The advocate., 1891-07-15
IOWA's POLITICAL HISTORY.
tCOnttnued from arst p0Oe.)

Der OF the Farmers Alliance, 30 as tC
humbug the tillerS Of the soil and the
wage-workers generally.
Here are the first plsnks Of their de.
ceivlng, elastic and fruitful platform:
First Republican party Of Iowa, in
convention assembled, gives renewed OK.
pressions of devotion to the principles Of
the national Republican party, and declares
acceptance of those principles TO be the
bond OF union with the Republican party OF
Iowa.
SeCOnd-We commend the patriotic, wise
and courageous administration of President
Harrison.
Third--We commend the Republican
party in the last Congress for it's redemption
Of pledges made the people, and revision Of
the tariff in the interest of home industry,
and Of it's work in behalf of liberal prOvis-
ion for pensions for old soldiers in accord
anCe with the pledges of the nation.
Fourth-We approve the coinage act by
which the great product of the silver mines
of the United States is added to the cur
rency Of the people, and out of which ex-
pertinent may come wise adjustment of
financial questions liberal towards western
interests.
Fifth-We commend most heartily the
policy that has been inaugurated looking to
reciprocal relations with other peoples of
the American continent and the administra-
tive efforts now making for the enlargement
of foreign markets for American beef and
pork.
Sixth-We assert that the Republican
party stands on record in every state of this
union in favor of elections based upon the
freedom of individual conscience, and that
the Republican party may be trusted in
Iowa, or IN any state, to promote any plan
Of reform, Australian or other, calculated
TO extend this liberty and to further protect
the purity of the ballot.
Seventh While inviting TO our shores the
worthy poor Of all nations, we earnestly
recommend laws that will protect our
country and our people against the influx of
the vicious and criminal classes of foreign
nations and the importation of laborers un-
der contract TO compete with our own citi-
zens, and earnestly approve the rigid en-
fOrCement Of these laws and Of such further
legislation as may be necessary.
Eighth-We favor such legislation as will
impose upon all classes of property, corpo-
rate and individual, equally the burdens Of
taxation.
Ninth-We favor the passage of the Con-
ger bill, state legislation tending to pro-
mote farmers institutes and enlarging the
powers Of dairy commissioners.
What Is the foregoing but a modern
Pandora's box, surcharged with numer-
GUS, nameless Ills Compare it with some
planks that we're in their state platforms
In earlier days, as above given, when the
Iowa voters gave victories to "the grand
old Republican partyp And yet, as Is
meet, one Topeka organ of the plousio-
Gratis sees fit on the verge Of the 115th
anniversary Of the declaration Of inde-
pendence to praise this, and the Ohio
Republican platform, and to commend
the poisoned chalice TO Kansas freemenl
The platform makers for the Republican
party In these two central states of Iowa
and Ohio had only to consult the hard
money crowd of the old and of the new
world; the American Protective Tariff
League, Of which the auditor of Shawnee
county is the Kansas secretary, Mr.. ].
G. Wood, and the syndicateS and trusters,