Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-09-05
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
ANN rlHkEf

mated at Marshalltown yesterday, is
as follows:
John p. Irish, OF johnson county
for Governor.
w. G. James. of Pottawatamie CO.,
for Lieutenant Governor.
II. f. j. Boardman, of Marshall
county for Supreme Judge.
G. d. Cullison, of Wayne county,
for Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton.
THE PLATFORM
a. adopted by the convention is as
follows. a#
|. The Democracy of the State of
Iowa in convention assembled here
by declare in favor OF tariff for rev.
enue only; honest, economic home
rule; the supremacy of civil over
military power; the separation of
church and state; equality of all citi-
lzens before the law; opposition to the
granting by the General Government,
of subsidies to any corporation what
ever, and we believe
| 9. The destruction of the industry
of the country and the pauperism OF
labor are the inevitable fruits of the
vicious laws enacted by the Republi
can party.
3. That as means of relieving
the distressed portions of the com
munity and removing the great strin
|gency complained of in business cir.
o1nc yr,n Ioe,,cI fbn INN, n ;o@o ,o
, peal OF the specie resumption act.
A. That we denounce as an ontrag,
upon the rights of the people the en-
actment Of the Republican measur,
demonetizing silver and demand thu
passage of law which shall restor,
to silver its monetary power.
5. That we favor the retention o
: q greenback currency and declare
against further contraction. and W,
favor the substitution of greenback
for national bank bills.
. 6. We congratulate the countr!
! upon the acceptance by the presen
administration of the constitutions
? and pacific policy of local self-gov
> eminent in the states of the south, S,
long advocated by the democratl,
party, and which has brought peac,
ard harmony to each section.
Z. We urge payment of the publ
: debts Of the United States as rapid,
J as practicable.
s. Equal taxation of every specie
Of property, according to its value.
8. One currency for the Govern
> ment and people, the laborer and of
fee holder, pensioner and soldier
producer and bondholder.
. 10. The right Of the state to regu
late railroad corporations havin,
. been established, we now declare tina
this right must be exercised with du
regard to justice.
1 IL. The rights Of capital and labo
) are equally sacred and alike entitle
to legal protection. They have n
lust cause of quarrel and the prope
Q relations to each other are adjustabl
v by natural laws and should not b
a hampered by legislative interference,
IL. We favor the repeal of til
present prohibitory liquor law of til
). State and an enactment Of judiciot
: and we'll regulated license law in
g stead.
al Mr.. Irish offered the following
!. which was unanimously adopted:
II RESOLVED, That in the opinion of ii
Democracy of Iowa, SamuelJ. Tide
u add Thos. A. Hendricks were clecte
1t respectively President and Vic
N President at the last election.
!. Irish was nominated on the fir
' ballot, the really strong and respects
4 bic men of the party, like Johnsto
!. Trimble, Spofford and others, beir
4 perfectly willing to allow this EN-
nent wind instrument to monopoli
:" all the honor Of being beaten lif
thousand, by John Ii. Gear.
. James and Boardman are very +
= spectacle nominations.
" Cullison is new discovery.
y Mr.. Irish is well known here, ha'
~ ing as candidate for Congress an
- other offices, frequently canvasst
" this district.
~ OF his utter untitness for the Off
u he seeks, the Ottumwa Democrat hi
spoken in its columns heretofore
no uncertain language, and we sha
probably have occasion to publis
~ nothing more severe Of him than Il
. opinion of the Democratic papers
this city, heretofore given.