Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-08-08
The Ohio Platform.

series of resolutions than many Of their
Eastern brethren thought they would be
able to do. They declare fully and frankly |
in favor of the Presidents Southern policy, |
oppose further grants of land or subsidies OF
any kind to railroads they oppose the ex'
tension of patents burdensome to the people; |
they view with alarm the strikes OF the |
workingmen, and ask Congress to establish |
labor bureau; to prescribe and enforce |
reasonable regulations to prevent improper |
discrimination, and the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF |
officials at the expense of stockholders, ship |
pers and employees, and that provision be
made for statutory affiliations between EN-
ployers and employees. The financial plank
of the platform is the only one open to crit
icism, and this has been so sharply handled
by several papers, that we give it in full
Resotged, That we are in favor Of both silver
and gold money. That both shall he legal ten
der for the payment Of all debts except where
otherwise specially provided by law; with coinage
and valuation so regulated that our people shall
not be placed at disadvantage in our trade with
foreign nations; and that both metals shall be
kept in circulation as the mon+y of the nation as
contemplated by the constitution; and we there
fore demand the reconciliation Of silver.
Now this resolution, although it demands
the reconciliation of silver is not so bad as
it seems. Hear what the nominee for Gov
ernor on this platform has to say. In letter
10 the Cincinnati Gazette the other day,
Judge West says "If the silver dollar shall
maintain its value at par with gold, or nearly
so, the experiment will succeed otherwise
the redemption of legal tenders with the
proposed new coinage would seem to be the
mere substitution of deprecated metallic
currency for deprecated paper currency
with like consequences. Two standard dol
lars differing in value would appear as par
adoxca as two standard yards differing in
length. or two standard bushels differing in
size or two standard pounds of different
weight. All business transactions would
adjust themselves to the shorter standard,
and the longer would become practically
obsolete"
Nothing could be clearer than this state
ment of the case, and it must consequently
be understood that the qualification requir
ing that the coinage shall be 80 regulated
that our people shall not be placed at
disadvantage in our trade with foreign
nations" means that the silver dollar shall
be used, if it is worth gold dollar, and not
otherwise.
The independent as well as the Republi-
can press in the country join in approval of
the course of the convention. The Spring
| field Republican concludes an article by say
| ing; "On the whole, we repeat, very
good days work. and, with the democratic
blunders already perpetrated and sure to fol-
low, the Republicans ought to stand more
than an even chance of carrying the state"
| The New York Evening Post remarks The
declaration against subsidies is direct and eff
| fective. The candidates are believed to be
more satisfactory than the platform upon
which they stand and we repeat that there
is decidedly choice in Ohio" Concerning
weak and wrong-headed part of the platform
of course is the silver resolution; yet even
here the influence of common sense and COM
mon honesty was recognized and respected
strong enough to compel right and hearty
declaration on the subject, it was so strong
| that the case of the silver inhationists and
regulators was substantially surrendered"
II Ii,I-s bn
| ton did much better than many hoped. 1t
says alt has squarely and handsomely APP
proved the policy of President Hayes, both
| in his efforts for civil service reform and
the pacifcation of the South. So far the
platform is very good Nor is there any
fault to be found with the approval of the
| platform of the last national convention and
the demand for faithful enforcement of
the constitutional amendments. And, in
deed, the financial resolution is not as bad
as some of the newspapers and politicians
foretold aud feared. True, it demands the
reconciliation of silver but that has be-
come a phrase to conjure with" The Utica
Herald approves the resolutions on the labor
| question as timely, and as suggesting sub
jects for investigation by our legislators.
The Philadelphia Press is well satisfied. 1t
says: ave are proud of the action of the
Republican state convention of Ohio. In
stead of cropping among the embers of a
dead past or initiating the timidity and
chicanery of the Ohio democratic state
convention, held a short time ago, it boldly
grappled with the issues of the day, and
raised in the hour of peril a standard under
which all good men can rally for protection
during the emergencies of the present and
the future" The Syracuse Journal thinks
the convention did its work well and accept.
ably. The New York Herald and other
independent papers unite with the Repub-
lican press in predicting the election of the
ticket placed in nomination.
Let us trust that the good example set by
the Republicans of Ohio last week will be
followed by the Republicans in Maine to-
morrow. The ball once rightly set in mo.
ton will gather force and impetus against
which our adversaries can scarcely hope TO
successfully contend.