The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-08-29
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THE Democracy, of Ohio, in ConVen-
! tiOn, assembled. hereby TeafRFm the
principles of he. party, as expressed In
primaries, State and National platforms,
in regard to personal. liberty, the true
functions. OF gQyernpept, and as en-
braced in the political creed expOunded
| ny the great Ounder OF the Democratic
par ty,' RhOnas jefferson! 'The applica-
tlOn of these principles. to our present
fSad f26 IESI lGlSSIa. demands ths publication q
the robbers OF the public Treasury, the
equahzati0n' 0f'aH public burdens, the
arEesti'of. pTOfligaey and axtraVagance
| tDat gpgEqptS the administration Of pub
lie affairs and a total change in the pol
Icy that has so long been pursued! by
thelRepe elcan party sfaYOring indiVidu-
al and class interests, at the expense of
the labQring and wealth producing
people Oh the country; and we annbunce
our previous declarations for stable
money, theS gradual extinction Of the
OF the-pgbli G>debt ~aLd-the payment of
pensions to disabled soldiers, their Wfd-
OWs and orphans. & EFFEEF
Seeond--We faYor tariff for revenue
limited to the neceSsitfesOf tf6Vefnment
seeopOmieallY. administered, and 80 ad-
Justed In its application as to prevent
unequal burdens, encourage productive
industries at home, afford just cOmpen7
sation to labor -but-net eEeate-or foster
m0nOpOlies.l ~ d,
Third-The act of the Republican Con-
gress reducing a tariff on wool, while at
the same time incfeasing it on wooden
goods, already highly protected. was
lniquit0us legislation, discriminating in
favor OF monopoly and against the agris
cultural interests Of the country, and
ought to be corrected; and we heartily
approve the action of the Democratic
members Of the Ohio delegation in Con-
gress in voting against that measure.
FOurth-fhe Democratic party lis, as
1t always has been, opposed to sumptuary
Legislation and unequal taxation in any
form, and is in favor Of the largest lib
erCy OF private conduct consistent with
the public welfare and the rights of
others, and OF regulating the liquor
traffic and providing against the evils
resulting therefrom, by jud' ciOus and
properly graded license system.
Fifth-The abuse of the present con-
tract system in our State Penitentiary,
by which the products of the labor of
o0nvicts are brought in competition
with the products of honest labor, to the
great detrlment of the latter, are in
furious aud unwise and ought to be cor
rected; and the promises of the ReDubIf-
can party to abolish this system are
shown to be false and hypOcritical, by its
failure to do so while it has had the
power.
Sixth-The protection of the Goverti-
ment Is due to all American citizens,
native and foreign born, at home as we'll
as abroad.
Seventh-We reaffirm the resolutions
OF the state conventions of Ohio in 1880,
81 and '82, and of the Democratic Ma
tiOnal Conventions of 1872, '76 and 80,
demanding athQropgh reform and puriii
ticatiOn of the Civil Service, and charge.
that the Republicanlparty has violated
every pledge it has heretofore given for
the EefOEm theyeQf, and has failed dur
ing Its long administration Of the Cow
ernment, to correct eVens the most cry
ing abuses, and we demand, therefore,
2 change m the EKecutiEeS administFa.
tiOn or the Government itself, as the re-
form first of all necessary (as made still
more manifest by the recent Star route
trialsl, thereby Ousting corrupt rings
e0lfPderated to protect crime and pre-
vent the punishment of criminals, and
by 30 doing t0,naka it possible. again to.
punish fraud and theft in the public
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