The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-08-11
THE FIELD OF POLITICS.
IOWA REPUBLICANS.

at Des Moines on Wednesday,, Aug. q William
Larrabee, Of Fayeate COUNTY, presided, and ]:
l. Burdette, Of Des Moines, acted as Secretary.
James Hull, present incumbent was nominated
for Secretary ~ Stalls By reclamation. For
Auditor J. L. Brown of Lucas received 513 5-6,
4 and R. l. Chase, Of Butler. PSI 1-6. For Attor-
ney General, Smith Mcpherson, of Montgomery,
was UNANIMOUSLY chosen For Judge of the
Supreme Court, Judge Sewers was nominated
! BIZ aGciamation. For State Treasurer, E. H.
/ Conger, present incumbent was Nominated by
reclamation. Before the conclusion Of the iirst
I formal ballet prsvs nomination for Supreme
/ Court Clerk was made unanimous For SUI
preme Court Reporter z. c. Rbersole, Of Tama;
| was nominated on the second ballot The res
/ buttons resftsrn tie Republican platform OF
/ 1880; commend Congress for it's action in the
contested seats before it as I" IN vindIcation OF
an honest ballot and a fair count = charac1
f terize the administration of President Arthur
/ as worthy all respect and commentator -
I favor the creation of q department of industry;
I ask prompt measures to protect Western cat
I tie from contagious diseases favor an equita-
bic revision of the tariff favor legislation to
control Interstate commerce and pooling arr
engagements between parallel and competing
railroad lines advocate renewed efforts look.
/ Ing to practical and judicieus Improvement If
internal Watsr ways:
INDIANA bE%oeRlTs:
/ The Democratic State Convention Of Indiana
Eaet at indianapolis Arg. 2, and was called to
order by ". Fl. English, Chairman of the Gen.
trail Committee. John R. Coffroth, of Lafay-
cite, was made Chairman, and ]. r. Simpson,
/ OF Orange county, Secretary. The following
/ ticket was nominated: For Secretary of State.
the Hon. w. r. Myers, of Madison county |.
for Attorney General, Francis 7, Hord, of Bars
tholomew county; Clerk Of the Supreme
/ Court, Simon r .Sherin; Of Cass county |;
/ superintendent Of Public instruction, John W.
Holcomb, of Porter county; Judges of the
| Supreme Court, First Judicial district, the
Hon. W. E. Niblack, of Knox county; Second
district, Judge G.. W. Hawk; of Floyd county;
Fourth district Judge Allen Zoller, of Allen
eoHnty.
Ex-Gov. Hendricks from the Committee on
Resolutions, reported the following platform,
4 which was adopted:
4 The Democratic party of Indiana, in converl.
ton assembled, renews its pledge Of fidelity to
the doctrines and traditions of the party as if
Illustrated by the teachings of Thomas jefferson,
/ Its founder, and exemplified in the adrninistra=
ton of the Government Under Democratic rule,
and we Insist upon an honest and economical
administration on the principle upon which it
rests. Uonceding to the Federal Government its
just rights and full power as delegated in the
Federal constitution, and claiming for the
States and the people respectively the power
therein reserved to them, we arraign the Re-
publican party at the bar of public opinion for
It's long continued course Of usufpation and n1is=
rule 1t has disfegafded the fights Of the peo-
pie and the States. 1t has held on to it's ILL
! gotten power in defiance of the popular will by
the corrupt use of money in elections, and it
has corrupted the public morals by elevating to
high places men who are known to be dishonest.
We condemn the Republican party for enacting
and enforcing laws designed to place the
elections under Federal control, in violation of
| the rights of the States We condemn it for
! the frauds and perjdries of 1876 by which the
! Will of the people was set aside and usurper
placed In the Presidential office for four years.
/ We condemn it for having kept up and main
/ tanned In time of peace an onerous and unjust
system of taxation, by means of which large
sums of money have accumulated in the treas
ury which ought to have been left in the pockets
of the people; and we condemn it for its waste.
