Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-06-21
OHIO NEWS ITEMS.

as Postmaster at Akron and Allen
Seidel as Postmaster at Hudson.
THE River and Harbor Appropria-
tion bill, as passed by the U. s. Senate
on the 11th, makes the following ap-
priations: Ashtabula, s12, 900; Fair
port, $4,000; Cleveland, 500, 900; Yer
million, $4,000; Huron, $4,000; San
dusky, $4,000; Toledo, $4,000.
The State Republican Convention
was held at Cincinnati on the 18th.
| Judge Welch acted as temporary Chair
man and made short speech. Secre-
taries were appointed and Committees
on Credentials, Permanent Organiza-
ton and Resolutions announced. Will
lam Ampt, of Cincinnati, presented
string of resolutions, the last one con-
| tanning an ELUSIVE Endorsement of
Grant, which was received with tumult-
uous applause. A recess was then tax
en-. Upon reassembling the Committee
on Permanent Organization reported
Judge William Lawrence for perma-
nent Chairman and j. NJ. Morris for
Secretary. The report was accepted
and on taking the chair Judge Law
renee returned his thanks in ten-min-
utes' speech. Nominations being in or
der, Col. Milton Barnes was named for
Secretary of State. Col. Barnes was
chosen by acclamation. Judge White
was nominated for Supreme Judge by
acclamation. For Member of the
Board of Public Works, L. Morton of
Butler, John III. Lawrence of Hamil-
ton, George Paul and Peter Thatcher
were placed in nomination, and on the |
mated. Judge West delivered one of
his characteristic speeches. The Com
mittee on Resolutions then reported as
follows
THE PLATFORM.
The principles of the Republican party, as
written in the history of the country, as specif-
cally declared in the National Platform of
the party, as made sacred by the blood of pa |
triots shed in defense of union and freedom |
we hereby reaftirm. To the soldiers who sac |
Hhced so much in defense Of our common |
country there is debt of gratitude due which |
can never be fully discharged. The pledges |
made by the Republican party, and by our pa
triotic people, are a binding, sacred obliga-
tion never to be impaired, but to the fullest |
extent to be fulfilled
Wetherefore denounce as unpatriotic, heart |
less and Infamous the act of the Ohio Legisla- |
ture, introduced by deserter, bounty-jumper |
and convict, intended and calculated to drive |
phans and children of deceased or disabled |
soldiers, or to rob the widows and families of |
such patriots of the pittance paid to them by
the Government Of the United States, and de-
mand its unconditional repeal.
The financial question having been disposed
OF by Congress, and the country at present
needing repose in order that capital may seek
investment and that Industries may revive,
thus increasing the demand for labor, the
situation ought to be accepted, and we oppose
the further agitation of the question at this
time as injurious to business and devoid of
other than evil results.
The disposition exhibited by conservative
men in the South to oppose the revolutionary
method on the part of the Northern Demo-
Gratis, as shown first in their refusal to oppose
the contamination of the electoral count, and
more lately in the expression of sentiments In
disapprobation of the proposed attack upon
the Presidents title, is received as a promis-
ing omen, and the Republicans of Ohio cor
daily greet such citizens of the South as adj
here in good faith to the terms upon which
the issues OF the war were settled, including
the constitutional amendments guaranteeing
equal civil and political rights, free speech, a
free press, and untrammeled ballot to all citi-
Zens. Upon these conditions alone can sec
tional strife be allayed, and the sectional lines
which now dissociate In great measure the
South from the North should be obliterated
A tariff for revenue should be maintained
and so adjusted as to secure incidental pro-
lection to home industry, True economy re-
quires that the Government should make suf-
hcient appropriations to carry forward the
work on all public buildings without delay,
and this should especially be the aim when
the supply Of labor is in excess Of the de-
mand
The mining interests of Ohio require an in
spection law intelligently administered, and
we condemn the action of the Governor in
prostituting that department 1.-THE object of
which should be to protect life and promote
the comfort of miners) to mere partisan
purpose.
The revolutionary movement inaugurated
under cover of investigation, but really as an
attack upon the Presidents title, calculated
as it is to MeXicanize the affairs of this coun-
try, to cause general distrust, to PROSTATE our
industries and aggravate and prolOng the dis
tTess of the laboring and industrial classes,
we unquestionably condemn.
President Hayes having been duly elected
and his title subsequently settled under the
Constitution by the highest tribunal and by
the act of both political parties, 1t cannot be
questioned, and We recognize in his admins
tration the highest integrity and patriotism,
the most sincere effort to promote political
purity and harmony and secure general busi-
ness prosperity throughout the whole coun-
The present Legislature is a warning to the
people of the State, and proof of the dam
gerous character Of the Democratic party.
The majority of that body in an unusually long
session, passed no law for the benefit of the
people of the State, but they revolutioniZed
every State institution to make places for
Democratic partisans; they subordlnated the
welfare of the insane, the blind, the mute and
the orphans to the interests of the Demo-
cratic party. The Constitution having never
more than one Congressional
Of the State during term of ten
years between the taking Of eensuses, we CON
denim the recent outrageous and unjust re-
of the State by the Legislature, in
violation of usage and at the dictation of
Speaker Randall, by which, on the basis of
the vote of the last Presidential election,
when majority of the votes cast was Re
publican, the Democrats would be enabled
to elect fourteen out Of twenty Congressman.
Gen. Beatty offered the following as
a substitute for the Hayes plank in the
platform:
Resolved, That we hereby renew our pledge
Of fidelity TO the principles of the Republican
party as enuneiated in the platforms of its
National Conventions and incorporated in the
later amendments TO the Federal Constitution,
and, while recognizing the existence Of radical
differences Of opinion respecting the Southern
policy of the Administration, and as to the
methods adopted for improvement of the
civil service, We nevertheless agree in an ear
nest desire for permanent pacifcation of the
country founded on liberty, equality and
justice; for the attainment of civil service
based on honesty, capacity and experience,
and in affirming that the title of President
Hayes TO the Executive Office is perfect in
equity, in law and in fact.
Beatty obtained the floor and spoke
at length, going for Hayes civil serv-
ice, Southern, and financial policies.
He was followed by Gen. Grosvenor,
who defended the position taken in the
platform, and said that as Gen. Beatty
had not been in harmony with the Re-
publican party of late he ought to be
satisfied with being received back COR
daily, and not attempt to dictate the
platform or the course of the party.
There was intense excitement during
both speeches. Beatty resolution was
tabled and then the platform as re-
ported was adopted. The convention
then adjourned.