Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-07-26
OUR PLATFORM.

The Democracy of Ohio In Convention assembled
hereby reairm 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 DemOc ratio
party, Thomas Jefferson. The application of these
publication Of the public SERVICE the punishment OF
the robbers of the public treasury the equalization
of oil public burdens, the arrest OF profigacy and
extravaganza that corrupt the administration Of
public affairs and total change In the policy that
has 90 long been pursued by the Republican party {;
fayorng individual and class interests, at the
pense of thelaborng and people Of
the country; and we re-announce our previous dec
arations for stable money the gradual extinction of
the public debt, and tho payment Of pensions to
disabled soldiers, their widows and orphans.
Second-We favor tariff for revenue limited to
the necessities OF Government economically admin
istered and so adjusted in Its application to pre-
vent unequal burdens, encourage productive indus
tries at home, afford just compensation to labor,
but 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 1t on woolen goods, already highly pro-
tected, iniquitous 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 Dem ocratic party is, as It always has
been, opposed to sumptuary legislation and uneQuta
taxation In any form, and s 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
sultng therefrom, by judicious and properly
graded license system.
Fifth-The abuses of the present contract system
in our State Penitentary, by which the products Of
the labor Of convicts are brought in competition
with products of honest labor, to the great detri
ment of the latter, are injurious and unwise ant
ought to be corrected; and the promises of the Re
publican party to abolish this system are shown t
be false and hypocritical by its failure to do 81
vhio 1t has had the power.
Sixth-The protection Of the Government is du
TO all American citizens, native and foreign born
abroad as wen as at home.
Seyenth--We reafirm the resolutions of the Stat
Conventions OF Ohio In $780, '81 and 49, and of thu
Democratic National Conventions Of 1872, '76 ant
80, demanding thorough reform and purifcatiol
Of the Civil service and charge that the Republican
party has violated every pledge 1t has heretofor
given for the reform thereof, and has failed durn
Its long administration Of the Government to
even the most crying abuses, and we demand, there
fore, change in the Executive administration o
the Government ITSELF the reform first Of all
essary (as made still more manifest by the recen
star route trias) hereby ousting corrupt rings con
federated to protect crime and prevent the punish
ment Of criminals, and by 30 doing to make 1t pos
sble again to punish fraud and theft In the public
service.