The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-07-04
Ohio slnOcrais.

Ohio Dem ocPais.
CoLuMEus, June 26.-The Democratic
Stale Convention met in the Opera Hous
his morning. \. +. Wailing was cho5el
| temporary chairman. After appointing Tia
| committees, The convention took races
until hal-past one.
The Democratic State Convention reas
Sembled at two O'Clock p. H., and DurbiI
| Ward was chosen permanent chairman
and the following ticket was nominated
! For Secretary OF State, David T. Page fo
Supreme Judge, A. +. Hume; for Member
/ OF the Board OF Public Works, - Rush
( field.
The following platform was adopted
| The Democratic party of Ohio hereby re
afrms the following clauses in tie plat
form of the convention Of July =, 1877
! and indorSed by I majority of more thar
/ 22 000 last Fall by the people of Ohio
We renew It's pledges Of devotion to the
Union and the Constitution, with its
amendments; it declares, as essentisl TO tn,
preservation OF free Government, faith
| fui adherence to the following principles
\ stri construction OF home rule tn,
supremacy Of civil over military power
! the separation Of church and State; tn,
equality of all citizens before the law tn,
| liberty of individual action unveSed by
sumpluary laws; absolute acquiescence il
the lawfully expressed will of the ma
jority;
| OPPOSITION To ALL SUBSIDIES;
preservation of public lands 10 the use O
actual settlers, and the maintenance anC
4 -, 3 H.,
pertinent to the issues now pending befor,
the people.
ReSoi1ed, That the investigation Of fraud
committed at the last Presidential election
| in Florida and Louisiana onSht to hav,
been made by the Electoral Commission
and its refusal to do so was a violation o
the spirit OF the law under which it was or
ganized and gross outrage upon the peO
| pie OF the States, and whilst TN. e..decision Al
made by the Forty-fourth Congress of tn,
question as TO who should be declared
| President of the United States for the pres
ent Presidential term, was, in our Judge
ment, final, that decision ought not to pre-
clude the authentic investigation and expo
sure of all frauds connected with that elec
tion and the due accountability of all wht
were guil,ily connected with them.
| ResLed, Tha; the commercial and indus
tial stagnation that has so long prevailed
throughout the country and the consequent
widespread suffering is due dirictly to tn,
pepicious financial legislation of the Re
publican party, which We hereby arraigI
for lis acts, and charge,
| First: That at the time when the coun
try was weighed down with debt, crediteS
on basis OF the full volume of paper added
| TO both the precious metals as money, j
enacted a sweeping change in the measur'
of value, wholly in the interest of moneyet
capital, by demonetizing silver and decreas
ing the destruction of legal-tender pape
and thereby wrongfully added, in effect
hundreds of millions to the burden of deb
and taxes upon the people.
Second: By pursuing its merciless poll
cy of contracting the paper currency anc
boarding gold, it has increased, continuous
ly. the value Of money and securities thai
| partake OF the enhancement OF money, anC
| decreased the value Of all other property
and especially of capital designed for pro
dnc;ive use and required for the employ
n,ent of labor, thus repressing instead o
fostering industry, and compelling idlenes
instead Of sustaining trade and commerce
and now the Democratic party in Ohio
puts forward in its platform the declaration
| that the
| FINANCIAL QUESTION
has been settled-we deny this declaration
and while We congratulate the country tha
the downward course 10 bankruptcy anc
ruin involved in the Republican policy
has been partially averted by the Demo
cratic measures passed at the late session
of Congress, restoring the debt-paying pow
er TO silver dollars, made Law, in spite o
Presidential veto, and stopping the fur
ther destruction of greenbacks. We demand
a further acts of justice, As we'll as meas
ures Of relief, the
ABsOLu re REPEAL
of the resumption act and the lawful liber
alton Of the coin b ,aried in the treasury
the remoy al of all restrictions to tie coin
age of silver and the re7es:ablishment Of
silver as a money metal he same a. gold
and the same as it was before its fraudu.
| lent demonstration the gradual substitu
| ton of United States lexal-tender papeI
for national bank notes and its permanent
| establishment as the sole paper money 81
| the country, made receivable for all dues "a
! the Government and of equal tender with
coin. the amount of such issues 10 be 20 reg.
ulated BY legislation or organic Law ., io
give the people
ASSURANCE OF STABILITY
in volume of the currency and the copse-
oueut stability of value, no further IN.
crease in the BONDED debt and no further
sale Of bonds for Tie purchase Of len fos
resumption purposee. but tie efs ~ ex-