The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-09-22
OHIO DEMOCRATS.
Sensational scenes In Their Convention
The Platform and Ticket.

| Wednesday, with lion. FRANK huiNs u
Toledo, as chairman. Summarized, the
platform adopted is as follows;
IL praises "the efficient, economical ana
honest administration OF President SleNe-
| land. (" declares protection a fraud. ana While
| recognising the benefits OF the reduction OF
duties on imports just made by congress
| favors such further reduction as can
( be made 70 the end that purely pro-
I tective duties be abolished declares thAt
/ the Mckinley law caused the business deprcs-
sion reduced the revenue and led - the ne
! eessity Tor issuing more government bonds
I business failures. strikes. low wages, low
| prices for farm products are enumerated as
the result OF the Mckinley law. Under the
/ new tarir business is declared 70 be rcviving'
I'VE dissent" says one plank from the
| presidents views. construction and treat
[ ment OF the silver question and believe that
I silver should be restored 20 the position II 0c-
cupied as money prior 20 lis demonstration
by the republican party, and 20 that END "e
( favor the unlimited coinage OF silver al the
I legal ratio OF sixteen 20 one ana WITH equal
iegal-tend power.
The platform denouncos the lass general as
sembly 81 Ohio. Gov Mchinloys admlnlstra-
tiou and the American Protective association
IL fayors liberal pensions, "a law limiting tho
+ amount n money TO be expended oy candt-
dates. and a law prohibiting free passes ON
railroads.
A minority OF the committee on plat
form reported in favor OF adding TO
that document a proposal 10 elect
United States senator's 10y the people.
This was presented by Congressman
TON" johnson, one OF the leaders OF
I the anti-ljrice faction, and was taken
20 be in direct line OF censure OF the
senator for his course during the tariff
debate in the senate
When Congressman Johnson present
\ ed his resolution for the election OF
senators by the people the audience
cheered for couple OF minutes In
brief address in support Of the reso-
I luton. he sail that the senate was
getting too far from the people,
and that this was the only way in
u which il could be brought closer. This
sentiment was applauded.
1t remained for j. II Clarke, of
I Youngstown. one OF the best orators
( OF the party 10 stir the convention To
its depths. what one OF you, he
demanded, looks upon the United
States senate as displaying the best
intelligence and manifesting the great
est patriotism? When senator Of the
v United States is 10 be elected the
question is no longer: What is his
worth? What are his talents? What
service has he done the state2' but:
Z How much is he worth2'n
Pandemouium broke out when the
speaker had got this far. The
majority OF the delegates and specta-
tors cheered themselves hoarse, others
Kissed, and there were shouts OF
rats" and 'soreheads" The speaker
tried to raise bis voice above the
tumult and. finally succeeding, he
continued:
~In this republic should the length OF a
mans head be measured by the length OF his
pursef No. this question rises above mRn and
above party X Is question ~ country
y You OIL know that the senate ~ the
United States has become mere rich mans
club. II j. the resting place Of trusts
understandings and combines 90 defeat tho
rights OF the people. You know. all OF you.
I that III the senate 81 the United States tho
sugar trust has raised It's hydra head and In
. the name OF the community ~ trusts, has
seized the national democracy by the throat
4 and compelled II TO stand by and deliver"
Here the pandemonium broke out
Rfrcsh. There were cheers, Kisses,
shouts OF rats, "go on, "sit down"
/ Twenty points OF order were raised
I and on every one the chair ruled that
\ the speaker was within his rights
\ But the minority kept MP It's demon
stratiou. and finally with closing
appeal for every day. oldfashioned
honesty in politics, he resumed his
seat
Gen Finley. Of Bucyrus, said the
resolution was an indirect slap In the
face of one of the men who. in the
senate OF the United States, had stood
4 between the people aud the Mckinley
law. and IL was an insult 70 the dem
ocracy Of Ohio.
When the excitement and tnmult
had subsidized. the addition 10 the plat
form providing Tor the election OF
\ United States senators by the people
was pushed 20 vote An amendment
was submitted that all after the first
Y paragraph bc stricken out. thus maxi
I ing the resolution simply read: I'VE
\ favor the election OF United States
! senator by direct vote OF the people"
\ Three attempts were made 70 call the
Y roll. but the confusion on the floor
compelled the clerk 10 desist in dis
i gust Delegates mixed with each
1 other clectioneering and dickeIing.
7 Finally quiet was restored, resulting
+ Ia the adoption OF the amendment
7 striking ont the portion referred 20 by
a vote OF ioI 20 Sss The platform as
amended was then adopted by a viva
\ vocc vote, several hundred delegates
voting la the negative.
Y Pending discussion +. Il. German.
I Tom johnson. Y T. Kline. A. j. Pear
son, J Tyler. Frank Hurl and John
\ a. Clark. OF the committee on plat
Y FORM offered another minority report
\ 60 the effect that the democrats
OF Ohio favored honest money, the
coinage ~ gold and silver. intercon-
4 vcrtiblc without loss. and opposed tho
proposed coinage ~ these metals az 10
/ 90 1. The anti-frco silver proposition
\ was defeated by n vote OF $50 10 $40.