Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-08-26

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RESOLUTIONS.
Hon. John w. MeSweeney, chairman
Of the Committee ON Resolutions, then
came forward with his report and was
cheered to the echo. On the reading of
the first two planks regarding the death
of Hancock and Hlden, Robert Kueh-
merit moved a rising vote which was
heartily given. Every clause and every
plank was cheered and the whole
adopted with great enthusiasm 1t is
as follows:
THE PLATFORM.
The Democracy of Ohio, in conven-
tion assembled, congratuIates the
country upon the fact that the party of
people has been restored to power, and
with il the promises of its leaders and
hopes Oft followers are being fully
realized.
We cordially endorse the administra-
ton of President Cleveland, as we be-
lieve the people of all parties are con-
vinced that his official conduct has
been marked by great courage and
honesty.
The Democrats of Ohio express their
sincere sorrow and acknowledge their
great loss by the recent death of that
distinguished soldier. orator and states
man, Gen. Durbin Ward. We bear
testimony to his courage, integrity and
patriotism, and realize that we are in
debted to him for wise counseland fear
less advocacy of our cause in all our
campaigns for many years.
We join with the Democrats of the
nation in mourning over the still more
recent loss of that illustrious man,
Samuel J. Tilden, who by common con-
sent was for many years the leader of
the Democracy of America, and who
was honestly and fairly elected the
nineteenth President of the United
States.
We also deeply lament the death
within a short period of time of those
other distinguished Democrats, Thomas
A. Hendricks, the idol and trusted
leader for many years of the Democrats
of Indiana, and at the time of his death
Vice President of the United States;
also of George B. Mcclellan, Horatio
Seymour and Winfield Scott Hancock,
who have all been our leaders in con-
tests for the highest Office within the
gift of our people, and whose courage,
wisdom and patriotism have made them
dear to every true American.
The names and the career of these
men remind us that as long as we fol-
low their examples and initiate their
virtues so long shall we have brilliant
leadership and our cause and party be
preserved.
Taxes should not be collected beyond
the needs of government economically
administered; and we hereby reaffirm
the principles laid down in our last
State and National platforms upon the
tariff question, and demand thorough
and just revision of existing tariff laws
in accordance with these principles.
We heartily approve the policy of
paying out the surplus revenues hereto
fore accumulated in the Treasury, on
the interest-bearing debt.
Every dollar of unnecessary taxation,
State or national, is robbery, and in
derogation of the rights of the people;
an unnecessary surplus in the treasury
is an incentive to corruption and Con-
gressional jobbery, and an oppression of
the people whose money is there, lock-
ed up beyond their control.
We denOunce the attempt to change
the measure of values, in the face of the
worlds vast debts, from gold and silver
to gold alone, as an act of monstrous in
liustice, and demand that both gold and
silver, as established by the constitution
shall be maintainedas the basis of our
money system.
We approve the action of the Demo-
cratic House of Congress in forfeiting
and restoring to the public domain, for
homesUeads for actual settlers, nearly a
hundred millions of acres of unearned
lands heretofore granted by Republican
Congresses to railroad corporations, and
we also approve the act preventing
alien ownership in large tracts ofpublic
lands in the United States.
We approve the prompt, firm and
vigorous action of the State department
and the present Democratic admins
tration in the protection of American
citizens in foreign counties.
In common with the Democracy OF
the country. we express our sympathy
with Ireland and her great struggle for
home rule. The friends of liberty
Throughout the world are deeply inter
ested in this effort which the supporters
of Gladstone and Parnell are now max
ing to give the right to govern them
selves to the long-suffering and greatly
wronged Irish people, and we sincerely
hope the struggle of Ireland for her just
rights shall be crowned with complete
success.
/ We denounce the usurpations of the
Republican Lieutenant Governor and
less than quorum of Republican Sen
ators of the State Senate as an act OF
revolution and a grave crime against
the constitution of Ohio, and a preced-
ent too dangerous to permit to pass un-
condemed by the people of the State.
We demand that every safe guard of
the ballot shall be maintained, that the
votes of the people shall be honestly
cast and honestly counted, and tina:
every crime against the purity of the
ballot box shall be promptly and vigor-
ously punished, by whomsoever COM
mitted.
We denounce and condemn the par
tizan reorganization of the penal and
benevolent institutions of the State not
made with view to increase the effici-
ency of their management, but for the
purpose of controlling their revenues
and incidental powers for partisan pur-
poses, thus dragging down to the basest
uses the willing gifts of the people for
the amelioration of the unfortunate.
/ We hereby express our unbounded
confidence in the integrity and Democ-
racy of the Democratic members Of the
Senate of the 67th General Assembly OF
Ohio.