The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-08-24
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TOLEDO.
TOLEDO, August 1S-There was
much anxious discussion last night
| in the Committee on Resolutions OF
the Democratic State Convention.-
After blocking out the ground to be
), covered. subcommittee was ap
pointed, which was in session until
4 o'clock this morning. The full
committee met again this morning
at s o'clock, and was in session un
til 10 o'clock, before the platform was
completed.
! The convention assembled at 10
80 in Memorial Hall, and was called
to order by Hon. Thomas J. Cogan
of Cincinnati, Chairman of the State
Committee. Hon. f. b. Finley, OF
Bucyrus, was made permanent chair
man, and Hon. c. NJ. Layton, O
Auglaise, permanent secretary
There was no preliminary organiza
tion made. Mr.. Finley, on taking
| the chair, made speech congratu
lating the convention on the return
Of Democratic supremacy to tn,
country, and rehearsing the work
done by the present administration
He then made a strong arraignment
of the Republican Legislature, cs
specially the seizure of power in tn,
Senate. He mathematical the Re
publican majority of the Suprem,
Court as having prostituted theil
higher power to partisan purposes
He made lengthy review of Stat,
matters, and was applaudcd stormi
ly.
AT the conclusion of Chairman
Finley's speech, the Committee OF
Rules reported, and the report was
adopted. Hon. J. McSweeney, Of
Wooster, then reported the platform
as follows:
THE PLATFORM.
The Democracy of Ohio, in con
vention assembled, congratulates the
country upon the fact that the party
of the people has been restored to
power, and with it the promises OF
its leaders and hopes of its follow.
ers are being fully realized. We
cordially indorse the administration
of President Cleveland as we be.
lieve the people of all parties arc
convinced that his official conduct
has been marked by great courage
and honesty.
The Democrats of Ohio express
their sincere sorrow and acknowl-
edge their great loss by the recent
death of that distinguished soldier,
orator and statesman, Gen. Durbin
Ward. We bear testimony to his
courage, integrity and patriotism,
and realize that we are indebted to
him for wise counsel and fearless
advocacy of or cause in all our
campaigns for many years. We
join with the Democrats of the ma
tion in mourning over the still more
recent loss of that illustrious man,
SAMUEL J. TILDEN,
who by common consent was for
many years the leader of the De-
mocracy of America, and who was
honestly and fairly elected the nine
teenth 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 contests for
the highest office within the gift of
our people, and whose courage, wis
dom and patriotism have made them
dear to every true American. The
names and the careers of these men
remind us that as long as we follow
their examples and initiate their vir-
tues so long shall we have brilliant
leadership and our cause and party
be preserved.
Taxes should not he collected be-
yond the needs of government econ
omically administered, and We here
by reaffirm the principles laid down
in our last State and National plat
forms upon the tariff question, and
demand a thorough and just revis-
lion of existing tariff laws in accor-
dance with these principles.
We heartily approve the policy
of paying out.
THE SURPLUS REVENUES
heretofore accumulated in the Treas
ury on the interest-bearing debt.
Every dollar Of unnecessary tax
alton, 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 Congressional job
berry, and an oppression of the peo-
pie, whose money is thus locked up
beyond fheir 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 injustice, and dc.
mand that both gold and silver. as
established by the Constitution, shall
be maintained as the basis of oul
money system.
We approve the action of the
Democratic House of Congress in
forfeiting and restoring to the pub
lie domain, for hOmesteads for act.
ual settlers, nearly a hundred mill
ions of acres of unearned lands
heretofore granted by Republican
Congresses to railroad corporations
and we also approve the act proven.