The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1869-07-16
The Ohio mOcratic State Con-
Ticket Nominated.

Hon. j. Nantrninp rs President Gen
lcral W. :. Rosccrans was nominated for
lGoycrnor on the second ballot. The
othcr nominations are: Iirutrinnt Gov
crnor, i. j. Godfrey. of Mercer county 4
\ supreme Judge. W. j. Gilmore. Of Pre-
BILE Treasurer of State. stephen Brhrcr.
lof Cleveland: Attorney General. Colo
mel }. NJ. Connci. Of Fairfield: Board Of
Public Works. Benjamin Churchill. of
ilaniillon. The State Executive Com
lmiiicc, located AZ the capitol. are Allen
q. Thurman. John &. Thompson. Jacob
iiriniard. George W. Mecker and II. l..
| l.. Bapcrt.
The following resolutions Were adop-
ted:
! Resolved. That the exemption from
TAX Of over $2.50O0oooo) in Government
bonds and securities is unjust TO the pco-
pie and ought not 10 be tolerated and
that we are opposed 10 amy appriation for
the payment OF interest on public bonds
/ anu the! are made subject TO taxation.
! EesolNed, That thc claims OF bond
IholdcrS. that ihe bonds which were
ought With grcc,back~. and the princi-
pal of which IS hy law payable in cur
rcnry. should nevertheless be paid in
gold, is unjust. and. if persisted in. Will
inevitably force upon the people the
question Of reputation.
! Resolved, That We dcnounce The high
protective tariff. which was designed on
~ in the interest of the New England
manufacturers. That said tariff is also.
by lis cMo.mo,'S imposition on salt. su-
gar. ter. coffee and other ncccssaries. I'M
de,rabiy offensive. especially upon the
lpcoplc OF the Me.i and lhat we demand
lis repeal. and the substitution OF another
based upunrevcnuc principles alone up
or The closest possible approximation of
abeui;iic frpp trade.
! Resolved that Democratic party Of the
United states have always been pcrma-
ncntly friendly 10 the rights and inter-
c~ts oi thc laboring man: that they are
in favor OF Il limited number OF hours in
ail manufacturing workshops: the hours
To be dictated by the physical and men,
tai wcli-beng OF the laborcr: that they
favor Tie most liberal laws in regard 10
household and homestead exemption
from sale and executions; that they are
'lalSo in favor of liberal grants OF land
from the public domain 10 the actual
settler without any cost. and are opposed
Irailroaa corporations and that they are
generally friendly 10 the system Of meas
ures advocated by the Labor and Indus
trial Congresses. and we pledge the
Dcmocroiir party. If restored TO power.
10 exercise their influence in giving them
practical application.
Resolved, That the a.iachs of Govern
Iors Hays and ice upcn tho doing OF the
late General Assembly arc false in fact.
malicious IN Spiri'. AMI unworthy of
gentlemen accepting their elevated pcsi-
IiionS.
! Resolved. That The late General AS
lsrmhly were called upon To- make large
Iand extraordinary appropriations to rr-
iluild .lc burned lunatic ;isylun: to pro-
wide y rriolm school for girls: to con-
Isiruct a new blind asylum; 70 make alp-
preparations to pay over 5000, of q
Judgment obtained in the supreme Court
iuf the state in favor Of the Life lnsur-
Iancc aud Trust Company, and TO meet a
deficiency OF over 5oboCu OF the prcccd-
ling Republican Legislature : ali of " hich.
Together with Tie extra compensation
lpaid to the members under law passed
lhy Republican Legislature. were pro-
Ividcd ior without an increase of the
state levy. and the appropriations in the
aggregate are much less than that of the
preceding Republican Legislature. with
Icut alstracing a 10000 from the relief
fund for the manned and disabled sol
dicrs and their families.
Resolved. That VIC hereby return our
thanks 10 the iity-cighth General As
scmbly for their economical cxpcndi-
turos in the administration of the State
govcrumcnt and for the cxposal of the
wholesale frauds in the erection Of State
buildings. whereby the people were
swindlcd out of Il half million dollars
Iby the negligence of Republican state
Officials and the dishonesty OF the same.
Resolved. That il j. the right of each
State 10 decide for itself who shall pos
sess The elective franchise within it: that
by the attempt TO regulate suffrage in
Ohio by means of the so-callcd fifteenth
& constitutional amendment Is subversivc
Iof the principles Of Federal Constitu-
Ition.
i Resolved. That the policy of lcgisla-
tion Of the Radical party directly tend
to destroy all the reserved rights of the
States and convert the republic into q
consolidated dcspotism; that whether
such dcspotism he exercised by an Em-
pcror u President or a Congress the re-
suit would be fatal to liberty and good
government: that consolidation in this
country would aggregate capital over the
lives. the liberty and the property of the