Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-05
THE ONO PI.ATFORM.

4 Doc&Useht 1~r Ule M.D.esoin Dem 0crncy
30 Endorse.
The Democratic party of Ohio in convention as
sembled, hereby reafrm the following clauses in the
platform of the convention of July 25l, 1877, in
dorsed by majority of than 20 900 last fall by
the people of Ohio. We renew its pledges of deyo-
lion to the Union and the constitution, with the
amendments. 1t declares essential to the preser-
vaton OF the government faithful adherence to tho
following principles: Strict construction of home
rule; supremacy of the civil the military power;
separation of church and State equality of all citi-
before the law; liberty of all Individual action
invoked by surnptuary laws; absolute acquiescence
in the lawfully expressed will of the people oppose
ton to all subsidies; preservation of public lands to
the use of actual Settlers and the maintenance and
issues now peatiing before the people.
Reso&reI That the Investigation of frauds COM
mitted ut The last Presidential election in Florida
Louisiana ought to have been made by the electoral
commission Its refusal to do so was violation of
the split of the law under which it organized,
and oss insult to the people of the United States,
and whist the decision, AZ made by the forty-fourth
Congress of the question as to who should be de-
clared President of the United States for the Presi
Dental term was in judgment, final that decis-
ion ouht not to preclude authentic investigation and
exposure of all frauds connected with that election
and the due accountability of all who were guilty
connected with them.
ResHued, The commercial and industrial stagna-
lion that has long prevailed throughout the coun-
try AID the consequent wide spread want and suffer-
Ing is due directly to the pernicous financial legsla
ton Of the Republican party, which hereby arraign
for te acts. and charge, first, that time when the
county weighed with debt created Oh the basis
of full value of paper, added to both the perncious
metab as money, it enacted sweeping change in the
measure of value, wholly in the interest of moneyed
capital, by demonetizing silver and decreeing the
destruction of legal tender paper, and thereby wrong
fully added, in effect, hundreds of millions to the
burten of debt aud taxes upon the people, Second,
by pursuing its mercess policy of contracting the
currency and boarding gold, it has increased
continuously the value of money, and securities that
parthe of the enhancement of money and decreased
the value of all other property, and especially the cap
tia designed for productive use required for the en-
poynent of labor, thus REFRESHING instead of foster
Ing industry, compelling dleness instead of sustain
ing trade and commerce. and now this 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
that the downward course of bankruptcy and ruin in
VoVBl i'll the Republican policy has been partially
aveited by the Democratic measures passed at the
late session Of Congress, restoring the debt payin
power to the silver dollar, made law in spite of the
Presidential veto and stopping the further destruc-
dono greenbaoks, we demand, AZ further acts of
justice as we'll as measures of relief the repeal of the
resumption act and the lawful liberation of coin
boarded in the treasury the removal of all restric-
lions to the coinage of silver and the re-estabsh-
men Of silver money metal the same as gold as il
was before its fraudulent characterization: the
gradual substitution of United States legal lender
paper for national bank notes. and it's permanent es-
taDllshent as the sole paper money of the country
, made receivable for all dues of government and q
legal tender with coin, the amount of such issues to
be us regulated by legislation or organic law, as to
give the people the assurance of stability in the
volume of currency and consequent stability val
ues, no further increase in the bonded debt and no
further sale of bonds for the purchase of coin for
resumption purposes, but gradual extinction of the
public debt and rigid economy, reduction of expen-
ditures in all branches of the public ssryice and
tariff for revenue only.
ReS0IUed, The interests of the industrial wealth.
the producing classess the paramount interest of
the people of the United States. Those
whose labor and enterprise produce wealth
should be secured in its employment. Our
warmest sympathy is extended to the
laboring classes who have been thrown out
of employment by the ruinous financial policy and
unjust leg isation of the Republican party, and all
pledges OF the Democratic party to the revisal of
that policy and restoration of all rights they are
entitled to upon its ascendenoy to power.
ReSOlUeG. There can be legitimate employ
ment of organized force in the country except to
execute the law and to maintain pubi: peace; that
no violence should be countenanced to obtain redress
for any alleged grievance but should be repressed at
every cost till relief be secured by legal methods
We congratulate the country upon the adoption O
the constitutional and pacific policy of local self
government in the States of the South so long adj
vocated by the Democratic party, and which has
brought peace and harmony to that section of the
Union