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vate. We also believe that the present volume of 

 the legal-tender currency should be maintained until 

 the wants of trade and commerce demand its further 

 contraction. 



6. That the investment of capital in this State 

 should be encouraged by wise ana liberal legislation, 

 but we condemn the policy of granting subsidies at 

 the public expense to either individuals or corpora- 

 tions for their private use. 



7. That we demand the most rigid economy in all 

 departments of the Government, and that taxation be 

 limited to the actual wants of the public expendi- 

 ture. 



8. That we favor a wisely adjusted tariff for reve- 

 nue. 



9. That we hold it to be a solemn obligation of the 

 electors of Iowa to be earnest in securing the election 

 to all positions of public trust of men of honesty and 

 conscience ; to the administrative offices, men who 

 will faithfully administer the laws; to the legisla- 

 tive offices, men who will represent upon all ques- 

 tions the best sentiment of the people, and who will 

 labor earnestly for the enactment of such laws as the 

 best interests of society, temperance, and good order 

 shall demand. 



10. That we rejoice in the honorable name of Iowa ; 

 that we are proud of the State's achievements, of the 

 degree of purity with which its public affairs have 

 been conducted, and of the soundness of its credit at 

 home and abroad. And we pledge to do whatsoever 

 may be done to preserve, unsullied, the State's repu- 

 tation in these regards. 



Resolutions expressing confidence in the abil- 

 ity and integrity of President Hayes, and ap- 

 proving of the "so-called Southern policy," 

 were defeated. A resolution in favor of the 

 " rigid enforcement of our present prohibitory 

 liquor law and any amendment thereto that 

 will render its provisions more effective in the 

 suppression of intemperance," was adopted. 



The Democratic Convention was held in 

 Marshalltown on the 29th of August. John 

 P. Irish was nominated for Governor, W. C. 

 James for Lieutenant-Governor, H. E. J. Board- 

 man for Judge of the Supreme Court, and G. 

 D. Cullison for Superintendent of Public In- 

 struction. 



The platform adopted was as follows : 



1. The Democracy of Iowa, in convention as- 

 sembled, hereby declare in favor of a tariff for 

 revenue only, honest economic home rule, the su- 

 premacy of civil over military power, the separation 

 of the Church and State ? the equality of all citizens 

 before the law, opposition to the granting by the 

 General Government of subsidies to any corpora- 

 tion whatever. 



2. The destruction of the industry of the country 

 and the pauperism of labor are the inevitable fruits 

 of the vicious laws enacted by the Republican party. 



8. That as means of relieving the distressed por- 

 tion of the community, and removing the great 

 stringency complained of in business circles, we de- 

 mand the immediate repeal of the specie resumption 

 act. 



4. We denounce, as an outrage on the rights of 

 the people, the enactment of the Republican meas- 

 ure demonetizing silver, and demand the passage 

 of a law which shall restore to silver its monetary 

 power. 



5. "We favor the retention of a greenback currency, 

 and declare against any further contraction, and we 

 favor the substitution of greenbacks for national 

 bank bills. 



6. We congratulate the countrv upon the accep- 

 tance by the present Administration of the constitu- 



tional and pacific policy of local self-government in 

 the States South, so long advocated by the Demo- 

 cratic party, and which has brought peace and har- 

 mony to that section ; and in regard to the future 

 financial policy, in the language ot our national plat- 

 form adopted in the New York Convention in 1868, 

 we urge 



7. The payment of the public debts of the United 

 States as rapidly as practicable, all money drawn 

 from the people by taxation, except so much as is re- 

 quisite for the necessary expenses of the Govern- 

 ment economically administered, being honestly ap- 

 plied to such payment when due. 



8. Equal taxation of every species of .property ac- 

 cording to its value. 



9. One currency for the Government and the peo- 

 ple, the laborer and the office-holder, the pensioner 

 and soldier, and the producer and the bondholder. 



10. The right of the State to regulate its corpora- 

 tions having been established by the highest court 

 of the country, we now declare that this right must 

 be exercised with due regard to justice, and as there 

 is no necessary antagonism between the people and 

 these corporations, the common interests of both de- 

 mand the speedy restoration of the former friendly 

 relation, through just legislation on one side and a 

 cheerful submission thereto on the other. 



11. The rights of capital and labor are equally 

 sacred, and alike entitled to legal protection. They 

 have no just cause of quarrel, and the proper rela- 

 tions to each other are adjustable by natural laws, 

 and should not be hampered by legislative inter- 

 ference. 



12. We favor the repeal of the present prohibitory 

 liquor law of this State and the enactment of a judi- 

 cious and well-regulated license law instead, all 

 money derived from licenses to go to the common 

 school fund of the State. 



The following resolution was also adopted 

 unanimously : 



Resolved, That it is the belief of the Convention of 

 the Democrats of Iowa that 8. J. Tilden and Thomas 

 Hendricks were respectively elected President and 

 Vice-President at the last election. 



A convention of the Greenback party had 

 been held at Des Moines on the 12th of July, 

 at which D. P. Stubbs was nominated as a 

 candidate for Governor, A. A. McCready for 

 Lieutenant-Governor, John Porter for Judge 

 of the Supreme Court, and S. T. Ballard for 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction. The 

 platform was as follows : 



Whereas, Throughout our entire country, labor, 

 the creator of all wealth, is either unemployed or 

 denied its just reward, and all productive industries 

 are paralyzed ; and 



Whereas, These results have been brought about 

 by class legislation and the mismanagement of our 

 national finances ; and 



Whereas, After generations of experience, we ara 

 forced to believe that nothing further can be hopec 

 for through the old political parties : therefore, we 

 make the following declaration of principles : 



1. We demand the unconditional repeal of tho 

 specie resumption act of January 14, 1876, and the 

 abandonment of the present suicidal and destructive 

 polioypf contraction. 



2. We demand the abolition of national banks, and 

 tho issue of legal-tender paner money, by the Gov- 

 ernment, and made receivable for all dues public and 

 private. 



8. We demand the remonetization of the silver 

 dollar, making it a full legal tender for the payment 

 of all coin bonds of the Government, and for all 

 other debts, public and private. 



