Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-09-20
OUR PLATFORM.

The Democracy Of Ohio in Convention assembled,
hereby reAfrm the principles cf the party, as eK-
pressed IN primaries, state and National platforms,
In regard 70 personal liberty ths rue innsl9hs .,
expOunded by the great founder OF the Democratic
party, Thomas Jefferson. The Application OF these
principles to our present condition, demands me
purhcaton Of the public service, the punishment OF
the robbers Of the public treasury, the equalization
Of all public burdens, the arrest Of pronigAcy and
extrAvGganee that corrupt the Administration OF
public affairs and total change IN the policy that
has 40 long bee pursued by the Republican party;
fayoring individual and class interests, at the eH-
pense of thelAboring and OF
the country; and We re-announce our ee
the public debt, and the payment OF pensions 10
disabled soldiers, eirwidoSs and orphans.
second-We favor a tarin for revenue limited TO
the necessities OF Government economically admin
istered and so adjusted in its application as 70 pre-
vent unequal burdens, encourage productive indus
tries at home, afford just compensation 10 laoor'
but not to create or foster monopolies.
Third-Tha act OF the Repub ublican Congress reduc-
ING the tariff on wool, while at the same time in-
creasing Il on wooden goods, already hlghly pro
tected, was iniquitous Legislation; discrlmnsng 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 Ihe ~ peuho-
cratic members Of the Ohio delegation In Congress
in voting against that increase
Fourth-rhc Democratic party is, as 1t always has
been opposed to sumptuary Legislation and unequtS
taxation in any form, and is in FAVOR Oh the
welfare and the rights Of Others, aud OF regulating
the liquor trac and providing asainst the evils re-
sulting therefrom, by judicions and properly
graded license system. -..
Fifth-The abuses of the present contract system
in our State Pententiary by which the products OF
the labor of convicts are brought in competition
with products of honest labor, 10 the great detr,
mept of the latter, are injurious aud unwise ana
ought to be corrected; and the promises of the Re
publican party to abolish this system are shown 10
be false and hypocrtical, by its failure to do so
whio 1t has had the power.
Sixth-Thc protection of the Government Is que
to all American citizens, native and foreign born
abroad as well as at home.
Seyenth-We reaffirm the resolutions oil the state
Conventions of Ohio in 1880, sl and s2 and OF the
Democratic National Conventions Of 1872, 80 anc
So demanding a thorough reform and purincatiol
of the Civil service and charge that the Republican
party has violated every pledge 1t has heretoior'
given for the reform thereof and has failed durln!
its long administration of the Government to correc
even the most crying abuses, and we demand, there
fore a change in the Executive administration
the Government ITSELF the reform first OF all nee
essary (as made still more manifest by the recen
star route trials hereby oustng corrupt rings con
federated to protect crime and prevent the PUNISH
ment of criminals, and by so doing to make II pos
sible again to punish fraud and theft in the pubhC
service