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Secretary-ELMER DOVER, Ohio.
Treasurer-CORNELIUS N. BLISS, New York.
Sergeant-at-Arms -WILLIAM F. STONE, Maryland.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Harry S. New, Chairman.
Frank O. Lowden.
R. B. Schneider. David W. Mulvane.
Franklin Murphy.
Cornelius N. Bliss.
George A. Knight. Elmer Dover.
MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE.
Alabama-Charles H. Scott, Montgomery.
Arkansas-Powell Clayton, Eureka Springs and City of Mexico.
California-George A Knight, San Francisco.
Colorado A. M. Stevenson, Denver. Connecticut-Charles F. Brooker, Ansonia.
Delaware-John Edward Addicks, Wilmington.
Florida-J. N. Coombs, Apalachicola.
Georgia-Ju ison W. Lyons, Augusta and Washington, D. C. Idaho-W. B Heyburn, Wallace. Illinois-Frank O. Lowden, Chicago. Indiana- Harry S. New, Indianapolis.
Iowa Ernest E. Hart, Council Bluffs. Kansas-David W. Mulvane, Topeka.
Kentucky-John W. Yerkes, Danville and Washington, D. C. Louisiana-
Charles F. Brooker. William L. Ward.
Nathan B. Scott.
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Maine-John F. Hill Augusta.
Maryland-Lewis E. McComas, Hagerstown. Massachusetts-W. Murray Crane, Dalton. Michigan-John W. Blodgett, Grand Rapids. Minnesota-Frank B. Kellogg, St. Paul. Mississippi-L. B. Mosely, Jackson. Missouri-Thomas J. Akins, St. Louis. Montana John D. Waite, Lewiston. Nebraska-Charles H. Morrill, Lincoln. Nevada-Patrick L. Flanigan, Reno. New Hampshire-Frank S. Streeter, Concord.
New Jersey-Franklin Murphy, Newark. New York-William L. Ward, Port Chester. North Carolina-E. C. Duncan, Raleigh. North Dakota-Alexander McKenzie, Bismarck. Ohio- Myron T. Herrick, Cleveland. Oregon-Charles H. Carey, Portland. Pennsylvania-Boise Penrose, Phildelphia and Washington, D. C. Rhode Island-Charles R. Brayton, Providence.
South Carolina-John G. Capers, Charleston.
South Dakota- J. M. Greene, Chamberlain.
Tennessee-Walter P. Brownlow, Jonesboro and Washington, D. C. Texas-Cecil A. Lyon, Sherman. Utah-C. E. Loose, Provo. Vermont-James W. Brock, Montpelier.
Virginia -- George E. Bowden, Norfolk.
Washington-Levi Ankeny, Walla Walla and Washington, D. C.
West Virginia-N. B. Scott, Wheeling and Washington, D. C. Wisconsin -* Henry C. Payne, Milwaukee and Washington, D. C. Wyoming-George E. Pexton, Evanston.
Alaska-John G. Heid, Juneau. Arizona-W. S. Sturges, Phoenix. New Mexico-Solomon Luna, Los Lunas.
Oklahoma-C. M. Cade, Shawnee. Indian Territory-P. L. Soper, Vinita.
District of Columbia-Robert Reyburn, Washington, D. C.
Hawaii-A. G. M Robertson, Honolulu.
Porto Rico-R. H. Todd, San Juan.
Philippine Islands-Henry B. McCoy.
STATE TICKET.
For Presidential Electors :
At Large-Edwin S. Ormsby, of Emmetsburg, Palo Alto county. James H. Trewin, of Cedar Rapids, Linn county. First District-W. B. Bell, of Washington, Washington county. Second District-William H. Wilson, of Davenport, Scott county. Third District-F. B. Blair, of Manchester, Delaware county. Fourth District-W. L. Turner, of New Hampton, Chickasaw county.
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Fifth District-F. O. Ellison, of Anamosa, Jones county.
Sixth District-Ellsworth Rominger, of Bloomfield, Davis county.
Seventh District-A. V. Proudfoot, of Indianola, Warren county.
Eighth District-Paul S. Junkin, of Corning, Adams county.
Ninth District-John W. Scott, of Atlantic, Cass county.
Tenth District-A. D. Clarke, of Algona, Kossuth county.
Eleventh District-F. F. Faville, Storm Lake, Buena Vista county .
For State Officers :
Secretary of State-WILLIAM B. MARTIN, of Greenfield, Adair county. Auditor of State-BERYL F. CARROLL, of Bloomfield, Davis county.
Treasurer of State-GILBERT S. GILBERTSON, of Forest City, Winnebago county.
