The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-07-19
The National Etatc Convention.


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! The effort TO organize and build
up u strong political purity eau sue'
coed only by strict adherence TO fun
damentul do,trMea Every depart
urc by taking up local issues
brings dlssenslon, division md weak
ncss, instend u strength. Fully MP
prchensive VI this, Hon, i, N, Weller
introduced before the committee on
Resolutions tho following, aud naked
that II BE- Incorporated Into tho plat
form.
/ Rssolped, That success In bringing
about any great reform aepeRds up
on the concentration Of all persons
favorable thereto into ono compact
body Of mon having In Wow only the
Accomplishment Ut tho dosirsAl end
that the true sphere Of Il purity II the
settlement OF tho supreme Issue
Of the tima; that all issues except
the supreme Issue of tho moment
should be- ignored az tending 10 dis.
union, and w do therefore declare
that tho mission of.our party IL ~
settlo the financial policy W this
country, to ascertain and liz the true
relations Of labor aud capital. and to
regulate monopolles, and that all
other questions are held In allegiance
and shull 30 80 hold until these su.
lpreme issues are decides.
Had this bccn Incorporated Into
tho platform ~ II should have boon,
the IL and II planks would mover
have been made II part thereof
IWheA the committee came IL act
upon tho IL resolution Mr., Weller
introduced and asked tho adoption
OF the following IA \ substitute Tor
THAT OF General Weaver.
.Deplorlng the manifold evils Of
incompetence, We declare II u para
mount duty, regardless II party, Ia
strive IL discover Its cause, and tho
remedy. Observation forces the
conviction that tho unjust aistrihn.
ton Of the products Of labor Il the
Iprimal cause not only OF tho intern.
lperalc use III intoNicants but in
the alarming Increase OF crime In the
land, History confirms this convlc.
ton aud demonstrates that excess
sive wealth. idleness and luxury on
the one hand, and excessive prtva,
ton toll and poverty on the other,
naturally lead 10 intemperance and
crime. Hence tho remedy Is To
abolish ths corporate moncrolies
that reap where they have not plant
ed, aud to give 10 labor everywhere
Its Just reward, Withholding II only
from him Nho has not earned II,
Statesmanship, patriotism. phtlan.
throby, christianity anu law should
DO Invoked to redress tho wrong and
establish the right"
This resolution presented ut the
request OF the editor Of this pare,
was the cnnncia,ioa Of u truth be-
You'd the comprehension OF tho COM
mi,tes and was also rejected.
When the resolutions were report
ed Mr., Weller moved tho adoption
Of the following as a substitute foi
the IL resolution:
Resolved. That we are Ia favor al
the use of all wise means for the
suppression of the evils III intemrer'
! anee caused by the use al intoxisa'
ting liquors.
Eesalred, That We aver that thu
:. action Of the manipula,ors OF tho ~
!. publican party Of Iowa In the matte,
Of the constitutional prohihitor.
amendment was and Ia dclusioi
, and snare. and .nimical To tn,
!. spirit of our United States. ccnstitn'
ton and the genius OF our form o
government.
Which was reje,ted,
A motion Was then made 10 ador'
the platform by acclamation. III,
!. editor Of the PAN pE,lsa movet
TO amend by calling tho vets on tn
> adoption Of tho platform by eean
ties, This motion though support
Cd by halt tsoaen or more In dill
forent parts of tho house was no
entertained by the chair. The voice
!, Tor and against the adoption OF tn
platform were SD nearly alike tina
the chair called for 4 rising vet,
j. "Stand up and b. counted" w
Il ag,dn demanded that the vote b,
i hy counties, This iast demand Wa
!. oyerrialen by tho convention an
4, We pronounce II an outrage witheu
!, parallel In a dclibesative body, Il
!. this method questions were csowae
. into the platform which We eelicv
would have rejected on a fair an
), honest vote giving to each eean,
I, its full voice, As IL WAS the eoas
!, ties In the Immediate vicinity III "th
!. big dis,lllery" were fully represen,e
n on the iloor of the convention, al
!, they were the chief among fanatic
a The equities remotely situated I
II Howard, Fayette, Wianeshiek s,
20 had respectively only one or ~
delegates In attendance authorize
to cast the full vote al the count,
In standing up to be eaaa,ca ana,
s. such circumstances Howard an
As Faye,te counties lost ten Votes eas
4 which they demanded should |
u, counted against the II and IA rlanl
A. Of the platform on the temperans
Is and woman suffrage question, An
is We declare IL m our deliberate opls
lc ion that an honest vote giving ess
a. county il full voice in tho conSel
ton would have rejected both.
A The railroad attorneys and mana
gers are jahiiant. They CONTROL,
st the nomination in both the dem,
. : cratic and republican eonscntio,
In this state, have got tn. old n,