The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-09-20
DEMOCRATS.
The State Convention Assemblies at
COlumbus---Chairman Hurd's
Address.
FREE COINAGE FAVORED
At a Ratio of 16 to / and Declares
Protection a Fraud---New York
Republicans.

COLUMBUS, o., Sept. a0.-The DEM
ocratic state convention met at l0a. m.
with Hon. Frank Hurd of Toledo as
temporary chairman. In his opening
speech MIR. Hurd congratulated his fell
low Democrats upon assembling fin
state convention in the Pushes of the
dawn of new day of prosperity. He
blamed the Republican party for the
hard times that the country had passed
through and claimed that the new tar
if law proclaimed the doom of protec-
ton.
As to Party Divisions.
Coming to the division in the party
ON the tariff question Mr.. Hurd said:
First and foremost / give credit to
Grover Cleveland and John q. Carlisle.
Free wool is worth more to tariff reform
than all other provisions of the law put
together.
To their credit be it said. the Ohio
Democratic members in the house stood
firm, every one voting for free wool.
When by one word he could have de-
feated free wool, more credit is due
Senator Brice than to any other infiu-
ence, or to all other influences COM
bined.
Mr.. Hurd counselled harmony and
further effort to agree.
The different schedules will require
further adjustment in the interest of
tree trade.
The Chicago platform declares that
protection is unconstitutional and rob-
berry. If that declaration be true our
mission cannot be ended while pro-
tective statute remains.
Mr.. Hurd closed by saying he was OPP
posed to the American Protective Asso-
citation because it was secret political
society. Such societies organized on
religious lines are unconstitutional, or
carnations violative of the fundamental
law, both of the United States and of
this state. The A. p. A. gave Governor
Mckinley Ills majority of $4,000 and the
large Republican majority in Maine.
We must make it plain that no man
can be Democrat and an A P. A.
The Platform.
The platform praises the efficient,
honest, and economic administration of
President Cleveland; declares protec-
ton fraud, and while recognizing the
benefit of the reduction of the duty on
imports just made by congress, favors
such further reduction as can be made,
to the end that purely protective duties
be abolished; declares that the McKin-
ley law caused the business depression,
reduced the revenue and led to the
necessity for issuing government bonds;
business failures, strikes, low wages,
low prices for farm products are enum-
Grated as the result of the Mckinley
law. Under the new tariff business is
declared to be reviving.
"We dissent" says one plank, ''from
the presidents views, construction and
treatment of the silver question, and
therefore believe that silver should be
restored to the position it occupied as
money prior to its demonstration by
the Republican party and to that end
we favor the unlimited coinage of sill
yer at the legal ration of Is to /, and
with equal legal tender power.
The platform denounces the last gen.
eral assembly of Ohio, Governor Nc
Kinley's administration and the Amer
lean Protective association. 1t favors.
labor pensions, ga corrupt practice
law limiting amount of money to be
expended by candidates and law pro-
hibiting free passes on railroads.
A Minority Report.
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, F. M. German,
Tom johnson, U. P. Kline, A. j. Pear
son, J. Tyler, Frank Hurd and John H.
Clark of the committee on platform,
offered another minority report to the
effect that the Democrats of Ohio fav.
ored honest money, the coinage of gold
and silver, interconvertible, without
loss, and opposed the proposed coinage
Of these metals at 16 to 1.
The proposition was defeated by a
vote of 46S to 319.
The convention by vote of 467 to 1928
declared in favor of the election Of
United States senators by the people.
This is regarded as being tantamount
to an indirect censure of Senator Brice.
Milton. Turner of Guernsey, a one
armed soldier, was nominated secretary
II state.
The other nominations are: Judge Of
supreme court, James D. Ermiston of
Hamilton; member board of public
works, Harry B. Keefe of Tuscarawras;
commissioner of schools, ]. d. Leech Of
Frankfort.
MORTON NOMINATED.
The Ex-Vice President Is the Republican
Candidate For Governor of New York.
CAnArooa N Y Gonf % -Ex. Vica