The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-09-07

r. We demand the enactment OF addition
nj and more stringent laws, both Federal ana
state. for the punishment Of bribery and cor
rnptiOn In Office, and To secure the purity OF
elcctions-general, special and primary
IL. We are opposed to monOpOlies Of every
kind, believing them to be ut war with the
best interest Of the country, imperiling its
power, prosperity and security, and con-
trary to the genius and spirit OF free in
sttutionk.
woman's suffrage. but when any respectable
number Of worthy and intelligent women OF
this State shall request the right to vote we
shall not oppose the submission OF an amend
mcnt to our constitution to meet this de-
mand, but 40 fur no such request has been
made
H. We are opposed to national banks, and
insist that gold, silver and grcenback cur
rency shall be the only money Vt the country.
~ That fidelity to the constitution and
obedience to the laws made In pursuance
thereof il the first duty Of good citizenship,
Obedience to the law shields from anarchy
and protects from lawlcss violence and con-
fusion and upon its honest, just and impair
tial enforcement depends the safety Of
liberty and property, and we now recall with
just satisfaction the traditional history Of our
party for it's constant and unbending fidelity
to the constitution and to the laws OF the
land, and while now, AZ heretofore, we have
been opposed to all sumptuary laws and are
In favor Of the widest latitude OF personal
liberty consistent with the public safety, and
view with alarm any legislation in effect
abridging the natural rights Of the citizens,
we emphatically announce that we do and
shall insist and demand of all public officers
. fair. honest and impartial enforcement OF
every law Of the land not for political pur-
-, tha Sy1u
and maudlin sentiments of hypocrtes dema-
gOgues and shallow pretenders, but because
patriotism, good citizenship and self -prcser-
vation demand it. and the safety and happi-
ness Of the people require II.
II. We are unqualifiedly in favor Of tenn
perance, sObriety, morality and good order,
and we rely largely upon the wisdom, pat
riotism and honesty Of the citizen to 70 order
his life and conduct individually Us to ac-
complish these ends. We are In sympathy
with the cause OF temperance in truth and
III fact not as political hobby for the rer-
sonal benefit of ambitious demagogues. un-
principled adyenturers and sham reformers,
and We demand the enactment and en-
forcement Of wise and just laws for the pur-
pose of promoting the cause of temperance,
and we submit to the impartial Judgment of
every candid man that the existing law on
this subject. by reason of its unwise, OPP
pressive and tyranncal provisions. has not
been enforced and that II now stands M
hndrance and obstruction to the growth OF
true temperance: that it has been and Is still
the cause Of neighborhoOd quarrels. contcn-
tiOns and strife, of fraud. corruption. per-
jury and violence, and because of these facts
we demand the enactment Of such amend
ments changes and modification Of the law
rs will make the law effective and useful for
the purpose for which it was designed.
IS It is cardinal rule in our system OF
government that the majority shall rule 1t
is equally fundamental that all inst Govern
mcnts derive their powers from the people.
and it Is alike n fundamental rule that when
any respectable number of the people de-
mand that any great public question once
passed upon be again considered, Justice,
.irmness and right requires that it be done,
because 1t would work no injustice to any
one, As there exists in the public mind a
difference of opinion ~ to the wis
dom and policy OF what is known ~ tho
rrohihitOrv amendment tn orr constitution,
and because of the uncertainty whether
said amendment fairly and honestly reflects
I'll. Judgment and will of a majority Of the
people OF Kansas on the subject, and II being
Important that the question be fully and
finally settled at the earliest possible mo-
mrnt. therefore
R,soi,,.ti. That we are in favo. Of the sub
mission of the probationary amendment to
tine constitution of the State Of Kansas mt the
general election of State officers in Novem-
her, lssi, believing by that time the people
q the State will be fully advised as to the
feasibility of said amendment
l.. This being the first representative
meeting of the Democratic party of Kansas
since the ASSASSINATION of til. late President,
james A. Garfield we deem it due to the
country, to his memory and To the party We
represent that We express as we now do our
sense of that terrible and melancholy event
as great public calamity, and the events
preceding the assassination Of the President
challenge our thoughtful consideration, in
connection with the baneful and dangerous
fanaticism Of personal and partisan politics
CALIFORNIA REPUBLICANS.
The Republicans of California held their
State Convention at Sacramento Aug :O-3l.
NJ Il Estee was nominated for Governor,
A. r. Conklin for Lieutenant Cover
nor and John Hunt and S G. Deni-
son for Justices of the Supreme Court.
The platform rcailirmS the platform of the
Chicago Convention Of 1881; refers To the
financial record 1T the party. demands that
the present. or similar Sunday law he en-
forced. providing Tor the suspension Of all
Unnecessary labor IN Sunday without srek-
IN" u dictate otherwise how the 1as shall! d.
spent. simply claiming it as day at rest and
re.r alton, tina. railroads are for pablic use
ans should be under Government con-
troll; discrimination against persons and
places should he prohibited AMI charges Ut
transportation should be based Oh est cx-
pense and repairs. with 4 reasonable rate of
interest on the actual value of the roads,
which shall bear the same proportion to tho
assessed value As other property does.
TEXAS tiREE<HAcKERS
A State Convention Of the Green
hackers of Texas was held nc Cor
sicana Aug 81. Resolutions were
adopted affirming the platform Of the
Greennlckers Convention held n Fort
Worth, June =? urging the Greenha.k party
independent candidates who favor til. ,,rn-
ciples enunciated in said platform. Il. Wash
Jones was indorsed tor Governor. 4 iesolu-
ton complimentary to Gen. J. b. Weaver
and other prominent Greenbackers, and re-
questing them to visit the State, was passed