Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-07-02
Tho Convention.

IL ~ Will peculiar IeellnS OF
qualification and pride, and the most
implicit confidence in the result, that
we place at the head of our columns
this week the nominations made by
the Republican State Convention, at
Des Moines, on Wednesday. The
ticket is the very strongest that has
been put in nomination in Iowa, by
any party, for many years. 1t is
universally so acknowledged by friend
and foe, and it needs no great pre-
Acience to foretell that it will sweep
the State with one of the old-fashion-
ed ajorities.
The name that heads the ticket,
.Sa nyelA J. Klrkwood, Iowa's war
Governor, the friend of the boys in
blue, the plain man of the people, yet
the able, sagacious, honest, public
servant, is host in itself. 1t will be
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has not been seen in political contests
of late years. His character and
abilities are alike familiar to the PEG.
'ple of the State, and no assaults of
partisan malicecan shake their conf
dence in him, heretofore neverabused.
Mr.. Newbold, the candidate for
Lieutenant Governor, is a farmer by
occupation, and man of strong good
sense and practical ability. He has
served in the Legislature two terms,
and was temporary Speaker of the
House during the noted dead lock, of
the last session, in which position, for
his fairness and ability, he won the
plaudits of political friends and foes
alike.
Austin Adams of Dubuque, the
candidate for Supreme Judge, is we'll
known throughout the State as a
cultured scholarand lawyer of large
ability. His nomination accords well
with the general strength of the tick
ct, and will be acknowledged by all
r candid men of whatever party as en-
inently appropriate and worthy.
OfCol. Abernethy, the candidate
for State Superintendent, it is not
necessary to speak in terms of praise.
His work speaks for itself. Iowa
has never had more efficient and
conscientious head for her education
al system, and the appreciation of
this by the people of the State was
made manifest by the practical una
nimity Of Col. Abernethy's renomi-
nation.
We have not the space or time in
this issue to make extended comment
on the platform. 1t is quite possible
that it may not meet in all particulars
the precise views of all Republicans,
but i'll one particular it presents a
marked contrast to the Democratic
platform. 1t is explicit and out
spoken. 1t has no hidden meanings,
nor is it susceptible Of two interpre-
tations. 1t demands the gradual re-
sumption of specie payments, with
no steps backward; it is fatty against
the policy of a third Presidential
term; it holds that railroads must
come under the just control and adj
ministration of law; it boldly stands
up for that bulwark of our liberties,
theI free public schools, with equal
taxation for their support, and no
division of the money between sects
or classes. These are some OF its
salient features, and upon these and
all the subjects embodied in it, it is
clear and explicit. The people will
have no difficultyin understanding it.
1t is not a fortress for demagogues,
but plain, compact, open, declara-
ton of principles, without evasion or
prevarication; no buncombc or mys-
terry.