The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-09-28
NATIONAL oRRENsAcx con-
VENTfoN.

4
this county met at the court house Sat-
urday Sept. 2lst.
J. ii. Richards called the meeting to
order, read the call and explained the OBJ
ject of the meeting.
F. NJ. Power was elected chairman and
Us. Cummings secretary.
A committee on resolutions was, on
motion, appointed by the chair. SAID
committee consisted Ut J. A. Christy, ).
ii. Richards, NJ. Maine. G. T. Smith
and L. q. Cuppy.
| While the committee was out }. Z.
Murray addressed the convention on the
| finance question. ~
Committee reported as follows: We,
the National Party of Allen county, in
convention assembled, DO adopt the fol-
lowing as our platform OF principles !:
| l. We demand the immediate repeal
of the resumption act
2. We demand the repeal of the Ma
tional Banking law, and OF the payment
of all bonds in legat tender notes accord
ing to the express stipulation OF the law
under which they were issued. and that
legal tender shall take the place OF the
bank currency. :.
3D.. We advocate the unlimited coin
4. We believe the constitution should
be so amended as to prohibit in time OF
peace any kind of an interest bearing
bond.
& Governments are instituted among
men to protect homes and property ::
Therefore any person or species of prop
erty that needs the protection OF the
government, should pay its just and
equitable proportion of the expenses OF
supporting that government. :,
G. We believe in equal rights to all
and special grants and privileges to
none.
7. We are unalterably opposed to any
species of contraction OF he currency,
and we charge those who having the leg
lislation in their hands, have by unwise
and unpatriotic laws, prompted by ava
rice and stimulated by corruption, ruin.
Iouslv contracted the currency, and
thereby strewn the land with financial
wrecks and ruins, with all the conse.
louences of the present prOstration and
decentralization of business interests, and
the poverty, woe and suffering visible
throughout our country.
s, We believe that all corporations
are created by law that the same party
which creates should also regulate so as
to protect practically and fairly the in
terests of the people.
9. That we are opposed to communism
manifested in mobs, riots, and the dlspo-
sition to make an equitable distribution
of property; and that we are opposed to
an irredeemable currency.
10. We demand the administration OF
the affairs of the government in the man.
uer and the spirit its founders intended
it to be administered we demand the
adjustment of all useless offices and
sinecures; we demand a general reduc-
ton of salaries and the equalization OF
the rewards of labor; We demand the
present Improvement of our Western
rivers with view of cheapening the
transportation to the markets OF the
world the products of Western labor and
skill.
IL. We demand that the Legislature
of our State enact such laws as Will con-
troll the freight and passenger tariff on
railroads and to render railroad corpora
tions liable for all damage done by them
to person or property.
IL. Resolred, That we endorse the &C.
ton of the County Commissioners of Al
len county in refusing to levy n tax for
the payment of the interest of the rail
road bonds of the county:
A motion was then made to adopt the
resolutions as a whole, which carried.
Whereupon Mr.. Neil, of Rocklow, of
fered the following resolution
Resolred, That we demand the imme
date calling in of all bonds to be paid
off in irredeemable paper mOnev to be al
par with gold and silver. No more
, bonds of any class or kind issued by oul
government.
: The resolution was laid on the table
whereat those who favored the resolution
left the convention.
=. The convention then proceeded tt
nominate a county ticket, as follows
4 Clerk of the Court, J. S. Cummings
Probate Judge, NJ. Donaho Superinten
dent of Public Instruction, Thomas Bart
lett.
J. 81. Richards then offered the fol
lowing:
Whereas, we recognize in our fellow
citizen, J. G. Murray, who Is candl
date for the office of county attorney,
lawyer of ability and integrity, and
Whereas, there is no candidate for salt
!. office within our own ranks, therefor
be it
,. Resolred, That we endorse him as sucl
:. and tender him our hearty support in tn
: ensuing election.
A central committee was then appoin
ted and the convention adjourned.
Immediately after district convention
assembled for the purpose of nominatin
a candidate for Representative. DIR. W
S. Hendricks was chosen chairman an
J. S. Cummings secretary. After
speech from the chairman, DIR. Strong Q
Marmaton was nominated for Represent
ative. VIM. Rath was recommended
the candidate from the 53rt District.
The following resolution was offerc
and was adopted ::
:. RESOLVED, That the representatives froI
/. this county and the Senator from tn
District be instructed to work for tn
passage of a law limiting the rate per cen
to the uniform rate of six per cent.
Conyont;on thnp adjourned