The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-31
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.
The following is the call issued by the
Democratic State Committee for a State

Convention
To the Democracy, Liberals, and all other oppo
nents Of the Republican party.
The Democratic State Central Committee, IN pui.
suance Of the power vested in it by the that : sssts
Convention of 1872, hereby gives nonSe .nan ~.
Convention will be held In sprlngne., on "ounes'
day, the a6th day of August, Ri Sit. a. ~ y ~ !, /, sona
All voters OF the State are invitea 10 goin In SEND
ing delegates to that convention, who desire to pro
mote the following purposes.
of the currency of the country the speedy re
sumption of specie payments. and the payment oi
all National Indebtedness in the money recognized
by the civilized world.
2 Free commerce.
5. Individual liberty and opposition to sumptu.
AIRY laws.
4. Rigid restriction of the government, both
state and National. to the legitimate domain of
political power, by excluding therefrom all execu-
tive and legislative intermeddling with the affairs
LEGGED and aggrandized, and individual freedom
unnecessarily and oppressively restrained.
8. The right and duty Of the State to protect its
citizens from %extortion and unjust discrimination
by mOnOpolies.
The Committee. believing the opposition to Re-
publican misrule can tremendously unite upon the
foregoing principles, earnestly wish the free coop
Grafton of all men, regardless of past political ami
latlon, in an earnest effort to place the State and
National governments IN the hands of men who
are actnated by the principles above enunciated.
Each county except Cook will be entitled to
send one delegate for every 500 votes cast in that
county for all the Presidential candidates at the
Presidential election of 1874. Each Senatorial dis
trict in Cook county will be entitled to eight dele
gates IN separate delegations.
The Chicago Tribune in publishing the
above call, says:
We think the Committee have acted
wisely in furnishing this outline of princi.
pies beforehand, for, although not neces-
sarily the platform of the proposed con-
v%ention, it will have a great if not decisive
influence in shaping that platform. 1t is
due to candor to state that it is the only
square toed declaration of principles on
the currency question as yet nut forth by
any political organization in the State, be
ing a demand for the speedy restoration Of
a gold basis for the circulating medium,
and for the payment of all National in
debtedness in that which is recognized as
money by the civilized world. We repeat
that this is the only manly and ~unequivo-
cal platform put forth in Illinois this year.
If the convention to be held on the Goth
shall adopt the same,or something equiva-
lent to it, and not less decisive, it will have
performed a patriotic and wise act, fur
nishing a notable contrast to the action
taken by the Indiana Democrats a short
time since.
After the platform had been adopted,
the representatives of the three German
daily papers in Chicago signed the call.
This simultaneous action was due, no
doubt, in large part, to the third section
of the document, which declares opposi-
ton to SUMMARY laws. Nevertheless the
columns of those papers have shown that
even this resolution would not have been
effectual unless accompanied by the one
calling for a sound currency. The action
OF the German editors, however it may
have been brought about, possesses much
significance in State politics. and even
more in the local politics of this city and
county. The Congressional elections will
be largely Influenced by it in every Dig
trict in the State.
The next question to come up will be
the e~xpediency of endorsing the nomina-
tons of Messrs. Gore and Etter, the candi-
dates Of the Independent Convention of
the 10th of June. If satisfactory assu-
RANGES can be obtained from them, or
FROM the party which they more p%articu-
larry represent, regarding the currency
plank, which is the only real difference
between the two platiorms,-it is very
likely that that will be the result. But
1t would be an unligniiiel lowering Of
their standard to take Messrs. Gore and
Etter without some such assurance.