Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-07-05
OHIO DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

speech, IN winch he urged the delegates
to do their duty and make a good plat
form and good nominations. He also
said: "Ohio is the battle ground of the
whole country this year!''
EX-Congressman A. Z. Walling, of
Pickaway, was selected as temporary
Chairman. He made the usual open-
ing speech and was frequently ap-
plauded. He congratulated the con-
vention on the auspicious opening of
the coming Presidential campaign, and
reviewed the action of the Cincinnati
Convention, which, he said, was a con-
fession of weakness. Secretaries were
appointed and Committees on Creden-
tials, Permanent Organization and Reso-
lutions announced. A recess was then
taken. Upon onreassemblingt the Commit
tee on Permanent Organization reported
Gen. Durbin Ward for permanent Chair
man. The General was greeted with
continuous cheering and music by the
band in the gallery. He said the De-
mocracy had always been the Oppon-
ents of money monopolies and the adj
vocate of popular rights. When bank
monopolies and political industries at
tempted to take the earnings of the
masses and put them in the pockets of
the few, the Democracy had opposed
them; it had always stood up Tor the
people. He said the party had lately
driven back the naughty moneyed
power; it had remonetized silver, stop
ped contraction, and presently the
greenback, the peoples money, would
be equal with gold. Two years ago
we elected our President, and our vic
tory was snatched from us by the steal
thy hand of fraud. Two years from
now we will elect our candidates by
majority so apparent and triumphant
that no Returning Board will dare to
nullify it. The convention proceeded
to vote for Secretary of State. Judge
Hall, of Akron, nominated David r.
Paige, of Summit, and Mr.. Hubbard,
ination. General Schleicher, of
Floyd, of Hooking County, and Mr..
Ayrshire, of Gallipolis, seconded the
motion. Judge Thoman, of Mahoning,
presented the uame of Col. William L.
Brown, of that county, whose claims as
the editor of the Youngstown Vindica-
tor he properly set forth. Col. Brown
took the floor, and thanked the conven-
ton for having mentioned his name for
so important an Office, and withdrew
his name as candidate. H. B. Beck,
of Hamilton, nominated Dr. j. A. Nor
ton, of Seneca David X. Paige having
received a majority of the ballots was
declared nominated for Secretary of
State. His nomination was made unan-
imous.
For Judge of the Supreme Court,
Thomas j. Ashburn, of Clermont, AL
exanCer S. Hume, of Butler, and j. II.
S. Trainor, of Jefferson, were put in
nomination. Alexander S. Hume was
made the unanimous nominee. For
member of the Board of Public
Works the following candidates
were named: Rush r. Fields,
Richland; Andrew Rouch, Ottawa;
John Douglass, Coshocton; A. p.
Stultz, Muskingum; Madison Peters,
Hamilton; Purdum Parr, Licking; A.
z. Smith, Clarke, and B. f. Dyer,
Brown. The first ballot resulted:
Field, 255I; Rouch, 205; Stultz, AZ;
Douglass, 91I; Peters, 8; Smith, "a;
Dyer, II; Parr, ~. No nomination.
The second ballot began with all the
candidates Withdrawn except Fields
and Rouch. Second ballot Fields
377; Rouch, 253. Rush h. Fields, was
declared duly nominated. The Com
mittee on Resolutions then reported as
follows:
THE PLATFORM.
The Democratic party of Ohio, in convention
assembled, hereby reatfirms the following clauses
in the platform of the convention, of July %,
1877 indorsed by majority of nearly 2,OOO last
fall by the people of Ohio:
We renew its pledges of devotion to the Union
and Constitution, with its amendments. IL de-
clares, as essential to the preservation of the
Government, a faithful adherence to the follow
| ing principles Strict construction OF the home
| rule supremacy, of civil over military power;
separation of church and State. equality of all
citizens before the law, liberty of individual ac-
! tion. unvexed by sumptuary laws, absolute ac-
majority, opposition to all subsidies, preserva-
tion of public lands for the use of actual settlers
| and the maintenance and protection of the COM
mon school system as pertinent to the issues now
pending before the people
| ReSOlUed, That the investigation OF frauds
| committed at the last Presidential election in
! Florida and Louisiana, ought to have been made
| by the Electoral Commission, Its refusal to do
so was a violation of the spirit of the law under
! which il was organized, and gross outrage up
on the people of the United States, and whilst
the decision, as made by the FOrty-fourth Con-
gTesss OF the question as TO VINO should oe b de,
| present Presidential term, was in our judgment
final, that decision ought not to preclude au,
thentic investigation and the exposure OF al
| frauds connected with that election, and the due
accountability of all who were gulltlly con
nected with them.
Resolged, That the commercial and industria
stagnation that has SO long prevailed throughou
the country. and the consequent widespread wan
and suffering, is due directly to the pernicioui
financial LEGISLATION OF the !, hepnblcaan & a party party
First. That at time when the country wa
weighed down with debt created on the basis s. o.
a full volume of paper, added to both the prec
ious metels as money, it enacted sweeplnI
change in the measure of values, wholly IN tn
interest of moneyed capital, by demonetlzlnl
silver and decreeing the destruction of lega
tender paper, and thereby wrongtully added II
effect hundreds of millions to the burden o
debt and taxes upon the people.
Second. BY, pursuing its merciless policy o
controlling the paper currency and hOardin
! gold, il has increased continuously the value o
/ money and securities that partake of the en-
, hancement of money, and increases the value o
ali other property, and especially of capital de
signed for productive use and required for tn
employment of labor, thus represslng instead o
fostering industry, compelling ldleness lnstea
of sustaining trade and commerce: And nov
the party in Ohio puts forward IN its platform
the declaration that the financial question ma
! been settled. We deny this declaration, an
l while we congratulate the country that the down
p ward course to ban lruptcy and ruin involved Il
the Republican policy has been partially averte
! by the Democratic measures passed at the lat
: session of Congress, restoring the debt-pal
4 ing power to silver dollars, made law III spit
OF Presldentlal veto; ana stopping tnS lurIht e
/. destruction of greenbacks, we demand as tu
ther acts of Justice, as well as measures OF rele
the repeal of the Resumption act, and the Law
full liberation of the coin boarded in the Trea
! ury the removal of all restrictions to the coii
4 age of silver, and re-estabishment of silver as
;, money metal the same as gold, as it was befol
y its fraudulent decentralization; the gradual sui
u sttutiOn of United States lega-tender paper I,
: National Bank notes and its permanent estal
;. lishment as the sole paper money of the countI
II made receivable for all dues to the Cover
n ment and of equal tender with coin; the amour
a of such issues tu be so regulated by le
y islatiOn OF organic law as to give q
= people assurance of stability m u
~ volume of currency and consequent 81
" bility of value; no further increase in Il
II bonded debt and no further sales Of bon'
N for the purchase of coin for resumption pu
poses. but the gradual extinction of the publ
l. debt rigid economy in the reduction of expen
itures in all branches of public service and
tariff for revenue only.
i ResOlUed The interests of the industrial veal
% claasna Ia the narnlnnnni intereaLa