The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-08-11
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ohio Republican state Convention

COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 10.-The
Republican State Convention met in
the Opera Heuse at IL o'clock this
morning. The attendance was quite
large. Gen. b. +. Potts was elected
temporary Chairman, and w. Z. Bas-
com, Secretary. The following Com
mittee on Resolutions was appointed:
First District, w. A. Wagner; Second
District, John Karr; Third District,
Robert G.. Corwin, Fourth District,
w. Ii. West; Fifth District, L. K.
Grisswell; Sixth District, Chambers
Baird Seventh District, Ex-Governor
VIM. Dennison; Eighth District, Gen.
r. Brinkerhoff; Ninth District, W.
q. Lane; Tenth District, w. W. Gar
field; Eleventh District, FL. S. Bun
dy; Twelfth District, w. s. Jones;
Thirteenth District, w. X. Sapp;
Fourteenth District, Martin Walker;
Fifteenth District, ID. @. Pinkerton /;
Sixteenth District, w. I'll. Frazier; /;
Seventeenth District, j. A. Amber; ;
Eighteenth District, John Coon |;
Nineteen District, e. III. Fitch.
[Afternoon SESSION.
At the afternoon session of the Re,
publican State Convention, Samuel
Galloway, of Columbus, was elected
Permanent President, and AT. Bins.
maid, of Cleveland, Secretary. Gen.
Isaac r. Sherwood was nominated for
Secretary of State, by acclamation
Judge Geo. w. McIlvaine was nom-
mated for Supreme Judge, Gen. VIM.
L. Wilson, for Comptroller of the
Treasury, and Philip V. Herring, for
member of the Board of Public
Works.
The following resolutions were pre-
sented by the Committee on Resolu-
tions
RESOLVED, That we adhere with un-
diminished confidence and pride to
the party that, by its wisdom and
courage, preserved the Union, and By
change in the organic law of the Re-
public established liberty and equali
ty. We believe that by the continued
ascendency of the Republican party,
it will be secured to the services of
free government; that it is the safe
guard of the constitution; the pro-
moter of education, order, industry.
thrift, universal freedom and equal
rights.
Resolued, That we congratulate the
| country on the success of the present
| administration, which has, without
increase of taxation, reduced the ma
tional debt over one hundred and six
ty millions of dollars, by an homes.
! and economical collection of the rev.
enue and large reduction in the ex-
penses of the government, and we es-
| 0ecially congratulate the country on
the fact that this policy has made il
| possible to reduce the internal reve-
nue. and tariff duties eight millions,
thus relieving the people of the bur.
dens to this extent without impairing
the national faith or honor.
RcsolUed, That tariff for revenue
is indispensable, and should be so ad.
iusted as to be the least prejudieial tC
the industrial and producing interests
of every class or section which secures
to the homo producer a fair com.
petition against the foreign producer
| ReSo!red, That a change of our nav
igation laws, so as to admit the regis
tration of vessels purchased abroad, /:
demanded by the best interests of the
country, and that such action would
again give to our plundered commerce
the supremacy of the seas.
Resolved, That the policy of grant.
ing subsidies of public lands to corpo.
ratiOns and monopolies is unqualifi.
edly condemned.
ResotCed, That adhering to our ira.
ditional policy of neutrality, the
American people look with profound
indifference upon any European con-
troversy regarding dynastic interests
merely, and are concerned in the
present struggle between Germany
and France only so far as the same
involves the great principles of liber-
ty; and while we remember that the
great uprising of 1913 failed of sue.
cess mainly for want of GermaniC