Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-09-10
The Democracy and their Plat
form.

Ac DSAAaOCEaty anu InelE EA6N-
form.
The Democrats of this (3d) District
held their convention to nominate
candidate for Congress, at Morrow, on
the Ist inst, and permanently or
ganized by the choice of the following
gentlemen as officers
For President-O. T. Cunning. of
Fayette-
For Secretaries-W A. Johnson, of
Warren, and :. s Parrott, of Cler-
mont
For Vice Presidents-Judge Henk-
son, of Clinton; G. W. Stokes, of
Warren; j. Harget, of Butler; Jacob
Dahl, of Fayette, and Roll Johnson,
of Clermont.
For Assistant Secretaries-N. f.
Worwick, of Butler; W. c. Gould, of
Fayette; Daniel Murphy, of Clinton :;
Edward Warwick, of Warren, and W.
F. Roundberg, of Clermont.
The meeting was not altogether har-
monious, for there were several Con-
gressional 'aspirants whose friends
were vigorously urging their claims
upon the party for the choice of the
nomination. There was Cambell, Da-
Wis, Hume, Bloss, of the Enquirer,
and, last OF all, n Savage. It was not
until they had reached the 47th bal
loting, and then by changing the votes
of some of the candidates that John
S. Savage, of Clinton county, was de.
clared the nominee of the convention
THE PLATFORM.
L. B. Delacourt, Secretary of the
Committee on Resolutions, read the
following report:
ReSolUed, That we endorse and re-
affirm the resolutions adopted by the
Democratic State Convention, held al
Columbus, August 26, 1874.
2. That we are opposed to all sumpt-
uary laws, and that we deny the right
of any portion of the community by
legal forms to dictate to another por-
ton what their habits in economy and
domestic life shall be; and that it i.
the highest duty of Government to
protect individual freedom and person
al rights against all ofTicious encroach
ments and legislative intermeddling
8. That the dishonorable conduct o.
John Quincy Smith in drawing his PEI
diem of five dollars as Senator in the
Ohio Legislature during the months o
March and April, 1873, and during th'
same two months drawing $625 pc
month as Congressman, deserves thu
seVerest condemnation of an homes
constituency by his overwhelming de
feat at the polls, in case of his renom
nation. And we hereby call upol
John Quincy Smith TO refund his pro
portion of the salary grab in the Uni
ted States Treasury.
After reading the second plank O
the platform the reader need not b.
surprised at any kind of plank tn
Democratic party may put in thei
platform. There whole platform is
rotten structure and will break dow
with the party before the second Tues
day in October
Their attack in the third plank upo
Hon. j. Q. Smith is a sneaking wa
they have of lashing Mr.. Neal, of tn
Chillicothe District, who has beel
nominated by the Democratic part.
for re- election, and also of Hon. MI
Fink, of Perry county, who fe'
years since was State Senator fron
his District and was elected to Con
gress during his Senatorial term bu
did not resign. He held on to til
Senatorship and drew his pay until tn
end of the session of the Legislature
and after the expiration of his frs
term in Congress he was re- elected
According to the platform now adop
. ed, these men, instead OF being hoI
ored and nominated for re- election
"deserye the severest condemnatio
of an honest constituency by an owe
whelming defeat