Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-03

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shall not rely upon its past achieve
ments; 1t must be party Of the pre-
sent aud of progress; and as 1t has
preserved the Union, freed the slave,
and projected him from the oppression
of the sslave-naster, it will now be
derelict to it's spirit and its duty If 1t
does nj protect all onr people from all
forms bf oppression, whether of mo-
nopoltGp, centralized capital, or what
soever3klnd the oppression may be.
Reso,ped, I'd, That we insist upon
the riGht and duty of the State to con-
troll fyfranchise of whatever kind
It graS01e and while we do not wish
indivf&nal or corporation who invests
capit4E or industry in enterprises of
this lind, we yet demand that no
franchpe shall be granted which is
| prejud|cial to the public interests, or
In whl1h the rights and interests OF
the ST. and the people are not care
fully - fully guarded.
Res6ted, Sd. That the producing.
comm1tcial and industrial interests Of
the co6htry should have the best and
cheap@6t modes Of transportation possi-
BILE I'D while actual capital invested
in sud9 means of transit, whether by
railrO& or otherwise, should be per-
mitte the right Of reasonable remun-
cratic an abuse In their management,
excesFe rates, oppressive discrmina-
ton Inst localities. persons or inter-
ests, build he corrected by law, and
we Gnand Congressional and Legis-
lativ6aenactments that will control
and r3rulate the railroads Of the coun-
try, A9 give to the people fair rates Of
transt rtation, and protect them
again6k existing abuses.
Rei51ved, 4th, That we heartily ap-
plaud4h active measures Of the late
CongDess, in ferretting out and expos
ing corruption. We have seen with
profound regret, in the developments
made Whereby, evidence Of political
and olIlcial corruption and the abuse
of responsible positions by men of all
political parties to further personal
ends and we demand pure official con-
duct, md the punishment of unfaith-
| ful public men who having betrayed
the confidence freely extended to
them, shall not be shielded from the
disgrace of their acts by any partizan-
ship of ours, and we denounce all Gre
dit M0bilier transactions and all Off
cial misconduct Of whatever form.
Res1IveH, 5th, That we believe that
| whenever person holding any posi-
ton az trust given him by the people
| is guilty. of fraud or embezzlement, he
should be convicted and punished UNI
der the criminal laws Of our land in
additton to the recovery from him or
his bdhdsmen of the amount SO embez.
| zled
Re&tfued, 9th, That the act Of the
maidtM OF the members Of the last
6oS ,~fu passiRAp what is known ~
the back-pay steal, by which they vo-
ted into their pockets thousands of
dollars which did not belong to them,
as we'll as the act of those who voted
against the same and yet received the
money, is most flagrantly improper
and infamous and should secure the
political condemnation of all who
were party to it; and we demand that
the provisions of the said act by which
the salaries were increased shall be
promptly and unconditiOnally re-
pealed.
Resolved. 7th, That we sympathize
with every movement to secure for
Agriculture and Labor their due influ-
cUCt, IuLcIc5Lb anu IikiN5, Uitu OsiV I've"
publican party will be their ally In
every just effort to attain that end.
Resolved, 8th, That we are desirous
of political reform and for honesty,
economy and purity In all official ad-
ministration that tosecure this Is the
duty Of every citizen; that to this
end every good man should feel bound
to participate in politics, and to make
an end to bad men forcing their elec-
tiOn by securing a party nomination,
we declare it the duty OF every Re-
publican to oppose the election OF a
bad and incompetent candidate,
whether he be a candidate upon our
own or upon any other ticket.
Mr.. Dysart was called out and
spoke briefly, thanking the Conven-
ton for the honor of his nomination,
and added:
accept your nomipation, and with
| it the platform, every W0sd and syl-
liable OF which / heartily endorse and
warmly approve. If the people at
the polls shall vote as you have NOM
mated, and in the Senate, over
which, in that event. / shall paeside,
there shall be division requiring
my vote to decide question, /
here promise you to cast my
vote once and ever on the side OF the
people.
Mr., Dysart was enthusiastically
applauded as he took his seat.
Ex-senator Gen. Geo. w. Jones
WAS called. The Register gives this
report Of his speech:
On taking the stand the General
spoke substantially as follows;
For the first time In my life l
meet with and am member Of Re-
publican Convention. Applause.l
! meet you with unfeigned pleasure,
and with equal pleasure announce
that /, too, am a Republican; and
ask pardon Of my God and my coun-
try for having been 80 long away
from this party, Until within the
past two years ! had never scratched
or erased a single name on the DEM
ocratic ticket, but since 1850 the par.
ty has been unworthy the name OF