The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-06-22
THE IOWA DEMOCRACY.

V,ee, The Democracy Of Iowa met in Stat
TisnventtOn at Des Mones on the l4tl
inucist., and comes forth from it before tn
init vsopls clad In new suit made Of tn
l. View Departure" cloth that Vallandig
iinte am stole from the Republican party.
,,,ro. o be sure, the new dress bears q few
;, watches taken from the rotten old Dem
,:va,, Tatio arments-enough to show tina
y we purity wearing 1t is the same ole
the ,pulcare Of dead ideas and decayirl
,of ssclarations, notwithstanding its newt,
r,f United exterior.
The platform as reported by the com
icsittee was adopted without dek-ss
6, he first, aud second resolutie
o,llows: .recovuize our bind.
.Pcsoivcd. III To the Constitution Of the
*oSx ~ States as it now exists, without
losfsrence to the means by which the
tme became the supreme law o. the
me Resolved, That we will faithfully sup.
report the Constitution OF the United
1tates a. 1t now exists, and that we de-
hand for 1t strict construction SO as to
l" rOtect equolly the rights Of States and
Iin,,tii viduals.
I The eighth denounces the corruption
md extravagaI,cs Of every department
''m.f the Federal Government, the land
'durxut system, the financial policy Of the
administration, and the system Of Ma
I, ioual Banking.
no The ninth fuvOrs economy and retluc-
4 ION of the State and general government
'it.,xpenses, civil service reform, and the
/ selection Of internal revenue by State
!, authorities.
E The tenth rejects the idea of repudia-
ion Of the national debt, believing it to
J 70 the duty Of the government to pay
'kiuccording to law, in lawful money, all
AZ, to liabilities.
-, The eleventh denounces tho system
(which brings the labor Of penitentiary
s":ouvicts In competition with the labor
Offers aud mechanics of Iowa Us an outrage
,.,pn tho latter, aud demands of the Leg
,r,slature reform.
rA' The twelfth demands that railroads
. Gland railroad property in Iowa shall be
laGaxed the same as other property, in
accordance with tho Constitution of the
; State, and affirms the right of the peo-
'"pls, by Legislative enactment, to regu-
kbusiness in the State.
I'm Tho thirteenth appeals TO the people,
regardless of party political association,
to join them in obtaining relief from the
Pburdens aud abuses which Cypress the
Country.
,. e This unconditional surrender of many
rof the principles held dear 10y Demo
!. pcratic hearts during and since the wa: is
Pmeant Of course to be a bid for increased
cparty support but the evident reluctant
acceptance of some Of the results of
Republican labor aud belief would seem
~ fiilnsy bait with which to attract votes
from the party that produced these
vresults and have long upheld these prin-
ciples, to that one which has continually
!: opposed both, and now with neither
! E, consistency nor principle abandons its
: =, former position and virtually admits it
Ito have been a dishonest and incorrect
I: >party.
i The candidates nominated by the
Convention were as follows: for Gov,
III. Knapp; for Lieutenant Gov, NJ. NJ.
Hane for Supt. of Public Instruction,
II. NJ. Mason for Supreme Judge, Jno.
IF. Duncome, all Of whom will sink just
cas gracefully under All immense Repub
4 lioan majority as though their candida
,ture had not been attended by so great a
/ new departure'.