Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-25
The Iowa Platform.

Iowa is really a great state, not merel
on account of its vast agricultural Z,
sources, but because of the character {
its population. The people are educated
intelligent and patriotic, and general
roll up such enormous Repu blican ms
jorities as to constitute their state tn
Massachusetts, of the west. At tn
recent convention by which Gov. Geal
was renominated for governor, the Re
publicans spoke with no uncertain SCUM,
on all the great issues of the day
Financial questions must be prominen
for some time to come; they cannot b,
subordinated, therefore on the question
of the national debt, and the main
tenance of coin payments on all the cur
rency afoat, they speak thus emphat
ically:
That we approve the financial policy oi
the Republican party, and refer with pride
to its results. The southern Democratic re.
bellion for the perpetuation of slavery and
the enforcement of state.rights forced an
enormous interest-bearing debt on the peo-
pie, which, in August, 1865, reached its high.
est point, and then amounted to $2,3sl $780,
294.96, requiring an annual interest payment
of $l50,97 ,697.S7. On the lst of August
next, when the Republican refunding opera.
tions will be completed, this Democratic
debt will be reduced to 81, ,797, ,643, 200, with
an annual interest charge of but $83, ,773 IT,.
SO, showing reduction in the principal of
$583, ,9S6, ,59496, and of the annual interest
charge Of $67 ,2O3, ,9l9.37, and we declare that
this debt shall be honestly paid, in honest
money, and to this end we are in favor of
keeping our coin circulation at its largest
practicable volume, and of maintaining our
paper currency where the Republican poll
the further end that the dollar earned by
labor shall be worth as much as the dollar
earned by capital.
In the following resolution the con-
vention condemns the Warner silver bill,
and the crusade, started in different
sections of the country by the Democ-
racy, for the substitution of greenback
currency in the place of national bank
notes:
The profit arising from the coinage of
gold and silver should inure to the benefit
of the government, and not to the advantage
of the private owners of the bullion, a. this
tends to diminish the burdens of the tax.
payers, and no part of the taxpaying cur.
rency of the country should be converted
into the non-tax.paying list.
This is very happily put, and in pur.
suance of these views they further de-
clare:
Concerning further financial legislation
we say, Let us have peace undisturbed by
congressional tinkering, that our business
interests may revive, the investment Of
more idle capital be en- Encouraged, commercial
interests fostered, snd the general welfare
promoted.
There is a strong temperance senti-
ment throughout Iowa, because the
people appreciate the enormous losses
inflicted upon the community at large
by the use of intoxicating liquors. But
the evil is 30 difficult to control that it
defies all legislation. The
of Iowa do not say they
are III favor of prohibition, but they
declare that an amendment to the con-
authorizing such law should
be submitted at the next election, and
then the people can elect what policy
they will adopt in order to restrain the
evils of intemperance.