Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-03-05

| favor or Il true system OF civil service
reform, making honesty and capaei-
/ ty the only valid claims on public
Iernpioyluent.
! 1. That IN a protective tariff we
recognize a monopoly, and We are
! thereforeopposed to it, and that we
demand free iron, steel, salt, lumber,
WOODEN fabrics, and that tariff on
importations is justifiable for revenue
purposes Oniy.
-. That sfsi corporations are subject
TO legislative control; that those cree
ated by Congress should he restricts
ed and sc0nsrolled by Congress, and
| that tho@s5aan,ier State laws should
be subjeet10 the control of the State
creating tlMm; that, while we recog-
nizs. the vsttne OF railroads, aud Will
, in AL prosbTr ways encourage their
constructasA, yet, while enjoying q
vfluabiR fHnehise, they should bear
their full harden OF iaxation, and re-
cpive on stsWclptal invested no more
than a inst and lawful interest, and
should ,ihafge onlya just and equi-
table rate for transportation aud
| travel.
&. That uefavor such modiacations
of our banlJag system aswili eytenG
its benefitsan the whole peopleand
thus destroy monopoly now enjoy
cd By favored few.
D. That NJ are opposed toah grants
Of lands to fgilroad or other corpor-
! atoms, aud believe that what is
/ left Of he public dominion
I should be held sacred for the actual
settler.
| S, That the pretended repeal of
! the back sssssry law after the appro-
! pfiati0ii Of the grab, both before and
I after services were performed by
many menibers OF Congress, and the
| failure 10 apply to the President, is a
gross fraud npon the public, and that
nothing short Of All unqualified re-
peal will satisfy the just demand of
Ehe people,.
.. Thatwe deny the alleged me-
cessity Of aStat4 Printer and Binder
or u party organ supported by public
patronage, anh demand that all pub
| lie work, both State and county, be
let by contract to the lowest rcspon-
sihle bidder.
10. Thattbe election OF over sixty
members affthe present General As-
spmbiy Win an incomplete organi-
zation is a complete demonstration
OF the justice Of our cause, and a
promise Of early triumph in the State
and nation.
IL. Thatlp the corrupt Tammany
steal, the Ghslit Mohiiier fraud, tie
/ Congressional swindle, and official
cmbezzlenIeilts, and the hundreds
OF other combinations, steals, frauds
and swindles. by which Democratic
and Republiean Legislators, Con.
gressnienaild of!iee-holders, have en-
Iiched themselves, deffauded the
feonntGy, asxS siI a.pveaished .ihe. pro-
pie, we find the necessity OF indie
pendent action and the imnortance
OF united effort, and cordially invite
all men of Whatever calling, business
or vocation, regardless Of past politi-
cal views, to join US in removing the
evils that SO seriously affect us all.
This platform deserves a few words
Of plain comment. We assert and
predict that the initial clause Of its
third plank is a sham and that
events will prove there Is no SINGER
ity in IL. "That we repudiate the
doctrine that TO the victor belongs
the spois.'v How does this com
port with the action Of the A. Ms
in the late legislative contest for
"the spoils." How does it tally
with their brief record in this cOun-
ty? Who are the deputies TO
whom are the official fsVors given !?
Let us zee whether any such favors
are or are not hereafter given to any
others than the victors. Our neigh
bor Of the Democrat says "tbe plat
form adopted is admirable" Lat US
see whether lie will repudiatc his
share of the yictors' spoils or claim
the plunder.
The 4th plank demands free iron.
The railroads demand the same
thing, and are therefore upon the
same platform. Remove the duty
from iron, and other interests must
pay the revenue which is now paid
by the railroads.
9Th plank. Read carefully thefrst
six lines. Mark not only what is,
but what is not there expressed. To
/ the first clause nThat all corpora
! tions are subject 10 legislative con-
troll we shall urge no objection.
/ All parties, Congress, Legislatures,
Supreme Courts, and AL rational and
honest men admi. it. But
mark the sophistry: "Those Great
ed by Congress should be restrict
| I'd and controlled by Congress" /"
SHALL Congress control no others:
The railroad corporations created by
Congress are only those in the little
District Of Columbia and those in the
Territories. 'sAnd those under
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