Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-06-06

in addition to excise taxes upsn liquors and tobac
CO, as shall be found necessary to defray the or
binary charges Of the government, including
moderate annual reduction of the public debt
Resolved. In the language Of the national demo
castle platform of 1876 hat reform is necessary
in the sum and modes OF federal taxation, to the
end that capital may be set free from distress
and labor lightly burdened. we denounce the pres
ent tariff levied upon nearly 1900 articles, as
masterpiece of injustice, inequality aud false pre-
tense, which yields OWN ling, and not a early
rising revenue; has impoverished many indus
tries TO subsidize few. 1t prohibits imports
that might purchase the products of American
labor. 1t has graded American commerce
from the first to an inferior rank upon the high
seas. 1t has cut down the values of American
manufactures at home and abroad, 1t has de-
pleted the returns of American agriculture an in
dlstry followed by half our people 1t costs the
people five times more than it produces to the
treasury, obstructs the process of production and
wastes the fruits of labor 1t promotes fraud
fosters smuggling and enriches dishonest officials
and bankrupts honest merchants. We demand
that all custom house taxation shall be only for
revenue
Resolved, That the continued resistance of the
tariff monopolists who control the republican
party, to this demand of justice by the people,
has raised the issue to position of first import
ance in the coming campaign; and that we renew
and reitsrate the purpose of the democratic party
TO urge reform of the system of custom house
taxation by moderate, reasonable and well-con-
sidered steps, until restored TO its constitutional
basis as means to raise revenue for the support
OF the government only, and is no longer prosti-
tuted to the unjust end of fostering the wealth of
favored class at the expense of the producers of
the country, whereby there has hitherto been an
nually extorted from their earnings more than an
hundred millions of dollars in excess of the needs
and to the decentralization of the public service;
and hundreds of millions besides 70 subsidize and
enrich favored few.
Resolved, That we cordially approve and com
mend the course of the democratic representa-
tives in congress from this state, as well as the
large ma jority of the democrats in the present
house of representatives for their faithful efforts
to bring about reduction of tariff taxation. to
the actual necessities of the government and the
restoration of constitutional principles of taxa
ton.
Resolved, That the evidences of secret corrup-
ton, prof1igacy and fraud in the federal govern
ment have continued to multiply with every sue
cessive administration of the republican party
each being forced to uncover soale new iniquity
of its predecessor, and that course remains to
ensure honesty, fidelity and frugality in rational
affairs but to take the power from the party which
has so long abused it.
,Resolued, That we recognize the soldiers and
ailors who fought in the late war for the preser
walton of the union, as the wards of the nation;
and that it is the duty of the government to ac-
knowledge all their just claims upon its bounty
Spirited applause was frequently
INDUCED in during the reading of the
resolutions, and they were adopted
unanimously.
| DISTRICT DELEGATES.
The delegates to the national con
vention, selected by the various con
gressional caucuses, during the fore
noon, were submitted to the conven.
ton and adopted, "a follows:
First district-James R. DoolttIe, of Racine anC
Arson Rogers of Rock; administered. Rob
| inson, OF Kenosha and N. H Bovee. of Wal
worth
Second district-A. X. Delaney, of Dodge and
Barney S. Potter, of Washington alterra'es-
Richard Mertze, of Dodge and Edwin Hurlburt
| of Waukesha.
Third district-D S Rose, of Lafayette and r
u Bashford, of Dane
| Fourth district-John Black and ChaS. F. Free
man, of Milwaukee; alternates-Fred. Retbrocl
and Thomas Shea, of Milwaukee.
Fifth district-A. L. Gray, of Brown and Car
Ziellier, of Sheboygan; alternates- Carl. Il
Schmidt, of Manitowoc and Joe Darbellay, of Ke
waunee.
Sixth district-G. W. Pratt, of Winnebago, anG
| and George KresS, of Outagamie.
Seventh district. W. Lusk. of Sank and ]. l
R. McColum, of Richland; alternatas-F. A Can
field, of Juneau, and George E Harrington, OF
! Crawford.
| Ell nth district w. H Smith of Dunn, and G
Y. Freeman, Of Trempealeau; alternates-J. D
| Putnam, of Pierce, and H. II. Hayden, of Eat
| Claire
Ninth dstrict-Alex. Brazeau, of Oconto, and
L. Marchitte, of Marathon.