Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-02-13

| the Anti MonOpS or Buchanan county
held county conqcntion Mt the Court
House last Saturday, to elect delegates
to State convention at Dcs Moines, on
the 25th, in response to highly ornate
invitation so to do by Ives, the chairman
of the State Committee. According to Il
report Of the meeting published in the
Conservative, the resolutions passed were
to be "offered" to both county papers for
publication. They were not offered to US
but wecopy them, nevertheless in another
| column. @#
The first whereas opens with the usual
dennnciation of Credit Mobilier, Salary
Steals, &C., but as if the mere recital Of
these abuses is not enough, it closes with
the unwarranted assertion that they
have ''almost bankrupted the nation"
The nation is not nearly bankrupted; on
the contrary its credit at home and
abroad was never better. This reckless.
ness of statement and vehemencc of accu-
sation is one Of the strong points of the
new party. The salient feature Of the
second whereas, is the declaration Of
want of confidence in both the old par
ties Our readers will bear in mind that
one ofthe committee reporting this where
as is going to Dcs Moines, in response to
an invitation to attend the nuptials of
the new party with the old Democracy if
the coy old maiden will consent. The
third whereas is rhetorical flourish mod
eled after the Declaration Of Indepen
dencc
The first resolution betrays the hand
of that radicafo radicals (honor to him),
chairman OF tho committee. 1t is as fol
lows @E a
Reso1ced, That we believe all men are
created equal, that they are entitled to
the same political and civil rights, with
out regard to nationality, sex, creed, col.
or, or occupation, as we all have to stand
alike guilty or acquitted in the eyes Of
the law
That indicates progress, and suits us
exactly. We emphatically indorse it in
all its length and breadth, but how about
the party in whose name it appears
Does the Anti Monopoly party of Buch
anan county believe in woman suffrages
DO majority of the delegates to Des
Moincs 60 prepared to urge the incorpo-
ration of the principle into the State plat
forms We guess not 1t is hardly to be
supposed that party which has shown
itself so peculiarly liable to be influenced
by appeals to prcjudiccs will embrace so
liberal, yet so unpopular, u principle as
woman suffrage We think that our rad
ical friend will receive fully as many
curses as Communications, from his own
party, for his out-spokcn expression of
correct principles.
The second resolution is but reitcra-
ton of the declaration that they willnev-
er, never, have anything to do with the
Republican or Democratic parties, the
mental reservation being understood to
lie unless we need the leadership Of such
Democrats as John Irish and Tom Clag
get to assist us in bagging the Legisla
tive Offices"
The third resolution is as remarkable
for weakness as the first is for backbone.
1t seems that our Anti Monopoly friends
have not yet adopted policy regarding
the important subjects of the tariff and
the finances, and so they resolve "that q
protective tariff, whereby one mans Ia
Dor is taxed to support another mans bu-
be done away with? Not
a bit of it; but should be Thoroughly dis
cussed and understood by crery voter."
Again they march up to the financial
question and almost fiercely, declare that
the National Banking system, whereby
we are compelled to pay interest on both
the issue and securities, should be wi
ped out, and better system substituted?
Not 80; but; lis another subject ,oortAy
Of oWr snrestigation!" Was there ever
SO tame a conclusion from so much thun
der in his index?
But our Anti. Monopoly friends "struck
their gait" again, in the fourth rcsolu
ton, which is to the effect that the pay
of Congressman should be reduced to
$4,000 per annum. The direct effect of
this "reform," if carried ont, would be to
put none but wealthy men in Congress.
No man fit for Congress, farmer or pro
fessional, can afford to leave his regular
business and go to Congress on that
salary, especially considering the expen.
sive living at Washington. Such resolu.
tions may do to pander to stimulated
and indiscriminating clamor for retrench-
ment, but it can serve no other purpose.
The last resolution, demanding con-
stitutional amendment to put it ont the
power Of Congressman to IA Use their own
salaries is sonnd. 1t is what Senator Be
mis- has already introduced in joint res.
olution in the Legislature, which has
passed both Houses, and probably ere
this, is in the hands of our delegation in
Congress.
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