Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-03
OTTUMWA, WAPELLO low THURSDAY JULY g.
would nominate Hon. NJ NJ. Walden,


would nominate Hon. NJ. NJ. Walden,
OF Appanoose county.
The Convention then proceeded to
to informal ballot for Lieutenant Gov
I ernor, resulting as follows, Davidson
receiving his votes without a nomina-
ton:
| Dysart. ...ss... -. 40U
Adams. ms....8....... 266
Walden. ....... .... Is
ID. ID. Davidson. ....... Ii
| Total number Of votes cast. .696
| Mr.. Stoveson, of Wright, moved to
nominate Mr.. Dysart by acclamation.
Declared out of order by the chair.
The convention then proceeded to
the first formal ballot, but before the
result was announced, Mr.. Woodruff,
of Blackhawk county, moved that the
nomination of Mr.. Dysart be made
unanimous. The motion was adopted
unanimously amid loud APP
plause.
On motion of w. B. Mayo, of
Greene county, Col. Abernethy was
nominated by acclamation Tor Super.
intendent of Public instruction.
On motion Of ex-Goy. Samuel Mer-
irill, Judge Beck was nominated by ac-
clamation for Judge of the Supreme
| Court.
A motion that the convention pro-
ceed TO elect a Chairman of the State
! Central Committee, was lost.
The committee on resolutions then
| reported the following platform:
The Republicans of Iowa in conven-
tion assembled, make this declaration
of principles. They hold the Repub-
lican party to be a political organiaa-
tion of those American citizens who
are opposed to slavery in all its forms !;
who believe that all men are entitled
to the same political and civil rights !;
| who believe that all laws, State and
National, should be made aud admin
| istered so as to secure to all citizens,
wherever born, or whatever their coll
or, creed or occupation, the same
rights before the law who believe In
| free schools, free opinion and univer-
sal education who believe that Amer
ican society and the American people
should all be raised to the highest pos
sible plane of liberty, honesty, purity,
Intelligence and morality, and that all
laws should be made and the govern
ment constantly administered with this
aim in view, and that no party has
right to the support of the people
which is not inspired with this pur.
pose. Believing that the Republican
party is still controlled by those prin-
ciples, and that 1t is now as il has been
from the beginning, an organization of
the best and purest political sentiment
of the country, we as Republicans of
Iowa, renew the expression of our de-
votion to it, and our belief that we can
secure through it the political reform
and the just and necessary measures
of legislation and relief from monop-
olies and other abuses ofpower, which
the country so much need. There
fore,
Resolred, That proud as we are of
the past record of the Republican
party, we yet insist that in shall not rely
upon its past achievements it must be
party of the present and of progress !;
and as ii has preserved the Union,
freed the slave and protected him from
the oppression of the slave master. il
will now be direlect to its spiri. and
its duty If it does not protect all our
people from all forms of oppression,
whether OF N m,nopolies, centralized
capital, or whatsoever kind the OPP
preston may be.
Resoleed, That we insist upon the
right and duty of the State to control
every franchise of whatever kind it
grants and while we do not wish
. thuf mt hal H. Al.
individual or corporation, who invests
capital or industry in enterprises Of
this kind, we yet demand that no fran
chise shall be granted, which is preju-
dicial to the public interests, or in
which the rights and interests of the
State and the people are not carefully
and fully guarded.
Resolued, That the producing, com.
mercial and industrial interests of the
country should have the best and cheap
est modes of transportation possible,
aud while actual capital invested in
such means of traneit, whether by rail
road or otherwise, should be permitted
the right of reasonable remuneration,
the abuse in their management, ex-
cessive rates, oppressive discrimina-
tions against localities, persons or in
terests, should be corrected by law.
We demand congressional and legisla-
tive enactments that will control and
regulate the railroads of the country,
give the people fair rates Of transport
tation, and protect them against exist
ing abuses.
Resolved, That we heartily applaud
the active measures of the late Con-
gress in ferreting out and exposing corr
ruption. Wehaye seen with profound
regretin the developments made there.
by, evidence of political and official
corruption, and the abuse of response
Bile positions by men of all political
parties 10 further personal ends, and
we demand pure official conduct and
the punishment OF unfaithful public
men, who, having betrayed the conf
| dence freely extended to them, shall
not be shielded from the disgrace of
their acts, by any partizanship of ours.
and we denounce all Credit Mobilier
transactions and official misconduct of
whatever form.
RESOLVED, That we believe that when-
ever person, holding any position of
trust given him by the people, is guilty
of fraud or embezzlement, he should
be convicted and punished under the
criminal laws of our land in addition
to the recovery from him or his bonds
| men of the amount 50 embezzled..
| Resolred, That the act of the MAJOR
ity of the last Congress in voting what
is known as the back pay steal, by
which they voted Into their pockets
| thousands of dollars which did not be-
long to them, was most fagrantly i'm.
proper and infamous, and should se-
cure the political condemnation of all
who were party to it, and we demand
that the provisions of the late act of
Congress by which the salaries were
increased shall be promptly and un-
conditionally repealed.
Resoiced, That we are desirous of
political reform, and for honesty, econ-