The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-08
OHIO STATE NEWS.
OHIO pRoHIBlTioNIsTs.
They Adopt Many Pianitcd Plntform anu
Nominate Full state Ticket.


CLEVELAND, o., June 20.-The Ohio
prohibition state convention has con-
cluded its labors and passed into his
tory. The greater portion of the day
was spent over the platform, and it was
after 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon
when the work of selecting candidates
for the November election was com
menced. The committee on permanent
organization recommended wv. Sharp,
| of Richland county, for permanent
| chairman; r. Rathbutt, of Clarke, Sec
retary, and Mrs. Henrietta G.. Moore, of
| Cuyahoga, and Chas. Il. Hold, of Clark,
assistants.
The first contest came on the report
| of the committee on rules The COM
mittee recommended that all the dis
tricts be allowed to cast as many votes
as they were entitled to, whether the
complete delegations were present or
not Mr.. Talcott, of Cuyahoga, moved
toamend by prohibiting any votes being
cast unless delegates were in the con-
vention. This contest resolved itself
I into fight between the northern and
| southern sections of the state, upon
which depends the choice of the candi-
date for governor. The northern coun-
ties were more fully represented, and
the amendment was a move to cut off
the slim delegations from the river and
southern counties, and after an hours
debate the amendment was adopted by
q vote Of 1877 to 14O.
The platform, rs prepared by the
committee on resolutions, showed that
tho Ohio prohibitionists are determined,
apparently, to continue doing business
at the old stand. The platform recog
nizes God US the source of all just gov
ernment, rejects all liquor legis
lation save that which is pro
hibitory, is for female suffrage
would have the government is
sue all money as full legal tender
would prohibit alien ownership of lane
and limit the area owned by any indi
vidual or corporation, is for a "defen
sive" tariff and income taxes, is fol
. government control of railroads, etc.
, is for Sunday as day of rest, liberia
} pensions, stricter immigration laws
opposition to sectnrianism in publi
schools, the salary instead of the fet
system, election of all civil officers di
rectly by the people, and oppose in
, crease of local indebtedness by legisla
lures.
, The committee desired that the plat
form be regarded more as set of reso
lutions than as a platform. After som
talk it was decided to consider the res
, olutions one by one and this brough
8 out lengthy and numerous discussion
0 as to their wording.
a There were many verbal scraps.
j. long discussion was entered into owe
a motion to amend the preamble SO a
to decisively announce the suppres
: sion of the liquor traffic as the don
h inent issue of the party. 1t was dt
/, cided that the change was unnecessar
I and the preamble was allowed to +,
:. main practically as originally prepared
;. The resolutions and preamble wer
h then adopted after n postal saving ban
@ plank had been added. A resolutio
d "condemning the anarchists of Chicag
g for allowing the Worlds fair to ope
s on Sunday, in violation of their Col
r tract" was laid on the table.
8 The ticket nominated is as follow
IS Governor, Gideon P. MaclSlin, Mon
d gomery county; acknowledgement
d Seth H. Ellis, Delaware; treasure
n Abram Ludlow; attorney-general, S.
i. Young, Portage; supreme judge, j.
4 Gallagher, Belmont; dairy and foe
n commissioner, Seth II. Todd, Huro
n board of public works: Enos
Broauis, Stark. There was big figl
for governor,