Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-07-02
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.


a vigorous campaign. Mr.. Wheeler,
Ben. Clayton, Daniel Kerr and Jno. Y.
Stone, were in the first ballot for gov
ernor, but Mr.. Wheeler received about
three fourthS of the votes, and was
amid great enthusiasm declared the
unanimous nominee.
Poyneer, Van Houton and Rumple,
were in it for lieutenant governor, but
Mr. Van IIouten's nomination came by
a practically unanimous vote on the
second ballot.
The contest for the supreme judg-
ship was the most spirited. McClain,
Beck, Blanchard, and Blake, were bal
loted for. Weaver secured 3l5 on the
first ballot, on the sixth ballot 653, max
ing him the nominee. The contest was
in admirable spirit throughout.
Superintendent Sabin was renomi-
mated, as well as Frank Campell for
railway commissioner.
TIE PLATFORM.
Following is the platform as finally
! adopted by the conventions:
|. The republican party or Iowa In
convention assembled gives renewed eI-
preston of devotion to theprinciplcs OF
the national republican party and de-
clares the acceptance of those prlncl-
pies to be the bond of union with the
republican party of Iowa.
2. We commend the patriotic, wise
| and courageous administration OF Presl-
| dent Harrison.
3. We commend the republican
party in the last congress for its re-
demptiOn of the pledges made the PEG
pie as to revision of the tariff III the in
tereSt of home industry and of its work
IN behalf of the liberal provision for
pensions for old soldiers in accordance
with the pledges of the nation.
4. We approve the coinage act by
which the great product OF the silver
mines of the United States is added to
the currency of the people, and out of
| which experiment may come wise ad.
justment OF financial questions, liberal
| towards western interests.
>. We commend most heartily the
policy that has been inaugurated look.
| ing to reciprocal trade relations with
other people of the American CONT
nent, and the administrative efforts
now making for the enlargement of
| foreign markets for American beef and
| pork.
&. We assert that the republican
party stands of record in every state of
| this Union in favor of elections based
| upon the freedom of individual con-
science, and that the republican party
| may be trusted in Iowa or III any state
| to promote any plan of reform, Austria
| Lian or other, calculated to extend and
to further protect the purity of the bal
| lot.
I. While inviting to our shores the
| worthy poor of all nations, we earnestly
recommend laws that will protect our
| country and our people against an influx
| of the vicious and criminal classes of for
eign nations and importations of labor
ers under contract to compete with our
own citizens, and earnestly approve the
rigid enforcement of these laws, and of
such further legislation as may be ne
ceSSary.
8. I'VE favor such legislation as will
impose upon all classes of property,
corporate orindividual, equally the bur
den of taxation.
Q. We favor the passage of the Con-
ger lard bill; state legislation tending
to promote farmers institutes and en-
arging the powers of the dairy COM
missioner.
| 10. We regard the Worlds Column
bian Exposition as an important event
in the worlds history, and we are in
hearty sympathy with the effort to
make it a success. In the friendly RI
valry of states we should make cred
liable exhibit of Iowa's products, and
we favor a liberal appropriation by the
next general assembly for this purpose,
that our prosperity and greatness may
be fully exempliiied.
IL. We take pride in the record of
this state, and recognize that its growth
and power, its prosperity and its good
name are the fruits of its industrial
people and we believe in such policy,
state and national, as will promote
justice and wider opportunity among
= these classes to their support in the
future as in the past and we pledge
our most intelligent judgment and our
most sincere endeavOr.
II. We point to the record of the
state under republican administration
) for justification in the declaration that
f we favor economy and justice in the
administration of public affairs. We
point to that record also for justifica-
ton of the statement that the party
} has kept faith with the people in the
past and upon that record we invite
their continued support and confidence
IL. Wehave no apologies to offer to
the people nor to the democratic party
for the republican record in the con-
= Spicious issue in the state campaign
this year. In the interest of true tenn
perance and under the laws of Iowa
enacted by the representatives of its
sovereign people, the saloon was made
an outlaw in this state. We charge
that the outlaw has had the patronage,
counsel and protection of the demo
cratic party; that the democratic party
as it has won power, has nullifed the
: law, defed the authority of the state
and the expressed will of the people,
and that now an appeal is made to the
electors of the whole state for approval
of the lawless work. We recognize
, that it is law against defiance Of Jaw,
subordination against INSTRUMENTATION
the state of Iowa against the demo-
cratic party. We recognize that the
issue is between true temperance and
free and indiscriminate traffic; we re-
new our pledge to the people and sub,
NIT the issue to them. We recognize
, the fact that the control of the next
legislature by the democratic party
means state wide license and the con-
troll of the next legislature by the re,
publicans means continued opposition
to the behests of the saloon power
through the maintenance and enforce.
ment of law.
= IA. We denounce the democratic
party of Iowa as insincere in its deal
q ings with the saloon issue. We charge
that party with service to the saloon
: and with the purpose to strengthen the
a saloon grasp upon the hoEaeS and poll
tics of the state. We cite in PROOF o,
this its surrender this year the loca
S option of the plank of 1889, undel
which last year the pretense of indorse
ment by the state was made and or
+ which petition for the legislature wa,
e made We charge that this abandon
4 ment of local optiOn is the fora runner