Attorney-General-CHARLES W. MULLAN, of Waterloo, Black Hawk county.
Judge of Supreme Court-HORACE E. DEEMER, of Red Oak, Montgomery county.
Railroad Commissioner-NATHANIEL S. KETCHUM, of Marshalltown, Marshall county.
The State convention to select delegates to attend the national convention at Chicago, Ill., met at Des Moines, May 18, 1904.
Temporary Chairman-HON. JOHN M. IRWIN, of Keokuk, Lee county.
Permanent Chairman-HON. JOHN A. T. HULL, of Des Moines, Polk county.
Secretary-E. W. WEEKS, of Guthrie Center, Guthrie county.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
The Republicans of Iowa congratulate the country upon the general prosper- ity which prevails; upon the triumph of the home and foreign policies of the Republican party-wise policies which are the fulfillment of the pledges of the party.
2. We congratulate the country also upon the adjustment of the Alaskan boundary dispute and work done in preventing the partition of China, and for the assertion of American rights in the far East.
3. We are proud of the influence of Iowa's two members of the cabinet, and of the constant, able and wide influence that is at all times exercised by Iowa's members of the Senate and House.
4. We commend the record of Governor Cummins, the various State officers and the general assembly in the successful conduct of the affairs of the State.
5. We endorse the administration of President Theodore Roosevelt, and- instruct our delegates-at-large to the Republican national convention, and recommend to the delegates from the several congressional districts, to do all in their power to secure his unanimous nomination, President Roosevelt, called to authority under most distressing circumstances, took up the presidency with a full appreciation of the responsibilities of the position. His course has been able, courageous, patriotic; he has no ambition but to serve his country. We commend him for his splendid administration, and believe every American, re- gardless of party, confides in his ability, patriotism and integrity. His firm- ness in the right, as he sees it, and his promptness and wisdom have won the admiration not only of our own people but of the world at large. He is the worthy successor of William Mckinley, whose death the American people sincerely mourn.
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6. We believe in the protective tariff, which builds American factories, makes possible great and small American industries and gives employment to American labor. We believe in the American home market for the products of American farms, factories and shops. We believe it unwise to seek markets abroad by first sacrificing some part of the markets at home. And equally unwise to legislate in a manner to provoke American industries to making war upon each other. Under the protective system, newly inaugurated in 1897, the country has enjoyed unusual prosperity. Protective duties have kept work and wages at home and have furnished the revenue with which to pay the expenses of a foreign war, to rebuild the navy, to enlarge and newly equip the army, to extend our coast defences and have made possible the Nation's expansion. Fortified by the advantages and benefits of a great home market the American manufacturers have thus had the courage and the capital with which to invade foreign markets. Our tariff system by giving assurance to the world that the revenues are ample has advanced the credit of the Nation to the first position. The same policy has converted our people into lenders instead of borrowers We declare for faithful adherence to this system which found its highest fulfillment in laws bearing the names of William McKinley and Nelson Dingley.
7. We are in favor of reciprocity in non-competitive products only.
8. We are opposed to trusts and combines, of whatever nature, organized to extort undue and exorbitant profits from the people. We rejoice in the success of President Roosevelt in his efforts to enforce in the courts the laws of Congress made to curb the improper exercise of power by these great organiza- tions.
9. We commend the Congress and administration for the constant progress made in building an American navy ; and in making certain the early realiza- tion of the aspirations of the American people by the acquisition and comple- tion of the Panama canal.
10. To the soldiers and sailors of the republic, suitable pensions should be paid for disabilities incurred and for wounds received.
11. This convention of republicans can not conclude its labors without an expression of regret on account of the death of the chairman of the national republican committee, Senator Marcus A. Hanna, of Ohio, who exemplified in his life and character the ideal of thetrue American business man and patriotic citizen.
DELEGATES AND ALTERNATES TO THE NATIONAL CONVENTION.
AT LARGE.
Delegates.
WILLIAM B. ALLISON, Dubuque. JONATHAN P. DOLLIVER, Fort Dodge. ALBERT B. CUMMINS, Des Moines. J. W. BLYTHE, Burlington.
Alternates.
D. H. BOWEN, Waukon.
C. W. CRIM, Estherville.
F. R. CROCKER, Chariton.
F. W. SIMMONS, Ottumwa.
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DISTRICTS.
1-M. W. Bailey, Washington.
C. A. Carpenter, Columbus Junction.
2-G. W. French, Davenport George M. Curtis, Clinton.
G. M. Titus, Muscatine, M. A. Raney, Marengo.
Burton R. Sweet, Waverly.
