Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-07-28
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OHIO pEMoCRArlc CONVENTION.
GEN. Rosecrans Nominated for Cow
ermOr--rrhe PLATFORM.


Gen. Rosecrans Nominated for Cow
ern0r--The Platform
CoLUmus, Ohio, July 7-The Democrat.
10 State Convention met ut two 2. M, and
organized with Hon. p Van Trump Gs
president. General w. s. Rosecrans was
nominated for Governor on the I'd ballot.
The other nominations are: Il. j. Godfrey,
OF Mercer, Lieutanant Governor; W. D..
Gilmore, of Preble, Supreme Judge; Ste
phen Buherer of Cleveland, State Irea-
surer; Colonel j. M. Connell, of Fairfield,
Attorney General; Ben Churchill, of Ham
ilton, Board of Public Works.
The State Executive Committee, located
at the capital, ore as follows; Allen G..
er and II. P. L. Barker
Resoioed, That the claims of bondholders,
that the bonds which We're bought with
groenbaols, and the principle of which is by
law payable in currency, should nevertheless
be paid in gold, is unjust and objectionable,
and il persisted i'm will inevitably force upon
the people the question Of reputation.
ResOlDed, That we denounce the high pro-
tective tariff which was designed only in the
interest of the New England manufacturers;
that said tariff is also, by its enormous impo-
sitions ON salt, sugar, tea, coffee and neces-
saries, unendurably oppressive, especially
upon the people of the Vest and that we
favor the substitution Of another one, based
upon revenue principles alone, upon the
closest possible approximation to absolute
free trade.
ReSoiUed, That the Democratic party of the
United States has always been prominently
friendly to the rights and interests of the Ia
boring man; that they are in favor of q Limited
number of hours in all manufacturing work
shops hours dictated by the physical and
mental we'll being Of the laborer; that they
favor the most liberal laws in regard to house,
hold and homestead exemption from sale and
execution; that they are also in favor OF lber.
al grants of land from the public domain Ia
the actual settler, without any cost, and that
they are opposed to the granting Of them ia
swindling railroad corporations; and that
they are generally friendly to the system ol
measures advocated by the Labor aud Indust,
rial Congress, and we pledge the Democratic
party, il restored to power, to exercise its
influence in giving them practical applca.
tion.
Resolred, That the attacks of Governors
HAYES and Lee upon the doings OF the late
General Assembly are false in fact, malicious
i'm spirit, and unworthy of men occupying so
elevated positions.
Res0iued, That tho late General Assembly
were called upon to make large appropria-
tions to rebuild tho burned lunatic asylum,
to provide reform school for girls, con-
strnct new blind asylum, to mako apprO-
priations to pay over $4,000 of q Judgment
obtained in the Supreme Court of the state
in favor of the Life Insurance and Trust Com
pany, and TO meet a deficiency OF over $780,
600 OF the preceding republican Legislature
all of which, togetherwith the extra compen.
sation paid to mombers under a law passed
by a republican Legislature, were provided
for without an increase of the state levy, and
Che appropriations III tho aggregate are much
less than the preceding republican Legisa-
ture without abstracting SSO0,O0O from the
relel-fund for manned and disabled soldiers
and their families.
Resolred, That we hereby return Ou
thanks to tho Filty-oighth General Assem-
bly, for their economical expenditure in the
administration OF the state government and
for the eyposal OF the frauds in the erection
of the state buildings, whereby the people
were swindled ont Of half milliondollars by
the negligence and dishonesty of republican
state officials.
Resolred, That II is The right of each state
to decide for itself who shall possess the
elective franchise within ii; that the attempt
to regulate suffrage in Ohio by means of The
sO-called fifteenth cons stitutional amendment
is subversive Of the principles OF the Fedora
Constitution.
Resolred, That the policy andlegislaton o.
the radical party directly tend to destroy al
the reserved rights of the states, and convert
the republic into q consolidated despOtism
that whether such despotism be exercised by
an Emperor, President, or Congress, the
result would be fatal toliberty and good gov
ernment; that consolidation in this country
means the absolute dominion Of monopoly
and aggregate capital over the lives, th(
liberty and the property of the toiling masses
RESOLVED, That we denounce the nationa
banking system as one of the worst OutTagei
on the bonded debt which unnecessarily in
croases the burdens of tho people $4,000,
900 annually; that we demand its immediate
repeal.
Resoloed, That the trial and sentence t
death, by military commission, of citizeI
of Texas, not in the military or naval service
when the civil courts were in the unobstruct
ed exercise of their functions in the state ant
in the time Of profound peace, and tho ap
proval OF that sentence by President Grant
are violations Of the most sacred rights 0
American citizens, guaranteed by their con
stitutions, state aud federal, and deserve ant
should receive the severest condemnation o
every lover Of liberty and constitutional gov
eminent.
ResolUed, That tho numerous palpable ant
highhanded usurpations of the party in pow
er, their many policies and private acts o
tyranny, trampling under foot the civil lav
and guarantees Of the Constitution, their con
tending to deprive several states of repre-
sentation in Congress, and to govern salC
states by mere military rule, show them to b,
the party Of despotism, and unworthy, tn,
confidence and support of q free people.
ReSolUed That we extend the right hand o
fellowship and recognize as brethren in
common cause all conservative men no
heretofore democrats, who will unite with Il
in rescuing our government from the un
worth hands into which it has fallen, and W
pledge the united and cordial support Of tn
two hundred andflfty thousand democrats il
Ohio, whom we represent, to the ticket nom
mated by this convention and presented b.
us to the suffrage Of the peopleof Ohio.
The State Executive Committee organized
this evening by electing John G. Thomp
son chairman, Geo. w. Meeker secretary
and Jacob Reinhart treasurer.