/ ful extravaganza In the expenditure of the pubs
lie money. We condemn it for its shameless
disregard of its pledges iii favor of civil-servce
reform, and its corrdptuSe of the public patron
age under the spells system. We condemn it
! for the systematic levy of backmall upon the
clerks and minor officehoders of the United
! States, in violation of law, to raise q fund for
corruption of the ballot-box, and we call
especially upon the voters OF Indiana to yindi.
| cate their honor and to erase the stain that
! was PldCSu uPUA NY Tue 0UTSeylGSB III
| 1880.
/ We demand that the present wastefuiness
and unnecessary expenditure of the public
money shall be stopped and that the surplus
! revenue shall be faithfully applied to the pay
ment of the national debt. We demand that
Federal taxes be reduced to the lowest point
! consistent with the waits of the Government
| Under an honest and economical admini 3tratlon
OF Its affairs, and that such tolls be SO adjusted
as to secure an equitable distribution of these
burdens We demand that there shall be such
reforms in the civil service as will again result
In the employment III the public service Of those
only who are honest and capable, and that no
assessments or eXactlons of any kind shall be re-
/ CURED Of them for political purposes We
demand protection to our citizens, native and
adopted, al home and abroad, and we denounce
| aud condemn the present Republican admins
tration for its neglect of duty toward those
lately imprisoned as suspects in the jaiIs Of
Ireland by the arbitrary action of the British
! authorities.
/ We demand a revision of the present unjust
/ tariff. The constitution of the United States
! confers upon Congress the power to establish
tariff for revenue, and, as a just and proper ex-
erclse OF that power, we favor such an adjust
ment of its provisions within the revenue stand
ard as will promote the lldu stries of the coun-
try and the interests of labor without creating
monopolies.
The Democratic party s now, as it has always
been. opposed to all sumptuary legislation, and
it is especially oppo ed to the proposed amend
ment to the constitution of Indiana known as
| the Prohlbltory amendment, and we are in favor
OF the submission OF said proposed amendment,
as well as all other proposed amendments, to the
| people, according to the provisions of the con-
stltutlon for It's own amendment, and the people
have the right to oppose or favor the adoption
of any or all the amendments at all stages of
! their consideration, and any submission of
constitutional amendment to vote of the peo-
pie should be at time and under circum-
stances most favorable to a full vote, and there
4 fore should be at general election.
That we fully indorse and approve the laws
passed pursuant to the demands of former
Democratic conventions, making provisions for
the safety and protection of laborers and
| miners, and providing for the collection of
wages, and are in favor of all other enact
ments to that end which may be necessary and
proper.
The free schools of Indiana are the pride and
glory of the State, and we will see to it that
they are not poisoned by the breath of sectari-
anlsm or destroyed by waste or extravaganza in
their management.
In the relations between capital and labor we
favor such policies us will promote harmony
between them, and will adequately protect the
rights and interests of labor.
We esteem the Hon. D. W. Voorhees, as an
6Oio anu lhbuIul representative OF our state In
the Senate, and specially commend him for his
active sympathy in behalf of the soldiers.
ILLINOIS GREENBACKERs
The Greenback State Convention of Illinois
was held at Peoria on the Cd inst. Temporary
organization was effected by selecting G. G.
Dixon, of Chicago as Chairman, and Norman
II. Moss of Jackson county, az Secretary The
Committee on Permanent Organization reported
Hon. A. J. Streeter, of Mercer, for permanent
Chairman; Norman H. Moss, of Jackson, for
Secretary; ". F. Carroll, of Chicago, and
W. F. Wallace, of Knox, for Assistant
Secretaries; and S. F. Norton, of Cook, H.
NJ Miller of Morgan. DR.. A. J. Graham of
Stephenson. B. W. Dean of De Kalb, and c. G.
Dixon of Cook, as members at large of the
State Central Committee. The report was
adopted.
Upon taking the chair Mr. Streeter made a
brief address. in which he denied most emphat-
ically that the Greenback party was dead or
even 'slumberlng. Thew would yet show, not
only that there is a Greenback party, but
party of the industrial people, of temperance,
of progress. He was followed by Gen. Weaver.
who spoke briefly of the advancement the party
was making, and predicted that in his State
0owa) they would elect at least six Congress-
men this fall.
The following persons were then named for
State Treasurer Daniel Mclaughlin Mavor
of Braidwood. and Hon. A. J. Streeter. Mr..
( kba NJ