O. M. Gillett, Independence. 4-A. H Gale, Mason City. Harry Green, Decorah.
I. L. Stuart, Hampton. William Smythe, Rockford.
5-J. W. Doxsee, Monticello. E. E. Clark, Cedar Rapids.
6-H. L. Waterman, Ottumwa. John A. DeMuth, Melrose.
E G. Penrose, Tama. John T. Brooks, Hedrick. Ham W. Robinson, Colfax.
7-John H. Henderson, Indianola. John I. Hostetter, Colo.
J. H Winterode, Winterset.
T. J. Caldwell, Adel.
8-W. M. Peatman, Centerville. H. F. Jaqua, B dford.
J D. Brown, Leon.
9-George S. Wright, Council Bluffs. W. S. Ellis, Red Oak.
M. McDonald, Bayard.
L. F. Potter, Harlan.
A. J. Cole, Britt.
E. K. Winne, Humboldt.
S. L. Moore, Boone.
11-R. L. Cleaves, Cherokee.
R. Lipton, Ida Grove.
A. Van der Meide, Orange City.
J. W. Crum, Sheldon.
The State convention to nominate candidates for presidential electors and State officers met at Des Moines, July 20, 1904.
Temporary Chairman-HON. WILLIAM P. HEPBURN, of Clarinda, Page county.
Permanent Chairman-HON. CHARLES G. SAUNDERS, of Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie county.
Secretary-JAS. A. DEVITT, of Oskaloosa, Mahaska county.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
We, the Republicans of Iowa, in convention assembled, do hereby heartily endorse the platform adopted at Chicago, June 21, 1904, by the Republican National convention, and do hereby declare our allegiance to the same.
We endorse the present Republican administration of the affairs of the Nation under President Theodore Roosevelt, and believe that the Republican National convention acted wisely in nominating Theodore Roosevelt for Presi- dent and Charles W. Fairbanks for Vice-President.
We approve the able, conservative and patriotic statesmanship of the Iowa delegation in the National Congress.
We also commend the manner in which the affairs of Iowa have been con - ducted under the present Republican administration.
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
Chairman-R. H. SPENCE.
Vice-Chairman-GEORGE C. SCOTT.
Secretary -GEORGE R. ESTABROOK.
E. H. Skinner, Keosauqua.
C. W. Payne, Mt. Pleasant.
3-E. S. Ellsworth, Iowa Falls.
J. A. Kepler, Northwood.
S. S. Sweet, Belle Plaine.
C. T. Hardinger, Osceola.
10-M. Head, Jefferson.
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MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE.
First District-C. J. Wilson, of Washington, Washington county. Second District-W. J. McCoy, of Cli ton, Clinton county. Third District-J. Scott Stevens, of Cedar Falls, Black Hawk county.
Fourth District-R. O. Woodard, of West Union, Fayette county. Fifth District- George R. Estabrook, of Marshalltown, Marshall county. Sixth District-W. W. Epps, of Ottumwa, Wapello county. Seventh District W. P. Fitchpatrick, of Nevada, Story county.
Eighth District-R. H. - Spence, of Mt. Ayr, Ringgold county. Ninth District-Asmus Boysen, of Gray, Audubon county. Tenth District-S X. Way, of Wesley, Kossuth county.
Eleventh District-George C. Scott, of Sioux City, Woodbury county.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
NATIONAL TICKET
For President. ALTON B. PARKER, of New York.
For Vice-President. HENRY G. DAVIS, of West Virginia.
National Convention, St. Louis, Missouri, July €-9, 1904.
Temporary Chairman-HON. JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS, of Mississippi. Permanent Chairman-HON. CHAMP CLARK, of Missouri.
Secretary-HON. CHARLES A. WALSH, of lowa.
NATIONAL PLATFORM.
The Democratic party of the United States, in national convention assem- bled, declares its devotion to the essential principles of the Democratic faith which bring us together in party communion.
Under these principles, local self-government and national unity and prosperity were alike established. They underlaid our independence, the structure of our free republic, and every Democratic expansion from Louisiana to California, and Texas to Oregon, which preserved faithfully in all the States the tie between taxation and representation. They yet inspirit the masses of our people, guarding jealously their rights and liberties, and cherishing their fraternity, peace and orderly development. They remind us of our duties and responsibilities as citizens, and impress upon us, particularly at this time the necessity of reform and the rescue of the administration of government from the headstrong, arbitrary, and spasmodic methods which distract business by uncertainty, and pervade the public mind with dread, distrust, and perturba- ion.
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FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES.
