The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-23

Olsen was permitted to name his own
delegation from Fayette. Notwithstand.
ing Mr.. Russell was also from Fayette
the gang at Lamont would not per
NIT the minority to lbe represented on
the delegation.
The defeat of Mr.. Garrett for chair.
man was direct insult to the rank and
file of the republican party at the hands
of the Leon gang.
A peculiar feature of the convention
was the fact that not single candi.
dates nomination was made unanimous
although it has always been the custom
Tor motion to be made that the sue.
cessful candidates. nomination be made
unanimous. Rather significant to say
the least.
1t remains to be seen whether the r..
publicans of Decatur county will con-
tinue to allow the Leon ring to rule
them with an iron hand.
RESOLUTIONS.
We, the representatives of the fepub.
llcan party of Decatur county, in con.
vention assembled, do reaffirm our faith
in the acts and principles of the repub-
llcan party in time past and endorse the
platform adopted at the recent National
convention at Philadelphia.
We congratulate the people that the
destruction of the industries of the
country and the pauperizing of labor
which occurred undes the starvation
days of the last democratic administra-
ton has given away to the most pros
porous era known since the foundation
Of our government. Under republican
domination everything the farmer has
to sell has advanced in price and also in
purchasing power. To-day, three hum
dred and thirty bushels of corn will buy
binder, while in 1896 it took 75O
bushels. 1t takes fewer bushels of corn
to buy keg of nails than it did in
1896 and the products of the farm will
procure more of the necessities of life
than the same amount would purchase
under the last democratic administra,
ton.
Realizing that it has taken the United
States ALMOST two centuries with the
h4oSp OAiAkutCACu pcOpicf Ou odTLu 10
establish republican form of govern
ment as we now have. which allows
freedom to all, and believing that it is
impossible for any class of people reared
under monarchial form of government
and semi-civilized to establish and
maintain free government like ours,
we, therefore, endorse the action taken
by the present administration in deal
ing with the important questions of
government relative to the new pos
sessions acquired as results of the Span
ish-American war.
We re-affirm our loyalty to the time
'honored principles Of the republican
party, which declares that congress
shall have full legislative power over
territories belonging to the United
States, subject only to the fundamental
safeguards of liberty, Justice and per-
sonal rights, This principle was main
tanned by a million men under aims
during the administration of Abraham
Lincoln and will be re.atfirmed by the
loyal, liberty.loving and conscientious
voter Of 1900.
We deny the charge of imperialism
made against the republican party by
democracy and favor the redemption of
every pledge made by this government
to Cuba and Porto Rica as soon as cir.
cumstanoes will permit. We denounce
the reiteration of the democratic plat
form for the demand of the free and un-
limited coinage of silver at ratio of Is
to ! as an iasincere move on the part of
the democratic party to please the idle
speculations of a misguided leader and
not representing the wishes of the
American people as whole.
We condemn the actions of the peo-
pie in North Carolina in passing laws
that haye- for their ultimate end the
Acknowledgement of the American negro,
and denounce William Jennings Bryan
because of his undertaking hostility tn
our liberal pension laws which were
largely enacted through the instrument
tally of the republican party.
We endorse the actions Of the Iowa
delegation in congress and especially
our own congressman, Col. w. p. Hep.
bnrn, in his untiring energy for the pas.
sage of the Nicaraugan Canal Bill.
Believing that in the principles of the
republican party the people of all classes
have the greatest safeguard that can be
thrown about them and their prosperity,
we invite all classes believing in good
government and sound money to unite
with us In electing the ticket headed by
men who stand without equal, the sol
der statesmen, William Mckinley and
Theodore Roosevelt.