The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-09-03
TIE IOWA REPUBLICANS
IN CONVENTION ASSEMBLED.
a Lengthy fistfofm, -ttiinE fsf'h
rhelr Views on state aud National
Government, aud Demanding
tho Lsforet ment Of the
gIyiI service Law,

DIES MoISE-, lows, Aug. 1.-THE
Republican state convention ro- assem-
blod at o o'clock this forenoon. Hon,
Ii. NJ. sutton was elected permanent
chairman, aud made u speech, urging
solidincaiion OF tho party. An IN
formal ballot Tor governor was taken,
resultingi Larabee, 70Si Hull, 800.
Necessary 10 n choice, Ji3. Larabee
was declared the nominee by acclama-
tlon,
The ballot for lieutenant governor
resulted in an unanimous vote iOrllul'.
For supreme court justice, tho IN
cumhent, Juugo Beck, was Ieuomi-
mated.
THE PLATFORM.
The Republicans, OF Iowa, in c0nven-
ton assembled, declares:
First--The issues growing out OF the
war for the Union, can never DO called
settled until they are settled tight. BY
usurping and absorbing tho rights OF
DISTINGUISHED cOlored men, the white
men oil The Southern States are exert
ing double political power, while men
in tho southern States-Robel soldiers
in the South-are thus enabled to
WELD twice the influence IN tho Union
than tho Union soldiers in theNOrth
WELD. Weprotest against Union sol
diers having one vote and tho Teoels
two.
Second-This crime is a menace
against the ballot. The South il also
n menace % iTee labor ia the North.
With the black mau robbed OF bis
elective franchise, their power TO pro-
tect themselves is gone, aud the
Southern white man can compel them
> perform cheap labor. Labor in the
South cannot bs psuperiZed without
wages OF labor in the North being noe
e esssry srr Affected southern Is b,so al
liberty and employment, and Iowa
has received thousands such men who
here have sought and found chance
to live as freemen ana work at good
wages. The Republican party de-
clares in the interest of honest and
safe government, that there can be no
political irregulerity maintained
among eitizons OF this republic, and
there cannot TOO minority OF white
men in the South ruling majority OF
white men in the North.
Third-The ascension of the Demo-
cratic party 10 the doctrine of States
rights is evinced by the character of
appointment made by Cleveland, and
we censure his appointing persons to
represent this government at
foreign courts who wished
the diss Jlubility of this nation
and who, during tho rebellion, either
fought Tor its success or Justified the
principle on which it was fought, and
still continue 10 do so; and we declare
his conduct in this affair is made all
the more offensive by his persistant
removal OF disabled Union soldiers
from the government employ by means
of the disreputable offensive parti-
san" scheme, started by his posImas-
ter-general and practiced by other
heads of departments and by the pres
ident himself,
Fourth-Time does not wear away
the claims OF soldiers who fought
down the rebellion, or the gratitude
and justice OF the country, and there
fore we demand such notifications OF
the pension law as shall secure
equal treatment TO all such soldiers
entitled TO pensions under said laWe,
by commencing the payment from
date of inability; increases widows
pensions from SIS to $l2 per month, and
to granting pensions to all such SOL
diers who are disabled from securing
support by their own labors, and those
who served in the war with Mexico.
We condemn the removal by Glove
land of medical pension examiners
appointed by Lincoln, Grant and Gar
field, who have been steady friends of
the soldiers, and their replacement by
men who generally opposed the pas
sage of the pension laws.
Fiith-Amer ican labor rs uuit is
the prosperity and stability of the re-
public. The old world theory OF
classes is abhorrent 10 the American
mind. No peasant class can ever be
Great ed in America. The Republican
party has protected and fostsred labor
OF this country SO that it's compen Sa-
ton Is larger than is realized in any
other nation; 1t has guarded and saved |
it from degraded contract labor from
China; it is pledged TO protect it from
pauper labor of Europe. We demand |
that ample provision shall be made by |
law for the protection of labor and
capital and their varied interests, and |
such laws should provide for a State |
board arbitration for adjustment |
and settlement between labor and |
CAPT al, including the question of So
curing coal and their mining inter. !
ests, in order that miners may be |
assured pay for all work done by |
them, and labor should have its ius5
proportion of representation on such
boards; and We further declare that
provision should be made by law,
WA.4 by convict labor should not be
Hrtl ht into competition with other
iat,, within the State.
fiE hive are opposed to the British
policy advocated by the Democratic
r7- in this country under the guise
OF ariff for revenue only" Tbs
sh theory OF free tariff, which has
dGar1ded its labor at home, and has
ooan 80 successfully used as q means
10 ucjtroy industries and Cypress the
peOple of Ireland, cannot be imposed
upon the people Of the United States.
Wa invite all people of Irish blood,
Whl know the wrongs of their native
county under English rule, to join
Tho II fate with the Republican party
and ne great body Of workingmen in
resis!ing the introduction of the free
trade policy into America.
soventh-We favor closer CONNER
ciai Intercourse with all nations and
e. Lsnsion of American interests. We
urge the establishment OF
bgt,er commercial relations and en-
la 3ment of our trade with South
Z norica. We favor an increase in
hmsrican shipping by all practical
a. ms.
~ l;hth-The Republican party inau-
gursted the civil service reform, and
this present civil service law.
II will faithfully maintain and cheer
it full force. We look with regret upon
the failure Of the present administra-
ton to promote reform in the civil 1
service 30 Iauspiciouslys begun under {
administration, {
Ninth-We demand that the public 7
domain, including forfeited lands
within tho limits of grants made to 7
railroads or other corporations, shall {
oe disposed Of only to actual settlers, /
n limited quantities, as provided by
aw; and bona fide settlers on unearned !
ands, within the limits OF the Sioux :
Jity Il st. Paul Railway company, :
Ihould have their rights amply and {
Ipeodily provided for by the prompt r
of laws to effect that re. t