Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-06-26

Secretary, c. n. Whitney, Princeton Herald;
| Treasurer. J. w. Clinton, Polo Press; Execu-
tive Committee, E. l.. Merrill, Springfield Reg-
| liter. Jas. Shoaf, Paris Gazette; j. ID. Moudy,
Richyiew Democrat long series OF resolu-
tons were adopted. including the following:
| g,soired That the press should advocate right
regardless OF consequences speak the truth on AZ
subjecis plainly fearlessy, heroicaiiy i should
be q light In dark places scourge 10 tne wrong,
| and tireless champion OF the right.
R.s0lred That capital without labor r. vaiuelees,
| and labor without capital comparatively useless.
| Both under the restraints OF law ana gnidsa Dy
| knowledge and education are the greatest bless.
ing- vonchsafed to man In this worio OF iaoor aho
| rewards. ,,.
one ~ the most vital Oh the age, and should have
| the careful study Of the wisesi Of our thinkers.
that TO meet the increasing demand upon the car
ricr arising ont Of the wonderful development ent
water advantages both rivers and
canals must be utilized to their highest capacity
that the question Of supply and demand regulate
prices. other things being equal
Res0lyed That the members OF the General As.
b re the 70 psss Of the TO
punish for contempt OF Court
Also resolutions favoring temperance, the
public schools, and the encouragement OF
agriculture and the mechanic arts, and con-
~
demning the salary grab and the new Postal
law.
The Chicago Times Of the 18th says the gen.
eral freight agents Of the different railroads
doing business In Illinois held meeting the
day before for the purpose OF deciding upon
some uniform freight tariff The meeting did
not result favorably, as no agreement was ei-
fected, owing to the difference OF interests.
The Times thinks this is probably the last OF
these conferences and that each road will
hereafter work on its own hook. $50 far as
the Alton & st. Louis road is concerned, Its
management will pay no further attention TO
the action or non-action Of other roads, but
will proceed Immediately with the arranging
OF freight tariff Of it's own"
The Ohio Valley Editorial Convention met
at Circlevlle on the 18th. The following
officers were elected: President, VIM NJ. Mill
iken, Washington; Vice President, f. X. Hol-
dermain, Marietta; Secretary, II. G. Drinkle,
Lancaster. Resolutions were adopted-deter-
mining not to abate the price OF postage
from the subscription price OF newspapers
and asking Congress to amend the postal law,
so as TO provide sliding scale Of postage for
newspapers published in and out Of counties
and States, and providing that all newspapers
carried by express companies shall pay postage
rates.
A Peoria I'll. woman named Largent, and
Chicago woman named Minnie Doblnghcr,
| are among the recent victims OF the mania for
starting fire by the use Of kerosene.
The Executive Committee Of the Illinois
State Farmers Association have issued the
following call for q Farmers Fourth Of
July"
In accordance with the advice and request OF
persons In various parts Of the State the nndersgn-
ed, Executive Committee OF the Illinois State
Farmers Association, would respectfully recon-
mend to the farmers Of Illinois that they meet In
county other local meetings, on the approach.
ing Fourth OF July, for the purpose not only OF
Independence, but also for the purpose OF consd-
ering and acting upon the dangers that now threat
the safety Of the nation and the liberty OF the
citizens In the shape of chartered monopolies and
corrupt conspiracies against the public interest
We further recommend the immediate action OF
| the County Associations County Committees
interested, to secure at such meetings large
| attendance, free discussion Of the grievances,
and more complete and thorough organization
| OF the farmers OF the State
| Let us give this time -honored day new lease OF
life, by q demonstration that may be hereafter
COMMUNICATED as the dawning Of . new era Of IN.
|
| whole people Of the State and nation.
| Leaving TO the various committees OF arrange
| ments TO make out such programme for the cele-
| bration Of the day ~ may best be suited to each
| locality, we would merely suggest instead OF the
| stereOtyped Grafton upon the glorious past by
some aspirant for political honors, that we have
| the earnest, practical common-sense talk OF the
farmers themselves upon the duties OF the present.
| and the reading Of the new Declaration
Of Independence, which may, however, be
altered, amended or left out az shall seem best TO
| thasc having the matter In charge
= y; e. s fLA@a' Executive
S 5 Nc ss MackAr, Committee.
In a libel suit brought by one W. II. Whit
ney against the Janesville wis., Gazette, in
which the damages claimed were $4,000, the
jury gave the plaintiff $l,1OO. The alleged
libel consisted In an article published desgnat-
ing Whitney as "a swindlcr."
Senator Pomeroy's trial for bribery and cor
ruption was to have begun at Topeka on the
10th, but has been postponed until next fall.
Near Dodson, Ohio, few evenings ago, two
little girls, aged respectively eight and ten
years, who were out looking for a COW, were
assaulted by young man named George Don
nell, and the younger girl was brutaly out
ragged. Donnel was arrested soon after, plead
guilty, and not procuring bail, was sent to
jail
A Cincinnati dispatch Of the 10th says the
previous forty-eight hours had developed the
presence there OF cases resembling cholera.
| Three fatal cases and three not fatal had been
reported. There was little excitement, as the
citizens generally did not apprehend the prcva-
lence Of cholera as an epidemic during this
| season.
At Joliet, ILL.,, on the 10th, an eight year-old
daughter Of William Lewis poured kerosene
oil from lamp into the stove to hurry up the
fire, when an explosion followed, fatally burn
ing the girl and baby eight months old
Joseph C. Howard, arrested for stealing
horses in Franklin County, Mo-, was lynched
by party Of some two hundred men on the
night Of the 10th. He made confession be-
fore he was hung duplicating several other
men in horse stealing.
The annual meeting of the Michigan Press
Association commenced at Detroit on the 18th
The following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, r. L. Warren, Saginaw Enterprise; Vice.
Presidents, j. Cross, Adrian journal; j. II.
Stone, Kalamazoo Telegraph; E. b. Pond, Ann
Arbor Argus; Secretary, w. s. George Lam
sing Rep4blican: Treasurer A. L. Aldrich