Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-04-26
Ohio REPUBLICANS !
Large and Enthusiastic Meeting
AND HARMONIOUS PROCEEDINGS.
SHERMAN WARMLY ENDORSED FORPRESIDENT

The city of Dayton and its people re-
J ceived unstinted praise from all visitors
for the hospitality that makes conven-
ton work SO agreeable. The weather
was fine, the city beautifed with ban
ners, the convention hall ample and con-
venient AMI the Convention itself an
unusually large one.
/ The work of the Convention consisted
in naming candidate for Judge of the
Supreme Court, Secretary of State, men,
Der of the Board of Public Works, four
delegates at large to the Chicago Con-
vention and two eleetors-at-large.
AT 10 O'Clock Thursday morning the
Convention was called to order by tenn
porary chairman Gen. ]. Warren Keifer,
and reports of committees were called
| for
The permanent officers named were,
Chairman, Hon. E. L. Lampson; Seere-
tary, Alex. c. Cain; Sergeant-a
Alexis Keeler.
! The Permanent Chairman was intro
duced and made an extended address.
The report of the Committee on Rules
and Order of Business provided that
nominations should be made thus: Sec
retary of State, Judge of Supreme Court,
Member Board of Public Works, four
delegates-at-large, four alternates, two
Presidential eleetors-at-large. The re-
port was adopted.
Hon. Charles Foster, Chairman of
Committee on Resolutions, read the fol-
lowing report:
The Republican party of Ohio, in con
yention assembled, reaffirming the plat
form of 1887, adopted at Toledo, pre-
sents the following declarations:
First-Free and untrammeled suffrage
lies at the foundation of the Republic,
and its restoration by every constitution
al means in States where it has been
overthrown or impaired, and its mainte-
nance everywhere, is our settled and de- !
termined purpose. We denounce the |
Democratic party for its notification of
the war amendments to the Constitution, |
whereby the Republicans of the South |
are practically denied a voice il the gov
ernment of the Nation, and the power |
of the Democrats of that section is un- !
lawfully augmented. We charge that
the Democratic party is now in the en-
joyment of power cOnfesSedIy procured |
by the unlawful suppression of the fran
chise in the Southern States. We affirm |
that the acceptance of power thus Sc
cured. the apparent purpose of the party |
to continue the methods mentioned, and |
its shameless defense OF the criminals !
who, in the States of Maine, Illinois, In
diana and Chic, have sought to sti1e the
popular will by frauds and forgeries,
justify us in charging that it has practi-
cally become, in National sense, an
organized conspiracy against free and
fair elections. In view of these facts,
and believing that to deprive the legally
qualified voter of his franchise, or to i'm
pair the public confidence in the fairness
of the count, is to weaken and ultimate
ly destroy free institutions, we call upon
the patriotic citizens of Ohio to rebuke
the party responsible for those crimes
against suffrage, and we demand of Con-
gress that, in the exercise of its constitu-
tional authority, it enact such laws as
will insure freedom and fairness in the
elections of Representatives. to Con-
gress.
Second-We favor such economic leg
islation as will protect all American in
dustries that can be profitably pursued
by American citizens; we insist that our
producers are entitled to the control of
their markets to the extent of their abil- {
ity to supply them; we denounce all eff
forts to open those markets to cOmpeti-
ton with the cheap labor and abundant
capital of foreign Nations as hostile to
the interests of labor and destructive to
National and individual prosperity. We :
regard the last annual message of the q
President and the recent action of the
Ways and Means Committee as direct
and open assault upon the industries, ..
which will, if unresisted, result in intro
lucing policy of free trade that in the
near future will paralyze or destroy our +;
OWN industries, reduce the compensation :
for labor and impoverish the Nation. .
Third-It is the duty of Congress to
pass, and of the President to approve, :
wise, Just and comprehensive pension
,ilI. giving relief TO disabled veteran
,eldiers and subsistence to the helpless
Widows and orphans of deceased sol a
liers, without regard to the time when 9
disability was incurred or to the cause "
If death. "
Fourth-The people of Ohio unquali- b
iedly condemn the refusal of the DEM
,cratic majority of the House of Repre-
to permit the passage OF the Fl
Refunding bill, passed by the o
Republican Senate, which was a propo- h
ition to repay to the loyal States, with r,
mt interest, the money paid by them at h
he beginning of the war to aid IN sup Il
PRESSING the rebellion, and to cancel the t,
lnpaid balance, principal and interest,
Iue from the rebel States upon said tax
g. and we denounce as treacherous and n
owardly the surrender of the Northern il
Democrats in Congress to the small mi ii
.ority of the x-Confederates and their h
lilies, and the abandonment of the bill, q
which. if passed, would have contrihu W
ed nearly million and half of dollars a,
0 the relief of the taxpayers of Ohio.
Fifth-We commend and indOrse the
administration of Gov. Foraker as wise, u
rudent, patriotic and economical. "
Sixth-We indorse the legislation of 81
he present General Assembly and ap- c.
rove its action in redeeming the prom u
,es made in the Republican platform OF a.
S87. p
Seventh-The Republicans of Ohio 10
ecognize the merits, services and ablli- W
les of the statesmen who have been
Mentioned for the Republican nomina-
ion for the Presidency, and, loyal to 81
nyone who may be selected, present
ohm Sherman to the country as emil Y
emily qualified and fitted for the duties
f that exalted office, and the delegates
D the Republican National Convention
his day selected are directed to use all