The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-09-28
AN ANINDIRECTCENSURE'
SOME OHIO DEMOCRATS ARE AF.
TER SENATOR DRlCE.
4 Plank IL Adopted Favorlas the
Election Of Senators by the Pco-
pie, Which ls Regarded M "a Dl-
rect Censure Of Senator Rrice.

Columbus, sept. 21.-At the Demo
cratic state convention Milton Turnel
was nominated for secretary of state
]. d. Ermiston for judge OF supreme
court, Harry b. keefe for board u
public works and j. ID. I.epch for com
missioner Of schools.
The platform praises the efficient
honest and economic administration Ol
President Cleveland; declares prOtec
tion a fraud, and, while recognizing the
benefit of the reduction of the duty or
imports just made by congress, favor
such further reduction ns can be made
to the end that purely protective du
ties be abolished; declares that thu
Mckinley law caused the business de
preston, reduced the revenue and let
% the necessity of issuing more govern
ment bonds; business failures, strikes
low wages, low price for farm product.
are enumerated us the result OF the Nc
Kinley law. Under the new tariff bust
ness Is declared TO be rviving.
I'VE dissent" says the plnnk, ''frOm
the presidents views. construction and
treatment of the silver question, and
therefore believe that silver should be
restored to the position 1t occupied ns
money prior to the deMOnetization by
the Republican party, and to that end
we favor the unlimited coinage OF
silver at the legal ratio of IL to I and
with equal legal tender power"
The platform denOunces the last gen
eral assembly Of Ohio, Gov. McIIin
ley's administration and the American
Protective Association. 1t favOrs lib
er,ll pensions. n corrupt practice law
limiting amount Of money to be ex.
pended by candidates and IL INV pro
hibiting free pasMs OH railroads.
A minority Of the committee ON plat.
form reported in favor Of adding to
that document proposal to elect
United States senators by the people
Pending discussion, NJ. German, Tom
johnson, V. p. Cline, A. ]. Pearson, j.
Tyler, Frank Hurd and John II. Clark,
Of the committee OH platform, offered
another minority report to the effect
that the Democrats of Ohio favored
honest money, the coinage Of gold and
silver. intcrconverting, without loss
and opposed the proposed coinage OF
these metals ut IL to 1. The antl-fiee
silver proposition was defeated by q
vote of 46S to 80.
A very dramatic scene occurred dur.
ing the discussion to elect senators by
ballot. John H. Clark Of Niahoning de
claired In bitter terms that the senate
was a millionaire club, the convention
going into great applause. MIR. Brice
sat upon the PLATFORM, looking pale as
marble, and impasslve. When Clark
sat down Tom johnson arose and said
he did not believe Brice bought his way
into the senate. This mnle the matter
somewhat personal, and the convention
got into great confusion.
The convention by q vote of 487 to
32S declared In favor of tho election Of
United States senators by the people.
This is regarded as being tantamount
to an indirect censure of Senator Brica.
The movement was engineered by
Congressman Tom johnson and other
members Of equal prominence in
Northern, Northwestern and North
eastern Ohio. They came hero for
TINT purpose. In their wake came
Mayor Bob Blee of Cleveland, John
Farley and others. of the city govern.
ment. who are favorable to Brice, to
Of Nj. 16khs6n id1eslgh. ffiYhYs.,alaaf,ll a
vent an open resolution Of censl,re, hut
the indirect plan was successful. The
stinger In the senatorial resolution was
to have the central committee, of have
O candidate for the senate named, to
be voted for ut the next election. This
was eliminated, and the elimination is
regarded as victory for the Brlcs
men.