Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-07-22
OHIO DEMOCRATIC STATE CONvEN-
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The Ohio Democratic State Convention was
held dt Columbus on the 18th. John q. Thomp-
son, Chairman OF the StateCcntrnl Committed,
called the Convention TO order. He then read
the temporary organization as agreed upon by
h@ GomitIe9 IL n Eas rs tS,ows snoe% or WaPs
County; Temporary Secretary, William j.
Gleason, OF Cleveland. ~ I.iul
platform be referred TO the Committee on
Resolutions without debate, was adopted.
The Secretary called the Districts FOR the
| different Committees with tho following re-
| sulti I.t ...N.IItlf
Committee on Resolutions-First District,
| Il. q. Hewitt, Hamilton; second james VI
| Parker, Hamilton; Third, J. w. Denver, cllh-
| ton; Fourth @. n .vhlnndgham, Montgomery;
nTd SESLfS Gucos w 4eSW seScntS Urs osn hs
Land; Eighth, IL. 4. Niles, Champaign; Ninth,
= H Thorn Union Tenth, re hs W ?; Haynes.
Twelfth, Alleno Myers, Franklin; Thirteenth,
Gibson A. Athcrton, Licking; rourteenth, N,
roc; rsy' ;I Sixteenth, James" james Moore, Harrison;
SsySneSnh JONI II xey csars sm mnnoNsns Nnss
teenih, Henry Apthorp, Ashtabula; Twentl-
| eth, John w. Heisley, Cuyahoga.
State Central Committee1,E st District, John
ilton; Third, II. ". Bshop, Butler; Fourth,
John G.. Doron, Montgomcry;, Firth. Elmer
White White Detlanse; slsth Frank s a; Baldwin ,Ils'
Knox; Tenth, John ", Rexf9rd, Huron;
bnVi.' John q. Thompson, @ on franklin; Thirtccnth,
| ]. @. Irvine, Muskingum; Fourteenth, John
Monroe; Sixteenth, W. N. Coniand, Belmont;
Seventcenth, John Marchand, Columblana;
e. Nash John
A recess was then taken until two o clock.
When the Convention reassembied the Com.
mittee ON Permanent Organization reported
the following permanent officers: Thomas Il.
Powell, of Delaware, Chairman; w. H. Albert
son, of Ashland, Secretary, and T. ]. Cogan, of
Hamilton: DIR. X. g.. Williams, of stark;
Thomas Wetzler Of Fairfield; ; Jacob b, d; sezeT,
Dodds of Lucas, ID. w. Thomas, of Adams, AS.
sistant Secretaries. The Committee also re-
lowed pending q call Mr.. Powell, on taking
the chair made short speech. The Commit
tee on Resolutions was not ready to report ut
the conclusion of Mr.. Ponelrs speech, so the
| rules were suspended and nominations for the
Goyernorship were declared In order The
Miller, of Cincinnati; John F.. FoiIett, Of
County; ii. d. Tanning of Hamilton; l.. d.
Thoman, of YOUNGSTOWN; Theodore Cook, of
The first ballot resulted as follows: Book
walter, 209A; Miller, 81; Follett, l23; Geddes,
S Banning III IL TRo%sn wsSs 40
necessary to a choice another ballot was or
dered. Before it was taken, however, several
names were withdrawn and the second ballot
stood ms follows: Bookwater, 3SBn; Miller, 4;
Follett, 1874 Geddes, 81; Jewett, 8; Banning,
ne Necessary = to a choice, 81. on % motion the
nomination WIS made unanimous. '.
For Lieutenant Governor the following can
didates were put In nomination: w. V. Mar
ouis, of Logan County; Milo G.. Dodds, of Ham
ilton; Edgar NJ johnson, of Cincinnati; ]. I;
Hamilton. The result of the ballot was as fol-
lows: Marquis, 80; Dodds, 20; johnson, AS;
Jewett, III, and Douglass 81. u 90 ,u,.
County, and Edward F. Bingham, of franklin,
were nominated. Bingham was nominated
on the first ballot. the vote standing, Hughes,
80: Bingham, 356.
