Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-27
Adopt a Platform upon which they
can Build for VictOry-The Re-
publican Party
ness, and the Misery and Sufferings
or the Working Classes-TEe
Potter Investigation
A Labor that Should have been Per-
formed by the Electoral Commission,
and would have been If the
Eight had been as Honest
as the Seven.

| COLUMBUS, June 26.-The Democratic
State convention met in the operahouse this
| morning, and was called to order by John G
| Thompson. A. J. Walling was chosen tenn
| porary chairman, and Frank Kelly, of Cleve-
| land. secretary. After the appointment of
| committees, the convention took recess IN
| I'll half-past one O'Clock.
The convention reassembled at two o'clock
| Durbin Ward was chosen permanent chair
man, aud +. S. Dodd, of Toledo, secretary.
The following ticket was nominated: For
secretary of state, David r. Page. Of Sum
init; for supreme Judge, A. +. Hume, Of
| Butler; member of the board of public works,
Ruth Field, of Richand.
The following platform was adopted:
The Democratic party of Ohio IN cOnven-
| ton assembled, hereby reaffirms the follow
jig clauses in the platform OF the convention
Of July %, 1877, Endorsed by a majority Of
more than twenty-five thousand last fall, 10y
| the people of Ohio
We renew its pledges of devotion to the
Union and constitution, with the amend
| ments it declares as essential to the preserva-
ton of free government, and a faithful adj
herence to the following principles.
Strict construction OF home rule; suprem-
acy of the civil over the military power; sep
lration of church and State; equality OF all
citizens before the law; liberty of individual
action unvexed by sumptuary laws; absolute
aCquiescence in the lawfully expressed will Cf
the majority; opposition ~ all subsidies; pres
ervation OF the public lands to the use of
actual settlers, and the maintenance and per-
fecting of the common school system as per-
tnent to the issues now pending before The
people.
.ResolUed, That the investigation of the
frauds committed at the last Presidential
election in Florida and Louisiana ought to
have been made by the electoral commission.
It's refusal to do was a violation of the
spirit of the law under which It was organ
ized and gross outrage upon the people OF
the United States; and while the decision
made by the Forty-fou congress of the
question as to who should be declared as the
President of the United States for the present
Presidential term was IN our Judgment final,
that decision ought not to preclude an au-
thentic investigation and exposure of all the
frauds connected with that election, aud the
due Accountability OF all who were guilty.
connected with them.
Resolved, That the commercial and Indus
trial stagnation which has so long prevailed
throughout the country, and the consequent
widespread suffering, is due directly to the
pernicious financial legislation of the Repub
lIcan party, which we hereby arraign for It's
acts, and charge
First-That at a time when the country
basis of full volume of paper added to
both the precious metals as money, it enact
ed a sweeping change In the measure OF value
wholly in the interest of moneyed capital, by
lemonetizing silver and decreasing the des-
truction of legal tender paper, and thereby
xrongfully added, in effect, hundreds of mil
lions to the burden Of debt and taxes upon
he people.
Secondly pursuing its merciless policy
Of contracting the paper currency and hoard
ing god it has increased continuously the
value OF money and securities that partake
Of the enhancement Of money and decreased
the value of all other property, and especially
of capital designed for productive use and
required for the employment Of labor, thus
depressing instead of fostering industry;
compelling indebtedness instead of fostering
trade and commerce; and now this party In
Ohio puts forward In its platform the decl2ra-
ton that the financial question has been set
tied. We deny this declaration, and Will
we congratulate the country that the down
ward course to bankruptcy and ruin involved
in the Republican policy has been partially
aVerted by the Democratic measures passed
at the late session OF congress, restoring the
debt paying power to silver dollars, made a
.aw In spite of the Presidential veto, and
stopping the further destruction of green
oacks, we demand, as further acts of
Justice, as we'll as measures of re-
lief, the absolute repeal of the
resumption act, and a lawful liberation of
The coin boarded in the treasury; the removal
of all restrictions TO the coinage of silver, and
the re-establishment of silver as a money
metal, the same as gold, the same as it was
before its fraudulent decentralization; the
gradual substitution of United States legal
tender paper for national bank notes, and its
permanent establishment as the sole paper
money of the country, made receivable for all
dues 10 the government, and of equal tender
fnfc ,ol, fc, ha
regulated by legislation or the organic law as
70 give the people assurances of stability In
the volume of the currency, and consequent
stability of value; no further increase in the
bonded debt, and no further sale of bonds tor
the purchase of coin for resumption purposes,
but the gradual extinction OF the public debt,
rigid economy In the reduction OF expendl-
lures in all branches of the public service, and
a tariff for revenue only.
ReSolped, That the interests of the indus
trial and wealth producing classes is the
paramount interest OF the people OF the
United States; that those whose labor and
enterorise produce wealth should be secure
in its enjoyment; that our warmest sym
pathy is extended ID the laboring classes who
have been thrown out of employment by the
ruinous financial policy and unjust legisla
ton of the Republican party; and that we
pledge the Democratic party to a reversal OF
that policy and u restoration of all the rights
are SuIllACh W UPON 10 t1SNCAttChNS W
power.
Resolved, That there can be no legitimate
employment Of organized force in this coun-
try except To execute the law and to mann
tain the public peace, and that no violence
should be countenanced to obtain redress fer
any alleged grievance, but should be re-
pressed at every cost until relief can be Sc
cured by legal methods.
Resolved, That we congratulate the country
on the adoption of the constitutional and pa
cifc policy Of local government in the States
| in the south, so long advocated by the Demo
cratic party, and which has brought peace
and harmony TO that section of the Union.
The Democratic STATE central committee
was organized tonight by selecting John G.
Thomp,on as chairman and l.. NJ. Nelly,
secretary.
The executive committee was organized by
selecting John q. Thompson as chairman;
Jacob Rinehart, treasurer; Amos Eoerly, NJ.
A. D0ugherty, of Columbus; Frank ii Kin
ney. of Miami; a J. Packard, of Mahoning,
and S. NJ. NJ Mllep, of Washington, as the
committee. Adjourned, to meet in Cincin-
natl at the call of the chairman.