Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-23
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.

The platform, as matter of fact, en-
dorses the administration of the Gov
ernor, and "points with pride' to Ions
category of things done. As usual i
arraigns the Republican party in the
same old style, and denounces it in un
measured terms. The leading plank:
of the platform read:
We favor a graded income tax.
We denounce the demonetization OF
silver in 1873 by the party as an iniqui
tOus alteration of the money standard
in favor of creditors and against debt
ors, taxpayers and producers, and which
by shutting off one of the sources OF
supply of primary money, operates con-
| tinually to increase the value of gold
depress prices, hamper industry and dis,
parage enterprise; and we demand the
reinstatement of the constitutional
standard of both gold and silver, with
the equal right of each to free and un-
limited coinage.
We denounce the Republican billion
dollar Congress which by extravagant
expenditures exhausted a surplus in the
national treasury left there by Demo-
cratic administration and created de-
ficit; which substituted despotic rule for
free discussion in the House of Repre-
sentatives; and we congratulate the peo-
pie on the defeat of the odious force bill
demanded by Republican President
and championed by the Republican par
ty for the purpose of perpetuating its
rule by perverting the constitutional
powers of the government, destroying
free elections and placing the ballot box
in the hands of INSCRIPTIONS partisans
in order, as declared by Speaker Reed,
"To register the voters, supervise the
elections, count the ballots and declare
the result"
We are opposed to the enactment of
all laws which unnecessarily interfere
with the habits and customs Of any of
our people which are not offensive to
the moral sentiments of the civilized
world, and we believe that the personal
rights of the individual should be cur
tailed only when it is essential to the
maintenance of the peace, good order
We favor the passage of such laws by
the General Assembly as will give us
system for the government of our NUM-
cipalities, uniform throughout the State,
as the Constitution requires, in which
the executive and Legislative power shall
be separated, the former to be lodged in
a mayor and the latter in council, both
to be elected by the people, thereby
realizing the principle of home rule,
safe from the dangers and evils of spe-
cial legislation.
We favor closer commercial relations
with our Canadian neighbors and the
removal of the embarrassing and an
noying restrictions which only vex our
people without yielding any substantial
revenue to the government.
We favor liberal and just pensions to
deserving and disabled soldiers and sail
ors who fought for the maintenance of
the government, and like pensions to
their widows and orphan children.
The persecution of the Jewish people |
by the Russian government Justly de-
serves and receives our unqualified CEN
sure. We extend to them our sincere
sympathies, and believe that this govern
ment, in connection with the enlightened
governments of Europe disposed to
unite with us, should take proper steps
to alleviate the wrongs thus inflicted on
this long-suffering and oppressed people.
The committee could not agree, and a
report was submitted, but the
majority report was adopted by divid-
ed vote. The minority report runs in
his wise:
We, the undersigned members of the
committee on resolutions, recommend
he adoption of the following resolution
Is substitute for the plank in the plat
'orm on the free and unlimited coinage
If silver:
We believe in honest money, the coin
lge of gold and silver and circulating
Medium convertible into such money
Without loss; and we oppose all legisla-
ion which tends to drive gold or silver
,ut of circulation; and we believe in
the coinage of both metals /;
N parity.
We also recommend that the resolu- {
ion declaring for q graduated tax on c
ncome be stricken from the platform. '
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