Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-08-07
POLITICAL.
VERMONT GREENBACKERS

| opyo CIlC oGat6 gtecuD1CK convention to-
day, Nelson Nye presiding, adopted
resolutions and adjourned to meet IN
st. Adams, Aug. 20, when a state ticket
Will be nominated.
Following are the resolutions;
l. The financial system needed is
| that all money must be issued by the
gove1mnent,$ whether made Of m etal or
paper. 1t must be perfect and com
plete in itself, be full legal tender i'm
every case, and to any amount, in the
| payment and lawful discharge of every
species of Indebtedness, no matter how
little the comm ercial value of the ma
terial OF which it is made. - 49, -
2. Congress shall create a suitable
amount Of money, in a safe and con-
! venlent form, to meet the necessary re-
| Qurements of the business and labor Of
the country. ST
8. There shall be no privileged class
| of creditors. Official salaries, pensions,
bonds, and all other debts. and obliga-
tons, public and private, shall be dis
charged In legal-tender money of the
| United States, according to the stipula-
tons Of the laws under which they were
incurred.
4. Public lands are the common
| property of the people, and should Tot
be sold to spectators and granted to
railroads. or corporations, but should be
| donated to actual settlers in liberal
| quantities.
s.. 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 in them.
| = 6. That q graded income tax on aIlnet
incomes exceeding 2,OO0 to be increas-
ed on each additional 81 900, of income.
| Z. That the passage by congress Of a
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
mediateiy rescinded, and the issuing by
the secretary of a large amount of A
per cent. bonds in advance of the gov
ernment's need of money, and when
| the per cent. bonds could have been
floated just as well, was an act of un-
| accountable folly or impea enable
| fraud. .. .,. a.
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 reaffirms the platform of 1876.
is in harmony with the pledges and
performances Of Gov. Hampton, and
guarantees full protection to all classes
IN the administration Of justice Ac-
companying the platform is a 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 strong 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 in 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 1 republican state
| central committee met in Milwaukee
on the 31st ult., and adopted a brief ad-
! dress, urging consistent and harmonious
/ action on the part of the republican
congressional district conventions, and
submitting the following propositions
as. a suitable platform on which the
party may go into the coming canvass:
ID First-Adherence to the principles Of
the republican national platform of
| 1876, and the sentiments expressed In
! Mr.. HAYES letter of acceptance recog-
nizing the honest differences. of
opinions among La republicans,
respecting certain features Of
the policy of the nation al 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. zaa
y Second-We earnestly desire the es-
Enlistment of fraternal relations be-
tween the different sections Of the
| UltL tIIC No OC
impartially executed, and that all citi
zens, without distinction, shall enjoy
equal rights before the law aud equal
protection under it.
Third-We rejoice in the pros
pect' Of the resumption Of specie pay
meat by the close Of the present year.
A stable, notwithstanding currency, pos
sessing the intrinsic value of coin or
paper, convertible at par into gold or
silver, at, the pleasure of the holder,
is the only secure foundation Of q per-
manent business prosperity. Such a
currency will i'm part that steadiness to
prices which is an essential condition
for the successful prosecution Of legiti-.
mate industry and enterprise, and is
equally demanded by the true interests
of the laborer, the business man and
the, capitalist. Io4 sT8 naJ sfa A
j. Fourth-The value of all paper cur
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