The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-06-02
Ohio Democratic COnVentiOn-sIate
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COLUMBUS, June 1.-The Demo
cratic Convention met at II O'Clock
this morning. 1t is the smallest Con
vention held by that party for years
there being only three hundred anG
fifty out of FIVE hundred and thirty.
nine delegates present. ID. j. Gales
was elected temporary Chairman. and
r T. Hurlbut Secretary. The Com
mittee on Resolutions consists of u
j. Dodds, First District; E. ID Fer
RusoB, Second District; j. Il. Greer
| Third District; J. f. Mckinney,
Fourth District; J. w. Andrews.
Fifth District; Thomas Powell, Sixth
District; James E. Wright, Seventh
District; B. Burns, Eighth District;
Thomas Beer. Ninth District; E. III.
Hurd, Tenth District; A. Vance,
Eleventh District; W e. Fink,
Twelfth District VIM. Parr, Thir-
teenth District: John Cowan, Four
teenth District; j. Williams, Fif-
teenth District; Jas B Jamison, Six
| teenth District; s. q. Woods, Seven
teenth District; Morrison Foster,
Eighteenth District; j. Palm. Nine
teenth District.
The Convention took recess until
two o'clock this afternoon.
Hon. L. D. Campbell was elected
| permanent chairman.
The following ticket was nomi
mated: Secretary of State, VIM. Heis
| ly, of Cleveland; Supreme Judge, r
A. Harrison, Of London; COmptTol-
ler of Treasury, John Fl. Heaton, of
Belmont; Member of Board of Pub
lie Works, VIM. Spencer, of Lick
| ing.
Gen. George w. Andrews, of Au
glaise County. chairman of the Com
mittee on Resolutions, submitted the
following platform of principles.
''The Democracy Of Ohio, coming
together In the spirit Of devotion to
the doctrine Of faith Of free repre-
sentative Government, and relying for
success uron discussion and the in
telligence of the people, deem the
present Convention a fitting occasion
to reassert the following time honored
principles Of the Democratic party:
THAT the Federal Government is
one of limited powers, derived solely
| from the Constitution; that that the
grants of power made therein, ought
TO be strictly construed by all the de-
PENDANTS and agents of the Govern
ment; and that it Is inexpedient and
dar geTous to exercise doubtful power !;
tEat'the Constitution of the United
States is founded on the fundamental
principle Of entire and absolute equal
ity of all the States of the Union,
and it is not competent for Congress
to impose upon them any conditions
or restrictions in respect to their in
ternal concerns, which the Federal
Constitution has not imposed.
That the liberal principles en-
bodied by Jefferson in the Declara-
tion Of Independence, and sanctioned
the land of liberty and the asylum of
the oppressed of every nation, have
ever been the cardinal principles OF
the Democratic faith; and every at
tempt to abridge the privileges of be-
coming citizens and the owners of
soil among US ought TO be resisted
alien and sedition laws from our
statute books; and in order that we
may more distinctly declare our views
Vi luO ah4 POAACJ Vi tut
present Administration, therefore
Resolred, That we denounce the
present tariff, as we'll as the substi-
tute lately introduced in the House Of
Representative from the Committee
or Ways aud Means, as a gigantic
robbery of the labor and industry of
the country; that they are solely de
signed to advance the interests of
few thousand monopolies, and that
this should no longer be submitted
to; and that no candidate for Cen
gress, nor for any other Office, is wor-
thy of support who is not in favor of
low revenue tariff, which closely ap-
proximates to free trade; that in the
arrangement of any revenue tariff,
all the necessaries of life should be
absolutely free of duty.
ReSolUcd, That the Internal Reve-
nue. system of the United s ates is
uneudurable in its Oppressive ex
actions; that it should be Immediately
remodeled; that its annoyance of
stamps, aud licenses, and taxes upon
sales and incomes should be abol-
ished; that the tax itself should be
collected by the State and county Of
ficials. and that the multiplica'i n Of
offices is wholly unnecessary.
The resolutions were adopted with
few dissenting votes, aod after a
short speech by Heisley, the Conven
tion adjourned
The Democratic State Central Com
mit,ee. this evening. appointed the
following Executive Committee: Jno.
G. Thompson. DR.. FL. 9. Helmick,
John G. McGuffy. Jacob Reinhardt,
Levi Wilson.
General Sherman is 10 the city to-
night, and Governor Hayes gives a re
ceptiou for his benefit