Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-22
CAMPBELL, SOUND. MONEY That Is the Democratic Slogan
 in Ohio. SILVER MEN SLAUGHTERED In Ia Test Vote on the Financial Questoa-210 A to 525. NOMINATION. THRUST UPON CAMPBtlL Who Gracefully Accepted-The Rest of the Ticket Put Through by Reclamation.
 Seventh Plank of the National
 Platform Reafirmed.
SILVER MEN SLAUGHTERED
NOMINATION. THRUST UPON CAMPBELL

Springfield, O., Aug. 21.-In spite of James E. Campbelrs earnest and repeat ed protest that his friends must not nom mate him as the democratic candidate for governor of Ohio, as he could not make the race for various reasons, the ex-governor was put at the head of the ticket by exclamation against his will today by 500 delegates to the state con- vention The nomination was forced upon the Butler county man while he was in the midst of a speech and in the act of presenting the name of Judge Peck of Cincinnati for the same honor. Then came a graceful acceptance and the rest of the ticket was made up on the accla- nation order.
 Senator Briee won his point of having only a reaffirmatlon of the national cur rency plank inserted in the platform, the sound money winning by the sound majority of 255 when the free silver amendment to the platform was put to the convention.
 At 1925 Chairman A. Smalley called the convention to order. He refrained from making a speech himself. Prayer was offered by Rev. $. F. Breckinridge and then amid cheers Senator Calvin s. Brice was presented for temporary chairman and addressed the convention.
 The reference of the senator to the money question was loudly applauded. and equal enthusiasm was manifested when the speaker pronounced q eulogy upon President Cleveland.
 Just at noon as he concluded the re- port of the committee on credentials was called for. In the Butler county contest the report favored the seating of the cot- testing delegation, headed by James E. Campbell, and of the contesting delega- tbn from CuyahoRa county (CleVeland). A minority report In favor of the regular delegation from Cleveland was presented amid mingled cheers, groans and misses by Phil Grove of Hardin.
 In the Springfield contest the majority report was against the seating of the delegation headed by Hon. J. H. Thomas, who was Brice'S competitor for the sen atorship six years ago.
 A minority report was also presented in the interest of the Thomas faction and a flow of argument was inaugurated ,- A roll call by counties ordered on the question of seating the Cleveland dele gation that had been busted by the com mittce on credentials. lnd which stood for silver, resulted as follows: Yeas 367 nays 339. and the result was received with great cheering.
 The convention refused to seat the tl by decisive vote. This disposed of the contests and the report of the committee on permanent organization, continuing the temporary orga aniZation, was adopted with a shout.
 Frank Hurd, the free trade apostle of Toledo, then presented the majority fe- port of the committee on resolutions.
 The democratic party of Ohio. in con venton assembled, points with satisfac- tion and pride to the wisdom of action of that party in the last two years and the results accomplished according to its promises, to-wt:
 The repeal of the republican legislation known as the Sherman law. the un-Amer jean federal election law and the Me Kinley law from which repeals resulted returning prosperity to the country to such an extent that even the republicans are obliged to recognize the same.
 We congratulate President Cleveland that his efforts for the repeal of these various laws and the upholding of the credit of the country have been success full.
 We congratulate our senator, Hon. Cal win Brice, for the earnest support he has given to the president in these matters.
 We consider the facts that the demo- cratic party received from the republi cans in 1892 bankrupt treasury; it inher- ited from them the vicious currency and tariff laws. which had been prepared and finally produced the panic of 1893. and we insist that ii is entitled to the thanks of the people for the courage with which it has attacked and repealed these laws.
 We reafiirm the following portion of the seventh plank of the last national demo- cratic convention:
 we hold to the use of both gold and silver as the standard money of the coun- try and to coin both gold and silver with out discrimination against either metal or charge for mintage, but the dollar unit of coinage of both metals must be of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value or be adjusted by international agree ment, or by such safe 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 payment of debts, and we demand that the paper currency shall be kept at par with and redeemable in such coin"
 We insist on such policy as especially necessary for the protection of farmers and laboring classes. the first and most defenseless victims of unstable money and fiuctuating currency
 The remainder of the platform relates to state affairs entirely.
 The platform was signed by nineteen lout of twenty-one members of the com mittee the dissenters being A. w. Pat rick of Tuscarawas and J. w. Lewis of Champagne. These submitted the fol- lowing minority report to the financial plank:
 we demand the immediate restora- -tion of the law providing for the free coinage and legal tender of both gold and silver coins, without discrimination against either metal, as provided in the constitution. and without waiting the assent of England or any other foreign nation."
 Twenty minutes only was conceded to each side for argument, and Ex-Senator Patrick of Canal Dover led off for silver. He declared that the democratic party had always been the party and friend of the white metal, and it could not go back on its record. They ought not to vote the sentiments of the "cuckoos" who were arrayed against the cause of the common people. It was a fight of the millionaire against the millions. of plutocrats against the people; fight of the poor mans moneJ for restoration.