The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-10-28
Democratic Platform.

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The Democracy Of Ohio, IN conven-
: tion assembled, congratulates the coln-
try upon the fact that the party of the
of the people has been restored TO pow
er, and with it the promise ofits lead
ers and hopes Of its followers are being
fully realized.
We cordially indorse the admlnistra-
ton of President Cleveland, as we be-
live the people of all parties are con-
vinced that his official conduct has been
marked by great courage and honesty.
The Democrats CT Ohio express
their sorrow and acknowledge their
great loss by the recent death of that
distinguished soldier, orator and states
man. General Dprbin Ward. We bear
testimony to his courage, integrity, pa
!riotism, and realize that we are Indebt.
ed to him for wise COUNSEL and fearless
advocacy of our cause in all our cam.
paigus for many years. We join with
the Democrats of the nation IN mourn
ing over the still more recent loss of
that illustrious man, Samuel j. Tilden,
| who, by common consent, was for many
years TIE leader OF the Democracy of
America, and who was honestly and
fairly elected the l9,h President OF the
United States. We also deeply lament
the death within Il short period of time
of those other distinguished Democrats,
Thomas 4. Hendricks the idol and trust
| ed leader Tor many years Of the Demo-
crats of Indiana, and 1t 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 lead
ers Ill contests for the highest office
within the g;ff OF our people, and whose
courage, wisdom and patriotism have
made them dear to every true Amerl-
can. The names and careers of these
men remind us that as long as We .oi-
| low their examples and initiate their
virtues 50 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 reatiirm
the principles laid down in our last
| state and notional platforms upon the
| tariff question, and demand u thorough
ard jast revision of existing tariff laws
in accordance with these principles.
We heartily approve the pnlicy o.
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 unnec-
essary surplus in the treasury is an in.
centive tocorruption and congressional
jobhery, and an apression OF the people.
whose money is thus locked up beyond
their control.
We denounce their attempt to change
the measure OF values in the face of the
worlds vast debt, from gold and silver
to gold alone, as nn act of monstrous in
Justice, and demand that both gold and
silver as established by the Constitu-
ton, shall be maintained as the basis o.
the money system.
We approve the action of the Demo
cratic House of Congress in forfeIting
and restoring to the public domain for
homesteads for actual settlers nearly a
hundred million of acres of unearned
lands heretofore granted by Republican
Congresses to railroad corporations, and
We also approve the act providing
against alien ownership in large tracts
in the United States.
We approve the prompt, firm and Wig
orous action of the State department,
and the present Democratic administra
tion in the protection OF American cit
izens in foreign countries.
In common with the Democracy OF
the country we express our sympathy
with Ireland in her great struggle foT
home rrle. The friends of liberty
throughout the world are deeply inter
ested in this effort which the supporters |
of Gladstone and Parneil 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 com
pleie success.
We denounce the usurpations of the |
Rep ublican Lieutenant Governor and |
less than n quorum of Republican sena
tors of the State Senate as an act of rev. |
oluticn and grave crime against the !
Constitution of Ohio and q preceden'
too dangerous TO permit 10 pass uncon
demned by II e people of the state.
We demand that every safeguard oe the
ballot shall be maintained, that the vot-
es of the people shall be honestly cast |
and honestly counted, and that every
crime against the purity OF the ballot
box shall be promptly and vigorously |
punished, by whomsoever committed.
We denounce and condemn the par
tisan reorganization OF the penal and
benevolent Institutions OF the state not
made with view to increase the eff
cheney of their management, but for the
purpose of controlling their revenues
and the incidental p overs for partisan
purposes, thus dragging down to the bas-
est 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 Sixty-seventh General
Assembly of Ohio.
Believing that the evils growing out
Of the traffic in intoxicating liquors can
best be provided against by we'll reg
llated license system, we renew our
declaration in favor OF an amendment to
he Constitution that will permit a
udicious regulation Of the traffic and
-epress the abuses growing out of it
without destroying the principles of
personal liberty or the right Of private
We heartily indorse the course of Hon.
81. B. Payne, as the representative of
he state IN the Senate of the United
states The purity and integrity OF his
character are we'll known to the people
IF Ohio, andswe rejoice that the Repub-
lean Senate of the United States re;us.
d to become the medium through which
he baiiled and malicious Republican
politicians sought oinjure the fair fame
If man whose life is honorbly inter-
woven with the history of the state for
more than hall q century.
The prosperity of country must
necessarily depend largely npon the
relation between labor and
.apital, and We favor the principal OF
arbitration i'll the settling OF all differ