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ITALY. 



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Treasurer of State, William Christy, 

 of Clark ('mint;. ; Register of the State Laii'l- 

 uiliiv, l>.i.;.| Secor, of Winnebago County; 

 Att>ni. -\ (ii-ncral, M. K. Cutts, of Mahaaka 

 County; Clerk of tin- Supreme Court, E. J. 

 Boltnes, of Jackson County; Reporter of the 

 Siiproino Court, John S. Kunnoll, of Polk 

 County. The following platform was unani- 

 mously adopted without 



We, the representatives of the Republican party 

 of the State of Iowa, in convention assembled, do 

 adopt the following platform of principles : 



Kt solved : 1. That as the policy of the Republican 



! i relation to finance lias afforded the people 



not only a sate, sound, and popular currency, of 



and uniform worth in every portion 01 our 



. 'ii country, but has likewise greatly improved 



thr otvdit of the country at home and abroad, we 



point witli pride to its record and accomplishments 



in this regard. And while reaffirming the policy 



announced by the party in the national conventions 



of 1863 and 1872. and triumphantly indorsed by the 



people at the polls a policy which, while contnbut- 



ihe public credit, has also enhanced the indi- 



vidual ana collective prosperity of the American 



people, we favor such legislation as shall make na- 



tional banking free to all, under just and equal laws, 



based upon the policy of specie resumption at such 



time as is consistent with the material and industrial 



-ts of the country, to the end that the volume 



of currency may be regulated by natural laws of 



trade. 



_'. That wo reaffirm the declaration of the Repub- 

 lican national platform of 1872 in favor of the pay- 

 ment by the Government of the United States of all 

 its obligations in accordance with both the letter and 

 the spirit of the laws under which such obligations 

 were issued ; and we declare that, in the absence of 

 any express provision to the contrary, the obliga- 

 tions of the Government, when issued and placed 

 npon the markets of tha world, are payable in the 

 world's currency, to wit, specie. 



8. That, und*er the Constitution of the United 

 States, Congress has power to regulate all " com- 

 merce amonjj the several States," whether carried on 

 by railroads or by other means, and in the exercise 

 or that power Congress may and should so legis- 

 late as to prohibit, under suitable penalties, extor- 

 tion, unjust discrimination, and other wrong and un- 

 just conduct on the part or persons or corporations 

 engaged in such commerce ; and, by virtue of the 

 same constitutional power, Congress may and should 

 provide for the improvement of our great natural 

 water-ways. 



4. That the State has tbe power, and it is its duty. 

 to provide by law for the regulation and control ot 

 railway transportation within its own limits, and we 

 demand that the law of this State, passed for this 

 purpose at the last session of the General Assembly, 

 shall be upheld and enforced until it shall be super- 

 seded by other legislation, or held unconstitutional 

 by the proper judicial tribunal. 



5. That we reel bound to provide all appropriate 

 legislation for the full and equal protection of all 

 citizens, white or black, native or foreign born, in 

 the enjoyment of all the rights guaranteed by the 

 Constitution of the United States and the amend- 

 ments thereto. 



6. That the $27,000,000 reduction in the estimated 

 General Government expenses for the coming fiscal 

 year meets our hearty commendation, and shows 

 that tho Republican party, on questions of retrench- 

 ment and economy, is carrying out in good faith its 

 oft-repeated pledges to the people. 



7. That we are in favor of an amendment to the 

 Constitution of the United States, providing for the 

 election of President and Vioe-President by a direct 

 vote of the people. 



8. That, while inventors should be protected in 

 tlu-ir just rights of property in their inventions, w 

 df.inund such modifications of our patent laws M 

 hall render the same more fair and equitable to 

 consumers. 



9. That the faith of the Republican party is 

 pledged to promote the best good of the civil ser- 

 vice of the country, and that we, as Republicans of 

 Iowa, demand that only honest and capable men be 

 elected or appointed to office, and that we commend 

 the position of the party in instituting investigations 

 of corruption in office, sparing therein neither 

 friends nor foes. 



10. That since the people may be intrusted with 

 all questions of governmental reform, we favor tbe 

 final submission to the people of the question of 

 amending the constitution so as to extend the rights 

 of suffrage to women, pursuant to tbe action of the 

 Fifteenth General Assembly. 



The State election occurred on the 13th of 

 October, and resulted in the choice of the 

 Republican candidates. The total vote for 

 Secretary of State was 186,303, of which Jp- 

 siah T. Young received 107,243 and David 

 Morgan 79,060, making Young's majority 28,- 

 183. The State officers were elected for two 

 years, except the Clerk and Reporter of the 

 Supreme Court, who were elected for four 

 years. Nine members of Congress were 

 chosen, as follows : First district, George W. 

 McCrary, Republican ; second district, John 

 Q. Tufts, Republican ; third district, L. L. 

 Ainsworth, Anti-Monopoly; fourth district, 

 Henry O. Pratt, Republican; fifth district, 

 James Wilson, Republican ; sixth district, 

 Ezekiel S. Sampson, Republican ; seventh dis- 

 trict, John A. Kasson, Republican; eighth 

 district, John W. McDill, Republican, and 

 ninth district, Addison Oliver, Republican. 

 The Legislature now stands, 34 Republicans, 

 6 Democrats, and 10 Independents, in the Sen- 

 ate, and 60 Republicans, 6 Democrats, 43 In- 

 dependents, and one vacancy, in the House : 

 Republican majority in the Senate 18, in the 

 House 1, and on a joint ballot 19. 



ITALY, a kingdom of Southern Europe. 

 King, Victor Emmanuel II., born March 14, 

 1820 ; succeeded to the throne of Sardinia, on 

 the abdication of his father, March 23, 1849 ; 

 proclaimed King of Italy by vote of an Italian 

 Parliament, March 17, 1861 ; married, April 12, 

 1842, to the Archduchess Adelaide of Austria; 

 widower January 20, 1855. Children of the 

 King: 1. Heir-apparent, Humbert, Prince of 

 Piedmont, born March 14, 1844; married, April 

 22, 1868, to Princess Margaretta of Genoa; 

 offspring of the union is a son, Victor Em- 

 manuel, Prince of Naples, born November 11, 



1869. 2. Amadeo, Duke of Aosta, born May 

 80, 1845 ; King of Spain from December 4, 



1870, to February 11, 1878; married, May 80, 

 1867, to Princess Maria della Goterna, born 

 August 9, 1847; offspring of the union, three 

 sons: Emmanuel, Duke of Apulia, born 1869; 

 Victor, Duke of Turin, born 1870; Louis, born 

 1873. 8. Clotilde, born 1843, wife of Prince 

 Napoleon Bonaparte. 4. Maria Pia, born 1847 ; 

 wife of King Louis of Portugal. 



The ministry was at the end of 1874 com- 



