The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-24
The Hodgsor Convention Finish its
Programme.


The Hodgson convention came to order
after recess on Saturday and proceeded
with its partisan work.
The committee reported the following
RESOLUTIONS:
WHEREAS, The laboring classes of the
country are impoverished and degraded,
industry and commerce are paralyZed, it
becomes our imperative duty to remedy
the existing evils through the peaceable
means of the ballot box
WHEREAS, Our rights and interest have
been totally ignored by the present politi-
cal parties, we will hcnceforth cut loose
and organize ourselves as workiDgmen's
party, with the sole aim and purpose to
shape legislation, for the welfare and pro-
lection of the producing classes, we cor
daily invite the industrial classes, whether
agricultural, mechanical, or commercial, to
heartily cooperate with US.
| ReSoLUed. l. Reduction OF taxation, and
economy In all governmental expenses.
whether Federal, State, or municipal.
2. The Constitution Of the United
States gives to congress only the power to
coin money and regulate the value thereof
we demand that all paper money be issued
directly by the government and that the
silver dollar be made legal tender,
3. The immediate repeal of the re-
sumption act.
4. No further increase of the army.
5. No further grants of land or none!
subsidies to railroad companies.
6. That evidences of Indebtedness, ma
tional as we'll as personal be taxed.
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wages shall be paid.
s. Prison labor to be regulated so tina
: it will not injure our manufacturers ant
mechanics.
9. Common school text books uniform
throughout the state.
10. A return to early principles, b
letting the offices seek the man, and fir
refusal to support professional politicians
This platform was ordered to be pub
) lished in the Irish World, and in Pomt
roy's Democrat. A resolution was the
offered and passed that no person who ha
D been announced as a candidate for ofiC
by either the republican or democrat
party be considered as before the CONVEX
ton; also that the distribution of nom
e nees be made irrespective of party.
: The latter clause was only adopted as
. kind bait for those who had previous
Il been democrats, and of course the woult
& be leaders at once proceeded to make II
J. convention stultify itself on this res
= tuition, by putting only republican
on the ticket. as follows: For Coun
Judge, John Buffum; Treasurer, DIV
Gunnell; Clerk, NJ. 6. Stafford; Scko
Superintendent, ". A. Cramer; Corone
10 Frank Harris This made the democra
h look sour, but the managers had the
fast, by the manner in which the deleg
h. tons had been selected, and they we
forced to submit, to be a kind of sid
~ show to the regular republican party.
In the evening a Hodgsdon ratifcati
meeting was held at Turner Hall to rati
the action of the Hodgson appendage
re the republican party. According to r
port, by those present, it consisted of
- few disj9inted speeches by few disjoint,
politicians, who have failed to secure t
recognition from either of the old parti
=, which, in their opinion, their ability a
II latent genius Is entitled to receive fro
- the great AMERICAN people.
!" One Of the speakers was 90 trou' Il
e over THE ARGUS report OF his 80 call
county convention, in which its true spi
nd of partizanship was exposed, that he h
a to read it aud ask his ratifers to prOnout
ol it all lie This was done for the benz
ed of the democratic members of his par
and was a very proper thing for him to
in order to tail them along to the supp
of his republican ticket. The balance
ire this report will be read at his next ratifyi
ng meeting.
" The right thing in the right place
in- without doubt DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup,