The daily gazette., 1879-06-06
The Platform OF the Ohio Demo.
efAoy.

The Platform OF the Ohio Demo-
erAcy.
The following platform was adopted
at the Convention, at Columbus We'd
nesday:
RESOLVED, That the Democracy of
Ohio demand free and fair elections,
and to that end denOunce all interfer-
ence with elections by the military
power; that the experience Of this and
other countries has abundantly proved
that the psesence Of troops at the polls Is
destructive Of the freedom Of elections
and incompatible with the existence of
free institutions that the laws enacted.
by Congress which, under the pretense
Of regulating the manner Of Congress
siOnal elections, interfere with the cleo
tiOn of State officers and overthrow the
laws Of tho States governing the choice
Of such officers, are unconstitutional and
for that reason ought TO be repealed !;
that they are also instrumentalities of
fraud, force and corruption by which the
party In power use the money Of the
people to corrupt, and thousands of ire
sponsible officers to harass and coerce,
the voters, and especially by force and
fraud to deprive our naturalized citizens
Of the right to vote, and for these reasons
also said laws ought to be Immediately
repealed.
Resslped, That impartial juries are es-
sential to the administration of justice,
and thereby to the preservation of liber-
ty that no man can be secure in bis per-
son or property when the juries are pack
ed and controlled by the Government for
despotic and partisan purposes that un-
der the Federal jury laws now in exist
ence juries may be and have been SO
packed and controlled; and that the high
est interest ofjustice and free government
require that these laws be changed so ..as
to secure fair, impartial and Independent
juries in the Federal courts.
Resoiped, That the Republican minor
ity in Congress, by refusing to vote sup
plies to maintain the Government unless
the majority would agree to the use of
the troops at the polls and also to the
maintenance of the unconstitutional, cor
rupting, violent and unjust election laws
aforesaid, and the President of the Uni
ted States by his unprecedented use of
armed troops At the polls, have shown q
spirit of faction and devotion to party
success instead OF the welfare of the
country and the preservation of its Con-
stitution and liberties that demand the
condemnation of the whole American
people.
Resolved, That President Hayes, by
his frequent interpOsition of the veto in
order TO defeat legislation that was plain
ly constitutional that in no way interfer-
ed with the independence of any other
department of the Government and had
received the most mature consideration of
Congress, has shown an utter disregard
of the considerations and principles that
induced the insertion of the veto power
in the Constitution and like disregard
Of the wishes and welfare of the people.
Resoloed, That we declare 1t as the
sense of the Democracy of Ohio that not
q dollar should be appropriated by Con-
eress to pay soldiers, msrshals, deputy
mar,hals or supervisors OF election to in
terfero with or control elections.
Resslped, That the efforts Of the Re-
publican party, to open and Keep alive
the war feeling detween the North and
South are to be condemned by every lover
of his country.
Rssolped, That we reaffirm the fnan-
cial principles heretofore advocisd by the
Democratic patty of Ohio, that The issue
Of money In any form and the regn.stion
thereof belong To the General Govern
ment alone aud ought not to he delegated
or intrusted to individuals or corpora
tons that we therefore oppose the per-
petuation of the present national bank
| lug system as means of control over the
currency of the country and demand the
gradual substitution of Treasury notes
! for national bank currency, to be made
receivable for all dues and legal tender
upon principles establ shed by legislation
or organic law 50 as to secure the greatest
possible stability of value.
| Resolued, That after changing the val
uation of all property from the scale Of
paper money by winch the heavy bur-
dens of debt now resting upon the people
were created to the former level Of gold
and silver !; that the cha &c then made in
| the metallic standard itself by the de-
monetization of silver was monstrous
fraud upon the people, cuuningly devised
| Ia the in crest Of the holders of bonds
that should be condemned as in violation
of every principle OF honest dealing and
= covert assault upon the fundamental
rights of property; and we therefore de-
nand the full restoration Of silver to its
original place as money metal, the same
as gold.
iesolued, That the rapid increase of
the interest-bearing debt Of the Govern
| ment under the present Administration
ought to excite the serious apprehension
of the people we demand that the fur
ther increa-e in the bonded debt in time
of peace be stopped and it be put in pro-
cess Of extinction.
Resolued, That the attack made upon
the State Legisla ure in the Republican
platform is wholly undoserved and that
the Legislature In Its arduous work of
codifying the laws Of the State, In the
reduction Of fees and salaries OF countA
officers end the passage of q law TO pro-
tect tho ballot and prevent bribery at
elections, deserves the cUmmondAtton OF
the people Of the State.
ResOlUed, That IL 4 the duty of ou- Gov
ernment to maintain to 1t, ful est extent
the doctriue that man may in good
faith change his habitation and become
a citizen Of any other country; that We
should protect In every port Of the world
| ali our naturalized citizens IS we would
our nat,ve-born citizens and should re-
| sist III improper claims upon them by
governments to whioh thoy no longer
owe aliSgi giaDoe; that we demand that ex-
lsting treaties with all foreign govern
ments he rigidly enforoed aud that early