The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-02-28
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/ The Democratic Coevepslon ast y Ry gsI
Mnines, on Wednesday. B B Richards. et
Dubuque, VAS nsds temporary Chaifnans =
tSkax An Chat - 1ade as 81
sppescks u Cb6nsitee II - Y
| izatios. xith Judge Ed Joh.son = GheaF 81
the member from this District We sppo-
led Tie oaksr Committees 800 ~ 3.
Hin the afternoon : permanent g
was made Is follows:
pr..;d.nt-Charles Negus, Of Jeherson
$50 Vice. reaidents- Lash,
Hsnry; j s Townsend, Monroe; Y y Udeil,
Decstur, Comfort, Crawford; Theodore
! Cor. Madison: Jno White, Madison; Joseph
| Williams. Muscatine; Geo Paul, Johnsoni!
| Il Packard, Black Hawk; Wright Az
Iamskee; d Il Ellsworth, Hardin; William
s secre,ariss-J q Armstrong, Dubuque;
|, 81 Bousquet, Marion; F 4 3 baker, Des
Moines.
Tbe fo,lov;ne was the Committee on resc-
| lutions: -
LIST District Gibson Brown, 81 q he re-
I'd District-J c Knapp. % LII ~
tr;ct-.P ] Cough, i.vattam'e; !, ~. su
Dis,rici--Juo Currler: OH D.siric,-s & W.
L ltnfa ~
/ IN Dis,rict-I.anrel Somers, Scoot 9Th Dis,
/ tr;c,-.Ino P Irish, johnson. 9Th D:strict-A
/ N Han. Dubuque. 10Th Distsict--J Store,
man I1lth District-Jsmss fhelan. i-th
/ Distr;c,s- Wright, Of Bremen, -
Gem Dodge, J Fl O'Niel, ID Finch
| sSd o. Parker, we're inside de'ssass =
lste
| sfh.fuilo~ips District Delegates were sp-
! pointed
1 i, D;s,rict-Jno Rhinehart, and fstrirk
/ Gibbons Alternatives Ellis, ann
I Vi Disr-W Bartle, Of Linn, and -.
/ Rraanan. Al,ernates-A g Sales and hC
| Piait. .nJ
W., Mell;ntock. OF Fayetie Aiteinates-u.
G Wright, Of Bremen, and a Anderson o.
All p,,t-Hon 8 H Fairail Of Johsson, and
u u Rauesn,et. Of Marion. Alternaies-s =
Roam. Of Iowa aud Jno 5 Townsend o.
4 Monroe. p.,.,ts.
mie, and g N udel. Of Deeaiar; Aver n
a,ssJno Morris, OF Polk, and B F Wad-
4 worth, OF Warren.
cab Dis,-H Z Boardman, Of Marshall, and
ip j Halbrook. Of Monona. Alsernates-
James Hawthorn. oil story
The following gentlemen we're nominated
as al,erpalps for the delegates from the tate
at large. ! Tfead~as, Of Woodbury.; eei
Inv Babhiit, Of Pettawatlamie; ) y Van
Anda, Of Delaware, DA Wynkd op, of Jack
son.
4 Myan Bennett and W Clsgft., were APP
, rointed Ele ctors at large.
The following are the District Electors
l., Dist, ,et-M NJ Bleakmore, OF Fairfield,
a Distriet-Jno d Wallace. 3d District =
Inc 4 Stoneman. 4th District-Cyrus II
Maekey. Of Kepkuk. 9TH Dftrict-D NJ
Il Harris, Of Guthrie. 9Th District homas
; Sargent, Of Webster.
TIE platform resolves first, taa At doesn
like Congress, because coIgress|ls uncons''-
jtu,ional. second, that il doesn't IKE Congress
: because il is Unconstitutional eome more
third, that ii doesn't like Congress because Il
is unconstitutional some much more II IS
in favor Of protecting aliens ABROAD and in
favor Of repeating the prohibltorf lqnsr law;
! and is arposed to lett.rg the NEGRO vote. And
iastructs lis delegates 70 the National Con-
, vention 10 vote for Geo. Ii. Pefdleton, tor
Presiden, il didn't express amp chioce for
Vice II q sident, which was unkind 10 A.
G. Dodge and the Burlington Atgas- Here
are the resolutions in fall, CONCERNING paying
/. / off The bonds; and concerning National
y Banks:
, Resoiesd. That for The maintenance Of the
National credit We pledge the honor Of the
Democracy of Iowa, hut that we will nnsiter
. ably oppose that policy VII eh proposes TO pay
$ the rich man in gold and the poor man nde'
! | precialed currency: and that we believe that
the currency which is good enough to pay the
soldier. the widow and the orphan. Is good
9 enough for the bondhoder: xpthat the bends
: OF the government which are mode payable
| on their face in ttlauful money! popularity
known az grsAnbacks, having beeh purchased
with that kind Of money, may bs justly and
. honorabiy red. ned With tia same, and i is
the dnty of the government to pay thsE of as
rapidly ~ they become due or the financial
safety OF the country will permit.
Mr.. Bennett amendment, land which pre-
: vailed was 10 strike cut all the ~drds Of ibis
, resolution after the handicapped and and
insert The following. That as the 'Sreenbsek
ncss u legal tender for I'll debts, public and
private, except duties upon imports and inter
est upon the public debt. and is receivable for
all loans made TO the United States, We are
in favor OF paying OF the bonded debt Of this
nation Ia greenbaeks as rapidly hs they be
come due, or the financial safety OF the coun-
Try will perrit
Resotcei. / bat ihe National p}nk system,
organized in the interest of the bsnaholaeE,
ought 10 he abolished. and the United States
notes substituted ii lien Of . National Bank
currency. thus saving TO the people in in.
ieret alone. more than sIso0o,0 q annuaiy
and nnisl Iueii system of banks shall be
abolished We demand that the shares Of such
banks in lowe shall be subject 70 the same
taxss. State and municipal, as other properly
of the State.
Experience isereaboats is, that il is only
necessar, 10 put the National Banks In Demo
cratic keeping and they will be abolished
! last enough