Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-09-11
Republican Platform. !.

The Republicans Of Iowa, in Macs
Convention assembled, make this dec
laration Of principles: We hold the
Republican party to be political Or
ganization of those American citizens
who are opposed to slavery in all It's
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
and administered SO as to secure to ell
citizens wherever born, or whatever
their color, creed, condition, or occn.
patton, the same rights before the law;
who believe in free schools, free opin.
ion, and universal education who
believe that American society aud
the American people should all he
raised to the highest possible plane of
liberty, honesty, purity, Intelligence
and morality, and that all laws should
be made, and the government con-
stantly administered with this aim IN
view, and that no party has q right t.
the support of the people which is not
inspired with this purpose. Believing
that the Republican party is still con-
trolled by these principles, and that it
is now as it has been from its begin
ming, an organ lzatiOn of the best and
i puTtHl DOIItItNI OI Int cONEf-
try, we as Republicans renew the ex-
preston of our dev ton to it and our
belief that we can secure through it the
political reform, and the Just and nec-
essary measures of legislation, and of
relief from monopolies and other ahu-
ses of power which the country ~
much needs Therefore
Resotued, lst, That proud as we are
Of most of the past record of the E.'-
publican party we yet Insist that IL
shall not rely upon It's pas, achieve
ments; it must he "A party of the pre-
sent and OF progress; and IA II has
preserved the Union, freed the slave
and protected him from the oppression
of the slave-master, II will now be
derelict to its spirit and its duty II IL
does not protect all Onr people from all
forms of oppression, whether OF mo-
nopoles, centralized capital. or what
soever kind the oppression may be.
Resotued, Cd, That we insist upon
the right and duty of the State TO con-
troll everyfranchise Of whatever kind
it grants; and while we do not " i,,h
that any injustice shall be done To the
individual or corporation who invests
capital or industry in enterprises III
this kind, we yet demand that 10
franchise shall be granted which -
prejudiciul to the public interests, or
in which the rights and interests of
the State and the people are not care
fully and fully guarded.
ResOtued, Sd. That the producing.
commercial and inda trial Interests of
the country should have tie hesi al,i
1elwnpes& spedea az -aganspDrtnt FSsssi-l
! Die; aud While actual capital invested
in such means Of transit, whether by
railroad or otherwise, should he per-
mitted the right Of reasonable remu"-
Grafton, an abuse in their management,
excessive rates, oppressive discrinins'
ton against localities, persons or inter
eets, should he corrected by law, aud
we demand Congressional and Legi.
| Intive enactments that will coniiol
and regulate the railroads Of the coun-
try, and give to the people fair rates II
transportation, and protect then!
against existing abuses.
. Res0iUcd 9Th, That we heartily ap-
+ plaud the active measures OF the late
Congress, in ferretting out and expo.
ing corruption. We Eave seen with
profound regret, IN the developments
made thereby, evidence Of politica!
and official corruption and the abuse
OF responsible positions by men Of al
political parties to further PERSONAL
ends and we demand pure official con-
duct, and the punishment of untaith-
ful public men who having betrayed
the confidence freely extended Ia
them, shall not be shielded from the
disgrace OF their acts by any partlz;ui
ship of ours, and we denouDce all Gre
dit MobiIier transactions and all pf,i
cial misconduct Of whatever form.
Resolred, 9th, That we believe thHs
whenever a person holding any posi-
ton Of trust given him by the peopi"
IL guilty Of fraud or embezzleucnt, l."
should be convicted and punished ui,.
der the criminal laws of our lHnd .n
addition TO the recovery from him ur
his bondsmen Of the amount so embeX-
zled.
Res0lued, 9Th, That the net Of tho
majority Of the members Of the last
Congress, In passing what Is known NJ
the back pay steal, by which t!'ey vo-
+ ted into their pockets thousands OF
dollars which did not belong 10 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 1t; and we demand that
the provisions of the said act by which
the salaries were increased shall l,s
promptly and Internationally re-
pealed.
Resolued, 7th, That we sympathi2e
with every movement to secure 10.
Agriculture and Labor their due inilu-
ence, interests and rights, ard the Re
publican party will be their ally In
every just effort to attain that end
Resoired. 9Th, That we are desirDus
Of political reform and for honesty, !,
economy and purity in all official AL
mnistration that to secure this is the
duty Of every citizen; that to this
end every good man should feel hounf
to participate in politics, and to make
al end to bad men forcing their asrc-
tion by securing party nomirs.t!nb,
we declare 1t the duty Of every Re-
publican to oppose the election Of n
bad and incompetent candidate,
whether he be candidate upon o1s