The herald., 1895-08-22
DEMOCRATS IN CONVENTION
The Ohio Silver Men Realize
Their Weakness
BRICE RECEIVES AN OVATION
He Stands by Cleveland From First
TO Finish
Games e. Campbell Gets the Nomination
for Governor, Although lie
Declined 1t
BRICE RECEIVES AN OVATION
soc,ated Press Special Wire

SPRINGFIELD, o., Aug. 2l.--Tht
Democratic state convention Eassem blec
today under peculiar circumstances, tn,
contests being between rival delegation.
FOR seats, between fighting factions fol
platform planks and between other ele.
ments for almost every thing except place:
on the ticket. The silver men realized
yesterday they were in the minority, but
when the committee on credentials DUR
ing the night reduced their mum ber ma
terially by seating the Brce bolter:
from Cleveland, the silver men resolved
to make trouble on reports of credentials
and resolutions and everything else.
This morning Ex-Governor Campbell
gave out the statement that he would de-
cline the nomination if rendered him.
Ex-Congressman Mcmahon, Congress .
man Sorg, Colonel Kilbourne and Others
menti toned for standard bearers also said
they would not accept.
Several personal encounterswere features
of the night meetings and the feeling was
no better when the delegates assembled.
The Brioe men had everything and
their only consideration was that of
avoiding future trouble.
When Senator Brice entered the hall
bell afterward was received with rounds
of applause.
At 10 80 the chairman of the state COM
mittee, NJ. A. Smalley, called the con-
vention to order. Senator Brice was in
troduced as the presiding officer of the
convention, and made "a speech in which
he maintained the Democratic party fully
fulfilled its pledges by repeating the Sher-
man law. the Mckinley law and the Fed
erai election law. and urged the party in
Ohio to stand on the national platform
OF 1892 on the currency. He eulogized
Cleveland as the greatest statesman of his
time. Following is the majority report
of the committee on resolutions, adopted
in com mittee-19 TO ..
The Democratic party OF Ohio in con-
vention assembled points with satisfac-
tion and pride to the wisdom of the
action of that party the last two years
and the results accomplished. according
to its promises. towit: Repeal OF Repub-
lican legislation known as the Sherman
law, un-American Federal election law
and the Mckinley law. from which re-
peals has resulted returning prosperity
10 the country to such an extent that
even Republicans are obliged to recognize
the same. We congratulate President
Cleveland on his effor:s in favor of the
repeal of these vicious laws. and the
upholding of the credit of the country
has been successful.
We congratulate our senator, Calvin S.
Brlce, for the earnest and effective sup
por he has given the president in these
matters When we consider the fact that
the Democratic narty received from the
Republicans in 1892 a bankrupt treasury !;
that it inherited from them "a vicious cur
rency and tariff laws which had prepared
and finally preci pitated the panic OF 1888
we insist 1t is entitled to the thanks of
the people for the courage with which it
attacked and repealed these laws.
We reafiirm the following portion of the
seventh plank of the platform OF the last
Democratic convention: I'VE mold to the
use OF both gold and silver as the stand
ard money of the country and to the
coinage of both gold and silver, without
discrimination against either metal, or
charge for mintage.: but the dollar unit
OF coinage OF both metals must be of
equal intrinsic and eNchangeable value,
to be adjusted by International agree
ment or by such safeguards OF legislation
as shall insure the maintenance of the
parity OF the two metals, and the equal
power OF every dollar at all times IN the
D. 'yment of debts, and we demand that
pal 'er currency shall be kept at par with
and ,redee nable in such coin" We insist
upon his as necessary for the protecti en-
OF the tA'rmers and laboring classes, the
first and most defenseess victims of un-
stable money under tiuctuating circum.
stances.
We call the att anton of the people to
the acts and pracia ces of bossism under
which the RepublI can party in this state
has been managed in the last few years,
and we ask the people by their votes this
fall to put their condemnation on such
practc es.
The last legislatt ire was corrupt and un-
worthy of the confidence of the people,
and we submit to me voters whether they
wish to perpetuate this condition of affairs
hv r,1apinDp IA bIipann9 auain N
power.
We view with alarm the large increase
OF indebtedness throughout the state by
counties and mum cipalities. as author
lied by the last leg'ii lature, and increase
in the tax rate. and we demand economy
in the expenditure n ld conservative in
crease OF the debt.
Congressman Byre Ritchie of Toledo
presented majority report on creden-
tials, which seated the Brice delegates
from all the contested counties.
Phillips Crow prese nted minority re-
poit to seat the anita 5rice delegation of
Cuyahoga county, which includes Cleve-
land.
A. d. Weitzel preser ted a minority re-
port to seat the anti-Br ice delegates from
CLARK COUNTY, headed by John n. Thomas.
John Z. Clark of Youngstown. a radi-
cal gold man, delivered philippe in ad-
vocating the IN lnorlty report OF Grow,
which favored the free silver delegates
from Cuyahoga county, the most pro-
nounced anti-Brice men at the conYen-
toms
TheI oil call on the adoption OF the
minority report az a substitute for the
majority report on the Cuyahoga county
contest resulted: Ayes, SO; nays, 339;
whereupon titty-nine brice delegates gave
up their seats, amid mingled cheers and
Kisses. to the anri-Brice silver delegates
from Cleveland. :....s: es.rs
The vote on tho Clark county contest
was next taken up, the question being the
substitution of the minority report for
the ma jority report. The result was:
2741S ayeh. 446}& nays.
The report on credentials as amended
was then adopted
The report of the commit ttee on per-
manent organization, continuing the
temporary officers, was adopted. The
twenty minutes on each side, with the
view of preventing protracted debate
on the resolutions.
Judge Patrick, from the committee on
resolutions, offered the following MINOR
ity report:
We demand the i'm mediate restoration
of the law providing for the free coinage
and full legal tender of both gold and sill
yer coins without discrimination against
either metal, as provided in the constitu-
tion, and without awaiting the assent of
nsland or any other foreign country.
The vote on the question of substituting
the minority for the ma ority report was
270 ayes, 52j nays. The mai ority report
was adopted.
General Winsley offered resolution in
dorsing the Monroe doctrine. which was
adopted almost unanimously, after Gov
ernor Campbell made vigorous speech