For Attorney General, Frank 9; Dougherty,
of Hardin; 4. p. Barrett, of Licking; Colonel
Levi p. Burgess OF Hooking and Isaac. N. Alb
crnathy, of Pickaway, were offered. Dough-
erty was gstass ans % yotes d
For Treasurer the he following % nominations Gnl,
of jefferson; Alvin ID. Matthews, of Marion,
and Anthony Howes, of stark. The wa, was
DE- den, noissi is; Mathew % 20 g. HoWes, s5 5O' 'f az
The last nomination to be made was Member
of the Board of Public Works. The candidates
. were Jas. B. Darragh, of Belmont; Martin
Schilder, of Ross; j. B. Campbell, of Brown;
Robert NJ. Andrews, of Butler; Leo Ebert, OF
Lawrence; John Grove, of Defiance; Hiram
B. Smith, of Meigs; John Ackey, of Athens,
: and Il. @. Goldman, of Portage. Ebert was
ballot resulted as follows: Darragh 81, Schild-
, er, 81; Campbell ~, Andrews, 200; Grove, ~;
: Smith, IS; Ackley, 2l; Goldman, 43 There be
ing no cbo.ce q second ballot was ordered,
which resulted in the nomination of Grove.
THE PLATFORM.
The following platf orm was adopted:
, The Democrats of Ohio, proud of their citt
, zenship in this great State, for the purpose OF
, maintaining the prosperity of tho common
wealth, and to promote the welfare and hap
, piness of tho whole people, submit the follow
ing declaration of principles upon which they
ask the sutfrages of the people: ' i.f
. The equality of all people before the law
: equal taxation; unpoitical legislation, and {
free and pure ballot as the corner stone of free
institutions; opposition to monopolles and
!, subsidies of all kinds; the strictest economy
in National, State and local administrations
!. that lanor may be lightly burdened; the main
tenance and advancement of the common
/ school system : .r a"{
r Resolved, That the abuse of the present oon
n tract system in our state prison, by which th
n products OF criminal labor are brought int
= competition with the products of honest labor
!, to the great injury of the latter Is vicious AM
q unwise, and should be corrected.
, Resolved, That the course Of the last Repub
It lican Legislature deserves the condemnation
o Of the people for its incompetency, its hypoc
risy, its unnecessary and heavy increase II
q the business of taxation and for the passag
n of unconstitutional acts, and for Its reorgani
y zation of the benevolent institutions OF IN
u State solely for the purpose aud as medium
81 for the distribution of spoils.
r solved, That, as the humanities are nor
partisan, and as the treatment of criminal
D, the charitable and punitive institutions of tn
r State should be free from partisan change o
t. appointment.
ice reform, whereby offices shall be held to
le public trust, TO be administered for the pull
u lie ROOu, ana not epOlis 10 De ENJOY us thc n
,s ward of partisan zeal or service.
- Resoued, That the Democrats of Ohio, in thi
T. year as in all years, are In favor OF the large;
~ individual liberty consistent with the publ
W order. and are opposed to legislation merel
ss sumptuary. -
IN nous pecuations in high Federal places, an
y. the Republican attempt TO purchase votes
nc corruption, should convince the country ths
I'd the Republican organization is not worthy {
4. public confidence.
IT Res0lced, That the power delegated to til
n 6. nrs
es among the States" as well as the power RI
e- served to the States to regulate con
within ther m own os n0fnefS dscpr
~ ~ nations and unreasonable charges by our RAJ
-, - roads. A tariff for revenue levied and ad1us
M ed in its details with view to equity in Il
aad public burdens and the encouragement OF pr
~ ~ ductive industries without creating monop
.d .ti lies, and we favor the appointment OF COZ
sWu 81 mission TO suggest n method of revision whit
nd nd shall accomplish this result.
na na The committee also recommend the ado
io 10 tion of the following, though not adopted
5s n; Resoircd, That we deeply depore the rece
as no attempt upon the life of the President or q
ad es, United States by an assassin, and denoun
ea es the assassination in republic as the highe
mt and most revolving Of crimes and we @ extol
IN sympathies and our earnest hopes that
speedy recovery may be vouchsafed to him
~ Emma Newman, the young dau9l
Id ter of Philadelphia widow, was muc
ne too delicate and refined to bear I'll
e. hardships of poverty. She cou
ne not get great deal of work, and tn
us which she obtained she was unable
y do satisfactorily. Her mother was i
10 there was nobody to help her, al
to there was not cent or morsel of TO,
as in the house. While greatly distress
ID, by these misfortunes she came aero
ial story paper containing the picture
er' girl jumping off the Brooklyn Bridg
ne She read the first chapters of t
ell romance, and found la remarkably clio
le' resemblance between the plight of t
re, heroine and her own. She at once /