Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-10

Meeting of Various State Conventions
The Nominations and Synopses of the
Platforms.
Wednesday, August 26, was good day for
political State Conventions, there being elk of
them. The Democrats and Liberals of ILL
nois met at Springfield; the Democrats of
Ohio at Columbus; the Democrats of Penn
sylvania at Pittsburgh the Democrats of Mis-
souri, at Jefferson City; the Republicans of
Michigan at Lansing; the Republicans of
Kansas at Topeka.
ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS AND LIBERALS
| The Illinois Convention put in the fell the
fo wing ticket: For State Treasurer, Charles
| Carroll, of Gallatin county: Superintendent
of Schools, s. NJ. Etter, of Mclean, nominee
of the Independents. The following brief
/ platform was adopted:
F6st-The restoration of gold and silver the
basis of the currency, the resumption Of specie pay
ments as soon possible without disaster to the
business interests Of the country, by steadily OPP
posing imitation, ana by the payment of the national
indebtedness in the money OF the civilized world.
.Sec0nd-Free commerce no tariff for any purpose
| but for revenue.
| Third-Individual liberty and opposition to sump-
tuary laws.
Fcmfh-The right and duty of:the State to protect
its citizens from extortion and unjust discrimina-
ton by chartered monopolies.
Fifth-Rigid restriction of the Governments,
both safe and National. TO the legitimate domain
of political power by excluding therefrom all execu
tive and legislative intermedding with the affairs of
society whereby monopolies are fostered, privileged
classes aggrandized, and individual freedom nm
necessarily and progressively restrained.
| Gen. Lieb offered the following additional
resolutions, which were adopted:
| WHEREAS, The Republican party has ignored the
just claims of disabled soldiers and violated its
pledge repeatedly made whereby thousands of these
noble wards of the nation compelled to live
upon the cold charity of the world,
Res0fred, That we now demand that all the PEN
| crlDOed
as to shield every of them from daily want
without compelling them to take refuge in So
called Soldiers Home.
| Resoired That the present system of pension
agencies is vicious and detrimental to the interest
those is pretending to protect, sId she uld be
| thoroughly Investigated by Congress.
THE REPUBLICANS OF MICHIGAN.
The Michigan Republicans nominated the
! following ticket Governor, John j: Bagley;
Lieutenant Governor, Henry H. Holt; Secre-
tary of State, E. G.. d. Holden; Treasurer,
William b. McCreery; Auditor General, Ralph
| Ely; Attorney General, Andrew j. Smith !;
Superintendent of Public instruction. Daniel
B. Briggs. The platform adopted affirms the
continued confidence of the people in the Re-
publican party, and expresses determination
to see the doctrine of equal rights adopted
before it thinks of DISARMAMENT. 1t demands
that "in all financial legislation, Congress
shall keep steadily in view the resumption OF
specie payment, to the end that, at the earli-
est day practicable. the promises to pay OF the
Government may be equivalent In coin IN like
| amount through the commercial world IL
expresses the belief that banking, under
we'll guarded national system. should be free,
the volume and locality of issues being regu-