The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1891-09-10
Democratic Platform,

I lie OPnlOcra'F oi Quo, IN con
venlion assembled, hereby res
olive hat We most heartily en-.
darse he honesty and econom,
ef ihe administration Of Cover.
nor James 4. >amphell ant
comrnend he Sky ninelh gen
era! assembly for its bnSines
qnaliiic ,ions. economy and re
loim. and especially for havin,
4 provided for Il secrer ballot b,
: which every voter in Ohio car
{ cast his ballot in secret as he de.
/ sires, and have his vote counted
: as cast; and we invite attention
to he fact that HE Republican
) party, though hypocrilica!lJ
, protesting 10 favor "a fr. e bal.
lot and an honest count vel
opposed and voted against The
mll for providing for free and
secret ballot. thus demonstrating
professions Ia be insincere
and for political effect only, and
we cordially indorse and approve
he act of the legislature re2uIa-
ing the compensation of county
officers by providing for fixed
salary.
We a!e opposed 10 all class
legislation. and believe in a tar
ilf levied for The sole purpose of
producing a revenue sufficient TO
deiray The Legitimate expense of
ihe government, economically
administered. We accept the is
sue rendered 10 us by he Repub-
lican party on the subject Of he
tariff. as Represented by The So
called Mckinley tariff act. con-
fidrnt that The verdict ofthe peo-
pie of Ohio will be recorded
against the inlqniious policy OF
so called protection, championed
by The Republican party in The
interest of favored classes against
the masses.
We favor a graded income lax.
We denOunce the demonetiZa-
ton of silver in 1873 by he party
then In power, as an iniquilOus
alienation Of The money stant.
ard in favor of creditors and
against debtors, taxpayers and
and producers. in which by shut
ting off one of The sources Of sup
ply Of primary money operates
continually 10 increase The val
ne of gold, depress prices hamper
industry and disparage enterprise
and We demand The relnslaie
ment Of The constitutional
standard of both gold and silver
with The equal right of free and
unlimited coiuage.
We denounce the Republican
billion dollar congress which by
The eXtravagant expenditures,
exhausted IA surplus IN the mai
lonal treasury left here bv
Democratic administration and
created deficit; which subs,ii
uled despO!Ic rule Ter free dis
cusslon in the house Of represen
tatives, and We congratulate The
people on the defeat of he obi \
oious force bill demanded by
Republican president, and cham
pioned bv the Republican party
Tor The purpose of perpetualing
is rule by preventing the con
iliiutlonal powers of The govern
sment, destroying free election
and placing he ballot box in The
hands of unscrupnlouS parlISians
in order, as declared BY Speaker |
Reed, ''iO register The vOt eers,
the elections, cOuni The
ballots and declare the result"
We are opposed to The enact
ment OF all laws which unnec-
essarily Interfere with The hab-
lis and customs of any of our
people which are moi offensive to
the moral sentiments Of he civ
liized world, and we believe thai
The personal rights OF the lndi-
vidual should be curlaiied only
which it is essential TO the mani.
:enance Of the peace, good order
and welfare of the community.
We favor The passage Of snch
laws by the general assembly as
will give us system for the
of our municipalities
uniform throughout the slate, as
The constitution requires, in
which the executive and legisla
tive power shall be separated,
he former to be lodged in a
mayor. and the latter in a conn-
I'll, both to be elected by The
people; thereby realizing the
principal Of home rule, safe from
he dangers and evils of special
legislation.
We favor closer commercial
with our Canadian
, ,eieh bnrs, and The removal of
IN mbarraslng, annoying resirlc
ions which only vex our people
without Welding any substantial
'evenue 10 The govern ment.
We favor liberal and jnst pen
ions to deserving and dis
lbled soldiers and sailors who
ought for the maintenance of
,f the govern ment and like