The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-07-16


u. y. GOLDMAN,
Nineteenth District.
JAMES LAWRENCE,
Twentieth District.
The minority report was overwhelm-
ingly defeated and the majority report
Of the platform committee was then
adopted:
THE PLATFORM.
The Democracy Of Ohio, in contention
assembled, hereby reSolre-
That we most heartily endorse the
honesty and economy Of theadministra-
ton OF Governor James L. Campbell,
and commend the Sixty-ninth General
Assembly for its business qualifications,
economy and reform, and especially for
having provided for q 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
the attention to the fact that the Re
publican party, though hypocritically
protesting to favor q free ballot and u
fair count, yet opposed and voted
against the bill providing for free and
secret ballot, thus demonstrating its
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litical effect only.
THE TARIFF ISSUE.
"Weare opposedto all class legislation
and believe in tariff levied for tho
sole purpose of producing a revenue
sufficient to defray the legitimate ex-
penses Of the government, economically
administered. We accept the issue
rendered to US by the Republican party
on the subject OF tariff as represented
by the Mckinley tariff act, confident
that the verdict OF the people of Ohio
will be recorded against the iniquitous
policy of so-called protection cham
pioned by the Republican party in the
interest OF favored class against the
masses.
We favor q graded income tax.
We denounce the demonetiZation Of
silver Of 1873 by the party then in
power as an iniquitous alteration OF the
money standard in favor OF creditors
and against debtors, taxpayers and
producers, and which by shutting of
one of the sources OF supply OF primary
money, operate continually to increase
the value of gold, depress prices, hamper
industry and disparage enterprise; and
we demand tho reinstatement OF the
. constitutional standard of both gold
and silver with the equal right OF each
to free and unlimited coinage.
DENouNcING REPUBLICANS.
We denounce the Republican billion
dollar congress, which by extravagant
expenditure exhausted surplus in the
national treasury left there by Demo-
cratic administration and created q de-
| felt which substituted despotic rule for
free discussion in the house of repre-
sentatives; we congratulate the people
on the defeat of the odious force bill de-
manded by Republican president and
championed by the Republican party
for the purpose of perpetuating its rule
by parverting the constitutional powers
OF the government, destroying free cleo
tions, and placing the ballot box in the
hands Of INSCRIPTIONS partisans, in
order, as declared by Speaker Reed, ITO
register the voters, supervise the cleo
tions, count the ballots and declare the
result"
I'VE 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
and welfare OF the community.
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We favor the passage of such laws by
the general assembly as will give US a
system for the government of our mu-
inequalities uniform throughout the
State as the constitution requires, in
which the executive and legislative
power shall be separated, the former to
be lodged in mayor and the latter in q
counsel, both to be elected by the peo-
pic, 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
removal OF the embarrassing and annoy
| ing restrictions which only vex our peo-
pie without yielding any substantial
revenue to the government. We favor
liberal and Just pensions to deserving
and disabled soldiers and sailors who
fought for the maintenance Of the gov
ernment, and like pensions to their Wild
ows and orphan children.
The persecution OF tile 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 gov
ernment In connection with the on
lightened governments OF Europe dis
posed TO unite with US should take
proper steps to alleviate the WroDgs