Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1891 — IOWA DEMOCRATS. [ARTICLE]

IOWA DEMOCRATS.

Nominate Governor Boies for the Second Term. The Resolutions Demand Repeal of th« Prohibitory Law and Denounce the —MeKinley Bill. One thousand Democrats met at Ottumwa on the 24th, and renominated Boles foi Governor and a full State ticket Th* platform contained the silver clause of last year, and was unanimously adopted without discussion. ■ Among the resolutions are the following: I We demand the repeal of the prohibitory liquor law-, and in the interest of true temperance we favor the passage of a carefully guarded license tax which shall provide for the issuance of licenses in towns, townships and municipal corporations. and which shall provide that for each license an annual tax of SSOO be paid into the county treasury, and such further tax as the town, township dr municipal corporation shall provide, the proceeds thereof to go to the use of such mimic!pal i ties We reiterate our demands of one year ago for the free coinage of silver, and that it be made full legal tender for all debts, Jiubllc and private, and denounce as unust and dishonest the provisions of the aw recently enacted allowing parties to stipulate against payment in silver and silver certificates, thus setting up one standard for the creditor and another for the debtor—one for the poor man and another for the rich man. We denounce the McKinley bill, the motives of its authors and defenders, and the theory under which it is submitted for. the approval of the American people. Wq demand equal opportunities for every sec’ tion of our country and for every citizen, and we insist that every oppressive feature of the tariff be eliminated to the end that our merchent marine may be restored to the sea and the markets of the world opened to the producing classes. The sugar bounty is not a tariff. It Is spoliation of the treasury for special classes and interests which are no more entitled to be aided by the government than the farmers ol lowa in raising hogs or corn, or the pioneer settlers of the frontier in their hardships and sufferings as the vanguard of civilization. We denounce the wasteful and lavish appropriations of the last Congress, which in a time of profound peace expended an amount equal to one-third of the total public debt incurred in four years of unparalleled war for the preservation of the Union.

Other resolutions favor the secret ballot system, election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people, more strict regulation of railways, and changes in the method of taxation; denounces trusts, pools and combines, condemn the importation of labor; oppose alien ownership of land; sympathize with the Irish in their struggle for home rule, and protest. against the Czar’s treatment of the Jews. The last agricultural appropriation act contained an appropriatian of $7,000 to be used in experimenting in the production of rainfall. The department is now about to embark in these experiments, having prepared to test practically the theory that heavy explosions cause rainfall. Tuesday evening a preliminary trial was made and a balloon sent up in the northern suburbs of Washington was exploded with grea violence amid the clouds. Whefchei the subsequent downpour of rain later on in the evening was caused by the explosion remains to be determined, and the department will try the experiment on a larger scale Io test the efficacy of this means of breaking summer droughts. The great storm of Sunday struck the fruit belt at Villa Ridge, near Cairo, 111., with disastrous effect. Five thousand peach and 1,000 apple trees, loaded with fruit, were blown down. One planter alone lost 300 peach trees. Wheat in the shock was blown all over the country.! while that uncut is laid to the ground for miles. __ A boat containing a pleasure party of five persons was run down on the 25 th by & jarge and all theoccupants were drowned.; The unfortunate victims were prominent ind well-known society people of River- ( side Names: Thomas Trueman, Joseph) Zins, and Misses Edith Zins, Catherine Carl and Kate Ridelie. “There’s Millions in It.” The zeal with which pension agents', in Washington have worked in behalf of pension legislation, using all’ their efforts and resources to stir up; veterans and Grand Army men to, demand it, is explained by the enor-. :110ns amount of money which they make by pushing claims in the Pension Bureau, where meritorious claims ought to need no pushing. Since 1862 $37,000,000 of the money, appropriated by the Government for pensions to soldiers has been pocketed by the attorneys. Of late they have been making about two and a half millions a year. Under the Disability act of the last session a fee of $lO is“allowed for each application, and the expectation is that at least 850,000 claims will be presented. Here is about $8,500,000 in prospect for the “sharks” from that source alone. No wonder that they maintain an organ and send out circulars to work up sentiment jn fa v or of pension legislation. It is a regular <rold mine for them. The wonder is that Congress should give them such opportunities for getting rich out of the pensioners of the Government. “““ - 1 W 4 tfaertloi. '* ~ ~ If a wheel be expended on its axle so is not to touch the ground and be resolved in its a fact that both the top uid the bottom part reyolva with squat rapidity, but if the-wheel be placed on the ground and revolved it must move forward. The top spokes ire thus revolving forward and are also movin'/ forward through space with ihe forward movement of the hub. The sottorn spokes, on the contrary, are revolving backward. The difference Jet ween the velocity of the upper and ;he lower spokes is, therefore, to be measured by the absolute forward movement of the hub.—Mobile starTaking Him at His Word. Puck. “What ought 1 to give you?’’ asked the diner, as he puts his hand in his pocket for a tip. “I leave it to you, sir, said the waiter politely. “Thanks; I can mike good use of it.” . X 1 And the wa'ter was t’.p’e&s.