Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-14

The foiJbwing are tho Resolutions
adopted blythe Grange County .Conven-
ton in thu city, on tho, I'd inst. With
In the prollnble, that relief cannot he
found IN any existing political party, we
fully end0tse every word ofthe platform,
and we af0certain that there Is not a
DemocratSjn the county who can not do
the same fbing We believe If the Demo-
cratic partY was given power the evils
complains of could be removed from
our politienl affairs. But as II is certain
that prejudice in the minds OF majority
of the peonje win prevent that party OBJ
tanning pd~er in order to correct abuses,
all considerations Of propriety, we think,
plead to tEegood sense and patriotism
Of evervF Democrat to rally around
the standGfd OF Reform flung to the
breeze bv1he Independent men who have
adopted t4 platform Published below
Their tickBf Is a good one. Composed OF
heretoforNDe and Republicans !;
chosen foftheir honesty and worth and
| having tlie good will and confidence of
the peopi& we are certain that il elected,
rs they ce}tainly will be ifAhe Democracy
lend not abeping hand to the enemies of
the best iuerest OF the country, the Radl-
Gals ---eacH and all Of them will perform
their Offices iutv faithfully ana To the
satisiactisi13 OF the people,. We believe
the platform should be adopted at our
DemocratG Convention.
Down VIII the eoncroachments of mono
poles upon the rights Of the People; no
moro corf3ption In high places; eondem-
nation oY S&sredit Mobiier and Salary
Steals, ,'an& &onest and economical admin
istration 0 The govcrnmeut,--thisi j. the
doctrine Q{the platform and the cherish
ed princty51e OF every Democrat in the
land SiHfly we can not hope for COM
plete victxty, -as helpers Of the People,
we can cereiniv carry our opinions in
tri,im oh. BEAD the platform, Democrats.
-Demac,xrt.
The re1Dlutions referred to above
are those adopted at the Polk County
Anti ti-Afonopoly Convention Mt Des
Moines, &dorsed by the convention
here in Jnne, and re-adopted by the
Grange Eonvention in Knoxville
Aug I'd. Having published them
twice, waomit them now, except the
I'd aud 3L which are rs follows:
That dNlf candidates must be men
Of integ1ty in every respect, with no
entanEi alliances that can in any
way turN ihem from the paths Of du-
ty to Sfi( whole body polite.
That CLASS legislation, whereby
any ind Sidunl, or body of individu-
ais, OF rporations is benefited to
thedetriImept Of the people, is con
trary toAhesprincipIes upon which
our gO&erpment was founded and
tends t0 the destruction OF the re-
~ lAsm5 NM xsntinentsexpressed
I'm the above editorial and resolutions
with the action OF the Grange party
The "candidates must be men Of in
tegrity," and yet the ticket Is head
ed bya notorious grabber," and his
friends dare not deny it. They are
opposed to class legislation, but their
candidates are pledged to legislate
for q class. The resolutions are good;
but the acts of the party are not in
keeping with them. Their profes-
sions Of honesty are commendable
bat their acts do not correspond. 1.
They are opposed to rings, combine
tions and monopolies, yet they form
secret political ring, and are striv.
ing to build up monopoly, whereby
a body of individuals is to be benefit
ted to the detriment Of the people,
contrary to the principlesupon which
our government was founded, and
tending to the destruction OF the Re
public.
These are plain words, but we ut
ter them as honestly as we do boldly
There Is a fundamental principle al
stake here which we shall deem it 6
duty to defend to the last, adopting
as our motto the language OF JOIN
Knox: While / have liberty t
write / vii! write for liberty"