Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-05-26
OHIO.
..Btn ALIEN, for the Presidency.

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CINC1NNATI. May 1.-THE demo
by Mr.. Walling, chairman of the cen
trail committee. General Shank O
Cincinnati was chosen temporar,
chairman. A motion that the conven
ton do not go back upon their plat
| form of 1875 caused some excitement
1t was finally decided that all the res
olutions pertaining to the platform
should be referred to the committee
on platform without debate After
appointing committees on credentials,
business, ETC., the convention ad-
! Iourned to reassemble at 2 o'clock.
the convention reassembled at p.
m. and the committee on credentials
made report. A question of contest
IN the second district arose, owing to
the committee seating Hon. A F.
Cary, and much confusion and excite
ment resulted. While the convention
was voting upon the subject Mr.. Cary
appeared upon the stand and with
drew his name as delegate. The re-
port was then adopted.
The committee on permanent organ
ization reported Hon. George H. Pen
dleton as permanent president; James
NJ. Newman, permanent secretary,
with the usual number of vice presi
dents.
The report was adopted, and Mr..
Pendieton was conducted to the chair.
After brief address from the presid-
ing officer the committee on resolu-
tions made two reports. The minority
report, which was presented by Mr..
Morgan. and was adopted by a vote of
1856 to 266, reads as follows:
Resoloed, That. recognizing the duty
of the Democratic party as the time
honored champion of the rights of
many against aggressions of few to
express its purposes in the pending
currency conflict without reserve or
equivocation, we declare that ~e shall
urge against ali opposition, come from
what quarter it may, measures to effect
the following objects:
First. The Immediate and uncon-
ditional repeal of the republican re-
sumption law.
Second. The defeat of all schemes
for resumption which involves either
contraction of the currency, perpetua-
ton of bank issues. or increase of the
interest burden of the debt.
Third. The gradual but early SUBJ
stitution of legal tenders for national
bank notes.
Fourth. The issue by toe general
government alone of all the circulating
whether paper or metallic.
Fifth. No forced imitation, no forced
but sound currency
equal to the wants of trade and indus
try. to be regulated in volume and
gradually equalized with gold by
means of appropriate legislation. such
a, making it receivable for customs
and interconvertiDle at the pleasure of
the holder with bond bearing an IN
terest not to exceed 3 SIS per cent,
payable in gold, SO that the volume of i
shall not be determined by |
the pleasure or caprice of either Con.
gress or the banks.
Sixth. A graduated income tax to |
meet at least the premium on gold |
needed to pay interest on the public |
debt.
Seventh. That putlic policy and |
sense of common justice require that |
silver issue / by the government should |
oe legal tender in payment of all |
lebts, public or private, and that we
demand the unconditional repeal of |
he so-called silver act, so far as the
same limits the amount for which said i
silver coinage shall be legal tender.
Eighth. That we are in favor of
;ariff for revenue OIL ly, and we denounce
,he republican scheme of resumption as
(and operating through a
arge increase of 5o#tled debt, sud t
leu enormous contraction of the cur
:ency) to double the burdens of taxa
ion, rob debtors of their property,
oaralyze productive and commercial
ndu ,tries, cast laborers out of en-
oloyment and fill the land with want
md misery for the wicked purpose of
doubling the values of money seeuri
lies and subjugating the mass of tie
people to the lmperlous sway of
money oligarchy.
Ninth. That ne democracy of Ohio
present to the democracy of the other
sovereign States of the republic the
lame of William Allen as the choice
If Ohio for the Presidency.
Tenth. That the delegates at large
20 the st. Louis convention, and that
;he delegates appointed by She Con-
ID in the national convention to favor
William Allen for President, and to
lse all honorable means to secure his
The convention then balloted for
for State officers with the
ollowing result: Secretary of State,
VIM. Bell. of Licking county. by ac-
,lamation; Judge of the Supreme
Court, VIM. E. Fiuck. of Perry coun-
y; Member of the Board of Public
Works, FL. P. Clough, of Butler
cow ty.
Electors at Large, Judge VIM. Lane,
Granville Stokes Delegates TO St.
Louis, Geo. 81. Peudleton, VIM. L.
O'Brien, Gen. Geo. W. Morgan and
Thomas Ewing.
The folio wing are the financial reso-
utions of the majority report of the
on resolutions, which were |
rejected:
ResOLred, That We favor a return to !
specie payments when the same eau be !
done without seriously disturbing the |
business of the country, and to that |
end and in order that the debtor class
may not be further embarrassed, we |
demand the repeal of the resumption
act of 1875, and oppose any measure |
Of legislation which shall arbitrarily |
fix q day for such resumption.
Rcs0IUed, That the charters of the |
national banks ought not 70 be renew
I'd, and each of the said banks should |
be wound up at the expiration of the |
term for which it was chartered, aud in |
lien of its circulating notes, treasury |
notes of the United States convertible |
into coin on demand and receivable f n
all debts or tnx.a due to the United
States, should b. issued to the extent
required by the neces titles of the gov
ernment
Resolced, That we favor tariff for
revenue only.
The Contempt Case.
Ia the matter of contempt against
r. NJ. ArQO and J. T.. O'Hara. practic-