The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-06-13
THE OHIO DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
A Greenbaek Platform, with Thos Ew-
ing for Governor

| COLUMBUS, ONO, June 4.-Ihe Demt
cratic state convention assembled at te
O'Clock. In taking the chair, Steedma
! made ringing five-minutes' speech, Ill
point of which was that the time la
come when the Democratic party shOul
insist upon claiming its full share in til
| honors of the late war, for it was largel
due to the Democratic soldiers that til
Union was saved. After selecting con
mlttees, arecess was taken until o'clocl
The convention reassembled at 2 D. IL
All portions of the state were repOrte
fully represented. Samuel l. Hunt, {
Cincinnati, WAS chosen permanent chai
man.
The convention nominated the follow
ing ticket: For governor, II os Ewing
Lieutenant governor, a. V. Rice; trea.
urer, Anthony Howell; auditor, Cha:
iennellen; judge of the supreme cour
w. j. Gilmore; attorney general, j. Pi
lars; member of board of public work,
Patrick O'Marah, The following Is til
platform that was adopted:
ResOLced, That the Democrats of Obi
demand free and fair elections, and t.
that end denonunce all interference witt
the elections by the military power; tina
the experience of this and other couu
tries has abundantly proved that til
presence of troops at the polls is destruct
i've of freedom of elections, and is incOm
patlble with the existence of free inst
tutions; that laws enacted by congress
which, under pretence of regulating tn
manner of congressional elections. inter
fere with the election of state officers ant
overthrow the laws OF states gOvernin!
changes of such officers, are unconstitn
tional, and for that reason ought to be re
pealed; that they are also the instrumen
talltles of fraud, force and corruption
by which the party in power uses til,
money of the people to corrupt, and thou
sands of irresponsible officers to haras!
and coerce voters and especially by fore,
and fraud to deprive our naturaliZed cit
lZens OF the right to vote For these
reasons also SAID laws ought to be re
pealed.
Res0tCed, That impartial juries are es
sential to the administration of Justice
and thereby the preservation of liberty
that no man can be secure in his person
or property when juries are packed and
controlled by the government for DIES
potlc and partisan purposes; that under
the federal jury laws now in existence
juries may be and have been so packed
and controlled, and that the highest in
teresLs of justice and free government re
quire that these laws he changed so as
to secure fair, impartial and independ
ent justice in the federal courts.
ResOtced, That the Republican minor,
lty In congress, by refusing to vote sup,
plies to maintain the government unless
the majority would agree to the use OF
troops ut the polls, and also maintain a
continuance of corruption and unjust
election laws as aforesaid; the president,
81 IL,
power in order TO perpetuate said laws,
and the use of armed men at the polls.
have shown spirit of faction, of devo-
ton to party success, instead of the wei
fare of the country and the preservation
OF Its constitution and liberty, that de-
mand the condemnation of the whole
American people.
ResOtCed, That President Hayes, by
his frequent interpositiOn of the veto, in
order to defeat legislation, that in no
way interfered with the independence of
any other department of the govern
ment, and had received the most materi-
al consideration of Congress, has shown
an utter disregard of the consideration
and principles that induced the insertion
of the veto power in the constitution,
and like disregard of the wishes and
welfare of the people.
ReSOLUed, That we declare it as the
sense ofthe Democracy of Ohio, that not
a dollar should be appropriated by con-
gress to pay soldiers, marshals, deputy
marshals or supervisors of elections, to
interfere with or control elections.
ReSOLUed, That the efforts of the Repub-
llcan party to open and keep alive the
war feeling between the north and south
are to be condemned by every lover of
his country.
ResOlred, That we reaffirm the financial
principles heretofore advocated by the
Democratic party of Ohio; that the is
sue of money and the regulation thereof
belong to the general government alone,
and ought not to be delegated or en-
trusted to individuals or corporations ;
that we therefore oppose the perpetual
ton of the present national banking
system as means of control over the
currency of the country, and demand a
gradual substitution of treasury notes
for the national bank currency, to be
made receivable for all dues and all lie.
gal tenders equally with coin, such gov
eminent issues to be regulated upon
principles established by legislation or
organic law, so as to secure the greatest
possible stability of value
ReSOtCed, That after changing the val
uatiOn of all property from the scale of
paper money, by which the heavy bur
dens OF debt now resting upon the people
were created, to their former level of
gold and silver, a change then being
made IN the metallic standard itself by
the demonstration of silver, was a
monstrous fraud upon the people, cum
nlngly devised in the interest of the
holders of bonds, that should be con.
demned as in violation of every princi-
pie OF honest dealing, and a covert as
sault upon the fundamental rights of
property, and we therefore demand the
full restoration of silver to its original
place as money metal, the same as
gold.
ReS0tced, That the rapid increase OF
the lnterest-bearing debt of the govern
ment, under the present administration
ought to excite the serious apprehension
OF the people, and we demand that the
further increase of the bonded debt in
time OF peace be stopped, and that it be
put in the process of extinction.
ResOtced, That the attack made upon
the state Legislature in the Republican
platform, is wholly undeserved, and
that the legislature, in its arduous work
OF codifying the laws of the state, in the
reduction of the fees and salaries OF
county officers, and the passage of law
to protect the ballot and prevent bribery
at elections, deserve the condemnation
of the people of the state.
ResOlced, That it is the duty of our gov.
eminent to maintain to its fullest extent
the doctrine that a man may in good
faith change his habitation, and become
a citizen of any other country we should
protect in every part of the world, all
our naturalized citizens as we would our
native born, and should resist all i'm.
proper claims upon them by govern.
ments to which they no longer owe alleg
lance. We demand that existing treat.
les with all foreign governments be rig
idly enforced, and that early steps be tax
en- to obtain from the German empire a
fuller recognition of the right of expat
ration, and Ofthe rights of our natural
lied citizens returning, or having proper
ty there, by a modification of the treaty
existing between us
of the committee on resolutions, sub
mitted the following additional resolu
tons:
ResOired, That we request the demo
cratic members of congress not to vots
any appropriations to the army until pro
visions shall have been made that such
army shall not be employed to influence
or intimidate people at the polls.
This resolution was defeated by a
heavy vote
The Leavenworth Times saws tina
James Murray, the man who had beer
held IN hail sc the Tnurdarar ,NF A.,