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ters as are clearly contemplated by the Constitution 

 and expressed in the judiciary act of 1870. 



11. We favor and invite immigration to our State 

 from all sections of the country. 



The Republican Convention was held in 

 St. Louis, October 9th. The nominations were : 

 for Supreme Judge, Alexander F. Denny ; for 

 Railroad Commissioner, John B. Tracy ; for 

 Superintendent of Public Schools, Roderick 

 Baldwin ; for Register of Lands, William 

 N. Norville. The following resolutions were 

 adopted : 



We, the Republicans of Missouri, in Convention 

 assembled, resolve : 



That the Republican party, inspired by its past 

 history and achievements, renews its allegiance to 

 the high principles which have guided it thus far ; 

 and having saved the nation's existence, it now 

 pledges itself to fulfill all the promises made when 

 assaulted by treason and rebellion, to the end thut 

 the nation's honor may be preserved. 



That the bonds of the United States and legal- 

 tender notes issued under the necessities of the re- 

 bollion are sacred debts of the nation, to be paid, to 

 the last dollar, in the universally recognized standard 

 money of the world ; that the only money recognized 

 in the business and exchanges of the world is gold 

 and silver coin'of the weight and fineness which give 

 it universal currency ; and we demand that all our 

 currency shall at all times be convertible into coin 

 at the will of the holder, and that coin and currency 

 shall be kept at par with the gold standard of the 

 world. 



We declare that the interests of capital and labor 

 are so linked together that all action hostile to one 

 must be injurious to the other ; and we condemn all 

 attempts to array one against the other as tending 

 to establish enmities and prejudices between the 

 employer and the employed. 



We demand full protection for all citizens of every 

 race and color, in every part of the United States, in 

 the free exercise and enjoyment of all constitutional 

 and legal, civil and political rights and privileges. 



We insist and demand that there shall never be 



y payment, directly or indirectly, of what are 



lled rebel claims, and we demand that all legiti- 

 mate expenses of the Government shall be met fairly 

 and honestly by timely and adequate appropriations. 



We arraign the Democratic party as a constant dis- 

 turber of public tranquillity and confidence, as the 

 wanton foe of public security, as constantly attempt- 

 ing to weaken the authority of the nation by crip- 

 pling the army in time of uncertainty and danger. 

 We call attention to the fact that it is dependent upon 

 a u solid South," and is thereby at all times subser- 

 vient to all its sectional demands ; that it has never 

 ceased to aggravate the troubles of the country by 

 mischievous agitation throughout the entire period 

 of its supremacy in the House of Representatives. 

 We_ arraign it as faithless to the obligations of the 

 national honor, and as the chief support of wild 

 schemes of inflation, repudiation, and other financial 

 disorders which imperil public credit and business 

 security, and we believe and declare that its further 

 or greater success would be a national calamity. 



We particularly arraign the Democratic party of 

 Missouri as responsible for a criminal disregard of 

 the State Constitution, whereby over a half million 

 of dollars of money which had been collected and 

 paid into the State Treasury has been stolen and lost, 

 and for which the people of the State must again be 

 taxed to make good. It is our belief that since that 

 party came into power it has maintained and sup- 

 ported a ring of public plunderers, who have sub- 

 sisted and fattened upon the revenue paid by the 

 paople, and it has, so far, made no efforts to punish 

 them. And, while we would leave all questions of 



paying municipal debts to the courts and to the 

 people interested, we charge the Democracy of this 

 State with the covert design of attacking the national 

 authority in its judicial department, and encouraging 

 the doctrine of nullification under the specious pre- 

 tense of protecting the rights of a people whom its 

 own trusted officers are engaged at the time in rob- 

 bing. 



We favor a liberal system of free and strictly secu- 

 lar education for all the children of the State. 



We are opposed to any repeal or modification of 

 the resumption act, whereby its efficacy will be in 

 the least impaired. We believe that the era of " hard 

 times" is rapidly passing away, and a period of na- 

 tional and individual prosperity is beginning to dawn 

 upon the country. And for this promised return of , 

 better times,_we feel indebted to the firmness, hon- 

 esty, and purity of the present administration of the 

 National Government. 



An emergency in the history of the country, sec- 

 ond only to the great struggle to overthrow the re- 

 bellion, now confronts us. As then the ^Republican 

 party was _the sole organized political protection 

 against national disruption, and patriotic citizens of 

 whatever party names rallied under its standard in 

 defense of the Union ; so now the Republican or- 

 ganization is the only efficient bulwark against na- 

 tional repudiation and disgrace, and it again invites 

 all good citizens of whatever previous political ties 

 to unite with it in preserving the national honor. 

 To all Republicans this great exigency espeiftally 

 appeals to rise to its high obligations, and join heart 

 and hand for the triumph of those vital principles 

 upon which the security and welfare of the republic 

 depend. 



The election resulted in the success of the 

 Democratic ticket. The number of votes re- 

 ceived by the several candidates was as fol- 

 lows : 



JUDGE OP SUPREME COURT. 



E. H. Norton, Democrat 185,171 



A. F. Denny, Republican 86,994 



A. L. Gilstrap, National 61,123 



SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 



R. D. Shannon, Democrat 181,959 



R. Baldwin, Republican 88,125 



E. R. Booth. National 51,697 



J. M. Greenwood, Independent 5,707 



RAILROAD COMMISSIONER. 



A. M. Sevier, Democrat 168 047 



J. B. Tracy, Republican 86,184 



IversHayden, National 57,804 



John Walker, Independent 16,577 



REGISTER OP LANDS. 



J. E. McHenry, Democrat 181 374 



William N. Norville, Republican 88,181 



A. W. St. John, National 61,709 



The proposed amendment to the Constitu- 

 tion providing for a poll-tax of $1 to go to the 

 school fund, was defeated by a vote of 249,- 

 983 to 30,035. The following members of Con- 

 gress were elected : Martin L. Clardy, Eras- 

 tus Wells, Richard G. Frost, Lowndes H. 

 Davis, Richard P. Bland, James R. Waddill, 

 Alfred M. Lay, Samuel L. Sawyer, Nicholas 

 Ford, Gideon F. Roth well, John B. Clark, Jr., 

 William H. Hatch, and Aylett H. Buckner. 

 All of these are Democrats excepting Mr. Saw- 

 yer, Independent Democrat, and Mr. Ford, Na- 

 tional Republican. 



According to the report of the Railroad 

 Commissioners for 1878, the whole length of 

 railroads lying wholly or partly in the State 



