The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-06-02


rightiul heritage in the public lands
which have been made gilt to railroad
and other monOpolists, the payment OF
more than twenty.four millions Of pre-.
MUM during the administration OF Presl'
dent Grant in Government bonds payable
at par, the maintenance at an annual cost
to the people Of nearly $4,000, 900 Of an
unconstitutional, oppressive and extor.
tionate system oGbanking, whereby money
is made scarce and interest high, arc
abuses Of which call for wise and thorough
remedies.
llth. That we are in favor of strict
economy, Oi large reduction In the ex.
penditures Of the Federal and State Gov.
ernments, Of civil service reform, Of
the collection Of the Internal Revenue by
State authorities, and thereby return u
honest labor the myriads OF taxi Latherera
who niIiCt our land and eat up its sub.
stance, and OF the speedy trial, conviction
and punishment Of the thieves who have
stolen the taxes paid by the people.
18th. That while we reject reputation,
We equally reject the proposition 10
pay the bondhOlders more than the con.
tract with them demands; that IL the bond
holders have rights so have the tax pay
ers, and we insist upon Justice being done
to both; that the creditor Is entitled to be
paid In the same currency he loaned TO
the government; that when he loaned
greenbaCks, he should be paid in green.
backs, unless the contract otherwise pro.
vides, and when he loaned gold he should
be paid In gold; that to guard against too
great an expansion, greenbacks should be
made convertible into three per cent
bonds at the option Of the note holders,
said bonds to be redeemed In green.
backs on demand; that the true method Of
returning to specie payment Is to make
custom duties payable In legal tender cur
rency, whether paper money or gold; that
such policy would secure q uniform cur.
rency, stop gambling in gold and thereby
elevate the credit Of the Government.
18th That with the watch.wOrd Of re.
form We confidently go the country; that
we believe the great interests OF the peO-
pie are the same; that without regard
to past political associations they
are friends Of FREQ government
that they are equally honest, brave and
patriotic, and we appeal TO them as to
our brothers and cOunlrymen to aid us
to obtain relief from the grieviOus abuses
which wrong and oppreSs every one OK.
cept the wrong doers and the oppressors
themselves
14th. Upon State issues we resolve that
we are In favor of calling q convention
as provided Tor by article 10, section 3
of the State Constitution.
G. IL, Vallandiham who stood by Nor.
gan's side during the reading of the reso.
luton, seconded the motion for their
adoption, Frank H. Hurd on behalf Of
the other two members of the committee,
moved to strike out the first two resOlu.
lions OF the majority OF the report and
insert the following In their stead: "That
the l4th and 10Th amendments having
been made parts Of the Constitution by
violence and fraud, are revolutionary and
void" The motion was lost. Yeas 100,
nays 200. The majority OF tho report
was then adopted; Yeas 3Gj, nays 1870.
Durbin Ward, Thos. Ewing and G. W.
MCCOOk were nominated for governor on
the second ballot. McCOOk was nOmlna.
ted, ballot standing McCook, 254, Ewing.
10l, Ward, 0. Sam'l +. Hunt, of Gin.
clnnati was nominated for Lieut.. Cover.
nor. The Convention took IL recess until
8 o'clock
At midnight the Democratic Conven-
ton Is still In session. Wallace, of Clarke
county, has been nominated for Attorney
General; Col. j. H. Cockerill, of Adams
county, for Auditor Of State; Dr. Bruehl,
Of Hamilton county, for State Treasurer;
Geo. W. Gaddis, Of Richland, for Su.
preme Judge, and Arthur Hughes, oi
Cuyhoga, for Member of Board OfPublic
Works. Tho nominations are yet to be
made for School Commissioners and
Clerk Of the Supreme Court.