432 



IOWA. 



The Chicago, Burlington, and Quiacy 



The Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul 



The Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific 



The Iowa Falls and Sioux City 



The Des Moines and Fort J)odge 



The Cedar Eapids and Missouri Kiver (950,- 



597'40acres) 



The Sionx City and Pacific 



The Sioux City and St. Paul (report of 1878).. 



Total $10,186,879 02 



PAETY CONVENTIONS. The Republican State 

 Convention met in Des Moines, on the 2d of 

 August, and renominated J. A. T. Hull, for 

 Secretary of State ; E. H. Conger, for Treas- 

 urer; Smith McPherson, for Attorney-Gen- 

 eral; and William H. Seevers, for Judge of 

 Supreme Court. J. L. Brown, of Lucas Coun- 

 ty, was nominated for Auditor ; G. B. Pray, of 

 Hamilton County, for Clerk of the Supreme 

 Court, and E. C. Ebersole, of Tama County, 

 for Supreme Court Reporter. The following 

 is the platform adopted : 



The Eepublican party of Iowa, reaffirming its sup- 

 port of the national platform of the party of 1880, and 

 its own declaration in the past, submits the following 

 as its platform for the present year : 



1. In reaffirming the platform of 1880. and insisting 

 upon its enforcement in its relation to the several al- 

 fairs of the nation, the State, and the Territories, in 

 order that sound policies shall prevail in the nation, 

 and ample protection be afforded to its citizens in all 

 of their rights of citizenship, we especially commend 

 the present Congress in its course in vindication of an 

 honest ballot and fair count by its action in seating 

 the members legally elected to that body. 



2. That the personal and official bearing of Presi- 

 dent Arthur, in his succession to the lamented Gar- 

 field, is worthy of all respect and commendation, and 

 the general administration of the duties of his office 

 meets with the approval of the Eepublicans of Iowa. 



3. We commend with equal pleasure and pride the 

 faithful and efficient administration of the affairs of 

 our State. 



4. We favor the creation by Congress of a depart- 

 ment of industry and the taking of prompt measures 

 to protect Western cattle from contagious diseases. 



5. We favor an equitable revision of the tariff, and 



Cjt so as to encourage home industries and protect 

 bor. 



6. We are in favor of and demand a modification of 

 the patent laws to prevent reissues, and to protect inno- 

 cent purchasers of patented articles in open market. 



7. We favor national legislation regulating inter- 

 State commerce, to the end that the system of pooling 

 by parallel and competing lines of railway, and unjust 

 discrimination against non-competing points, may be 

 so controlled as to afford healthy competition to all 

 sections of the country in the carrying-trade. 



8. We also favor, as a further solution of the ques- 

 tion of transportation, the renewed efforts looking to 

 the practical and judicious improvements of the water- 

 ways which Nature has afforded for cheaply trans- 

 porting the commerce of the States. 



The Democratic State Convention met in 

 Marshalltown, on the 16th of August, and 

 nominated T. O. Walker, for Secretary of 

 State; John Foley, for Treasurer; William 

 Thompson, for Auditor; J. H. Brennerman, 

 for Attorney-General; H. T. Bonarden, for 

 Clerk of Supreme Court; A. L. Palmer, for 

 Reporter ; and C. G. Bronson, for Judge. 

 The following is the platform adopted : 

 1. The Democratic party, in convention assembled, 

 declare for the great principles which are the founda- 

 tion of free government, among which are equal rights 



to all, special privileges to none ; the protection of the 

 weak against the encroachments of the strong ; equal 

 taxation, free speech, free press, free schools, and, 

 first of all, a free and incorruptible ballot. 



2. Resolved, That we favor reform in the civil 

 service, and denounce the extortion of money from 

 office-holders to corrupt the ballot and control the 

 elections as the most threatening as it is the most 

 insidious danger that besets the Government this day. 



3. Resolved, That we denounce the reckless extrav- 

 agance of the Eepublican party, and demand an im- 

 mediate reduction of taxes to the lowest figures which 

 will enable the Government to meet all its obligations. 



4. Resolved, That no special industry should be 

 fostered to the injury of another ; that no class of men 

 should be taxed directly or indirectly for the benefit 

 of another : that every description of industry should 

 stand or fall on its own merits ; that the existing pro- 

 tective tariff is an outrageous scheme to plunder, and 

 in principle and detail violates every principle of right 

 and justice. 



5. Resolved, That the late amendment to the phar- 

 macy law of the State has made the same burdensome 

 and is unjust, and we favor the repeal thereof. 



6. Resolved, That the Democracy of Iowa are op- 

 posed to all sumptuary enactments. While we deplore 

 the passage of the prohibition amendment to the 

 Constitution, we are resolved by every legal measure 

 to eliminate the obnoxious measure from the Consti- 

 tution of the State. 



7. Resolved, That the right of the State to regulate 

 the railways of the State in their charges for the trans- 

 portation of freight and passengers having been fully 

 established and declared by the courts, we demand 

 the exercise of this right by our State Legislature, and 

 we arraign the Eepublican party of this State for their 

 failure to give the people relief. The establishment 

 of that principle entitles to a large amount of public 

 lands and subsidies these corporations have received 

 from the Government, and the people demand that 

 they should be regulated by law ; that the Constitu- 

 tion confers on Congress complete power to give the 

 people redress in control for carrying from one State 

 to another. Possessing such power ? it is the duty of 

 Congress to compel these corporations to perform 

 their duty to the public as common carriers for a rea- 

 sonable compensation. 



The following additional resolution was 

 adopted : 



Resolved, That we tender our sympathy to the op- 

 pressed of all nations, and to Ireland especially, in 

 her present struggle to attain her freedom. 



The Greenback State Convention was held 

 in Des Moines on the 7th of June. The follow- 

 ing nominations were made : For Secretary of 

 State, William Gaston; for Auditor, D. A. 

 Wyantt; for Treasurer, George Derr; for 

 Attorney-General, James A. Rice ; for Judge, 

 W. H. Jones; for Clerk, E. M. Clark; and for 

 Reporter, J. H. Williamson. 



The platform adopted is as follows : 



1. That we reaffirm the principles of our party as 

 declared at our State Convention in 1881. 



2. We are opposed to the monopoly of money 

 through the national banking system, and favor the 

 General Government issuing all currency, making it a 

 full legal tender, and keeping its volume uniform 

 with the requirements ot increasing business and 

 population. 



3. We are opposed to all refunding of the interest- 

 bearing national debt, which places it beyond the 

 power of the national Government to pay at will ; and 

 we demand that said debt be paid as rapidly as pos- 

 sible. 



4. We favor the unlimited coinage of gold and sil- 

 ver on equal terms. 



5. We are opposed to the present system of allow- 



