Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-09-03

Secretary OF State, VIM. Bell; School Com
missioner, c. s. Smart; Judge Of the SUI
preme Court, W. J. Gilmore; Clerk of the
Supreme Court, Arnold Green; Member of
Board Of Public Works, Martin Schiller.
The platform adopted declares that the DEM
ocratic party Of Ohio adheres to its ancient
principles of securing equal rights and exact
justice to all men, and to all the States and
communities Of the American people, and OF
maintaining the independence OF the co-or-
dinate departments of the Federal Govern
ment, the Legislative, the Executive, and the
Judicial, and resisting every attempt TO
usurp any Of the powers reserved by
the Constitution to the States respect
lively, and to the people therefor; favors
such an increase Of the circulating medium
as the business interests Of the country may
from time to time require, and declares that
sound policy and justice require that not less
than one-half of the customs duties should be
payable in the legal-tender notes of the
United States commonly called greenbaeks;
fayors the aboli.hing of tlsa franchise of the
National Banks to issue a paper currency as
soon as the same can safely and prudently be
done, and advocates that the notes so with
drawn by the banks be substituted by the
Government with legal-tender currency; de-
elares that the so bonds, by the letter and
spirit OF the law and the general understand
ing of the community, were payable in legal
tender notes, and that the act Of March, 1869,
which pledged the nation to their pay
| ment in coin was an unnecessary and
wicked sacrifice Of the interests Of the tax
paving laborers for the benefit of the non-tax-
paying bondholders; favors a revenue tariff;
opposes grants OF public lands to railroad
| corporations, etc, etc.
Congressional nominations on the 26th:
| Republican-Fifth Illinois District, Hon. Fl.
| C.. Burchard, renominated; Sixteenth Ohio
| District, Hon. L. Danforth, renominated;
| Fifteenth Ohio District, n. II. Van voorhees,.
! emocratic-Richmond (ya.) District, ex-
| Gov s. c. Walker.
| The Republicans of New Jersey have norni-
mated George A. Halsey for Governor. They
| resolved that they approved aud would con-
tinue to uphold the principles upon which the
Republican party was founded; that Presi
| dent Grant deserves their undated conf
dence: that they are in favor of such national
| legislation as will maintain infexibly the
| faith Of the Government to its creditors and
secure the speedy resumption of specie pay
ments.
The Democrats OF Pennsylvania held State
| Convention at Pittsburgh on the 21th, and
| nominated Warren J. Woodward for Supreme
| Judge. John Latta for Northumberland
| and j. +. Temple for Auditor. The resolu-
| tions declare opposition to Government grants
of public lands to corporations; that a steady
effort should be made to bring the Govern
| ment notes to par with gold, and to secure
| return to specie payment at the earliest posi-
| BILE period that resumption can be effected
| with safety; deuounee the Civil Rights bill Of
| the last Congress as a gross invasion OF the
right OF the States to control their own do
nestle concerns; declare against the estab-
| fishing of mixed schools Sy law, in which
| white and black children shall be compulsorily
| educated, as the interests Of the two races
will be best served by training the children in
| separate schools.
| At their recent State Convention the Mis-
souri, Democracy nominated: For Governor,
| Charles Fl. Harlin; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
| Norman J. Colman: Secretary OF State, NJ. h.
McGrath; Auditor, Thomas Halliday; Treas
urer, Joseph w Mercer; Register OF Lands,
Oscar Koehlitsky. The platform adopted de-
elares that the $40 bonds are distinctly. by
their terms, made payable in legal-tender
notes or greenbacks; and that the act OF
March Is, 1869 whereby Congress solemnly
pledged the faith of the United States to
| coin redemption, was an utterly unjustifiable
| usurpation of power; fayors repeal of ths
National Banking law and the substitution OF
greenbacks 10 the extent Of the National Bank
currency, if the policy of issuing national
paper currency is to be persisted in; that the
legal-tender notes should be made receivable
for duties on imports; that railroad and all
other corporations created for gain or profit
should be rendered suhservent 10 the public
good by such legislation upon the subject,
both State and National as will effectually Sc
cure the industrial and producing interests of
the country against all forms of corporate
monopoly and taxation.
The following nominations for Congress
were made on the 2Ith: Democratic
Eleventh Indiana District, J. D. Cox. indie
pendent Reform-Sixtecnth Illinois, Rolla r.
Henry. Anti Monopoly-Second Iowa, J. l..
Sheean Republiean-Fourth Ohio, Lewis B.
Gunckel, renominated.