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Show GENERAL. KM 1 KKI'l Itl.U A S. L)ea Moines, Ia., 19 The republican republi-can stale conveulion met ibis morn lug. Hon. Jnmes Harlan waselerrltd temporury cuairmau, and made a i brief speech. He declared tbat tbe principles of the republican party were to be reiterated until they became be-came household words. His declaration declara-tion I bat tue convention should dHtilaro us approval of tne acts ui Uii'uu soidii-ra and itsdisapprov.il of t.iusti of rebJs. was greeted with hearty applau-e. He Glroulv urged tne uecvrai'.y ol careful nelioti in.d -,TK-lr,l l,,r unlit,' i.t. M.enLtnl niKt. I ler? aud w-adum on all otners. AUer I toe inlrmiU' tion of revera! reohr.ion" arj i the appululuient ol coiuun' lees the '.ouveu'.ton adjournt-d uii'.ii aker-i aker-i noon. I' tie convention -.ciubied at 2 o'clock. Ki-Sni'i .,r Wrigct wjs made permau- it p.aideut. Tne. io li mittee on piattorui reporu-d tne fallowing plttUorm, w uich was adopted wun enthusiaeiic applau-at applau-at the reading oi thg most radn'i1 puruons : na'.ioo, not a league. Bjiu stale and national goveruuitmts anouid give mpie and couipleie protection to Us euizeo f!:li.r at borne or abroad. Secuud Agaiust assaults ol trauors aud rebels tbe republican party ba preserved these governments, and the republicans ol Ija now demand that every qualified elector in every staie 60Utuaud nortu. democrat or republican, repub-lican, black or white, snail Do permitted, per-mitted, undisturbed by lorue and un awed oy lear, to vote at all elections at tbt pi ce prescribed by law nrl nowhere else, just oue-e aud no mor , and tbat every vote so cast uhah be honestly counted, and lh.il wery person chosen by sucn votes to auy office shall be, freely inducted into it and efltclively supported in the discharge ot its dunes. Wilb such freedom ol elective action and honest administration adminis-tration at least five ol the euuineru ftates re republican, by large major mots and areuw in the bauds ol the democratic party solely through the tore-, Iraud, intimidation and a fall ure ,0 enforce tbe principles herein set forth. Third A permanent pacification of the southern Beclion oi the Union and a complete protection of nil i s citizens in all their civil, political, personal per-sonal and property riguts, is a duty to which the republican party Btands sacredly pledged. Io order to redeem this pledge it placed thB recent amendments in the constitution and upon the righteous basis of said amendment;, i will go forward in the work ol pacification uutil peace shall come lb roil eh rignt doing and contentment con-tentment through justice. Fuurtn Tue new democratic dogma ol home rule, which seeks U shut out from participation in the political aflairs of the southern elates all citizens who oppose the democratic parly aud are not natives ol eaid elates and in obedience lo the spirit oi which every man lrom the norm, oi republican sentiments, i termed "car pel hanger, " is hereby deuouueed an the worst phase ol state rights yet develop d, and we demand (or tne people of Iowa absolute freedom to go whitbernoever they may please w thin the limns of the nation, wuii a perffd et j 'ymeul of their rights ai citizi-us to utter their seutimouia, by speech or press, upon all Hutj.ct-touching Hutj.ct-touching their interestd and all mat ters of pub ic Cuneem. Fifth Tba armed conflict between the traitors and rebels who sought to destroy the repubho aod the patriots who defended it and r-pserved u w.tB more than a mcr i ol phymcai force between UrerK; it whs a contest of right agamol wrong, and the republican and democratic parties are. to be Judged by their action 1Q thnt coidlici, Sixth The soldiers who fought the nation's butllte are entitled to special credit and honor, aud discredit is din-in din-in a like degree- to the traitors and rebels who nought to destroy it. Seventh 1 be republican party oppose op-pose all latvleAsueits in whatever form. Eighth The wisdom of the linan cial pohoy of the party iB evident from itB results in the practical p'snmpiion already accomplished. - Ninth J. bo organized raid on the t treasury to secure tbe payment of rebel war claims is unparalleled impudence. im-pudence. Tenth The tanft is wisely adjusted for ri venue. F.leveuth The republican party challenge scrutiny as to the adminis lion ol (ui ds. The percentage of loss unilrr its reign ban bt-un lews than can be shown by any uLher pjlitical party tbat ever existed. Twelfth The presidential terra was definitely aud finally Bellied by the Forty-fourth congress, and auy at tempt to reopen it is dangerous, illegal and unconstitutional, and the republican party of Iowa will resist all etlorts not founded on tbe consli tution and existing laws to displace the present poswMOn. Thirteenth The i flirts of the dem-I dem-I ruraiic party in congress to cripple the army aod navy urn earnestly condemned con-demned as lining iu-pired wholly, or in part, by nrtlct-rs who engaged in llip late ret lhon. Fourteenth Tho disapproval of any interference with tho light and duty ot good citizen- to use their best efi rts in party oam-ines, pirty conventions con-ventions and at the polls to secure rhfl iplinn nf oiu-vt man Fifreenth. Personal temperance is mo-t lOmmendnble and the prt-sent act we movement throughout Ioa tmi our pn.f ouud re-pecl, sympathy and approval. Six eenib Rigid economy is de-maoded de-maoded in every depaitmeul of pub he si-r vice. Seventeenth H .meaty and efiici-ency efiici-ency in public nflitni and the runinb-tnent runinb-tnent of dishonesty and fraud wherever wher-ever found. I'ua convention then niadi; Ihe following fol-lowing nomination-: Captain J A. T. Hall was nomina'cd for secretary of slate on the first ba:l.il P K. S.ier man for state auditor and d orge W. lipmis tor statu tr -adorer h.nh liy acciammatua J IC Powers of Cas c .uuty, for ref;i-ter ol laud otfice. Tne fo: lowing renomiuati ona were made by acclammation: J. F ale Junkio, for attorney general; J. H Kottirock tor supreme j'-idge; Jonn S Runnels tor supreme court reporter, , and E. J. Holmes lor cltrk ot the si.preme ccurt. |