The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-07-18
SOME GRAND
of Ohio in convention assembled hereby

of Ohio in convention assembled hereby
resolves:
That we most heartily endorse the
honesty and economy of the administra-
ton of Governor James E.. Campbell and
commend the Goth general assembly for
it's business qualifications, and
reform and especially for having provid-
ed for a secret ballot, by which every
voter in Ohio can cast his ballot in secret
as he desires and have his vote counted as
cast; and we call attention to the fact that
the republican party through hypocritic-
ally protesting to favor a free ballot and
fair count, yet opposed and voted against
the bill for providing for a free and Sc
cret ballot, thus demonstrating it's pro-
LESSONS to be insincere and for political
effect only.
We cordially indorse and approve the
act of the legislature regulating the COM
pensation of county officers by providing
for a fixed salary.
We are opposed to all class legislation
and believe in a tariff levied for the sole
purpose of producing revenue sufficient
to defray the legitimate expenses of the
government economically administered.
We accept the issue rendered to us by
the republican party on the subject of
the tariff as represented by the so-called
Mckinley tariff act, confident that the
verdict of the people of Ohio will be re.
corded against the Ubiquitous policy of
the so-called protection championed by
the republican party in the interest of
favored classes against the masses.
We favor a graded income tax.
We denOunce the characterization of
silver in 1873 by the party her in power
as an iniquitous alteration of the money
standard in favor of creditors and against
debtors, taxpayers and producers and
which, by shutting off one of the sources
OF primary money, operates continually
to increase the value of gold, depress
prices. hamper industry and discourage
enterprise, and we demand the reinstate-
ment of the constitutional standard of
both gold and silver with equal right of
each to free and unlimited coinage.
We denounce the republican billion
dollar congress, which by e%xtravagant
expenditure exhausted the surplus in
the national treasury. left there by the
democratic administration and created a
deficit; which substituted despotic rule
for free discussion IN the house of repre-
s%entatives, and we congratulate the peo-
pie IN the defeat of the odious force
bill demanded by the republican presi-
dent ana championed by the republican
party 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 voters, supervise elections, count
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 individuals should be curtailed only
when it is essential to the maintenance
of peace, good order and the welfare of |
the community.
We favor the passage of such laws by |
the general assembly as will give us a
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 the
mayor and the latter in the council, both
to be elected by the people, thereby
realizing the principle of home rule. safe
from the dangers and evils of special
legislation.
We favor closer commercial relations
with our Canadian neighbors and the re-
moval of embarrassing and annoying re-
strictions which only vex our people
without yielding any substantial revenue
to the government.
We favor liberal and just pensions to
the disabled soldiers and sailors who
fought for the maintenance of the gov
eminent. and like pensions to their
widows and orphan children.
The persecution of the Jewish people
by the Russian government justly de-
serves and receives u unqualified cen
sure. We extend to them our sincere
sympathies, and believe that this gov
eminent, in connection with the enlight-
ened governments of Europe disposed to
unite with us, should take proper steps
to alleviate the wrongs thus inflicted on
this long-sutfering and oppressed people,"
REPORT.
We, the undersigned members of the
the committee on resolutions, recon-
mend the adoption of the following reso-
luton as a substitute for the plank in
the platform on free and unlimited coin
age of silver:
We believe in the honest money coin
age of gold and silver and the circulat-
ing medium convertible into such money
without loss, and we oppose all legisla-
ton which tends to drive either gold or