The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-05-25
THE OHIO CONVENTION

The men who control the Democratic
organization of Ohio have chosen to Sc
parate it, for present practical purposes,
from the body of the national party.
They have achieved their purpose and
that branch of the democracy, so far as
it was represented by the convention of
Wednesday last, is to day completely
isolated. Democrats in other states would
just as soon accept for their political creed
the outgivings ofMr. Morton or Mr.. Blai-
ne as the so called principles or views
or sentiments expressed in the financial
plank of the convention. The forty four
delegates Of the state to St. Louis have
been instructed to vote for William Allen,
who would not carry single northern
state against any candidate whom the
republican national convention could pos
sibly nominate, The delegation pledged
to support him will represent immense
pretentions and blunders worse than
crimes, but not one electoral vote. The
convention, under whose instructions
they will vote, has deprived them in ad-
vance of all influence with their fellow
delegates from other states. The presen-
tation of Mr.. Allen, who did not, even in
1873, though he became governor, obtain
a majority in his own state; who WAS de-
teated therein only seven months ago
and who has since been repudiated by
one half of the Ohio democracy. is the
next thing to deliberate insult to the ma
tional Democracy. tits aggravated, more
over, by the fact that the state has not
cast its electoral votes for the Democratic
Presidential candidate for quarter of a
century.
1t is unnecessary to waste words of crit
icism upon the platform. What is real
ly good in it will necessarily be lost sight
of, for the reason that its authors made
the currency resolutions its prominent
and essential part. But they have placed
themselves, so far as the currency ques-
ton goes, in direct opposition to the ira
ditions of the party and to its last nation
al platform, reahirmed by almost every
Democratic state convention, and even
by that of Ohio in 1873. After having
thrown away by their action of last year
many of the advantages which the party
gained two years ago, they repeat with
full knowledge of what they are doing
the same errors; this too notwithstand-
ing the fact that Pennsylvania has re-
turned to the old faith of the Democracy,
and that Indiana has rejected the over
lures of the greenback party. Happily
the Ohio greenback men who have done
so much mischief before are not now in
a position to do more harm. On the
contrary, the very fact that their judg-
ment in regard to party policy is SO OBJ
viously perverse and wrong, will lead
many to question the soundness of their
financial views who formerly were dispo
sed to sympathize with them. The victory
of the soft money men was of course the
defeat Ex-senator Thurman, whose power
full claims to an endorsement at the
hands of the Ohio Democracy, whom he
so worthily represents in the Senate, have
been entirely ignored. Had previous
expectations been fulfilled, had Ohio
adopted hard money platform and pre-
sented the name of Mr.. Thurman to the
national convention, such action would |
have gone far towards restoring the in.
tiuence of the Ohio Democracy in the
councils of the national party. The action
OF the convention seems to have settled |
the question as to whether a Democla attic
victory in Ohio is probable this year. 1t
seems also to have settled the further
question as to the expediency of select
ing Democratic candidate for the Pre-
sidency from that state. Quite likely it |
may have some influence on the action |
of the Republican national convention,
which will doubtless regard Ohio as
reliable Republican state. This may
diminish to some extent the strength of |
Governor Hayes, while it will scarcely |
impair his availability, since that is based |
upon the fact that he is a third rate man, |
safe enough for the leader and inoffen-
sive to the masses, who may by the well |
known process of putting, be magnifed |
into a great executive, an able reformer
and an eminent hard money fnancier
The proper course Of policy for the natl
onal Democratic party has been render
ed even clearer than it was before by |
the result of Wednesdays Cincinnati |
convention.-BHfaIO Courier.