Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-10-10
Iowa Independents Size Up Mr..
Blaine Exactly.
Henry Ward Beecher Sheds Light
Upon Blaine's Corruption.
A Faithless Officer Dismissed
the Service.
Other News.
An Iowa Revolt.

BLAINE.
DIES MONIES, Iowa, Special Tele-
gram, Oct 3-The republican revolt
in Iowa took definite shape to-day.
A meetiNg of Independents was held
at the Aborn house parlors. The po-
litical situation was thoroughly dis
cussed, and it was decided to perfect
a state organization, open headquar-
terS and commence actlyo work. hon
S. Bistow of Lucas county, the chair
man of the meeting, was formerly a
republican state senator. Of the
large number present, each one gave
information of startling republican
disaffectlon in his immediate neigh
borhood In many localities the re
volt of the ScandinavianS amounts TO
a stampede A state committee of
one from each of the several districts
was appointed as follows:
First. r. Spencer, Burlington; sec
ond, George B. Heberling, Sabula;
third, Horace Boise, Waterloo; fifth,
Hon. H. L. Bowman, Cedar Rapids;
sixth, A. II. Wallace, Ottuma; sew
enth, c. A. Burg; eighth, H. c. Row
son, Corning; tenth, f. +. Webb
Boone; eleventh, IL. G. Hanson, Ode
bolt.
The following statement OF the rea-
son for the gathering and the lnten
tions of those assembled was adopted:
The war period of the dominance of
the republican party is ineffaceably
glorious In our national annals; but
while loyal men at home were con
tributlng of their substance and earn
ings, and the gallant soldiers of the
republic were counting Imprisonment
in rebel starvation pens, permanent i'll
health and even death ON the battle
field to preserve the nations life and
growing vitality, various corrupt
minded men found those unsettled
aud anxious years a fruitful 0sportu
nifty for making merchandise of their
country's needs-in effect feathering
their own nests at home out of the
national treasury, while private sol
diers were imperiling their lives under
Southern skies. These men, acting
mainly IN the shelter of the republi
can party for many years, have
shamed our country in the eyes of
decent observers the world over by
the abuse of the public places they
held, through which they have the
means of enriching themselves and
their followers and sycophants at the
expense of national honor and the
earnings of the people. Exposure
after exposure has been made and
the evil still exists. Believing that
James G. Blaine, whose corrupt pub
lie career has not been successfully
defended by his supporters, represents
the worst elements of demagogy and
venalty known in American politics,
and that his election to the presidency
will further lower the standard of
public morals and open doors to p.lit-
zeal corruption hitherto closed; that
monopolIes will oppress the public
still moro and that a premium by his
election will be put upon
PLACE HUNTING FOR DISHONoRABLE
ENDS,
we ask the republican voters of Iowa
on the 4Lh of November next to cast
their ballots for other than the repub-
lican electors, to show by their quiet
protest that misrule must stop, and
arrant knavery hide its head for at
least little season. We leave it to
each dissatisfied republican voter to
settle with his own conscience how
his ballot shall be cast on election
day; but we believe that the emergen
cy has come to our nation, when it is
best for republican voters to prevent,
by the means of their own hands, the
accession of James G. Blaine to the
presidency of the United States. We
further believe that the republican
party, controlled SO largely by men
whose career is Synonymous with cor
ruption, is also becoming the
tool of men whose interest
it is to foster monopolies at
the expense of individual effort. That
this is true we need but refer TO the
platform of the Iowa republican con-
vention of 1888, whose pledges were
entirely ignored by the Twentieth
general assembly, the members Of
which rendered willing obedience TO
each monopoly that asked it, while
laboring men were turne' away with
scant courtesy. If this state OF
things exists at Des Moines, what
can be expected at Washington with
James G. Blaine as president. To
this end we ask that the self respect
ing and patriotic republicans in every
county in Iowa organize local. " to
secure the defeat of the national re-
publican ticket and to place them
selves in correspondence Immediately
with any member of the state cona-
mittee named above.