Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-07-19
OUR PLATFORM.

The Democracy of Ohio in Convention assembled,
hereby reafirm the principles of the party, as ex
pressed In primaries State and National platforms,
In regard to personal liberty, the true functions of
government, and as embraced in the political creed
expounded by the great founder of the Democratic
party Thomas Jefferson. The application of these
principles to our present condition, demands the
pur6cation of the public service, the punishment Of
the robbers of the public treasury the equalization
Of all public burdens, the arrest OF profigacy and
extravaganza that corrupt the administration of
public affairs and total change in the policy that
has 80 long been pursued by the Republican party;
fevoring individual and class interests, at the
pense of thelaboring and dweath-producingp people of
the country; and we re-announce our previous dec
laratons for stable money the gradual extinction of
the public debt, and the payment Of pensions to
disabled soldiers, their widows and orphans.
Second-We favor tariff for revenue limited to
che necessities OF Government economically admin
istered, and adjusted In its application to pre-
vent unequal burdens encourage productive indus
tries at home, afford just compensation tolabor,
hut not to create or foster monopolies.
Third-The act of the Republican Congress reduc-
ing the tariff on wool, while at the same time in
creasing it on woolen goods, already highly pro-
tected, iniqutous legislation discriminating In
favor of monopoly and against the agricultural in
terests of the country, and ought to be corrected
and we heartily approve the action Of the Demo-
cratic members of the Ohio delegation in Congress
in voting against that increase
Fourth-The Democratic party is, as it always has
been, opposed to sumptuary legislation and unequta
taxation In any form and is in favor Of the largest
liberty OF private conduct consistent with the public
welfare and the rights of Others and of regulating
the liquor traffic and providing against the evils re-
sulting therefrom,. BY judicious and properly
graded license system.
Fifth-The abuses Of the present contract system
in State Pententiary, by which the products Of
the labor Of conyicts are brought in competition
with products of honest labor, to the great detri
ment of the latter, are injurious and unwise and
ought to be corrected; and the promises of the Re-
puhlican party to abolish this system shown to
be false and hypocritical, by its failure to do Sc
while il has had the power.
Sixth-The protection of the Government is due
10 all American citizens, native and foreign born
abroad as well as at home.
Seventh--We reaffirm the resolutions of the State
Conventions of Ohio in 1850, 'S1 and 49, and of the
Democratic National Conventions Of 1872, '76 and
80, demanding thorough reform and purihcatior
Of the Civil SERVICE and charge that the Republican
party has violated every pledge 1t has heretofore
given for the reform thereof, and has failed during
its long administration Of the Government to correc
even the most crying abuses, and we demand, there
fore, change In the Executive administration O.
the Government ITSELF as the reform first Of all nee
essary las made still more manifest by the recen
star route trials hereby ousing corrupt rings con
federated to protect crime and prevent the punish
ment Of criminals, and by so doing to make 1t pos
Rble again to punish fraud and theft in the public
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