St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-16

party when in power took eXacting care
of the coinage of money. There were
no fluctuations in value in the metallic
currency. My fellow citizens, it is lett
for the Democracy to restore eQnItles
between the metals, and, my word Tor
Ii, the coming national convention VIII
meet the silver question with courage
and justice. and evolve plan that VIII
establish an equality between gold and
silver. and make dollar in name
dollar in fact"
After referring in highly compli-
mentary terms to Cleveland, Hill and
Allen q. Thurman, all of whom were
the recipients of applause, Mr.. Neal
said OF Mr.. Brice: I'VE have most at
tractive son of Ohio. A struggling stu
dent, he hears the call of his country for
youth to aid in preserving her integ-
rity and thus penetrating liberty. lie
quits his books TO shoulder musket
and for years on bloody fields he ex-
liibitS the highest qualities of manhood.
The war over. he battles with poverty
and law (SynOnOmOuS termS). TtrelesS
in his energy and courageous in ali his
undertakings, he recognizes no difficult
ties. submits 10 no failures. but with
uGwavering determination he presses to
the front. Fortune knows him for a
c0nQuerer and quickly lays her treasures
at his feet. Whitelaw Reid spoke the
truth when he said that ''whlle two
states claim him. he is bright enough
for the whole forty-four.' No stronger,
no better equipped man. can be found
than the senator from Ohio-Calvin ).
Brice. The speech closed with a glow
ing eulOgy of eX-Gov. Campbell and
mention OF Whitney, Flower, German.
Russell, PattisOn, Gray, Palmer, Nor
riSon, Carlisle and Boies.
Where They Stand.
Hon. James w. Newman, chairman
of the committee on resolutions, re-
ported the platform as follows:
The Democrats of Ohio in convention as
semhled declare: That, confding in the
careful judgment of the national Democratic
convention about to assemble in Chicago, we
hereby pledge our earnest and cordial sup
port to its nominees for president and vice
president, hoping to see glorious and lasting
victory as the result of its intelligent action.
We are opposed to ell class legislation. and
believe in tariff levied for the sole purpose
of producing revenue sufficient 10 defray
the legitimate expense OF the government,
economically administered. and we protest
against the policy of sO-calied protection,
illustrated by the Mckinley bill, as cham
pioned by the Republican party; ana in the
interests of agriculture and labor we de-
mand q reform of the present tariff and
reduction of unnecessary and burdensome
taxation.
That in the high tariff recently imposed by
certain European nations on American
grain and American meat. we recognize an
effort TO on the part of these governments TO
strike a destructive blow al American agrl-
culture in retaliation for the high duties i'm
posed by the Mckinley law, and that on
behalf Of American agriculture we demand
of congress an immediate modification of
our tariff law such as will secure the admis-
sion of those agricultural products iuto the
markets of these countries free from duty.
Coinage. Suffrage. Brigandage.
The Democratic party has always favored
the use of both gold anc silver as money,
and restored to the people the silver dollar
Of our fathers which Republican congress
demonetized in 1873 We denounce the
sherman act of 1880, as false in principle
and dangerous in practice. and believing
that both gold and silver should circulate as
money, with parity maintained and with
equal rights aud equat-vaiue, we submit TO
the wisdom of The democratic party about to
asSe mble i'll national convention, 10 declare
the method by which that end may be
reached.
The hypocrisy of the Republican party in
demanding of the recent national conven-
ton the right of every citizen of the
United States to cast one free and unre-
stricted ballot and to have it counted. is
made most manifest by its almost uniform
opposition to the Australian method of yot-
ing, recently adopted in Ohio and most of
the Northern states. and, Oh the other hand,
its advocacy, as an administrative measure,
of the Infamous force bill. designed TO sup
press by violence the elective franchise in
nearly half of the country
We call the attention of the country to the
deplorable fact. lately ascertained from Re-
publican official sources OF undoubted au
thority, that the success OF that party at the
last presidential election was due to the aX-
penditure of S1,OJO,00l. in corrupting the bal
lot in pivotal states and not to The alleged
beneficial results of protective tariff, as
claimed by the Republican leaders.