Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-07-25

ton and hence in their furious ecram-
BILE for the nominations they have so
damaged their cause as to kick the
fat all in the fire.
the DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
The platform adopted by the Dem
ocratic Convention of this county last
Saturday, and which appears in full
in our daily and weekly issues, is un-
derstood to be the handiwork of Mr..
W. w. Cory, and, taken as a whole,
must be regarded as a somewhat
remarkable piece of political carpen-
tering.
The first section, which declares in
favor ofremonetizing silver, is good
one, because it was stolen bodily from
the Republican State platform.
The second section demands the
immediate and unconditional repeal
of the Resumption Act. That act was
q mere declaration of Congress, made
in 1876, that the government would
if possible, resume in 1879, thus Civ
ing all parties due notice, so that they
icOu1d govern themselves accordingly
and make their contracts in view of 9
specie basis after 1879. II was under.
stood at the time of its passage, as
well as it is understood now, that il
the government is not prepared to
resume in 1879, on account of hard
times, or other untoward circum-
stances, then the act will be repealed,
and the government will take anoth-
err extension on its paper, just like an
impecunious individual will try and
pay up the interest on his note, and
get it extended, if he is not able to
pay it at maturity. Mr.. Cory is a
lawyer, and he wouldn't place much
value on an obligation if no time was
stipulated for its payment.
Moreover, the act itself, was the
Legitimate offspring of the clamorous
resumption philosophers, of whom
Horace Greeley and S. J. Tilden, late
Democratic candidates for the Presi-
idcncy, were the chief apostles. Does
Mr.. Cory and his Democratic county
convention know more about the pure
Democratic gospel than the latest
Presidential standard-bearers? Be-
sides, we believe that all parties are
in favor of extending the time, unless
we are prepared for resumption two
years hence, without an unnecessary
shock to the business of the country.
So that Mr.. Cory might have as ap-
propriately addressed his screed
against last years moonshine.
The third section demands the sup
preston of the National Banks and
the substitution of National green
backs. That is to sayl the young
ROSTERS of that convention declare in
favor of the old Wing National Bank
idea, and the veterans of that party
who sat in that convention. and who
have been attending the Wapello
county Democratic conventions for
over thirty years, like Hendershott,
McReynolds and Hanna, sat quietly
by and saw q Democratic convention
declare in favor of q National Bank
with an unlimited paper money cur
rency, without word of protest. But
then the Corys and Evans, who run
the party now, know more about the
currency business than the fathers,
A. Jackson or Silas Wright, for in
stance, did.
The fourth resolution requires that
the government shall issue all the
money which the public or individ-
uals may require, and that it shall be
. legal tender for all debts, both pub
lie and private, thus demonetizing
both silver and gold, but in no case
exceeding the amount in circulation
at the close of the war. This comes
from men who said in their papers
ana from the rostrum, when the me-
cesslties OF the government compell-
ed it to issue Its greenbacks in great
quantities, that they wouldn't be as
valuable as wallpaper in the future
and from currency thinkers, whose last
unfragrant financial legislation, was
to give MS Page & Bacon shinplasters
and Indiana and Illinois Free Bank
ing currency Of the "blue pup" and
fred dog" Democratic variety.
The rest of the platform is Of the
vapid, commonplace variety. It's cur
rency utterances are the only things
in it worthy of notice.
And now then intelligent demo-
Gratis of Wapello county, your menu
ries are not SO short as to permit you
to forget that when the Democrats
were last in power we had the poor
est currency in the world.
And you known equally well that
now we have the best, safest and
cheapest paper money we ever had,
the clamor of demagogues to the con-
trary, Notwithstanding.
The Leon Clipper, of the 10Th,
comes to us on sheet 6x9, and issues
a piteous wall headed ''help us or we
sink" A mortgage and two republi-
can papers in the county is what is