The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-12
ohio Demoera.ie state Convenaop.

at Columbus, was largely end The
morning hour was spentin the preliminaries
of organization, the call of districts and
and addresses were made by
john G. Thompson and Gen. James B.
Steednan. The Committee on Permanent
Organization. through its Chairman. AT.
Walling, reported as permanent officers
Samuel F. Hunt, President, and a Vice.
President from each district in the State.
Mr.. Hunt, on taking the chair, made a brief
address, and the Convention proceeded to
the nomination of candidates. Hon. Thomas
Ewing, of Fairfield County; Gen. Durbin
Ward, of Warren Gen. A. v. Rice, Of Put
nam, and R. NJ. Bishop, were the nominees.
The first ballot stood: Bishop, 205 Rice,
1852; Ewing, 100; Ward, 6. No nomination.
During the progress of the ballot General
Wards name was Withdrawn. On the second
ballot, Ewing's vote ran up to 336, N
his nomination was then made
unanimous. The following nominations
were then made: For Lieutenant-G Governor,
A.y. Rice, of Putnam County for Treas
urer, Anthony Howells, of Stark County;
for Auditor. Cbas. Reemeiin, of Hamilton
county for Judge of Supreme, Court, W. J.
Gilmore, of PEBBLE County; for Attorney
General, Isaiah Pillars, Of Allen County;
for Mem ,er of Board of Public Works, Pat.
rick O'Marah, of C~uyahoga County. The
following platform was adopted:
"R solved, That the Democracy of Ohio
demand free and fair elections, and to that
end d~enounce all interference with the cleo.
tons by military power; that the expert
ence of this and other countries has abund-
antly proved that the presence of troops at
the polls is. destructive of the freedom of
existence of free institutions; that the laws
enacted by Congress, which, under the pre-.
tense OF regulating the manner of Congress
sional elections, interfere with the election
of State officers and overthrow the laws of
the States governing the choice of such
reason ought to be repealed. That. they
are instrumentalities Of fraud, force, and
co eruption, by which the party in power
uses the money of the people to corrupt.
and thousands Of irresponsible officers to
harass and coerce the voter, and especially
by force and fraud to deprive our natural.
lied citizens of the right to vote, and for
these reasons also said laws ought to be i'm.
mediately repealed.
Resolved, That impartial juries are
essential to the administration Of justice,
and thereby to the preservation of liberty.
That no man can be secure in his person OF
property when the juries are packed and
controlled by the government for despotic
and partisan purposes. That under the
Federal jury laws, now in existence, juries
have been so packed and controlled, an6
that the highest interests of justice and free
changed SO as to secure fair, impartial, ant
independent juries in the Federal Courts.
Resolved, That the Republican minor
ity in Congress, by refusing to vote supplies
to maintain the government unless
the majority would agree t.
the use of troops at the polls, ant
also to the maintenance of the unconsti
tutional, corrupting, violent, and unjus
election laws aforesaid; and the Presiden
of the United States, by his unprecedented
use of the veto power, in order to perpetual
said laws and the use of armed men at tn,
polls, mas shown q spirit of faction and 6
devotion to party success instead of the wei
fare of the country and the preservation
of its Constitution and liberties, that dc
mand the condemnation of the whole Amer
lean people.
"Resolved, That President Hayes, by hi
frequent interposition of the veto in orde
to defeat legislation that was plainly COZ
stitutional, that in no way interfered wit
the independence of any other departmer
of the government, and had received th
most mature consideration of Congress, ha
shown an utter disregard of the. considers
tions and principles that induced the inse
tior of the veto power in the Constitution
and a like disregard of the wishes and we
fare of the people.
"Resolved, That we declare it as the sens
Of the Democracy of Ohio that not a dolls
should be appropriated by Congress to pa
soldiers, Marshals, Deputy Marshals,
Supervisors of Election, to interfere with
control the elections.
"Resolved, That the efforts of the Repu
lican party to open and keep alive the W
feeling between the North and South al
to be condemned by every lover of h
country.
"Resolved, That we reafirm the fnanci
. principles heretofore advocated by II
Democratic party Of Ohio, that the issue
$3.50 =, 49,, .,. 81 Al ~z-J.As
thereof, belong to the general governme
alone, and ought not to be delegated or
, trusted to individuals or corporations; tn
we therefore opnQse the perpstuation oft