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Platform As It Was Adopted

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Day
12
Month
July
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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During the balloting for heutonant governor General Drake reached tha convention hall, and amid cheering made a short speech containing very happy allulusions to nis competitors before the convention. He said he was prepared to make a very vigorous oampaign, and that upon the broad national platform adopted by the convention. The platform was presented to the convention during the balloting for governor, and was adoptod without debate or dissent. It reaffirms fealty to the "great principies of the Republican party from its birth," and declares that the commercial and industrial history of the past few years vindicates completely the policy of protection. The Democratie tariff bill ia denounced, but in man-y ot its points, it is declared, it maintains the principie whioh the Democratie party declares to be unoonstitutional. On currency the platform Bays: "We afíirm the declaration of the Republican national platform of 1892 adopted at Minneapolis that 'the American people, from traditóon and interest, favor bimetallism, and the Republicanp arty demamls the use of both gold and silver as Standard money, with such restriotion and under such provisions, to be determined by legislation, as will secure the maintenance of the parity of the value of the two metáis that the purchasing and debt-paying power of the dollar, whether oL silver, gold or paper, shaü be at all times equal.' "The interest of the producers of tho oountry, its farmers and the worklng man, demands that every dollar, paper or coin, issued by the government sh.ill be as good as any other. We urge that the United States exert its influence to establish with the important commercial nations ot' the world such an international agreenient as will enable this country to reopen its miuta to the tree and unliinitcd coinage of both metáis without loss of one or the other from the volume of our money." ïhe platform favors restriction of immigration and ponsions for all honorably diseharged Union soldiers, and closes wlth an indorsement of Senator AHison. The resolutlon of indorsemont of Allison, after congratulating the people "upon the faut that the state of Iowa will be representcd in the flfty-fourth con gress by two senators and eleven reprosentatives, who are zealou3 &nd fearless advocates of Repubücan principies,' says: "With especial pride do we re member the distinguished services of our senior senatur. We hail with satisfaction the universal desire of the Republicana of the state to continue him in his present fleld of usefulness until called to the larger services of thenatlon." At a meeting of the state central oommittee H. G. MoMUlan, of Rock Rapids, was elected chainuan to succeed Jamas E. Blythe.

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