The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-07-14

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From the Rsgiar W gather slch report q
~ proceedings Of the faithful q their rscsst
caesspson 3. ~ f,iss.ll {ar Ise94s ~
sAsseaborafy Organization B. B. RlcnAsss,
q Duba4ds, 10 made ChairhSd. Conni.-
tees on Credentials and Permanent Drxnaiss-
tss.esS sppsased, ecGnslisiniss X bis f11s,.
bsr from each District except tha tesaA ghich,,
~ not rpressntid dsa. a q. DISCS vas
made permanent Chairman. AuoUs1Us OxsAa
made speech and glori6ed ANDREW, the
sscensernetse. Thea there was debate about
he appointment Of committees and such in.
teresting topics. DANIEL r. MlLLER, Chair
man ofthe Commettee on Resolutions, came
in strong With eleven Resolves" and no
"Whereas. Here are the first three,
Resoiced, That the democracy Of Iowa will
adhere, III the present and future, as in the
past With unfaitering fidelity and frmasas,
to the organization Of the democratic party,
and to ITS ancient and we'll settled principles,
- enunciated by Thomas jefferson, the
great apostle Of American democracy, and a
acknowledged and accepted by the party from
the foundation Of the government, aud o.
psciafiy Of equaa taxation md Of representa-.
ton OF aal The States Subject to taxation.
Hesotced, That the great question Of the
day, is the immediate and unconditional res.
toration Of all the States to the exercise Of
their rights within the federal Union, under
the constitution, and that We will cordially and
actively support Andrew Johnson rs Presi.
dent Of the United States in al rsctssssv snd
proper means to carry ont his policy, as di.
rected . that end, and especially in securing
immediafed representation in the Senate and
House Of Representatives to the II States,
from which It's nov unconstitutionally and
arbitrarily Withheld, unless on the degrading
condition Of inferiority in the Union, and
negro political and civil equality enforced by
the federal government. ID
Resotred, That for the purpose above set
forth, we will cordially cooperate in public
meetings. conventions, and at the polls, with
ell men, without reference to past party posi-
tons, who honestly, and by their acts and
votes. as well ~ by their professions, support
the President in his policy Of rsstoration,
asnow declared.
The iourth thinks U. s. bonds should be
taxed; the fifth don't like snow rs in the
past high protective tariff the sixth don't
like the Main Liquor Law but fayors license
INV in its stead; the seventh pitches into
"Gov. SroSE and his accomplicea sor the
plumber ofthe State Trsasury'' AID thinks
the radicals should have prosecuted them aud
oil that the eightis in favor Of the Monroe
doctrine the ninth
Eesotred, That we approve Of the National
Union convention to be held nj Philadelphia
on The I4th oil next mon:h-thst We approve
oeih principle and policy set forth in the ad.
Dress OF the nemoeratic members of Congress
Gfging the Democracy of the nation TO unite
with the objects Of that Convention.
The tenth bouey::fuges the soldiers who
two years ago were, in Copperhed parlance
"Lincoln hirelings,' the eleventh honey.
fugles the Fenians whom AxnY FASTENED to
put under. 1kers was a majority report in
aSor of fusing with the wax fggen 8. Il.
FAtRuAsL, Of johnson, submitted a minority
report IN favor of nominating straight Den.
ocralic ticket and sending delegates to the
Philadelphia Convention. Both reports were
received with applause. CLAGErr, DEAN
aud Bennett spoke in favor Of the
majority report. Mnrphey. of To-
wa couaty; Fairhlll, Bowman Of DUBUQUE,
Irish of johnson, and Richards and Mills of
Dubuque were in favor of the minority re-.
port The minority report was rejected by
vote Of PIP to l56. The majority repor. was
then adopted.
Dan Miller nominated Capt. Stoddard, of
lama county, for Reporter Of the supreme
Court, and he was nominated by acclama.
ton.
Capt Gottschalk. of Dubuque, was nomi.
mated for Clerk of the Supreme Court
The committee reported the following gen.
tlemen for delegates to the Philadelphix con
vention:
At Large-A c Dodge, G Fl Parker, A b
Larimer. 5 Ii Fairal, Edward Johnston, j
N Eliwood, b B Richards, and Lycureus
Palmer
First District-H Clay Dean, H II Trim.
BILE, T w Clasett and Charles Mason.
Second District NJ Preston, Capt II
Wallace, c M Dunbar, c e Putnam.
Third District-Wm Mills, Pat Richardson.
o Il p Roselle, and |. l. Ainsworth.
Fourth District Neal. Geo Gillespie,
John White. and H Murphy.
Fifth District-J ID Test, NJ d McHenry.
Gen ] N futile, and ] W Warner.
Sixth Distinctly r Ellsworth, H E ]
Boardman, c b Listen, J A Hill.
The report was adopted.
Alter miscellaneous business, A C Dodge
made speech, and at hslf-past IL O'Clock
the convention adjourned.