Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-08-09
POLITICAL.
VERMONT GREENRickERs.

St. Adams, Aug %, when state ticket
will be nominated.
Following are the resolutions:
!. The financial system needed Is
that all money must be issued by the
government, whether made Of metal or
paper. 1t must be perfect and COM
plete in itself, be full legal tender in
every case, and to any amount, in the
payment and lawful discharge of every
species of Indebtedness, no matter how
little the commercial value of the ma
terial of which it is made.
2. Congress shall create suitable
AMOUNT of money, in safe and con-
venlent form, to meet the necessary re-
quirements Of the business and labor Of
the country.
;. There shall be no privileged class
Of creditors. Official salaries, pensions,
bonds, and all other debts and obliga-
tions, public ard private, shall be dis
charged in legal-tender money Of the
United States, according to the stipula-
tions of the laws under which they were
incurred.
4. Public lands are the common
property Of the people, and shoulbrot
be sold to spectators and granted to
railroads or corporations, but should be
donated to actual settlers in liberal
quantities.
5. All useless Offices should be
abolished, the most rigid economy en-
forced in every branch Of the public
service, and severe punishment inflicted
upon public officers who betray the
trust reposed III them.
g. That graded income-tax on,allnet
incomes exceeding $1,000, to be increas-
ed on each additional LOCO, ofincome.
Z. That the passage by congress of n
joint resolution declaring the principal
of the bonds payable in coin was an act
Of fragrant injustice and grave breach
of public trust which ought to be I'M
medately rescinded, and the issuing by
the secretary Of large amount Of f.
per cent. bonds in advance of the gov
ernments need Of money, and when
the 4 per cent. bonds could have been
floated just as well, was an act Of I'M
accountable folly or Improbable
fraud
SOUTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATS.
A Columbia dispatch dated Au-
gust LIST, says the state demo-
cratic convention met to-day, Gen. John
d. Kinnedy president. The platform
adopted reaflirms the platform Of 1876, |
is in harmony with the pledges and
performances Of Gov. Hampton, and
guarantees full protection to all classes
III the administration Of justice. Ac-
companying the platform is Il series Of
resolutions. also adopted, urging
unity Of purpose and action
among the democrats and denouncing
fusion with the republicans, and depre-
eating the presence of independent can
didates also strongly recommending the |
fostering of immigration; inviting peo-
pie from every part of the globe to |
make their homes in South Carolina. |
In directing the attention to the reve-
nue. troubles III the upper counties, the
resolutions uge congress to amend the |
law and quiet the irritation, and re- |
quest President Hayes to grant am
nesty to the illicit distillers in the upper
counties.
Gov. Hampton and the entire state
officers were endorsed and renominated |
amid great enthusiasm. Hampton and |
others made speeches.
WISCONSIN REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
The Wisconsin republican state
central committee met in Milwaukee |
on the 31st ult., and adopted brief ad-
dress, urging consistent and harmonious
action on the part of the republican
congressional district conventions, and
submitting the following propositions
as suitable platform on which the
party may so into the coming canvass:
First-Adherence to the principles Of
the republican national platform of
1876, and the sentiments expressed in
Mr.. Hayes letter of acceptance, recog-
nzing the honest differences of
opinions among republicans,
certain features of
the policy of the national admins
tration, but cordially approving the
aims of the president ia seeking to re-
store fraternal relations between the
different sections Of the country, and to
purify and improve the civil service.
Second-We earnestly desire the es-
Enlistment Of fraternal relations be-
tween the different sections of the
Union, but demand that the laws be
executed, and that all citi-
zens, without distinction, shall enjoy
equal rights before the law aud equal
protection under it.
Third-We rejoice iii the pros.
pect Of the resumption Of specie pay
ment by the close of the present year.
A stable, Notwithstanding currency, pos
scssing the intrinsic value of coin or
paper, convertible at par into gold or
silver, Mt the pleasure of the holder
is the only secure foundation of u per-
business prosperity. Such
currency will i'm part that steadiness to
prices which is an essential condition