The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-08-24

Tie Maine Democrats met III Atats convel..
tlon. n Portland, on the ilth tmHt., and were
called toofdcr by Hon. ". =. ptllsbury. william
Il. Putnam. VI Portland, was made Chairman.
TN TIN third haliot Joseph II. Williams. 1T
Augusta, MAS nominated for Governor.
hc~olntiona were reported and adopted
reniilfmsns thr platform aud principles
II the ~. Louis Convention. character
islng ~ moi,.trons the political fraud, 70
serrins thu election of HAmnal ]. Isldcn ~
trcsident, and AsAilg MI amendment 10 thu
Constitution which will make = rcrstition Inn.
iN.xl'le and finally declaring ''that the rcstor-
atton 10 tho common rights of clixcnship III
the Iaople of three aon. hcrn Htales long kept
subject to military occupation isa Just acknowl-
edgmelis Ut tho wisdom Ut Democratic princi.
pies that the Democratic party acts upon
principle, makes no fActious opposition, aud
ortoses only what Il wrong IN tho AdnLniatra-
ti0n In poAse.dnn " tho Government.
AtA Htate Convention u the 0rocnback par
y u Now Jcr~ey, held n Trenton, An.. II.
Thomas D. lloscy waA nominated for Govern
or. Tho resolutions dcnounoe The dcmonetixa-
tlon of silver and demand thu repeal of Tho
law, call for tho immediate reppAl % tho No.
sumption act, attrbusing 10 Il thu contraction
of the currency aud tho general dislress of the
country, and warn workingu,sn that II Ii part
VI . conspiracy u tho mooney power 10 pAuper.
ixe and then dlsfranchIse labor. Al parties
who dc1ire relief fron the pscssnl burdens aro
invited u Join.
The West virginiana did settis thAt capital
question after all. but there wAs evidently 1
mistake somewhere. They meant ~ vote to
keep the question olscn, but mIecalcmlAtcd Ia
tho extent VI fuw votes. ANA ChArlesscn wAn
chosen thu scat of government. This disposcr
~ m interesting element IN Wcxi Virginia Ipol.
tiles.
Calls have bocn issued Tor national and State
political conventions AID confcrui,ces ~ fol.
iows, "Wednesday, AM9. ~. Iowa Demo
cratic, In MArshAiltown, Wednesday, Nspl. 3,
penn~ylvaniA Republican. In Harrisburg
Tuesday, Nspt. II, Wisconsin lscpubiicAn
in Madi.on, "Wednesday, Hspt. II, Ma.aA.
chmsotss rrohibitionist. III Wor~sscs and
renlryivaiai1 rrohihitionixt, In Hasrss
bur-. ThnrMiAy. HsW. II, Massachusssi,
pcmucrAtic. In Worcc1tcr "Wednesday. nspl
10, Massachusetts, Republican. IN Worcester
Thursday, bept. N. Maryland Republican, /,
baltimore, "Wednesday. Hept. ~, National
Convention u Representative CoIorcd Men, Il,
Washington. and National Confsrencs VI FRO.
hibltionisla u rosry btseot \. y. Church. New
York city.
Tho HtAlo Committee oe the independent
party. " New York, has issued call for /
btAte Convention. II a~ks fos the immediate
consideration of she platform and tcsolusion,
adopted BY Tho National Convention q IndiAn
apolla. Nay II. ls7s dsnounoss to nssuml,
tton - and asts fos ~ rcrsal md denounccs
Tho Issue II ~ I1r cont. bonds q barsfAesd
robbery u tho leoplc ous u eiA0oO. .0C0
Laws 70 snsealn labor are called fos. and Il
control ratlruAd aud other aonsyed n,oncpolisr.
Judge West. lsspnbiicAn candidate fos Gov,
ernor, opened thu Ohio campaign W spsech
= DcllcfonlAine lat wcek. Mo discussed tls
relations betwcsn capital and labor. held thai
their interests wcra Identical N properly and
inteillxsntly considered. sdvocAt<d system ol
graded compensation and semi-coorrrstio and
shc establishment of National Dssean of Ia
duatry. On thr question u fnsnc~. b. 80 Ii
favor n The reconciliation of silscr. and
| OPPOSED 10 th~ further issue of lsesl-teAdss
notes. He wsA Ia favor Of . $50.