The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-08-01
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFoRM.

The Democracy of Ohio, in COnven-
tion assembled, hereby reaffirm the
| principles of he party, as expTesse in
primaries, State and National platforms,
In regard to personal liberty, the true
functions of government, and as en-
braced in the political creed expOunded
by the gTeatt Ounder of the Democratic
party, Thomas Jefferson. The applica-
tiOn of these principles to our present
condition, demands the publication of
the public service, the punishment of
| the robbers of the public Treasury, the
| equalization of all public bnrdens,A the
arrest of prOfligaey and extravaganza
| that eOrrupts the administration of pub
| lie affairs and total changein the pol
icy that has so long been pursued by
the Repbllcan party; faVOring indiYidu-
al and class interests, at the expense of
the labOring and wealth producing
people of the country; and we annOunce
| our previous declarations for stable
money, the gradual extinction of the
of the public debt, and the payment Of
pensions to disabled soldiers, their wild
Ows and orphans. On. d. '
SeeOnd-We favor tariff for revenue
limited to the necessities of Government
economically administered, and so ad-
Justed in its application as to prevent
unequal burdens, encourage productive
Industries at home, afford Just cOmpen-
satlOn to labor, but not create or foster
mOnopOlies. g . no
Third-The act of the Republican Con-
| gress reducing tariff on wool, while at
the same time increasing 1t on wooden
| goods, already highly protected, was
iniquitous legislation, discriminating in
favor of monopoly and against the agTi-
| 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-The Democratic party is, as
1t always has been, opposed to sumptuary
Legislation and unequal taxation in any
form, and is in favor of the largest lib
erty of private conduct consistent with
the public welfare and the rights Of
others, and of regulating the liquor
traffic and providing against the evils
reSul ting therefrOm, by jud ciOus and
properly graded license system.
Fifth-rhe abuse of the present con.
tract system in our State Penitentiary,
by which the products of the labor of
cOnvicts are brought in competition
with the products of honest labor, to the
great detriment of the latter, are in
| furious and unwise and ought to be cor
reCted; and the promises OF the Republic
can party to abolish this system are
| shown to be false and hypOcritical, by it's
failure to do so while 1t has had the
power.
Sixth-The protection of the Govern
ment IS due to ali American citizens,
native and foreign born, at home as well
| as abroad.
Saventh-We Teaffirm the resolutions
of the state conventions of Ohio in 1880,
81 and 80, and of the Democratic Ma
| tiOnal Conventions of 1872, '76 and 80
demanding a thoroughTefOr and puri-
ieatiOn of the Civil Service, and charge
that the Republican party has violated
every pledge it has heretofore given for
the reform thereof, and has failed dur
ing its long administration of the Gov
eminent, to correct even the most cry
ing abuses, and we demand, therefore,
| change in the Executive administra-
tiOn OF the Government itself, as the re-
form first of all necessary (as made still
more manifest by thereeent Star route
trialslJ thereby 0usting corrupt rings
eonfederated to protect crime and pre-
vent the punishment of criminals, and
by so doing to make it possible again to
punish fraud and theft in the public
service, .. .