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vention to have a committee of conference ap- 

 pointed, but it proved a failure. The follow- 

 ing additional resolutions were adopted by the 

 radicals : 



Resolved, That the radicals of Missouri heartily 

 approve and indorse the Administration of General 

 U. S. Grant as President of the United States, the 

 successful soldier, the devoted patriot, the faithful 

 friend, and the incorruptible man. His statesman- 

 ship is advancing his name already as the greatest 

 name of history, and we announce him as our candi- 

 date for the next President. 



Resolved, That, while we are in favor of a revenue 

 for the support of the General Government by duties 

 upon imports, sound policy requires such adjustment 

 ot these imposts as to encourage the development of 

 the industrial interests of the whole country, and we 

 commend that policy of national exchanges which 

 secures to the working-man liberal wages, to agricul- 

 ture remunerative prices, to mechanics and manufac- 

 turers an adequate reward for their skill, labor, and 

 enterprise, and the nation's commercial prosperity 

 and independence. 



The ticket nominated by this convention 

 was as follows : for Governor, Joseph W. Mc- 

 Clurg ; Lieutenant-Governor, A. J. Harlan ; 

 Secretary of State, John H. Stover ; Treasurer, 

 Chauncey I. Filley ; Auditor, G. A. Moser ; 

 Attorney-General, Horace B. Johnson ; Regis- 

 trar of Lands, Joseph H. McGee ; Superintend- 

 ent of Public Instruction, George P. Beard ; 

 Judge of Supreme Court, David Wagner. 



The "bolters," or "Brownites," immedi- 

 ately organized a new convention, with Gen- 

 eral Schurz for its presiding officer, and pro- 

 ceeded to business. The following platform 

 was prepared and unanimously adopted : 



Resolved, 1. That these are vital principles of the Re- 

 publican party : That no citizen snail be deprived of 

 his just share in the government which he helps to 

 support for the benefit of others, and that no man 

 shall be deprived of the earnings of his labor or any 

 part thereof for the benefit of any other man. 



2. That it is a violation of vital republican princi- 

 ples to deprive any man, be he white or black, of a 

 share in the government which he helps to support, 

 unless a clear public necessity demands his exclu- 

 sion ; and, as the Republican party advocated negro 

 suffrage in 1868, so it now advocates the adoption of 

 constitutional amendments conferring upon colored 

 men equal political privileges with other citizens and 

 which at the same time remove all political disabili- 

 ties from white men. 



3. That the Republican party, as it fought against 

 slavery, which deprived a man of the whole of his 

 earnings for the benefit of another, so it now opposes 

 every form of taxation which deprives a man of any 

 share of his earnings for the benefit of others ; and 

 it is therefore unequivocally hostile to any tariff 

 which fosters one industry or interest at the expense 

 of another. 



4. That the time has come when the requirements 

 of public safety, upon which alone the disfranchise- 

 ment of a large number of citizens could be justified, 

 have clearly ceased to exist, and this convention there- 

 fore, true to the solemn pledges recorded in our na- 

 tional and State platforms, declares itself unequivo- 

 cally in favor of the adoption of the constitutional 

 amendments commonly called the suffrage and office- 

 holding amendments, believing that under existing 

 circumstances the removal of political disabilities, as 

 well as the extension of equal political rights and 

 privileges to all classes of citizens without distinc- 

 tion, is demanded by every consideration of good 

 faith, patriotism, and sound policy, and essential to 



the integrity of republican institutions, to the pros- 

 perity of the StatOj and to the honor and preserva- 

 tion of the Republican party. 



5. That we are in favor of as rapid a reduction of 

 taxation as will be consistent with a conscientious 

 discharge of our public obligations, and such a re- 

 form of the revenue service as will simplify the mode 

 of collecting taxes by the officers employed for that 

 purpose. 



6. That the safety of Republican institutions de- 

 mands a thorough reform of the civil service of the 

 Government, by which ability and moral worth shall 

 be established as the essential qualifications for of- 

 fice, and the corruption and demoralizing influence 

 of what is euphoniously called government patron- 

 age be removed from our political life. 



7. That we cordially recommend to the people of 

 this State the adoption of the constitutional amend- 

 ment providing against any diversion of the public 

 school fund for sectarian business. 



8. That we are utterly opposed to all schemes to 

 repudiate any part of our State or national debt, and 

 firmly pledge the good faith of the Republican party 

 to the conscientious discharge of our public obliga- 

 tions. 



9. We are opposed to all the alienation of our pub- 

 lic domain to private corporations, to the exclusion 

 of actual settlers, and that the public lands should 

 be held in trust for the landless and laboring-men of 

 the country. 



The ticket of nominations was as follows : 

 for Governor, B. Gratz Brown ; Lieutenant- 

 Governor, J. J. Gravelly; Secretary of State, 

 E. F. Weigel ; Treasurer, Samuel F. Hayes ; 

 Auditor, Daniel M. Draper; Attorney-Gen- 

 eral, A. T. Baker ; Registrar of Lands, Freder- 

 ick Solomon ; Superintendent of Public In- 

 struction, Ira Divoll ; Judge of Supreme Court, 

 David Wagner. 



As soon as these two platforms, and the 

 candidates who represented them, were placed 

 before the public, probably one of the most 

 vigorous State campaigns ever known in this 

 country was inaugurated. Colonel B. Gratz 

 Brown and General Carl Schurz addressed 

 public meetings in all parts of the State 

 in support of the liberal movement; the Mis- 

 souri Republican, one of the ablest Demo- 

 cratic journals in the West, came out in their 

 support, carrying with it a powerful influence 

 among the Democrats ; while General Schurz's 

 paper, the Westliche Post, did important service 

 among the German voters. Arrayed on the 

 other side was the administration of the State, 

 with Governor McClurg at its head, and in 

 some measure the national Administration at 

 Washington, for President Grant wrote in 

 September to the revenue collector at St. Louis 

 in the following terms : 



I regard the movement headed by Carl Schurz, 

 Brown, etc., as similar to the Tennessee and Virginia 

 movements, intended to carry a portion of the Re- 

 publican party over to the Democracy, and thus give 

 them control. * * * I hope you will all sec 

 your way clear to give the regular ticket your sup- 

 port. 



Thereafter the known wishes of the President, 

 and whatever influence was connected with 

 him, were recognized as forming one of the 

 elements in the struggle. While the canvass 

 was going forward, it was claimed by the radi- 

 cals that they too were in favor of a liberal 



