Liberal Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1872-1???, 1873-08-23


parties as now managed for the present and
organize for vigorous campaign under the 4
lead of the farmers and laborers' movement,
inviting all men, of whatever nationality,
political party, or profession in life, to unite
with us in movement for genuine reform,
Pedging the nomination of no office seeker,
but making selections for position entirely with
reference to merit.
And hard by stands the people of
Clarke county Iowa, sword in band ready
for the coming battle.
WHEREAs, We, the Farmers and Laborers of
Clarke county, Ia, in common with those OF
our own and the other States of our Union.
having lost confidence in the majority of the
leaders of the two great political parties of our
/ country; and
| WHEREAS, The platforms of those parti es
| are u dead letter, and Il most solemn and
sacred pledges OF many of the seaders to the
| people are ruthlessly broken aud trampled
under foot and
| WHEREAS, The interests of he farming and
Iaboring classes were not represented by these
! party leaders, either in Congress or State
Legislatures; therefore, be it
| Resolred, First-That, inasnuch We have
| no use for these lea ders, who have heretofore
| been our misrepresentation, hereafter we will
vote for them to stay at home, and pledge
ourselves to vote for no man who is not in
sympathy with the farming and jahoring
| classes.
SeeDnd-That VIC most emp phatieaily condemn
the salary-steal of our late Congress, ani
denounco every who took the salary or
| gave the law his support; and. IN the future, We
! will not kno1iugly help single one ot thsm
to office with our votes and that ws de"a"d
of oar Representative. in Congress that they
| use their influence to have the obnoxious Law
repealed.
Before the sound of the bugle blown BY
Clarke County had died away came the
following notes from Mahaska county,
which commingled with strange famiil-
arity and by one common consent
Resoired, That the old political parties have
forfeited all claims to cur confluence. support
or respect,
Re.olred, That il il the right aud duty Of
the Workingmen to elect men 10 oifce who are
identified With the industrial interest OF the
country.
WHEREAS. The railroad corporations Of oar
State and county have, without legal right or
Justice, and by the abuse Of power, oppressed
lhe people by extorionats charges for the
tran sportatjon Of their products. and tehsd our
courts aud Judges, and stand to-day ths most
menactng danger to American Liberty and
republican Government; therefore
Rssoired, That the Railroad Companies
must be radically reformed and coatr1l.ad BY
the strong hand Of Law, both State aud Ma
tIonal, and railroad corporations compelled to
perform their proper functions common
earriers,-the servants. and not tho masters, of
the people.
Resoieed, That the salaries Of all officers
sh, ud pc reduced
Here is the voice OF St. Crox county
; Wisconsin.
r WHEREAS, In days past We h acted with
different political parties, and have found TO
our cost that, Immediately after the election
c our claims have been ignored, and other inter
b ests fostered aud pet ted, while farmers footed
D the bills; now, therefore,
Resolved, That the time has come for US e
assert that, hereafter, we will act unite II
defense Of our inalenable rights, and vii
: ignore past party affiliations to secure tn
election of men who will, in Congress aud tn
Legislature, demand Those rights.
:, That cheap transportation, both of person
and property, being most eoducive to the fire
;, movement of tue people and the widest inte
change and consumption of the produce of tn
Union, is essential to the welfare and prospert
of the country.
That our tariff laws should be so revise
and amended az not to discriminate agalns
the agricultural interest of the country.
That tho farmers are not hostile to the hes
nd interests Of railroad corporations, and we b
iieve that the interest of the farmers and raj
o. roads are identified, and that ono cannot d
we'll without the other.
That We will support man for office who
- not, and who has not been, in full sympath
up with the leading interests of the producer IN
manufactures; especially opposed to those wi
support monopolies in any iorm~
ice That our candidates must be men of inte
nu rity in every respect, with entanging al
u ances that can in any way turE, them from Il
JUG paths Of duty to the whole body polite.
'"o That all class-egislatiou whereby any ind
y vidual, or body of individuals, or corporatio
~ is benefted,to the detriment of the people,
. contrary to the principles upon which our Go
'Ne ernment was founded, and tends toward II
destruction of our Republic.
Da' That many of our public officers are now rece
hs ing enormous salaries for their service
NV disproportionate to tho rewards
''e labor in the industrial pursuits
lob the people, tending to habits of extrayag an