The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-06-14
The Ohio Republicans,


ton, Judge Joseph B. Foraker, for Gov
ernor; w. G. Rose, for 1t. Governor
VIM. H. Upton, for Judge Of the Supreme
Court J. f. Oglevee, for Auditor
Dwight Crowell, for Clerk of the Supreme
Court John G. Brown. for State Treasu-
rer; n. B. Earnhardt, for Attorney-Gen-
eral; Commissioner of Schools, d. F.
DeWolfe Board of Public Works, Leo
Weltz.
Hon. John Sherman presided over the
Convention. 1t was only after he had
peremptorily refused the use of his name
as a candidate for Governor, that the
Convention modified its demand for his
nomination. Judge Foraker was taken up
by reclamation and declared to be the
choice of the body.
The platform, solid, direct, manly and
statesmanlike, will be found below The
ticket and the platform are all that could
be desired, and the result will be a grand
Republican triumph in October next ::
The Republicans of Ohio, in state con
vention assembled, adopt the following de-
ClaIdGlOn OF principles:
|. That the Republican Party, in pre-
serving the life of the nation, in giving
freedom and equal rights to all it's citizens,
holding the national honor, in the gener-
GUS provisions made for those who have
suffered for their country, in keeping the
national faith and advancing the national
credit, in the speedy payment of the public
debt, in the reduction OF national taxation,
in the elevation of the civil service, in the
enactment of a series of wise public meas
ureS, which have given the country unex-
ampled prosperity, have given the best as
surances of its purposes for the future.
III. That the republican Party believe
now, as in the past, in the maintenance Of.
d tariff system which will provide revenue
for the Government, and at the same time
will protect American producers and
American labor; that it is opposed to the
Democratic doctrine of "a tariff for reve-
nue. only" because such doctrine, if en-
forced, would OF necessity compel Ameri-
can Workmen to accept the unremunera-
tive wages which are paid their foreign riv-
ais. 1t looks with alarm upon the purpose
already avoWed by the Democratic leaders,
that the next Congress will revise the tar
iff by further reducing the duties on i'm
ports, which, it executed, will unSettle the
business OF the country, and will produce
great injury to the mechanics, producers,
and artisans of the land.
Ill. That the wool tariff Of 1867 should
be restored at the first possible Opportll-
nifty.
Nv. That we are in favor of the establish
ment by Congress of u national Bureau of
Labor Statistics for the purpose of collec-
ting and SyStematiZing all statistics relat-
ing to the industrial, social, and sanitary
condition of the labOring masses of the
Nation.
V. That we approve of the action of the
General Assembly Of Ohio in the submits
sion OF constitutional amendments in elat-
ion to the liquor traffic, thus giving oppor-
tunity to the people to make such changes
in the organic law of the State us may be
approved by their Judgment.
vi. That we approve of the taxation of
the liquor traffic for revenue and for the
purpose OfprOviding against evils resulting
from such traffic.
VII. That we congratulate the country
upon the reduction by the last Congress of
internal taxes of more than $40 100000 an
nually, while at the same time the credit
OF the Nation is maintained and the steady
reduction of the national debt is provided
for
VIII. That the wise and conservative
with the hearty approval OF the Republi-
cans of Ohio.
TX. That we comm end the action of the
General Assembly Of he state in providing
commission to exam inc into the system
OF prison contract labor. and we declare
ourselves in favor of the abolition of said
contract system.
X. That we reiterate the declaration of
previous Republican Conventions in favor
OF civil service reform, and every intelli-
gent effort to make that measure practical,
and we especially approve the provisions
made by the Republican Congress for giving
the patriotic soldiers of the late war,
with the proper qualifications, the
preference for all places under the Gov
eminent.
Al, That we favor the repeal of the law
limiting the time within which applica-
lions fol- pensions under the arrears of pen
sion act shall be made.
XII. That the greatly i'm proved condi-
ton OF the public Institutions of the state
the successful refunding of the public debt
at rate OF interest lower than a loan has
been played by any other State, the provi- |
sion for the payment of SIS, 200, 900 of the
public debt, the improved financial condi-
ton Of the State being such that we may
reduce the rate of taxation and at the same
time be amply able to make expenditures
for the benefit of the charitable Institutions
OF the State-all this accomplished in the !
face OF what appeared to be an absolute ne
ceSsity under Democratic administration,
to increase State taxation attests the wis |
dom, care and economy of the administra-
ton Of Gov. Foster, and is an assurance to |
the people of the State that their best in
terests are to be subserved by the contin-
uance of the Republican Party in power.