Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-08-10
CLEVELAND WAS CHEERED
PLATFORM OF THE ORIO
DEMOCRATS AS ADOPTED.
They Make the Chicago Platform
Their Own and Add SoIne-Neal
Nominated for Governor In
Short order.

Short Order.
CONVENTION HALL, CINCINNATI, o.,
Aug. 1O.-The delegates to the Demo
cratic State convention were rcmarka
bly, slow in getting together. AT nine
o'clock, the hour designated for the COM
menccmcnt of proceedings just two
were in their places. State Chairman c.
d. Critics, upon whom devolved the duty
of calling the assemblage to order, fret
ted behind big gilt-edsed desk, but this
did not help matters. The absent dele
gates were up town cndeavoring to unite
upon somebody or anybody to defeat
Larry Neal, and they could neither be
whipped nor coaxed northward until
they were good and ready. After the
clock called out 10, however, they came
in like an avalanche, and Is minutes
later the impatient chairman brought
down his gavel and declared the conven-
tio IL called to order.
Delegates and spectators, numbering
| over 3 900, lose to their feet while divine
Tha tcher. The state chairman read
cablcgram from James T. Neal, consul at
Liverpool, conveying his greetings to the
Democracy of Ohio and saying that he
lelt that victory awaited the ticket NOM
mated. This was received with applause,
which was renewed when the retiring
state chairman began his valedictory
address.
The presentation of Tie Hon. Gilbert
| III. Barger as temporary chairman was
the signal for a hearty reception to the
Democratic war horse from the State
capital. He dived without introduction
into a discussion of national issues.
| Hearty applause punctuated the salient
portions of his speech, but was
especially loud and prolonged when the
speaker declared that this country should
no longer be dominated by European
money standards or by American cities
that financially owe too much alleg lance
to foreign nations.
| The report of the committee on credeD-
tials seating the Neal contesting delega-
| tion from Ross county, went through by
acclamation and SO did the proposition
that the temporary organization be
permanent. Chairman Bargar modcstly
declined to make second speech on as
suming the duties OF permanent chair
man. The convention proceeded to cut
of the spell binders prospective flood of
oratory by adopting a resolution that all
nominations speeches be kept within five
minutes.
This platform was adopted uuani-
mously:
1--WE have hereby adopted the platform
of the Democratic party i'll convention at
Chicago and especially those portions of
it referring to tariff and to currency leg
:siation. We congratulate the country
upon the early prospect OF measures of
relief as outlined by the President s late
message to Congress, and we have con-
fidence that the Democratic Congress
will devise laws to furnish such reliet.
The financial situation is the unfortunate
outcome of the Republican administra-
ton. 1t is the natural result of the
Mckinley tariff law, the Sherman silver
act, the extravaganza of the Republican
party recently in pow and the creation
and fostering of trusts and corruptions
by that party, all combining to shake
credit, to create distrust i'll the country
and to paralyze it's business.
"We recommend that the national
banks may be permitted to issue cur
rency to the amount equal to the par
value of United States bonds which they
may deposit with the treasurer of the
United States. to the end that the volume
of currency may be Immediately i'll
lcreased.
"The interest of every true soldier and
pensioner demands that the pension roll
should be made and preserved as n roll
of honor. We believe in a just and lib
eral recognition of the claims of veter-
ans and favor granting them all that
patriotism could ask, and also all
that national gratitude would demand
But the granting of pensions OH
fraudulent claims or for partisan
purposes in contravention of law, as
practiced under the last administration
needs to be corrected so that the unset
fish valor of the American soldier may
remain untarnished.
"We condemn the unbusincss-li like ad.
ministratiou of state affairs under Nc
Kinley, deplore the official scandal and
detalcations under it, and denounce the
condoning of official crimes which has
brought humiliation upon our people
We denounce the reckless extravaganza
of the large Republican majority in the
seventeenth general assembly which
added almost $50, 100000 to the loca
bonded Indebtedness of the state by
laws, in the main, unconstitutional. w,
demand that an end be put to such rob
berry of the tax payer.
"The country has an abiding faith il
the integrity, patriotism and exalted
courage of President Cleveland. True t.
the people and watchful of their interest;
he will enforce honest and economical
methods in the conduct of public affair
and secure to every section of the coun
try the blessing of good government"
Close attention was paidIto each para
graph as read. There were no manifes
tations of approval until the eulogy O
Cleveland was reached. Then delegate
and spectators cheered again and again
shouting and yelling until it seemed the.
would never stop. Lawrence T. Neal @
Chillicothe was nominated for Goyerno
on the first ballot. Col. w. A. TayIo
of Columbus was nominated by accls
r nation for Lieutenant Governor.
Neal is an out and out silver man.