The application of these fundamental principles to the living issues of the day constitutes the first step toward the assured peace, safety, and progress of our Nation. Freedom of the press, of conscience, and of speech; equality before the law of all citizens; right of trial by jury ; freedom of the person defended by the writ of habeas corpus; liberty of personal contract untram- meled by sumptuary laws; supremacy of the civil over military authority; a well · disciplined militia; separation of church and state; economy in expenditures; low taxes, that labor may be lightly burdened; prompt and sacred fulfillment of public and private obligations; fidelity to treaties; peace and friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none; absolute acqui- escence in the will of the majority, the vital principle of republics-these are doctrines which Democracy has established as proverbs of the nation, and they should be constantly invoked and enforced.
ECONOMY OF ADMINISTRATION.
Large reductions can easily be made in the annual expenditures of the Gov- ernment without impairing the efficiency of any branch of the public service, and we shall insist upon the strictest economy and frugality compatible with vigorous and efficient civil, military and naval administration as a right of the people too clear to be denied or withheld.
HONESTY IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE.
We favor the enforcement of honesty in the public service, and to that end a thorough legislative investigation of those executive departments of the Gov- ernment already known to teem with corruption, as well as other departments suspected of harboring corruption, and the punishment of ascertained corrup- tionists without fear or favor or regard to persons. The persistent and delib- erate refusal of both the Senate and House of Representatives to permit such investigation to be made demonstrates that only by a change in the executive and in the legislative departments can complete exposure, punishment, and correction be obtained.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS WITH TRUSTS.
We condemn the action of the Republican party in Congress in refusing to prohibit an executive department from entering into contracts with convicted trusts or unlawful combinations in restraint of interstate trade. We believe that one of the best methods of procuring economy and honesty in the public service is to have public officials, from the occupant of the White House down to the lowest of them, returned as nearly as may be, to Jeffersonian simplicity of living.
EXECUTIVE USURPATION.
We favor the nomination .and election of a President imbued with the principles of the Constitution who will set his face sternly against executive usurpation of legislative and judicial functions, whether that usurpation be veiled under the guise of executive construction of existing laws, or whether it take refuge in the tyrants' plea of necessity, or superior wisdom.
IMPERIALISM.
We favor the preservation, so far as we can, of an open door for the world's commerce in the Orient, without unnecessary entanglement in Oriental and European affairs and without arbitrary, unlimited, irresponsible, and absolute
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government anywhere within our jurisdiction. We oppose as fervently as did George Washington an indefinite, irresponsible, discretionary and vague absolutism and a policy of colonial exploitation, no matter where or by whom invoked or exercised ; we believe with Thomas Jefferson and John Adams that no government has a right to make one set of laws for those "at home," and another and a different set of laws, absolute in their character, for those "in the colonies. " All men under the American fiag are entitled to the protection of the institutions whose emblem the flag is; if they are inherently unfit for those institutions then they are inherently unfit to be members of the American body politic. Wherever there may exist a people incapable of being governed under American laws, in consonance with the American Constitution, the territory of that people ought not to be a part of the American domain.
We insist we ought to do for the Filipinos what we have done already for the Cubans, and it is our duty to make that promise now and upon suitable guarantees of protection to citizens of our own and other countries resident there at the time of our withdrawal, to set the Filipino people upon their feet, free and independent to work out their own destiny.
The endeavor of the Secretary of War, by pledging the Government's indorsement for "promotors" in the Philippine Islands to make the United States a partner in speculative exploitation of the archipelago, which was only temporarily held up by the opposition of Democratic Senators in the last session, will, if successful, lead to entanglements from which it will be difficult to escape.
TARIFF.
The Democratic party has been, and will continue to be, the consistent opponent of that class of tariff legislation by which certain interests have been permitted, through Congressional favor, to draw a heavy tribute from the American people. This monstrous perversion of those equal opportunities which our political institutions were established to secure has caused what may once have been infant industries to become the greatest combinations of capi- tal that the world has ever known. These especial favorites of the Govern- ment have, through trust methods, been converted into monopolies, thus bringing to an end domestic competition, which was the only alleged check upon the extravagant profits made possible by the protective system. These industrial combinations, by the financial assistance they can give, now control the policy of the Republican party.
We denounce protection as a robbery of the many to enrich the few, and we favor a tariff limited to the needs of the Government, economically, effectively and constitutionally administered, and so levied as not to discrimi- nate against any industry, class or section, to the end that the burdens of taxation shall be distributed as equally as possible.
We favor a revision and a gradual reduction of the tariff by the friends of the masses and for the common weal, and not by the friends of its abuses, its extortions, and its discriminations, keeping in view the ultimate end of "'equality of burdens and equality of opportunities" and the constitutional purpose of raising a revenue by taxation, to wit, the support of the Federal Government in all its integrity and virility, but in simplicity.
