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according to the number of inhabitants in each, and 

 dividing the State into senatorial districts. 



To reorganize the congressional districts of the 

 State. 



To facilitate the giving of bonds required by law, 

 and authorizing the acceptance of fidelity surety com- 

 panies as sureties on any such bonds, and prescribing 

 the rights and liabilities of such companies as sucn 

 sureties. 



To amend chapter 185 of the laws of the Twentieth 

 General Assembly in relation to the inspection of il- 

 luminating oils. 



To locate the State fish-hatchery house at Spirit 

 Lake, and to sell the property heretofore used for a 

 fish- hatchery in Jones County, and to abolish the of- 

 fice of Assistant Fish Commissioner. 



The following are the counties comprised in 

 the several congressional districts : 



1. Washington, Louisa, Jefferson, Henry, DCS 

 Aloines, Leej and Van Buren. 



2. Muscatine, Scott, Clinton, Jackson, Johnson, 

 and Iowa. 



3. Dubuque, Delaware, Buchanan, Black Hawk, 

 Bremer, Butler, Franklin, Hardin, and Wright. 



4. Clayton, Allamakee, Fayette, Winneshiek, How- 

 ard, Chickasaw, Floyd, Mitchell, Worth, and Cerro 

 Gordo. 



5. Jones, Linn, Benton, Tama, Marshall, Grundy, 

 and Cedar. 



6. Davis, Wapello, Keokuk, Mahaska, Powcshiek, 

 Monroe, and Jasper. 



7. Story, Dallas, Polk, Madison, Warren, and Ma- 

 rion. 



8. Adams, Union, Clarke, Lucas, Appanoose, 

 Wayne, Decatur, Ringgold, Taylor, Page, and Fre- 

 mont. 



9. Harrison, Shelby ? Audubon, Guthrie, Pottawat- 

 tamie, Cass, Adair, Mills, and Montgomery. 



10. Crawford, Carroll, Greene, Boone, Calhoun, 

 Webster, Hamilton, Pocahontas. Humboldt, Palo Al- 

 to, Kossuth, Hancock, Emmet, and Winnebago. 



11. Lyon, Osceola, Dickinson, Sioux. O'Brien, Clay, 

 Plymouth, Cherokee, Buena Vista, Woodbury, Ida, 

 Sac, and Monona. 



Political. The Democratic State Convention 

 met at Des Moines on June 30, and adjourned 

 on July 1. The following are the chief points 

 of the platform adopted : 



That we insist that the surplus revenue accumu- 

 lated in the Treasury of the United States not needed 

 to defray the current expenses of the Government 

 and meet the appropriations made by Congress, be ap- 

 plied in payment of the public debt. 



That the public lands are a trust held by the Gov- 

 ernment as the heritage of its people ; and that they 

 should under no circumstances be alienated from its 

 citizens nor made the subject of barter and sale for 

 speculative purposes, but should be held for actual 

 settlers who propose by their own labor to build up 

 in our country a home. And we demand the imme- 

 diate and unconditional resumption of all unearned 

 railroad land-grants. 



That recognizing in industry and morality the 

 standard of individual and national greatness and 

 the foundation of purity and happiness in the home, 

 would secure to the laborer a participation in the fruits 

 of his toil and a share to the family and the home in 

 the refining influences of advancing civilization. We 

 therefore call upon all who may have at < heart the 

 greatest good to the greatest number to join with us 

 in securing by unprejudiced legislation a just recog- 

 nition of the rights of the toiler and in protecting the 

 individual laborers by proper, equitable, and honor- 

 able safeguards against the present and threatened en- 

 croachments of monopoly corporations. 



We sternly denounce the betrayal of the interests 

 of the miners of Iowa by the last Republican Legisla- 

 ture, and its shameless violation of the pledges given 



by its platform and party leaders as shown by the 

 defeat of the measures of relief demanded by the 

 miners of the State. 



That we favor the repeal of the present prohibitory 

 liquor law of this State, and the enactment in lieu 

 thereof of a law securing to each county and municipal 

 corporation the right to determine for itself the pro- 

 hibition or licensing of the sale of intoxicating liquors 

 as a beverage ; providing by proper legislation for 

 the enforcement of prohibition where prohibition is 

 adopted, and where license is adopted for a license 

 fee of not less than $500 with such legislative restric- 

 tions as will promote sobriety and suppress free 

 whisky. 



The Greenback State Convention assembled 

 at the same place on July 1. The following 

 are points from the platform : 



A false, partial, and cruel financial system now 

 forces the millions into usurious debts to moneyed men 

 and banking-houses, and then allows the lenders to 

 contract the currency, crowd down all property values, 

 foreclose mortgages, close factories, and drive prod- 

 ucts into the highways. This arbitrary financial 

 despotism has already produced incipient revolution, 

 while strikes and universal organization for the pro- 

 tection of labor indicate great unrest. The process 

 of inflating the value of the dollar and all bonds, 

 mortgages, and other money obligations, while 

 crowding down the value of farm-crops, labor, and 

 property generally has been greatly facilitated by 

 cornering about one third of the money of the country 

 in the United States Treasury. 



We denounce the present money system, which 

 enables a few men to borrow the credit "of the people 

 at one per cent, and reloan the same back to them at 

 enormous rates of interest, 'and demand the issuance 

 of lawful money, which ; instead of being loaned to 

 banks on bonded security, shall be loaned to the 

 people under an equitable and safe system on ample 

 security, as the school fund of Iowa is now loaned, 

 and at a rate not to exceed 3 per cent. 



We demand a graduated income-tax. We are in 

 favor of the use of all practical means for the suppres 

 sion of intemperance. 



We demand such laws as will insure speedy pay- 

 ment of the wages to the employes in mines, factories, 

 and workshops in the lawful money of the country, 

 and the complete abolition of the truck store system. 

 A free government can exist only with free homes, 

 and we condemn that policy that permits vast tracts 

 of land to be owned by any individual or corporation. 

 We denounce the policy of permitting foreigners, who 

 owe no allegiance to the flag of our country, from 

 acquiring title to real estate in this country, and we 

 demand that all forfeited or unearned lands, granted 

 to railroad or other corporations, be reclaimed and 

 opened for homesteads for the people. 



The great corporate monopolies, which control 

 money, transportation, and public intelligence, should 

 be brought to a sense of justice by the adoption of 

 laws which will prohibit extortionate rates for the use 

 of money and prevent over-charges by railroads for 

 transportation and of telegraph lines for intelligence, 

 securing legal rights and privileges to all. 



The two conventions agreed upon a fusion 

 ticket, giving the Greenbackers the State 

 Treasurer and Clerk of the Supreme Court, 

 the Democrats taking th^e rest. The following 

 were the nominees: Secretary of State, Cato 

 Sells ; Treasurer, Daniel Campbell ; Auditor, 

 Paul Guelich ; Attorney-General, C. H. 

 Mackey ; Supreme Court Clerk, William 

 Theophilus; Supreme Court Reporter, F. P. 

 Bradley. 



The Republican State Convention met at 

 Des Moines on August 25, and nominated the 



