Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-16
DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES
As Promulgated at the Cleveland Conven-
tion-There Was Difference About the
Silver Plank and Also Over the Tax on


tion-There Was a Difference About the
Silver Plank and Also Over the Tax on
Graduated Income.
| ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.l
CLEVELAND, July I5-The following is the
text of the platform adopted by the Conven-
| tion to day:
"The Democracy of Ohio in Convention as
sembled hereby resolve: "That we most
| heartily endorse the honesty and economy
of the administration of Governor James e.
| Campbell, and commend the Sixty-ninth
| General Assembly for its business qualifca-
tions, economy and reform, and especially
| for having provided 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 invite attention to
the fact that the Republican party, though
hypocritically protesting to favor free
ballot and fair count, yet opposed and voted
against the bill for providing for free and
secret ballot, thus demonstrating its pro-
fessions to be insincere and for political
effect only, and We cordially indorse and ap-
prove the act of the Legislature regulating
the compensation of county officers by pro-
viding for fixed salary.
1--WE are opposed to all class legislation
and believe in q tariff levied for the sole
purpose of producing a revenue sufficient to
defray the legitimate expenses of the Gov
eminent, economically administered. We
accept the issue, rendered to US by the Re-
publican party, on the subject of tariff as
represented by the Mckinley tariff act, con-
fldent that the verdict of the people of Ohio
Will be recorded against the iniquitous
policy of so-called protection championed
by the Republican party in the interest of a
favored class against the masses. We favor
graduated income tax.
The Silver Plank That Suits.
1--WE denounce the characterization of sill
yer in 1873 by the party then in power, as
an iniquitous alteration of the money stand
ard, in favor of creditors and against debt
ors, taxpayers and producers, and which,
by shutting or one of the sources of supply
of primary money, operates continually to
increase the value of gold, depress prices,
hamper industry and disparage enterprise;
and we demand the reinstatement of the
constitutional standard of both gold and sill
yer, with the equal right of each to free and
unlimited coinage.
1--WE denounce the Republican Billion
Dollar Congress- which by extravagant ex-
penditure exhausted surplus in the
National Treasury, left there by Demo
which substituted despotic rule for free dis
cussion in the House of Representatives,:
We congratulate the people on the defeat of
the odious force bill demanded by q Repub-
publican party for the purpose of perpetu-
ating its rule by perverting the constitu-
tional powers of the Government destroy
ing free elections, and placing the ballot box
in the hands of unscrupulous partisans in
order, as declared by Speaker Reed, 'to reg
lister the voters, supervise the elections,
count the ballots and declare the result
Personal Rights Must Be Unmolested.
eve 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 senti-
ments of the civilized world, and we believe
that the personal rights of the individual
should be curtailed only when it is essential
to the maintenance of the peace, good order
and welfare of the community.
"We favor the passage of such laws by the
General Assembly as will give US system
for the government of our municipalities,
uniform throughout the State as the Consti-
tuition requires in which the executive and
legislative power shall be separated, the
former to be lodged in q Mayor, and the lat
ter in a Council, both to be elected by the
people, thereby realizing the principle of
home rule, safe from the dangers and evils
of special legislation.
I'VE favor closer commercial relations
with our Canadian neighbors, and the re-
moval of the embarrassing and annoying re-
strictions, which only veX our people, with
out yielding any substantial revenue to the
Government.
ave favor liberal and just pensions to de-
serving and disabled soldiers and sailors
who fought for the maintenance of the Gov
ernment, and like pensions to their widows
and orphan children.
"The persecution of the Hebrew people by
the Russian Government justly deserves
and receives our unqualified censure. We
extend to them our sincere sympathieS, and
believe that this Government, in connection
with the enlightened Governments of Europe
disposed to unite with US, should take
proper steps to alleviate the wrongs thus in
hicted on this long-suffering and oppressed
people,"
This Plank Was Kept Out.
The minority report, presented after the
above had been read, was as follows:
'We, the undersigned members Of the
Committee on Resolutions recommend the
adoption of the following resolution as a
substitute for the plank in the platform on
the free and unlimited coinage of silver:
1--WE believe in honest money, the coinage
of gold and silver and circulating medium
and we oppose all legislation which tends to
drive either gold or Silver out of circulation;
and we believe in maintaining the coinage
I'VE also recommend that the resolution
declaring for q graduated tax on incomes
be stricken from the PLATFORM
This was signed by James D. Ermston,
First district; F. M: German, Second dis
trict; Michael Donnelly, Sixth district; F. o.
Farrell, Seventh district; Manus O'Donnell,
Ninth district; s. A. A Harter, Sixteenth
district o. n. Schmick, Eighteenth district;
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