Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-29
OHIO DEMOCRATS.
They Declare There Shall Be No Back
Down on Tariff Reform.
The Campbells are Coming Becomes a Cam
paign air in Honor of the Nominee for
Governor-Other Conventions.
Ohio Democrats.

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| o clock, when DR.. Norton raped for or
| der. Dr.. Norton then made a brief adj
! dress, outlining the purposes Of the con-
vention. He made his speech vehicle
| for caustic criticism of the Republican
party and especially of Governor Foraker,
| the candidate of that party for re-elec-
| ton. This was followed by a eulogy OF
| the Democratic party and its principles.
| His allusion to Grover Cleveland as the
nOblest and greatest of living Democrats
| was marked by long continued applause.
Hon. NJ. D. Harter of Richland county
was named for permanent president,
Lewis G. Bernard, Hamilton county /,
| secretary, and elected along with vice
president and assistant secretary for each
| congressional district.
a resolution favorIng the location Of
the world s fair in 1892 at some point in
the Mississippi valley was read and re-
fered to committee without debate.
Nominations for governor were next in
order. James f. Campbell of Butler
county, Virgil P. Kline OF Cuyahoga
county, and Lawrence Neal of Ross
county, we're put in nomination, and
after good deal of confusion the vote
was announced. Campbell, 388; Neal,
1872; Kline, l09.
covering nearly all the points at issue be-
tween the parties.
John A. Mcmahon made report of the
committee on resolutions, prefacing it
with the statement 1t was not a compro-
mise but was unanimously adopted, and
that the committee was fully agreed
there should be no backward step III the
matter of tariff reform. Great ap-
plause. The report was adopted with
unanimous applause.
CAMPBELL NOMINATED.
The band played 1.-THE Campbells are
Coming, - and the delegates acqmesced
in this clearing of the tangle, and with
some degree of order the second ballot
proceeded. The total vote cast was
1891, of which Campbell received 1917;
Neal. 299; Kline, 80. This nominated
MIR. Campbell and the hall was wild with
shouting men. The band again played
''The Campbells are COming,' and a
motion to make the nomination of Mr..
Campbell unanimous was carried with
another season of shouting by the crowd
and more of the campaign air by the
band
Mr.. Campbell was sent for and a recess
of fifteen minutes was taken.
1t was nearly 'clock when the now
recognized campaign air announced the
coming of the candidate. With him were
the defeated candidates., Messrs. Neal
and Kline. MI. Campbell, on being
presented, accepted the nomination. He
said this was no ordinary campaign as it
was not one of mere routine. The most
obvious of the duties of the Democratic
party was to rebuke the violation of the
written laws of this country that no Off
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third term. In spite of precedents of
Washington and Grant the strangers of
the Republican party have decreed that
power shall be continued in the hands of
the most prOfligate administration the
state has known. Mr.. Campbell went ON
to arTaign in the most severe terms the
legislation of the Republican party in
Ohio and the administration of Governor
Foraker.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS William Vance
Marquis OF Logan county.
Judge of the supreme court, Martin
Toilette of Washington county.
State treasurer, W. e. Borden of
Guernsey county.
State commissioner of schools, Charles
G. Miller of Putnam county.
AttOrney-ge Jesse NJ. Lewis of
Champaign county.
Member board of public works, Frank
Reynolds of Hamilton county.
Clerk OF the supreme court, II. T. J
G.. Shumaker of Seneca county.
When the ticket was completed the
convention Immediately adjourned.
THE PLATFORM.
l. The Democracy of Ohio in convention
assembled approve the declaration Of
principles made by the national Democ-
q
that part of it demanding reduction of
tariff taxes. We will continue to battle
for tariff reform until the cause of the
people is triumphant.
2. We regard trusts in whatever form
organized as legitimate results of our
present tariff system, and we demand
the repeal of all tariff taxes that enable
them to extract from the people exorbit-
ant prices for products they control.
s. We again acknowledge the great
debt of gratitude the nation owes the he
roes of the late war, and we declare in
favor of just, liberal and equitable pen
sion laws.
4. We denounce the Republican adj
ministration for its repeated violation of
its pledges il behalf of civil service re-
form.
). We denounce the present state adj
ministration as the most partisan, de-
moraizing and extravagant in our his
tory. We invite the careful investigation
of all citizens into our financial affairs as
shown by official records.
6. We protest against the repeated en-
actment of laws yesting appointing power
in the governor, enabling him to control
local boards of leading citizens while de-
priving them OF self-government. 1t
constitutes a vast political machine that
is at all times dangerous, and in the
hands Of partisan chief executive has
become a positive menace to the people
OF the state.
~. The nomination of the governor of
Ohio for the third term in violation of all
precedent by the notorious and disgraceful
use of the patronage at his command is
an outrage against the people and should
be rebuked at the polls.
s. We heartily favor home rule in Ire
land. we demand it also for Ohio.
While favoring all laws that sacredIy
protect the ballot-bo and honest voter.
we demand the enactment of laws that
will enable our cities to choose their own
servants and control their own affairs.
Pennsylvania Prohibition1sts