Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-08-19
BUCKEYE DEMOCRATS
IN MOST HARMONIOUS ACCORD IN CONvEN-
TI0N At TOLEDO.
Mcbride Nominated for Secretary Of State On the
Second Ballot BY AoclamatOn, as Were the
Remaining Names on the Tekst-A Ring
ing, Sterling Platform Adopted.

was in session until 10 o'clock, before the
platform was completed.
The convention assembled at 1890 in
Memorial Hall, and was called to order by
Hon. Thomas J. Cogan, of Cincinnati,
Chairman of the State Committee. Hon.
E. B. Finley, of Bucyrus, was made per-
manent chairman, and Hon. c. NJ. Lay
ton, Of Auglaise, permanent secretary.
There was no preliminary organization
made. Mr.. Finley, on taking the chair,
made speech cOngratulating the conven-
tion on the return of Democratic supremacy
to the country, and rehearsing the work
done by the present administration. He
then made a strong ariaignment Of the
Republican Legislature, especially the
seizure of power in the Senate. He
mathematical the Republican majority Ol
the Supreme Court as having proStituted
their higher power to partisan purposes.
He made lengthy review of State matters,
and was applauded stormily.
At the conclusion of Chairman Finley's
speech, the Committee on Rules reported,
and the report was adopted. Hon. J. Nc
Sweeney, of Wooster, then reported the
platform as follows:
THE PLATFORM.
The Democracy of Ohio, in convention
assembled, congratulates the country upon
the fact that the party of the people has
been restored to power, and with it the
promises of it's leaders and hopes Of its
followers are being lily realized. Wecor-
| daily indOrSe the administration of PreSi-
dent Cleveland as we believe the people of
all parties are convinced that his official
| conduct has been marked by great courage
and honesty.
! The Democrats of Ohio express their sin
cere sorrow and acknowledge their great
loss by the recent death Of that distin-
| guished 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 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 !. TlLDEN,
who by common consent was for many
wears the leader of the Democracy of Amer
lea, and who was honestly and fairly elect
ed the nineteenth President of the United
States.
We also deeply lament the death, within
| a short period OF time, of those other dis
| tinguished Democrats, Thomas \. Hen
dricks, 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. MCClel-
| Ian, 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 imi-
tate their virtues SO long shall we have
brilliant leadership and our cause and par
ty he preserved.
Taxes should not be collected beyond
the needs of government economically adj
miniStered, and we hereby reatfirm the
the principles laid down in our last State
and National platforms upon the tariff
question, and demand a thorough and Just
revision of existing tariff laws in accord
ance with these principles.
We heartily approve the policy Of pay
ing out
THE SURPLUS REVENUES
heretofore accumulated in the Treasury,
on the intercSt-bearing debt
Every dollar of unnecessary taxation.
State. or national, is robbery, and in derO-
cation of the rights of the people; an un-
necessary surplus in the Treasury is an in
centive to corruption and Congressional
iobberv, and an oppression of the people,
whose money is thus locked up beyond
their control.
We denOunce the attempt TO change the
measure of values, in the face Ofthe worlds
vast debts, from gold and silver to gold
alone. as an act of mOnstrOuS injustice, and
demand that both gold and silver, rs es-
tablished hv the Constitution, shall be
maintained rs the basis of our money
system.
We approve the action of the Democrat
ic House of Congress in tOrteltln% and re-
storing to the public domain, for home
steads for actual settlers, nearly hundred
millions of acres of unearned lands hereto
fore granted by Republican Congresses to
railroad corporations, and we also approve
the act preventing alien OwnerShlpS In large
tracts OF public lands in the United States.
We approve the prompt, firm and vigorous
action of the State Department and the
nresent Democratic administration in the
nrotection of American citizens III foreign
countries.
In common with the Democracy Of the
country we express our
SYMPATHY WITH IRELAND
and her great struggle for Home Rule
The friendsOf liberty throughout the world
are deeply interested in this effort, which !
the supporters of Gladstone and Parnell
are now making to give the right TO gov
ern themselves to the long suffering and
greatly wronged Irish people, and we SIN |
cerelv hope the struggle of Ireland for her |
inst rights shall be crowned with complete /
success.
We denounce the usurpation of the Re |
rublican Lieutenant Governor and less
than quorum of Republican Senators OF
the State Senate rs an act of revolution
and q grave crime against the Constitution |
of Ohio. and precedent too dangerous to
hermit to pass uncondemned by the people |
of the State.
We demand that every safeguard of the
ballot shall be maintained, that the votes
of the people shall be honestly cast and
honestly counted, and that every crime
against the purity of the ballOt-boN shall
he promptly and vigorously punished, by
wbomsoever committed. We denounce
and condemn the partisan reorganization
of the penal and benevolent institutions OF
the State not made with view to increase
the efficiency of their management, but ior
the purpose of controlling their revenues
and incidental powers for partisan Pur- !
poses. thus dragging down to the basest
nses the willing gift of the people for the
amelioration of the unfortunate.
We hereby express our unbounded con-
fdence in the integrity and Democracy OF
the Democratic members of the Senate md |
of the Sixty-seventh General Assembly OF
Ohio.
Believing that the evils growing out OF
the