TRUSTS AND UNLAWFUL COMBINATIONS.
We recognize that the gigantic trusts and combinations designed to enable capital to secure more than its just share of the joint products of capital and labor, and which have been fostered and promoted under Republican rule,
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are a menace to beneficial competitio · and an obstacle to permanent business prosperity. A private monopoly is indefensible and intolerable.
Individual equality of opportunity and free competition are essential to a healthy and permanent commercial prosperity and any trust, combination, or monopoly tending to destroy these by controlling production, restricting com- petition, or fixing prices and wages should be prohibited and punished by law. Weespecially denounce rebates and discriminations by transportation companies as the most potent agency in promoting and strengthening these unlawful con- spiracies against trade.
We demand an enlargement of the powers of the Interstate Commerce Com- mission, to the end that the traveling public and shippers of this country may have prompt and adequate relief from the abuses to which they are subjected in the matter of transportation. We demand a strict enforcement of existing civil and criminal statutes against all such trusts, combinations, and monopo- lies ; and we demand the enactment of such further legislation as may be neces- sary effectually to suppress them.
Any trust or unlawful combination engaged in interstate commerce which is monopolizing any branch of business or production should not be permi ted to transact business outside of the State of its origin. Whenever it shall be established in any court of competent jurisdiction that such monopolization exists, such prohibition should be enforced through comprehensive laws to be enacted on the subject.
CAPITAL AND LABOR.
We favor the er actment and administration of laws giving labor and capital impartially their just rights. Capital and labor ought not to be enemies. Each is necessary to the other. Each has its rights, but the rights of labor are certainly no less "vested, " no less ""sacred, " and no less "inalienable" than the rights of capital.
We favor arbitration of differences between corporate employers and their employes, and a strict enforcement of the eight-hour law on all Government work.
We approve the measure which passed the United States Senate in 1896, but which a Republican Congress has ever since refused to enact, relating to contempts in Federal courts, and providing for trial by jury in cases of indirect contempt.
CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEES.
Constitutional guarantees are violated whenever any citizen is denied the right to labor, acquire and enjoy property, or reside where interest or inclina- tion may determine. Any denial thereof by individuals, organizations, or gov- ernments should be summarily rebuked and punished.
We deny the right of any executive to disregard or suspend any constitu- · tional privilege or limitation. Obedience to the laws and respect for their requirements are alike the supreme duty of the citizen and the official.
The military should be used only to support and maintain the law. We unqualifiedly condemn its employment for the summary banishment of citizens without trial or for the control of elections.
WATERWAYS.
We favor liberal appropriations for the care and improvement of the water- ways of the country. When any waterway, like the Mississippi River, is of sufficient importance to demand the special aid of the Government, such aid
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should be extended with a definite plan of continuous work until permanent improvement is secured.
We oppose the Republican policy of starving home development in order to feed the greed for conquest and the appetite for national ""prestige" and display of strength.
RECLAMATION OF ARID LANDS AND DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENT.
We congratulate our Western citizens upon the passage of the measure known as the Newlands irrigation act for the irrigation and reclamation of the arid lands of the West; a measure framed by a Democrat, passed in the Senate by a non-partisan vote, and passed in the House against the opposition of almost all of the Republican leaders by a vote the majority of which was Democratic.
We call attention to this great Democratic measure, broad and comprehen- sive as it is, working automatically throughout all time without further action of Congress, until the reclamation of all the lands in the arid West capable of reclamation is accomplished, reserving the lands reclaimed for homeseekers in small tracts, and rigidly guarded against land monopoly, as an evidence of the policy of domestic development contemplated by the Democratic party, should it be placed in power.
THE ISTHMIAN CANAL.
The Democracy, when intrusted with power, will construct the Panama Canal speedily, honestly, and economically, thereby giving to our people what Democrats have always contended for-a great inter-oceanic canal, furnishing shorter and cheaper lines of transportation, and broader and less trammeled trade relations with the other peoples of the world.
AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP.
We pledge ourselves to insist upon the just and lawful protection of our citizens at home and abroad, and to use all proper measures to secure for them, whether native born or naturalized, and without distinction of race or creed, the equal protection of laws and the enjoyment of all rights and privileges open to them under the covenants of our treaties of friendship and commerce; and if under existing treaties the right of travel and sojourn is denied to American citizens or recognition is withheld from American passports by any countries on the ground of race or creed, we favor the beginning of negotia- tions with the governments of such countries to secure by new treaties the re- moval of these unjust discriminations.
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