Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-07-12
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The Ohio Democratic Platform.

The recent Ohio Democratic State
Convention adopted the following plat
form ofpffnciples:
yrhee. Democracy of Ohio, in convention as
eennblah. hereby reaffirm the principles OF tne
nartv m. expressed in the primaries ana state
and Maternal platforms in regard 70 persons,
liberty. the truefunctions of government, and
as embraced in the political creed expounae.u
by egreat founder OF the Demoera.rtf hesyy
principles to our present condition demands
the purcation of the public ssryseses Rsn-
ury, the equalization of all public purdens,
the arrest of the profigacy and extravagance
fhirs ee ond to 5ae ehange II JIG pdc
so long been pursued by the Republican party
Hzfnvorfng individual ard assinteresset-th
ef 9f tb ee snd
previous declarations for stable money, tne
gradual tin ns 81 e 10 Su6 sabIed soders
their widows and Orphans. a..
2. We favor a tariff for revenue ilmlteo 70 tne
necessities of the Government economically
administered, and so adjusted in its application
as to prevent unequal burdens, encourage
productive industries at home, afford just
compensation to labor, but not to create or
foster monopoieS. :.
3. The act of the Republican Congress re-
ducing the tariff on wool, while at the same
time increasing it on wooden goods, aireaoy
highly pro;eeted was ia y, SgIslat and
against the agricultural interests OF the .coun-
try. and ought to be corrected: and we heart
iIy approve the action or the DenOcrdtlc
members of the Ohio delegation in Congress
in voting against that increase. t2sEf@8st SIS
t. The Democratic party is, as it always has
been. opposed to sumptuary Legislation ann une
equal taxation in any form land is IN tavor or
the largest liberty of private conduct consis-
tent with the public welfair and the
rights of others. and of regulating the liquor
traffic and providing against the evils, result
ing therefrom, by a judiciouS and properly
graded license system . -
5. The abuses Of the present contract system
in our State Penitentiary, by which the pro-
ducts of the labor Of convicts are brought in
competition with the products of honestfabor,
the great detrinent of the latter, are lnJhrl-
Gus and unwise. and ought 4toi ibe corrected.
and the promises of the Republican. party to
abolish this system are shown to be false and
hypocritica by its failure to do SO while 1t has
G. The protection Of the Government is due
to all American citizens, native and foreign
born. abroad as well as at home. va :.
z. We reaf1irm the resolutions of thel State
Conventions of Ohio in 1880, 1881 and aaS2. and
and of the Democratic National Conventions
reform and publication of the civil service,
and charge that the Republican party hasyio-
to asa pledge e i nas
and has failed during its long administration
of the Government to correct even the
most crying abuses; and we demand, there
fore, change in the executive administration
of the Government itself as the reform first OF
all necessary tas made still more manifest by
corrupt rings, confederated to protect crime
and prevent the punishment of criminals. and
by SO doing to make it possible again to pun
ish fraud and theft in the PUBLIC service.