Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-09-11

the resolution on the table until af-
ter the other business of the conven-
tion should be completed. Lost.
The question now being upon the
resolution, Mr.. Stubenrauch wanted
to know what party the Central
Committee would represent.
II. M. McCully, Of Pella, opposed
the resolution.
T. Jefferson A. spoke in favor.
Eteubenrauch said We have a
State Central Committee, and Its
Chairman has failed to call conven-
tiop. He says the Democratic party
is dead, and l believe it. A few
wesks ago there was not enough left
! Of 1t In Marion county to "patch the
seat Of the trowsers Of a Court House
rat"
The vote was taken upon the reso-
luton. The Chair hesitated to de-
eide and division was called for.
Upon call of townships So votes were
cast in favor of the resolution and %
against.
Chair appointed the following
Central Committee: q. w. Crozier,
T. j. Anderson, Miles Jordan, j. ID.
Beadell, J. n. Steubeurauch.
David Smith, of Franklin, offered
the following:
Resolved, That this convention
now adjourn sine die.
Mr.. McCully spoke in opposition
to the passage of the resolution be-
fore the completion Of business
The convention was called for the
purpose Of nominating ticket. He
understood the object of the resolu-
tion and the men who would favor
it. There are some men who cannot
be led into the support Of the Grange,
and among them are the GOO Demo
Gratis of Lake Prairie township. Mr..
Stenbenrauch said the first resolution
offered here WAS in familiar hand
writing, tMcCormack's) the second
WAS from the same pen, and il Il half
doZen had been offered by delegates
from as many townships they would
have ali appeared in the same hand
writing IL we adjourn now this
Will be thI last Democratic eonyen-
tiOn ever heid In Marion County.
The seeds of dscord here sown will
spring up and multiply, and the
breach made to-day will widen. We
have been beaten Ia years, and we
would better be beaten IA years long
er than to disband as the resolution
proposes. This convention is cut
and-dried for adjournment. / am in
favor of nominating ticket.
| Anderson said the convention was
not cut-and-dried. The Primary OBJ
ject was to defeat the Republican
party, which has burdened US and
our children's children with mort
gage. Public debt, created In put
ting down a Democratic rebellion.
They tag the poor for the benefit of
the rich. while the latter pay no tax
es at alI. The Grange was entirely
wrong i'm making ticket as it did.
The Republican party broke up the
Grange Convention. We need not
adopt the Grange ticket; ! wouid
not do SO. We propose to let the
| tickets i'm the field beat the kepubli-
can ticket. / care not which one
does it. If we can unite enough hon
est Republicans with us we can bea
the Republican party. The Grang-
ers seek 10 put down the Republican
party and for that purpose ] am
with them. As matter OF policy,
my opinion is that we should vote
the Grange ticket.
Mr.. Shaw said an army could not
gain a victory by running away from
the enemy. Ii we want to beat the
Republican party we must MAKE a
square fight. Ii you think that
Democrats will vote any one ticket
in case we do not nominate to-day,
you are mistaken. Que OF the
Grange nominees tells me that be-
fore the Grange convention there
was covenant between them and
Mccormack that the Democratic
convention should endorse the
Grange ticket. This convention Is
packed in the interest Of the Grange
ticket. Grangers are here ~ dele
gates to prevent nominations, in or
der to force the Democracy to vote
their ticket. If they succeed the
Democratic party will scatter. The
party may be sold out, but its voters
cannot. The Grangers ask OF US
what Democrats who have either