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nounced opposition to free coinage
and in his eulogy of President Cleve-

test was then taken, the question be-
ing on substituting the minority re-
port, favoring the seating of the free
silver or THRICE delegates, for the
majority report that seated gold or
Brice candidates. The result was IN
nounced as follows: 274K ayes, 4i6R
nays. AS the Brice delegates from
Clark County already held the seats
under the report of the Committee on
Credentials, there was no change.
This vote did not have any issue in it
other than that of the silver question
and it was generally regarded as a
test of strength on the majority and
and minority reports on resolutions.
The report of the Committee on
Credentials as amended was then
adopted, the only change being in
Cuyahoga County.
The report of the Committee ON
Permanent Organization to continue
the temporary officers was adopted.
This was made by Judge ]. G. Meiser,
a free silver man, who put the motion
and congratulated the free silver men
that they controlled the convention
for the minute that he presided.
Senator Brice returned his thanks
for the double honor conferred on
him, after which the report on rules
and order of business was adopted.
THE DEMoCRACY'S WORK PRAISED.
Ex-Congressman Frand Hurd, as
chairman of the Committee on Reso-
lutions, offered the majority report
adopted by a vote of II to 2 of the
committee, as follows:
The Democratic party of Ohio, in
convention assembled, points with
satisfaction and pride to the wisdom
of the action of that party in the last
two years and the results accomplish
ed according to its promises, to-wit:
The repeal of the Republican legisla-
ton known as the Sherman law, the
unamerican federal election law and
the Mckinley law, from which repeats
has resulted returning prosperity to
the country to such an extent that
even the Republicans are obliged to
recognize the same. We congratu-
late President Cleveland that his eff
forts in favor of the repeal of these
vicious laws and the unfolding of the
credit of the country have been sue
cessful. We congratulate our late
Senator, the Hon. Calvin S. Brice, for
the earnest and effective support he
has given to the President in these
matters. When we consider the
fact that the Democratic party re-
ceived from the Republicans in 1892
a bankrupt Treasury, that it inherited
from them the vicious currency and
tariff laws which had prepared and
finally produced the panic in 1898, we
insist that it is entitled to the thanks
of the people for the courage with
which it has attacked and repealed
these laws.
THE MONEY PLANK REAFFIRMED.
We reafiirm the following portion
of the seventh plank of the platform
of the last National Democratic Con-
ton: "We hold to the use of both
gold and silver as the standard money
of the country and to coin of both
gold and silver without discrimination
against either metal or charge for
mintage; but the dollar unit of coin
age of both metals must be of equal
intrinsic and exchangeanle value, or
be adjusted by international agree
ment or by such safeguards of legis-
lation as shall insure the maintenance
of the parity of the two metals and
the equal power of every dollar at all
times in the payment of debts, and
we demand that the paper currency
shall be kept at par with and redeem
able in such CON-" We insist upon
this policy as especially necessary for
the protection of farmers and labor
ing classes, the first and most de-
~fenseless victims of unstable money
and fluctuating currency.
We call the attention of the people
to the methods and practices of boss
ism which the Republican party in
this State has been managed in the
last few years and for examples point
to its history in Hamilton County and
to the final elimination of the same
in the GAINESVILLE convention, and we
ask the people by their votes this fall
to put their condemnation on such
practices.
We denounce the last Legislature
as corrupt and unworthy of the con
fidence of the people and we submit
to the voters whether they wish to
p~erpetuate this condition of affairs by
placing the Republicans again in pow
er.
We view with alarm the large in
crease of Indebtedness throughout the
State by counties and municipalities,
as authorized by the last Legislature,
and the increase in the last few years
in the tax rate and we demand econ
omy in expenditure and conservatism
in the increase of debt.
THE FREE sILvERTTEs BEATEN.
Judge Patrick, from the Committee
GU Resolutions, offered the following
minority report:
1--WE deem the immediate restora-
ton of the law providing for the free
coinage and full legal tender of boil
gold and silver coins without dis
elimination against either metal al
provided in the constitution and with
out waiting the consent of England Of
any other foreign nation"
After Mr.. Patrick had spoken sharp
ly, Mr.. Hurd replied in favor of tn,
majority report and for honest money
He claimed that 40 State convention
had the right to e the declara
ton OF a national convention and tina
the place for the fight to make silve
the standard was the next Nationa
Democratic Convention. When h.
closed, Mr.. Patrick congratulated him
After two more speeches the roll O
counties was counted on substituting
the minority report for the majorit.
report on platform. The result was a
follows: Ayes, 270; nays, 525.
The majority report was the