The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-07-18

| the lookup over night and on bail OF S2OO
she was discharged in the morning. TAN
has applied for divorce; he iis'0a very.
good citizen and most excellent barber
Our outside is nearly or quite all de-
voted to the Agricultural Fair. Kirkwood
is to be the orator. Within the last few
days we have had lots of visitors but want
of space foi BIDS naming all Of them.
State Convention.
| July llth. at Dcs Moines the delegates
assembled. ELwoop, CHI II state central COM
mttee moved to order. Richards, of Du-
buque, chairman pro tempore Fairall and
Shaw, secretaries. Committees on organi-
cation, on credentials. Forty one counties
| represented. Gen. "A. c. Dodge president;
4 or vice presidents and lots of secreta-
ries. Dodge made speech with sap
plause." Then a committee on resolu-
tons then committee on how to make
nominations was tabled, 100 to lG5; re-
considered and passed by l94 to 1852. The:
names Of the committeeman we omit. We
print below most of the resolutions: those
that arc of the general sort we refer to, in
brief: No. contains the usual compli-
ment to Jefferson. Nos 2, 3, 4, 5. sand
are below. No. is the Monroe doctrine,
and sympathy with all people who struggle
for liberty. Nos. and 10 are below. No.
IL, and last is Fenian resolution, tender
ing them our warmest sympathies. Two
reports were made on nominations. The
majority report says:
We recommend that the convention NOM
mate a candidate for Clerk of the Supreme
| Court. Further, that we recommend and
will cooperate with the conservative ele-
ment of the republican party in their eff
forts to restore the Union and defeat radical
disunionisnl, and for that purpose hereby
agree to support their candidate for sec'y
of state, treasurer, register, auditor and
attorney general, and recommend them to
the democratic party Of Iowa as worthy of
their support. " ..a .-'-.
The minority reported as follows:
LIST. That this convention proceed to
| nominate candidates pursuant to the call
of the central committea = :. Lii.
ID That we nominate delegates to at
| tend the Philadelphia convention to, be
held Aug. l4th, 1866.
(Sisned) l. NJ. PRESTON, -
d. N. Richardson,
-~.~ -.~- c. II. MULLARKy,
S. ii. FAIRALL.
ID. That the one great question Of the
/, day is the immediate and uncondiSsna!
restoration 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 president of the United States, in
all necessary and proper means to carry
out his policy as directed to that end, and
especially in securing immediate reprcscn-
tation in the senate and house OF repre-
sentatiyes to the eleven states from which
it is now unconsttutionally and arbitrari.
ly withheld, unless the degrading condi-
ton of inferiority i'll the union and negro
political and civil equality enforced by tie
federal government.
Sd. That for the purposes above set
forth we will cooperate in public meeting
conventions and at the polls with all mel
without reference to past party position
and who honestly, and by their acts and
votes as well as by their profession, sup
port the president in his policy of restora
: ton as declared.
5 4th.. That the exemption of United
f States bonds from tax is nothing else thar
exemption of rich men from tax, becaus,
they are rich, and then tax the poor MAI
because he is poor. Hence justice anC
s equality require that said bonds should b.
: taxed.
5th. That strict and impartial justice
demands that the expenses of the Genera
Government as well as the State govern
!. ments should be paid by the people nc
: cording to their ability and not accordin;
to their necessities Hence we are op
posed now as in the past to the high tarii
: which tends to burden the producer for til
. ,,,enelit o. the manufacturer.
. 9th. That the so-called Maine liqho
+ law is inconsistent. with the genius Or
k free people, and unjust am. !burdensome II
r it's operations. 1t has vexed and ir,,..' asse.
O the citizens, burdened the counties witt
9 expense, and proved wholly useless in tn
:. suppression Of incompetence. The opin
ion of this convention is that tho sam
e ought to be repealed. s,xygi
/ It'll. That the plumber of the state treas
ury by Governor Stone and accomplices
. calls for the consideration Of every homes
/ man in the state, and if the radicals of 9TH
I, last legislature had been true to the inter
@ ests of the people, they would noS hay
laborcd to save the criminals, but woul,
have prosecuted them to speedy and con
/ dign punishment.
e 9th. That we approve of the Nationa
,. Union Convention to be held at Philadel
6 phia on the l4th of next month; that W
approve of the principles and policy sc
} forth in the address Of the Democrat
; members of Congress urging the democ
G racy Of the nation to unite with the object
! Of that convention.
: 10th. That the memory of the brave OF
3 ficers and soldiers who lost their lives fight
d ing for the Union during the recent rebel
) lion, is enbalmed in the hearts of tn
Is American people, and that justice as wei
as humanity demands at the hands of tn
9 American people that the widows and OF
e phans of those who died in the Union ser
e vice shall be duly provided for by liberia
" pensions; that there shall be an cqualiza
J. ton of bounty SO that those who breasts
u the war at the start shall share the equa
s. pecuniary muniicence of those who en-
r tered the army at a later date.
PIcNIc.-The teachers and children G
the Congregational Union Sunday Schoc
will enjoy a picnic, per steamer Aiamakee
; on Thursday next. We hope they will q