporter Supreme Court, T. W. Ivory; Railway Commissioner, P. A. Dey. The resolutions reaffirmed the position of the party in favor of a license law for the control of the liquor traffic.

The Labor Union party held its State Convention at Des Moines on the 14th of August and nominated the following candidates: Secretary of State, E. P. Brown; Auditor, C. F. Davis; Treasurer, A. J. Blakely; Attorney-General, T. F. Willis; Judge Supreme Court, G. D. Potter; Clerk, A. Wooster; Reporter, D. J. Morris; Railway Commissioner, J. M. Joseph. No declarations were made on State issues.

The Prohibition party held its Convention at Des Moines on the 4th of September and made the following nominations: Secretary, C. R. McFarlin; Auditor, Ira Dorcas; Treasurer, J. C. Reed; Attorney General, J. L. Warren; Supreme Judge, D. B. Tourney; Clerk, S. F. Spurrier; Reporter, O. P. Crawford; Railway Commissioner, Cabel Dailey. The resolutions declared for prohibition and woman suffrage.

The entire Republican ticket was elected by pluralities ranging from three hundred ten for J. W. Luke, Railway Commissioner, to 3,993 for John Y. Stone for Attorney-General.

For the first time since the organization of the Republican party the Democrats elected a majority of the Representatives in Congress for Iowa, and the political