The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-19
The NATIONAL LEAGUE.

i Adoption of observation-disclosures of PrssI-
| dent-Denyer Next Place of Meeting.
/ LOUISVILLE Ky, May 12.-The re-
publican league convention was called
to order by President Garrison, with
the delegations all present
! The committee on credentials re-
ported the rules of the Fifty-frst con-
gress over which Speaker Reed pre-
sided.
James Blount, a colored delegate
from Alabama, got the floor and offered
few criticisms on the republican
party for its seeming neglect of the ne
gro in the south. He said that party
was the only one TO which the colOred
men could look to for protection, and
he hoped the party would not retro
grade from the position it held under
the administrations of Lincoln and
Grant
A lively discussion arose over reso-
luton regarding the restriction of inn
migration, reciting that all immigrants
should be denied admission to this
country who could not read in the En-
glish language. Capt. Allen moved to
indefinitely postpone it Hesaid it was
un-republican and un-American and
should be killed. His motion pre-
vailed.
A resolution was adopted denouncing
the action of the Union League club Of
New York for refusing admission to
membership to a Hebrew. Several
speeches were made in support of the
resolution in which the action of the
club was criticised in the severest
terms
The resolutions recommended by the
committee on resolutions were then
taken up When that offered by DIR.
BLACKWELL yesterday declaring in favor
of woman suffrage was read a motion
was made that it be adopted. This
caused a furOre all over the house, a
score of delegates clamoring for the
floor. Order was at length restored
and division was called for and as q
result the resolution was adopted BY a
vote of 375 yeas to 1s5 nays The report
of the committee on resolutions was as
follows:
We the representatives Of the republican clubs
Of the United States. in national convention as
sembled, reaffirm our devotion to the principles
Of the republican party as enunciated By the
national republican convention in 1899.
We point with pride 10 the passage OF gen
eraI law for the safety Of life and limb Of rail-
way employees upon the recommendation OF
President Harrison By republican congress
and in conformity with the expression OF the
national convention
We declare that we are heartily In sympathy
with every legislative enactment which will
promote the interests OF the wage earners and
tend 70 equalize conditions and harmonic the
relations between labor and capital, always re-
garding the moral and material welfare Of the
great body Of the people as the primary object
70 be attained and recommending as one % the
most efficient means 20 attain this end the
establishment Of 4 system Of arbitration for
the adjustment OF differences arising between
capital and labor
We declare our faith in genuine secret ballot
laws fortified By efficient acts for the suppress
sion Of corrupt practices in elections
We demand the enforcement Of existing laws
By the duly constituted officers OF the law and
denandsthe abolition OF the system OF private
armed forces represented By the Piukertou and
Ike agencies
We demand the suppression Of oil public
gambling, whether in food products or By means
Of lottery tickets.
We heartily urge Al amendment TO the con-
stitution making the president ineligible 70
second term
We recommend to the favorable considera-
ton OF the republican clubs OF the United
States, as matter Of education, the question
Of granting 70 the women OF the state and IA
ton the right 70 vote at all elections on the
same terms and conditions as other citizens.
The Monroe doctrine was heartily in
dOrsed and covert slap given to the
present administration for removing
the flag from the Hawaiian islands
The democratic party was called upon
to give fair trial Of its policies or adj
nit that it gained supremacy by mis-
representation.
The report was adopted section by
section
William VI. Tracey, Of Springfield.
Ill, was elected president and Denver
was chosen for the next place Of meet
ing.