Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-09-21

The republicans Of Iowa in state conven
ton declare
That government is OF, for and by tho
people, and that the object of all govern
ment should be to maintain aud promote
the liberty, safety, happiness and welfare
OF all the people
That in going iuto another general cleo
ton u Ia admissible TO call public attention
to tho fact, ns n test of the two great POI
litical parties, that the campaign claims OF
the democratic party in the election OF lsn3
have proved false, and the claims made by
the republican party have proved true,
Not an allegation made by the democratic
party MS to the Mckinley law or reel
procity, not n claim of the Wanted good
results of democ attic ucocss has come
true hut In tho withholding of pensions OF
Union soldiers, in business paralyzed, IN
mills and manufactures closed, In sus end
ed banks, IN bankrupt Trims, IN tho distress
of farmers, IN the growing multitude OF
tramps, In falling wages ~ thousands or
working people discharged from employ
mont, IN the monetary strinRencies In tho
prevailing hard tunes and public distress,
are the tulhllment OF what republicans pre-
dicted with heroic warrants ms TO the known
capacity OF tho democratic party to dis.
tress aud aiilict tho American people
That the establishment of the policy OF
reciprocal trade, especially between the
United States aud tho other countries OF
the new world was distinctive and bene-
ilcent measure of republican statesman
ship promising great goot to this ration,
and we regret aud deplore that IL has had
to pass from the brilliant aud resolnte
statesmnnShip of James q Blaine into the
unfriendly hands OF futile n,ugwumps and
hostils democrats
That when President Cleveland said In
his recent message to congress that "our
unfortunate financial plight" with tho evil
conditions he depicted are principally
chnrgeabla to congressional legislation
touching TIM purchase and coinage of silver
Ivy the general government he omitted thu
largest producing chusc, This Is tho SIMS
ter olIoct OF the threatened democratic ut
tempt To overthrow protection aud pro-
tective tariii as embodied In that wise
measure known ms the Mckinley law, ana
so close American manuin ctories, and
overwhelm tho industries that give profit
able employment to American capital and
American labor
Tint for tho relief Of tho people, To get
stability 10 business aud security TO debt.
ors and creditors ALIKE, the law should
provide that the payment Of debt shall he
tho roturn OF equivalent purchasing power,
estimated 10y lana, rent, interest md tho
wages Of labor; 80 that the creditor shalt
receive no less aud tho debtor mortgagee
or other, shall have To pny no more thnn
the purchasing power that pas sed from the
creditor To the debtor when the debt was
contracted
That IL is Of primc Importance to oil tbs
American people that n sound currency
shall bo maintained OF uniform purchasing
power That we are IN favor OF maintain,
ing both gold and silver money as unlimit-
ed legal tender for tho payment of debt
And In doing this congress shall provide
| that every dollar, whether gold, silver or
paper, shall bo kept OF equal ynlue.
That we are opposed 10 state bank money
or any rr.establshmcnt OF that system ~
local shin plaster and wild eat cur
| rency, which proved 80 disastrous in the
past
That one of the great ends for which the
republican party exists has been aud ~ 10
maintain the Freedom, dignity and wcifnr,
Of labor and those who toll That we re,
joico In tho nigh wages that have boen
paid 10 American working people under
republican policies, aud we deplore as ono
of the llrst aud inevitable results OF demo
cratic success and its ability TO establish
its policies that IL has already led To
large reduction of the wages paid To Amer
lean labor.
Tint il Is Of the highest Importance 10
working people that their wages shall he
paid 10 them In money 81 full value and
high purchasing power, 81 that they shall
be able TO supply themselves IN every mar.
ket with this necessities aud comforts Of
life
we usnDNnte fnehp anu uepIeflhteU
money Of low purchasing power as an es'
peciai hardship upon tho poor aud oil who
receive wages
That tho administration OF BENJAMIN
| Harrison In It's safe md broad statesman
ship maintaining prosperity and good gov
ernment Mt home and peace with honor
abroad, with parity and honesty In every
department, so that no stain marred the in
| tegrity OF the national character and con.
duct, deserves the approval Of the Ameri-
can people and makes n noble chapter In
| the history OF tho republican administra-
lion from Abraham Lincoln 10 Benjamin
| Harrison which preserved the life of tbs
republic and gave IL unity, peace, prosper
I! ity and greatness.
That II Is our belief that the assaults
made upon the system OF pensions by this
| administration because In few cases pen.
sons were alleged to be fraudulently OBJ
| tanned IL a pr text 10 attack and destroy
the whole system and IL a menace 10 thu
honor of our brave and deserving national
defenders,
That prohibition is no test Of republican.
ism. The general assembly has given to
the state n prohibitory law rs strong as
any that has ever been enacted by any
country. Like any other criminal statute.
its retention, modification or repeal must
be determined by the general assembly,
elected by and IN sympathy with the peo-
Pile aud to IL Is relegated the subject, to
take such notion as they may de, ~ Just and
best in the matter. maintaining the present
law In those portions Of the state where IL
~ now or can he made efficient, and giving
to the localities such methods OF controlling
aud regulating the liquor traffic as will
best serve the cause OF temperance and
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