Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-18
The Coming Contest IN Ohio.

Tho mucb importance cannot be attached
20 the proceedings Of the Ohio Democfauc
state Convention Of Wednesday last. The
ueople of the whole Union had had their
ewes turned towards that State for weeks.
and had become deeply interested in seve-
rsl questions which were likely to como
before and be decided by that body.
The Ohio Democratic platform merits
Che attention Of the National Democratic
marty as well FOR what It does not as for
what it does contain. There Is, too' q
striking contrast between the plain prac-
ticsl. sensible resolutions adopted by the
Democratic State Convention and the i'm
practicable utterances OF the third party.
SO called, whose convention recently as
sembled in Ohio. We might make O some
what similar remark as to the difference
between the Ohio Republican platform and
the Ohio Democratic platform.
A feature Of the Ohio Democratic plat
form is it's declaration in favor Of the Aus.
tralian- ballot system Of voting, or rather in
favor Of the voting law passed by the last
Democratic Legislature. which law is based
upon the Australian law. We have never beer
warmly in favor of the Australian-bsllo'
system or of any law in which the system
appcars even in modified form. We have
doubted the practicability of any method OF
securing the absolute secrecy OF the bal
lots of men who are not ashamed to sell
their votes. or trade them OF, OF to boast
of their intention to support Tom, DICK
and HARRY. Nevertheless so many better
and wiser men than we are strenuous advo-
Gates of the Australian nottingham that we
are more than willing to see that law tried
in any State where 1t is needed. Especial
" do we wish to see the corrupt. aggressive,
bulldozing Republicans of Ohio "regu-
lated by such n law They have come to re-
card their State as the headquarters OF the
Republican party. and their local leaders
AS the leaders of the national Republican
party. FireAlarm FORAKER, Calico CHAR
LIE. JONI SHERMAN, and all the rect of the
Ohio malgnauts need to have laid upon
them and their gangs the restraining hand
of the Australian or some other system of
voting than that which has obtained in
Ohio for 30 many years. The opposition
of such men to the new election-law COM
mends it to our approval.
We mentioned yesterday as noteworthy
that the Democrats of Ohio simply "ac-
cepted" the tariff issue rendered to them
by the Republicans, but forced the silver
issue upon the Republicans. The Demo-
Gratis were exceedingly careful IN drafting
their tariff resolution. They &C
cepted" the tariff issue las represented
by the so-called MCKINLEY bill" They
also described the kind of tariff they ia
vored-namely, lone levied for the sole
purpose of producing q revenue sufficient
~ defray the legitimate expenses OF the
Government economically administered"
Who does not favor such tariff
ave favor a graded income tax" is Ian
Cuage that cannot be misunderstood. 1t
reads as if it had been intended for q
bluff" so 10 speak. 1t is surely short,
sharp. and decisive"
The silver resolution is not less un-
ambiguous. II declares for the equal
right of silver and gold to "free and un-
limited coinage" We snid to CORE
spondent few day ago that free coinage
was unlimited coinage and unlimited
coinage was free coinage. The Ohio Demo
Gratis left US no room for doubling theiI
creed on this point. They declared fol
both free coinage and unlimited coinage.
Silver was we'll cared for in Ohio.
The Ubiquitous force bill was not passed
over in silence, but was denounced in vigo
rous English. So was the billion-dollaI
Republican Congress. So were REEDS
tyrannical rulings and rules.
"Sumptuary laws" always figure, we
think, in the platforms of the Democrat:
of Ohio. II is not likely that many Demo
Gratis will be driven out of their party by
the fact that this issue is rendered TO the
Republicans. II is just as likely that
CAMPBELL will be strengthened as that hi
will be weakened by the reference in the
Democratic platform to sumptuary laws.
We commented yesterday upon the Can
reciprocity resolution.
The resolution concerning pensions Il
soldiers and sailors and their widows ant
orphans we might just as well accept as no
a. one of the inevitable results of the wa
between the States.
The censure administered to Russia fol
her shameful treatment of the Jews vii
be endorsed by all believers in free govern
ment and the rights Of the people.
The minority report on the platform
conceded that the majority report was a
good as it was possible to draft by con
hning itself to two subiects-the silver cues
ton and the graded income tax.
Soon we shall hear good newsfrom Ohio
Such q party as the Democratic BUCKEYES
constitute need no help from abroad. The.
will soon begin an aggressive war upoi
the Republicans. which will never ceas
until Ohio shall have recorded her vot
IN favor Of CAMPBELL as q candidate II
1892 as we'll as IN 1891.
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Offices of the Danville System.