The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-01-13

Indiana Democratic State Convention.
The Democracy of Indiana held
their State Convention on Saturday
last, the Sth inst: 1t was the largest
delegate Convention ever held in that
State.
The following is the ticket put in
nomination
Secretary of Colonel Norman
Eddy, of Laporte.
Auditor of State-,Tohn C. Shoe
maker, of Cannelton.
Treasurer of State-James B. Ryan,
of Indianadolis.
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion-Rev. Milton Hopkins, Mont
gomery County.
Attorney General = Bayless W.
Hanna, of Terre Haute.
Judges of The Supreme Court, First
District, James L. Worden, Fort
Wayne; Second District, A. c. Dow
ney, Rising Sun; Third District,
Samuel III. Buskirk, Bloomington;
Fourth District, John Petit, Lafay-
cite.
The following admirable platform
was unanimously adopted
That the Democracy of Indiana, in
Delegate Convention assembled, de-
clare that the Federal Union, with all
| the rights and dignity of the Several
! States, should be preserved; and to
secure that great national blessing the
! Constitution must be respected and
observed, and every approach to cen-
| traliZed despotism defeated, whether
attempted by Congress OF the Execu-
/ tive,
That recent events have more than
! ever convinced us of the infamous and
revolutionary character of the recon-
struction measures of Congress, and
we denounce these measures as an in
vasion of the sovereign and sacred
rights of the people and of the States.
That the independence of the Su-
preme Court of the United States is
essential to the safety and security of
the State and the people, and we de-
clare that the measures of Congress
having in view the destruction of the
powers of that Court to adjudicate on
the enactments of Congress, is dam
gerous evidence of the usurpations. of
the legislative over the judicial de-
partment of the Government.
That we are in favor of tariff for
revenue only, and we demand that
the burdens of taxation shall be paired
out and equally adjusted, and that
| such an adjustment cannot be made
without striking from the statute
book the present unjust and odius
tariff laws-a system of taxation based
upon favoriteism, and which has des-
troyed American shipping and COM
merce and oppressed the people of
the great agricultural regions which
compels the many to pay tribute to
the few, and which has built up mo-
nopolies, and controls, not only every
American market, but also the legis-
lation of Congress, and we demand
that the prime articles of necessity,
such as tea, coffee, sugar and salt shall
be placed upon the free list.
That we are willing to pay our Ma
tional debt in strict compliance with
our contracts, whether it was made
payable in gold or greenbaeks, but we
are unwilling to do more than that,
and we declare that the five twenty
bonds are payable in greenbacks or
their equivalent, and we condemn the
policy of the Administration which is
squandering millions of money by
buying such bonds at high rate OF
premium, when the Government had
the clear right to redeem them at pnr.
That the National bank system or
. ganization in the interest of the bond
holders ought to be abolished, and
greenbacks issued i'll lieu of such bank
paper, thus saving millions annually
to the people, and giving to the whole
people, instead of the few, the benefits
of issuing paper currency.
The business interests of the country
demand an increased and maintained
volume of currency, and the burden
of the public debt, the high rate of in.
terest and taxation imperatively for.
did the contraction of the currency in
the interest of the bondholders.
That the shares of stock in the Ma.
tional Banks ought to be subject to
school and municipal taxation ON the
same conditions as other property, and
, we demand of our State Legislature
that the shares of such banks shall be
subject to equal taxation with Other
property of the State.
That the bonds of the United States
/ ought to be taxed by Congress for Ma
tional purposes to such an extent as
will substantially equalize the taxa.
ton of such bonds with other proper.
ty subject to local taxation.
That we denounce the action Of oul
, last Legislature in attempting to force
!, upon the people the proposed Fif.
| teenth Amendment to the Constitu.
ton of the United States, as in palpa'
BILE violation of our State Constitution
and we solemnly protest against Indi
T ana being counted for said amendment
: and we hereby declare our unalterablt
!, opposition to its ratification.
} That any attempt to regulate th'
moral ideas, appetites or innocen
: amusement of the people by legisla
: ton is unwise and despotic; that w
3 are opposed to any change in thu
, naturalization laws of the United
: States, whereby admission to citizen
D ship will be made more difficult o
. expensive, and we especially denounc
: the, proposed plan of transferring tn
: naturalization of aliens to the Court
d of the United States, and abridgin;
0 the powers of State Courts in that re
# spect, as a hardship and expense to th
poor and friendless candidate fo
n for American citizenship. We recog
Il nize the proposed change as the of
e shoot of intolerant Known othingisn
n the twin relic of Radicalism itself.
n F,r.l,. --------S1e-%--
Hayes and Hoffman on the 18th Amend
= II - =! ment. f9ii
Z Governor Hayes, in his messag'
Il recommends the ratification of th
i proposed 18th Amendment to til
:, Federal Constitution, by the Legisl'
. ture, though he knows that the pee
e pie are opposed to it, and but littI
e over year ago rejected a propositio
to confer suffrage on negroes in tn