Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-02
onopoly state COnven-
tiOn.


Anti-EEonopoIy state COnven-
tiOn.
The Anti Monopoly Party of Iowa
met by delegates in Des Moines last
Wednesday. w. +. Cardell was
made Chairman and T. o. Walker
Secretary of the temporary organiza-
ton. Committees were appointed,
w. M. Stone, of Marion, being sand
witched between the old Democratic
stagers, Ed. Johnstone.of Lee, and
Dennis, Mahoney Harris, of Cass,
on the committee @on Resolu-
tions.
After noon +. A. Guilbert, of Du-
buque, took the gavel as permanent
chairman, and Irish and Weart con-
Quoted him to the chair. Gov.
Stone, from the committee on reso-
lutions, reported the following:
PLATFORM.
Resolved, That we, the delegated
Representatives of the people of Iowa
favorable to the organization Of an
independent political party, laying
aside past differences of opinion, and
earnestly uniting in common pur-
pose to secure needed reforms in the
administration of public affairs, cor
daily unite in submitting these dec
larations:
/. That all political power is in
herent in the people; that no gov
ernment is worthy of preservation
or should be upheld which does not
derive its power from the consent OF
the governed; that by equal and
just laws, the inestimable rights Of
life, liberty, and the pursuit Of hap
pinesS should be secured to all men,
without distinction of race, color, or
nativity; that the maintenance of
these principles is essential to the
perpetuity of our republican institu-
tions; and that to this end the Fed
ments, the rights of the States. and
the union Of the States, must and
shall be preserved.
. 2. That the maintenance inviolate
of the rights Of the States, and espe-
cially of the right Of each State to or
der and control its own domestic in
stitutions according to its own judg-
ment exclusively is essential to that
balance of powers on which the per-
fection and endurance of our political
fabric depend; and that we denounce,
as criminal excess of constitutional
power, the policy of President Grants
administration in fostering the enor.
mites perpetrated i'm certain States
of the Union, in arbitrarily interfer-
ing with theft local afirirs,in sustain.
ing therein the usurpations of alien
and irresponsible ad venturers, where
by certain men have been Illegally
invested with official authority, and
others deprived of their constitution.
al rights; oppressive laws enacted
burdensome taxation imposed an
an immense and fictitious indebted
ness created, resulting i'm the degra.
dation of those States, and the gen.
eral impoverishment of their peo.
pie.
3. That the conduct of the
present administration, i'm it's bold
defiance of public sentiment and
disregard OF the common good,
in its prodigality and wasteful
extravaganza; in the innumerable
frauds perpetrated under its authori-
ty; in its disgraceful partiality for
and reward of unworthy favorites
in its reckless and unstable financial
policy, and in its total incapacity to
meet the vital questions of the day,
and provide for the gen eral welfare,
stands without q parallel in our ma
tional history, and the highest con-
siderations Of duty require the Amer
lean people in the exercise of their
inherent sovereignty to correct
these accumulating evils, and bring
the government back to its ancient
landmarks Of patriotism and econ
omy.
4. That the faith and credit of the
nation must be maintained invioIate;
that the public debt of whatever
kind should be paid i'm strict accord
ance with the law under which it
Was contracted; that an over issue OF
paper money being at variance with
the principles of a sound financial
policy, the circulating medium
should be based upon its redemption
in specie at the earliest practicable
day, and its eonvertibility into spe-
Gle equivalent at the will OF the hold
er, and that subject to these restrict
ions, il is the duty Of Congress to so
provide, by appropriate legislation,
that the volume Of our government
currency shall at all times be ade.
guate To the general business and
commerce Of the country, and be
equitably distributed among the
several States.
5. That tariffs, and all other
modes of taxation, should be impos-
ed upon the basis Of revenue alone,
and be so adjusted as to yield the
minimum amount required for the
Legitimate expenditures of the gov
ernInent faithfully and economically
administered, and that taxation TO
an extent necessary to the accumula.
tion Of surplus revenue in the
Treasury, subjects the people to
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