Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-07-29
Congressional Convention.

We briefly announced last weet
the result of the Republican Conven
ton of the big SIXTH" held at Fl
Dodge.
Hon, G.. f. Clarkson of GrundS
o county, was chosen chairman. The
report of the committee on creden'
tials gave an opportunity for numer'
Gus buncOmbe speeches, but the wit
buncombe and solid arguments were
brought out by the reading of the
, resolutions. After a sharp debate o.
three hours the interesting work Of
the Convention commenced. The
informal ballot for congressman re.
, suited as follows: Pomeroy 20 $40,
Orr 50, Couch 5, Ford SO and I scatter.
ing.
The 18th ballot on which the NOM
ination was made, stood Pomeroy 6,
Orr 1l2, Couch 33, Ford "a, scatter
ing 7.
The President declared Capt. J.
Orr, of Boone county nominated for
Representative in the 9th Congress
sional District, amid the widest ap.
plause'
On motion of J. l.. Williams, Capt.
Orr was declared the unanimous
choice of the convention for Mem
Der of Congress.
The following resolutions were
adopted as the sense of the conven-
! ton.
Resolved, That the party which
Numbers among it's achievements the
preservation of the government the
restoration of peace and the practical
establishment of that great principle
the Declaration of Independence,
| equality before the law, ana whose
administration of the government
both in war and peace is marked by
integrity and economy, is entitled to
receive in the future S it has received
in the past, the confidence and graft
tude of the American people.
RcSOLrcd, That it is the true policy
Of the government to leave the pub
lie domain free to the actual 0ccu-
pant; that the accumulation of large
bodies of land in the hands of cor
pOrate mOnOpOlies is both unjust to
lie citizen ard dangerous to the gov.
ernment: that system which
d Uh'es the price Of ole half Of the
public domain and gives the re-
maipder to spectators to be indefi.
nitely held free from taxation with
all of the burdens Of local govern
mcnt to be borne 10y the labor and en-
terprise of new country and which !
draws around our national legislature
or ganiZed bands of plunderers and
| robbers, shall be at once abandoned.
ReSoIrcd, That an equal rarticipa.
| ton in the benefits of government is
q fundamental principle of our sys>
tenn; that the business of banking |
does not form an exception to this |
rule; that national banking law |
which is not equally open to all who
shall comply with its provisions is i'm |
violation of this principle.
ReSOlyed, That system of civil SER
vice by which the necessary Offices !,
for the carrying on Of the govern
ment may become a corruption fund |,
in the hands of members of Congress |
| and their especial friends to perpetu- |
ate power or to secure plunder should |
be Immediately reformed.
J. w. Card offered the following |
resolution which was adopted:
ResOlred, That the distinctive poll
cy of the Republican party of the
United States since its organization
and to the present, has been one of
strict political impartiality and the
equality of all men before the law,
we here formally declare, that we as
delegates Of the Republicans Of the
9th Cong. Dist, are in favor of strik
ing the word white out of the natur-
ailZation laws Of the national govern
ment, and admitting all men to the
privileges of citizenship.
The resolution, which Mr.. Parsons
Of TT. Dodge tried to force upon the
Convention in the hope of distIn.
gushing himself, which was wisely
tabled by a vote of l0l to 10, read as
follows:
RcsOircd. That the federal govern
ment should exercise the power of
taxation only for the purpose of pro-
viding the means necessary for its
| support, lllab the lfuItCI tdA CpiISCJ-
ed Ivy duties upon imports should
form no exception to this rule, that
such duties should he imposed chief
ly upon. articles of luxury, that arti-
cles of ordinary consumption. and
such as are used mainly for produc-
tive purposes should be imported free
of duty. That to impose burdens
upon one class of citizens or upon
one branch of industry TO build up
another is an abuse of the taxing
power.
Chair appointed o Congressional
Committee Of seven consisting of the
following gentlemen:
p. z. Cue, of Webster county;
Judge Pendleton. of Woodbury.;
Hon. Geo. w. Wright, of Sac; n b.
Hyatt of Hamil'o OF, Hon. J. b. Pow
ers, of Black Hawk ; w. ]. MOir, of
Hardin; J. d. Ainsworth, Of Eraw-
ford Adolphus Jenkins, of Emmett;
J. l.. Williams, of Marshal; r. J.
Ross, of Story; Capt. Head, of
| Greene.