Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-09-28
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ihAifNh"s
The republicans Of Iowa In state conven.
ton declare;
That government Is of, for and by tho
people, aud that the object of all govern
ment should be to maintain and promote
! the liberty, safety, happiness and welfare
OF all the people,
That in going into another general cleo
ton II Ia admissible to call public attention
to the fact, rs n tcst OF the two great POI
litical parties, that the campaign claims OF
the democratic party IN the election OF lSHi
have proved false, and the claims made by
tho republican parry have proved true.
Not an allegation made by the democratic
party as TO tho Mckinley law or reel.
procity, not a claim II the vaunted good
| results of democ attic ucccss has come
true but In the withholding OF snsions of
Union soldiers, in business paralyzed, IN
mills and manufactures closed Ia sus end
| oil banks, m bankrupt firms, In the distress
of farmers, IN the growing multitude OF
tramps, In falling wages OF thousands or
working people discharged from employ
| ment, in the monetary stringencies, In tho
prevailing hard times aud public distress,
ARE tho fulilllment of what republiconsprc'
| dicted with heroic warrants rs to the known
capacity of the democratic party to dis
! tress and afllict tho American people,
That the establishment OF the policy OF
reciprocal trade, especially between the
| United States and the other countries or
the new world was distinctive and bene'
| hcient measure OF republican statesman
ship promising great goo To this ration,
aud we regret aud dcplorc that II has had
to pass from the brilliant and resolute
! craftsmanship Of James q Blaine into tho
unfriendly hands of futile mugwumps and
! hostil, democrats
That when President Cleveland said In
his recent message 10 congress that "our
! unfortunate financial plight" with the evil
conditions no depicted are principally
| chargeable to congressional legislation
| touching tho purchase and coinage silver
by the general government, he omitted tho
| largest producing cause, This IN tho sinis-
| ter effect OF the threatened democratic at.
tempt to overthrow protection and pro-
| tectivo tariff as embodied in that wise
measure known rs tho Mckinley law, ana
| 40 close American manutnctories, aud
| oyerwhelm the industries that give profit
| able employment To American capital and
| American labor
That for the relief of the people, TO get
stability to business and security TO debt.
ors and creditors alike the law should
provide that the payment Of debt shall be
| the return of equivalent purchasing power,
| estimated 10y land, rent, interest and tho
wages OF labor; 80 that the creditor shall
receive no less aud the debtor, niortgagee
| or other, shall have To pay no more than
the purchasing power that passed from tho
creditor To the debtor whom the debt was
| contracted
| That 1t IL of prime Importance to all tho
| American people that n sound currency
| shall bc maintained OF uniform purchasing
power. That we are In favor Of maintain
ing both gold and silver money ns unlimit-
ed legal tender for the payment of debt
| And In doing this congress shall provide
that every dollar, whether gold silver or
/ paper shall be kept OF equal value.
| That we are opposed to state bank money,
or any re.establshment of that system OF
local ''shin, plaster" aud 'wild cat" cur.
rency, which proved SO disastrous In tho
past
That one OF the great ends for which the
! republican party exists has been and is TO
/ maintain the freedom, dignity and welfare
of labor and those who toll. That we TO
| joice In the high wages that have been
| paid TO American working people under
republican policies, and we deplore as ono
| OF the rst and inevitable results Of demo
cratic success and its ability to establish
| It's policies that 10 has already led to a
large reduction of the wages paid TO Amer
lean labor.
That IL Is OF tho highest Importance to
working people that their wages shall bo
paid To them In money Of full value aud
| high purchasing power, 80 that they shall
be able to supply themselves IN every mar.
ket with the necessities and comforts Of
life.
| We depounce "A chem and depreciated
money OF low purchasing power as an es.
peciai hardship upon the poor and all who
| receive wages
That the administration OF BENJAMIN
Harrison In It's safe and broad statesman
ship maintaining prosperity and cool gov.
| eminent Mt home and peace with honor
a apronu, VIII p ~, ana nVnosg ~ dssV,y
teer,ty of the national character and con.
duct, deserves the approval OF the Ameri-
cnn People nn" IN, nnkos a moo,e ohaP.er III
| Non from Abraham Lincoln 10 Beniamin
Harrison which preserved the life OF the
republic ana gave IL UNITY peace prosper
" That & "a orr belief TINT the assaults
made upon tho system of pensions by this
administration because In few cases pen.
si9ns were nneseu 70 oo ,, arhua anI d oo
! the whole system and IL a menace to the
honor OF our brave and deserving national
ue That ash,,,,,,on ,o ,s, - r.nnh,,..n
ism Tbe general assembly has given To
the state prohibitory law as strong as
any that has ever been enacted by any
v 10 rn,on,;nn madIscatinn or. raneaI mn,
he determined by the general assembly,
elected by ana IN sympathy win tne PEG.
taIo en-" s,,ch action ~ tbav NAV de-. iust,nd
hest IN the matter maintaining the present
law In those PORTIONS OF the state where IT
Is now OF cnu oe ,,aae ,hods y, a x,u,,ng
and regulating the LIQUOR traffic as viii
b st serve the cause Of temperance and
mors'i y
| A wealthy Chicago woman intends
building in GAINESVILLE, Wis, as a me-
mortal to her father, a row OF flats in
which the deserving poor of that town
may live rent free.
Robert w Martin of New York
city, was sleeping in a chair b. the
window of his house when a burglar,
by accident stepped on his foot This
awakened Mr.. Martin, who captured
the robber and held him until police
aid WAS rcceiued.
The Iron Age denies that Krupp OF
Essen, Germany, is the greatest pro-
| J,,aa, 90 cruc;hlo Steal in tho yvnrld