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IOWA. 



Rttolttd, That the Legislature of Iowa should fix 

 maximum rate of freight to bo charged by the rail- 

 roads of the State, leaving them free to compete 

 below those rates. 



Kaolwd, That we favor such modification of our 

 banking system as will extend it* benefits to the 

 whole people, and thus destroy all monopoly now 

 enjoyed by a favored few. 



HctolceJ, That we demand such a revision of the 

 present tariff laws as shall give free salt, iron, lum- 

 ber, and cotton and woolen fabrics, and reduce the 

 whole system to revenue basis only. 



Knotted, That we will not knowingly nominate 

 any bad man to office, or (rive place to persistent 

 seekers therefor, but will freely seek for ourselves 

 competent officers, as heretofore political leaders 

 have sought office for themselves, and we will nom- 

 inate only those known to be faithful, and in sym- 

 pathy with these declarations, and will at the polls 

 repudiate any candidate known to be unfit or incom- 

 petent. 



Raolved, That we demand the repeal of the back- 

 salary act and a return to the United States Treasury of 

 all the money drawn by members of the last Congress, 

 and members of the present Congress. We demand 

 a repeal of the law increasing salaries, and the pass- 

 ing of a law fixing a lower and more reasonable com- 

 pensation for public officers, believing, till the pub- 

 lic debt is paid, and the public burden lightened, 

 the salaries of our public servants should be more 

 proportionate to the rewards of labor in private 

 life. 



Kttolved, That we are opposed to all ftiturc grants 

 of land to railroad or other corporations, and believe 

 the public domain should be neld sacred to actual 

 settlers, and we are in favor of a law bv which each 

 honorably discharged soldier may use his discharge 

 in any Government land-office in payment of a one- 

 fourth section of public land. 



Rttolved, That all public officers who betray their 

 pledges of trust are unworthy of renewed confidence, 

 and those who criminally trifle with public funds 

 should be punished as criminals, regardless of their 

 previous influence, or the political importance of 

 their bondsmen. 



Jiaolted, That we are in favor of a strict construc- 

 tion of our constitution by our Supreme and other 

 courts, and are opposed to the exercise of all doubt- 

 ful powers bv judicial or other officers. 



Ettohed. That in the corrupt Tammany steal, 

 Crcdit-Mobilier fund, Congress salary swindle, and 

 official embezzlements, ana hundreds of other com- 

 binationssteals, frauds, and swindles, by which 

 Democratic and republican legislators. Congressmen, 

 and office-holders, have enriched themselves, de- 

 frauded the country, and impoverished the people 

 we find the necessity of independent action and the 

 importance of united effort, and cordially invite all 

 men, of whatever calling, trade, or vocation, regard- 

 less of political views, to join in removing the evils 

 that so seriously affect us all. 



A mass convention of the friends of woman- 

 snffrage was lield at DCS Moinen on the 4th of 

 March, at which the following resolutions 

 were adopted among others : 



Kaolred, That we deeply regret that the Four- 

 teenth General Aasembly refuted to submit the 

 question of woman-suffrage to a vote of the electors 

 of the State : but that, undismayed by this unex- 

 pected refusal, we will still labor in the earnest and 

 confident hope that our leiriiilators will, at an early 

 dav, grant to all, without dintinctinn of sex, an equal 

 Tolcc In the formation of laws and the election of 

 rulers. 



Rttolttd, That the action of the adjourned session 

 of the Fourteenth General Assembly In striking 

 from our code of laws all legal disabilities expressed 

 therein to the rights of women, save that of suffrage, 

 it a movg in the right direction, and we feel it uur 



duty to express our high appreciation of their action 

 in this respect. 



Jiaolrtd, That, the impression having gone abroad 

 that the Iowa Woman-Suffrage Society indorses that 

 phase of immoral doctrine called free love, we dis- 

 dlsavow the holding of any sentiments of fr< > 

 love, and utterly repudiate any sympathy with such 

 doctrines. 



littvlr<d, That we believe that the ballot in wom- 

 an's hands will be used in favor of virtue as againa 

 vice, in favor of purity and againt corrui>ti"ii, in lu- 

 vor of peace against dissension, and, so lilitvii.tr, 

 call upon friends in all parties to come forward. 



Jlitotttd, That we observe with special gratifica- 

 tion the rapid improvement in public sentiment con- 

 cerning this movement, and the attitude of the promi- 

 nent and most influential newspapers of the State 

 toward it, some of which are fearless advocates of 

 the cause, and nearly all of which give it " respectful 

 consideration." 



The election occurred on the 14th of Octo- 

 ber, aud resulted in the choice of the Repub- 

 lican candidates. The whole number of vctes 

 cast for Governor was 187,721, of which Car- 

 penter received 105,143, and Vale 82,578, mak- 

 ing the majority of the former 22,565. The 

 majority of Beck over Hall, for Judge of the 

 Supreme Court, was 24,721 ; the majority of 

 Abernethy over Prindle, for Superintendent of 

 Public Instruction, was 28,718. The result of 

 the election for members of the Legislature 

 was, that, of the 100 members of the House, 

 51 were Republicans, and the remaining 40 

 were made up of Democrats, Liberals, inde- 

 pendents, anti-monopolists, etc. The Senate 

 lias 33 Republicans, 4 independents, and 13 

 Democrats and anti-monopolists. This pives 

 the Republicans a majority of 8 on joint bullot. 



The last fiscal period of two years closed on 

 the 15th of November. In November, 1871, 

 there was a balance on hand of $81,740.84 ; 

 during the two years the receipts of the Treas- 

 ury amounted to $2,129,577.51, and the dis- 

 bursements to $2,180,100.69, leaving at the 

 close a surplus of $81,217.66. The i-.-tinuiU d 

 receipts for the next two years are placed at 

 $1,973,800, and the expenditures provided for 

 by law amount to $1,474,000, leaving $499,800 

 to be applied for special purposes. The state- 

 ment of taxation in the State for all purposes 

 in 1871 was $11,267,662.18, or about 3.23 per 

 cent, of the valuation. In 1872 it was $10,- 

 711,925.49, or 2.94 per cent, of the valua- 

 tion. The amount of the permanent school 

 fund is $3,294,742.83, an increase of $133,249.- 

 82 since 1871. There have been patented 

 during the past two years 48,817.08 acres of 

 school lands, 2,820 acres of university hinds, 

 and 11,643.48 acres of swamp-lands. The se- 

 lections of swamp-lands made in the several 

 counties under the act of Congress of 1*72 

 amount to 865,770.46 acres. The additional 

 tracts certified to the Burlington & Missouri 

 River Railroad make the aggregate of all 

 grants for internal improvement 4,898,668.88 

 acres. 



The twelfth State census of Iowa was taken 

 in the spring, and shows a population of 1,251,- 

 888, an increase, since the State census of 1809, 



