The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-06-26
TIVE OHIO DEMOCRACY.

last week having unanimously rcAohihateu
- Old Bill Allen" for Governor, and placed a
sof, money plank. in their platform, wh'Ie
Allen was all along understood to be a hard
money man, the Republican papers have
found in the tact a perfect bonanza OF mate
rial for editorial leaders, to their evident
rreat relief on account of the diversion 1t
affords them from their usual occupation OF
explaining away the Inconsistencies of their
own party, and expounding the occult mean
ing of Grants third term letter.
But while thus arraignlng the democracy
of Ohio for its inconsistency in favoring
soft money" while their own leaders ana
the mass of the party east OF them favor nara
money, the republican papers very neon
sistently and absurdly ignore the lact 'iia'
no convention of their own party west OF
Ohio or south of Mason and DiXon's line
has yet dared TO adopt different or nara
money financial plank, except possibly Iowa
The only difference between the western re-
nuhIicans and the Ohio democrats Gor far
from all the western democrats are win
those of Ohio on that question: is, that the
Ohio democrats favor a plcnteous Issue OF
preenbacks as our only currency, while the
republicans want multitudinous issue OF
National bank bills as our exclusive cur
rencv, We think OF the two the ONO demo
Gratis are nearer right. The popular prefer
ence, there is scarcely reason to doubt
points directly to curtailment OF the Ma
tional bank monopoly and the retirement OF
the National bank circulation, as one OF the
essential measures Of reform, 10 which the
party at large outside of the elements imme.
diately associated with the banking interest,
will extend an undirected approval, and a
substitution, in place of bank rags, OF an eA'
elusive currency for the nation issued direct
" from the national treasury.
We are free to own however that we take
no great stock in the Ohio or any other po-
litical platform, as platforms are ordinarily
constructed The last republican national
convention made civil service reform one OF
the main p,anks IN its national platform,
yet by no other party was the civil service 50
basely prosiituted. In the main the Ohio
platform is unexceptionabe Surely we are
all agreed upon adherng to the principles
OF government cnuncated by the fathers of
the republic; all opposed to any conflict
among the several departmental functions of
the government; all in favor of universal
protection TO the citizens of whatever race
or color; all decidedly agreeable to what
ever rctrenchment of expenditures is posi-
bic, even to the reduction Of the presidents
salary to its original modest but all sufficient
proportions, and even the Ottawa Repubttcan
cordially endorses the plank in favor of the
p" complete sepal alton of Church and State. "
AS to the soitmoney" plank, we have
only to say that the democratic party of Ohio
is not authorized to speak ercattedra for the
whole party on that question, any more than
the Indiana republicans can speak for that
party or than the Maine democracy, who but
a day or two ago adopted SO sound and sensl
BILE hard money platform, are authorized
to enunclate for the whole party on
that subject Ii is not strange, in view OF
the horrible bungle the republican party has
thus far made of the financial question and
brought the country SO closely to the brink
Of ruin that the people should, in their
painful cry for relief, be somewhat in harmo
NOUS in the precise utterance of their plant
The most they can say is that they arc weary
of the republican financial policy, if any
thing the party has ever done deserves such
name, but which, at least, has proved yeaI
after year utterly inadequate to their relief
They are weary of Il craftsmanship that in
these respects has shown itself, either through
lack of grasp, or fear of results, or INSULT
cheney of knowledge or motives of seli-intcr
est, thus helpless and nervclcss, in the presence
of great complication of difficulties, that
must be cleared away, and brought under
remedial influences, 10 save the country rs
even Judge Kelley has stated from nevita
bic bankruptcy. Ohio may be pardoned at
last for crying out in ITS financial agony iJr
mere greenbacks, when all the country is
prepared to cry" For heavens sake, let us
have reliet of some sort y
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