The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-08-15
THEoHIo DEMOCRACY.
Endorsing President Cleveland and
Getting Ready for Victory.

Il
The State Democratic Convention o
Ohio met on the 10th inst, and held 8
short but -harmnoious session. Th.
platform following was adopted unani
mously: We have hereby adopted the
platform of the Democratic party
adopted by it's National convention al
Chicago, and especially those portions
OF it referring to tariff and to currency
legislation. We congratulate the
country upon the early prospect of
measures OF relief as outlined by the
presidents late message to congress,
and we have confidence that the Demo--
| cratic congress will devise laws to fur
nish such relief.
The financial situation is the un-
fortunate outcome of tho Republican
administration. 1t is the natural re-
suit of the Mckinley tariff, the Sher-
man silver law, extravagance of the
Republican party recently in power
and the creation and fostering of trusts
and corruptions by that party, all COM
bining to shake credit, to create dis
trust in the money OF the country and
to paralyZe it's business. We recon-
mend that the national banks may be
permitted to issue their currency to an
amount equal to the par value of Unit
ed States bonds which they may deposit
with the treasurer Of the United
States to the end that the volume of
currency may be Immediately increas-
ed. The interest of every true soldier
and pensioner demands that the pen
sion rolls should be made and preserv-
ed as q roll of honor. We believe in
just and liberal recognition of the
claims of veterans and favor granting
them all that patriotism could ask and
all that national gratitude would de-
mand. But the granting of pensions
on fraudulent claims or for partisan
purposes on department decisions in
contravention to law, as practiced un-
der the last administration, needs to
be Investigated and corrected so that
the unseltish valor of the American SOL
dier may remain untarnished.
The Democratic party pledges itself
that the rightful claims of no union
soldier to u pension shall be denied
and the allowance of any worthy pen
sioner shall not be disturbed. We con-
demn the eunbusinesslike administration
of state affairs under Governor McKin-
ley, deplore the official scandal and de-
falcations under it, and denounce the
condoning of official crimes which have
brought humiliation upon our people.
We denounce the reckless extravag-
ance of the large Republican majority
in the seventieth general assembly,
which appropriated for current expenses
about 5000, 600 in eXcoss of the current
revenues and added almost $40, 600, 900
to the local bonded indebtedness of the
state, by laws in the main unconstitu-
tional. We demand that an end be
put to such robbery of the tax payers
The DemOcra tic party expresses it's
confidence in the ability of Hon. Cal
vim S. Brice, Of the United States senate,
to materially assist the Democratic
majority in the congress of the United
States to eXtricate the great COM
mercial interests of this country from
their present distressed condition
The country has an abiding faith in
the integrity, patriotism and exalted
courage of President Cleveland. True
to the people and watchful to their in
terest, he. will enforce honest and
economical methods in the conduct of
public affairs, and secure to every sec
tion of the country the blessings of
good government.
Close attention was paid to each
paragraph as read by the G. irman of
the committee on resolution, Hon. A.
j. Mcmahon.
There were no manifestations of ap-
proval until the oulogy Of Cleveland
was reached. Then the delegates and
spectators cheered again and again
shouting and yelling until it seemed
they would never stop.
Lawrence II. Neal, of ,Chillicothe,
was nominated for Governor.
w. A. Taylor, of Columbus, was
nominated by acclamation for Lieu.
tenant Governor.