Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-08-20
The Changers in Council.
of n Full state Ticket
in Iowa.

The Anti Monopoly Farmers State
Convention of Iowa met in Des
Moines, tho capital, OH Wednesday,
August 18th, and organized by elect
ing ii. w. Lalhrop, of johnson cnun-
ty, President, witha number of Vice.
Presidents and Secretaries.
While waiting for the report of the
committee OH resolutions, speeches
were made by Andrew Hostile, OF
Warren county, j. B. Grinncll, u. L.
Fisher, and others.
An effort was made to ascertain
the political complexion of the COLI
vcn,ion by rising vote Us to whether
the delegates were formerly Demo-
Gratis or Republicans, but it was de-
fcuted.
The Convention then proceeded to
ballot for Governor, and Andrew
Hostile, of Warren, was nominated
on the first ballot; Fred. Odemnell,
of Dubuque, was nominated tor Lieu
temant-Govcrnor by ncclamation, and
Is. j. Hall. Of Dcs Mo:ncs county,
Supreme Judge, and Prof. ID. w.
Prindlc, of Hamilton, Superinten-
dent of Public Instruction.
The Committee OH resolutions then
reported u PLATFORM, which was
adopted unanimously without debate.
The resolutions declare:
Whereas, Both political parties
having discharged the obligations
assumed at their organization, and
bcing no longer patent rs instruments
for the reform OF abuses which have
grown up in them, we deem it incou-
sistemt to attempt to, accomplish a
political reform by acting with aud
i'll such organizations; therefore,
Resolved, That VIC, in free comven-
ton, do declare the following rs the
basis of our future political action {:
LIST. That all corporations subject
to Legislative control by Congress,
should be restricted aud controlled by
Congress, and that those under State
laws should be subject TO the control
respectively Of the States creating
them; that such legislative control
should be in express abrogation of
the theory of the inaiienable nature
of chartered rights and that it
should be ut all times made to spre-
vent moncyed corporations from
becoming engines of oppression.
3. That the property OF all cOrpO-
rations should be assessed by the same
officers and taxed at the same rate as
the property of individuals.
i. That the Legislature of Iowa
should tx a maximum rate of freight
to be charged by the railroads OF the
State, leaving them tree TO compete
below the rates.
5. That we favor such modifica-
tiOm of the banking system as will
extend its benefits to the whole pro-
pie, and thus destroying all, monopo-
Iy now enjoyed bya favored few.
6. We uennan,l Il general revision
of the present tariff laws that they
shall give free salt, iron, lumber and
cotton and woollcn fabrics, and re-
ducc the whole system to revenue
laws only.
7. That we will notknowingIy nomi-
nate any bad men to Office, or give
place to persistent seekers therefor,
but will freely seek for ourselves
competent officers, rs heretofore.
Political leaders have sought Office
for themselves, and we will nominate
only those known to be tnithfui and
i'll sympathy with these declarations,
and will ut the polls repudiate any
candidate known to be unfit or
incompetent. We demand the repeal
of the back salary law and the return
to the United States Treasury of all
such moneys drawn by the members
of the last Congress and the men,
bers of the present Congress. We
demand the repeal Of the law imcreas-
ing salaries, and the passage of q law
fixing IL lower and Il more reasonable
compensation for public officers, be-
licving that till the public debt is
paid and the public burden liglltcned
the salaries OF our public servants
should be more prOporiloned to the
rewards of labor in private lite, and
that in corrupt Tammany steal,
redit Mobi'icr trau,i, Congress sal
AIRY swiudic, and official embezzle-
ments, aud hundreds of other COM
hinaiiuns. steals, frauds and swind,cs,
by which Democratic and Republican
legislators, Congressman and ,oftice-
llUldcrs have cIrichcd themselves.
dcfrauted The country and iinpoyer-
ished the people, we find tic uecessi-
ty-nf independent action aud the i'm
pOrtance of united effort, ami cor
,lial.y invite all men, of whatever
calling or trade, regardless Of politi-
cal views, TO join in removing the
evils that SO seriously affect us all.