Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-08-29
Tho sound Money Victory in ohio.

Democratic convention upon the money
question is considered, the greater
proportions does the victory won by
the friends Of sound money assume.
1t should be remembered that the
Ohio Democrats have for years been
worshippers of false financial gods. They
we're the widest of advocates for the I'M
limited issue Of greenbacks during the
hat money craze, and were ever prone
to differ with the rest Of the party in
the country upon questions Of national
finance.
But to consider the extent Of the
sound money victory won by the Demo
Gratis of Ohio in their party convention
on Wednesday, it is only necessary to
revert to the State convention OF the
Ohio Democrats held one year ago.
Then the advocates of the free and UNI
limited coinage OF silver were in ram
pant control, and in the party platform
they inserted the following remarkable
declaration:
We dissent from the Presidents
the silver question, and, therefore, be-
lieve that silver should be restored to
the position it occupied as money
prior to its demonstration by the Re-
publican party, and to that end we
favor the unlimited free coinage of sill
yer, at the legal ratio of 16 TO l, and
with equal legal tender powers.
This positive committal of the Demo-
Garlic organization to the policy Of free
silver coinage was adopted by the de
cisive vote Of 46S to $40, and upon this
issue the Democrats of Ohio went be-
fore the people. The result of the cam
paign was the burial of the Democratic
candidates by an adverse majority of
l3I, 600. OF course there were other
causes that operated to bring about this
political avalanche, but the complete
yielding of the Democratic organiza-
tion to the free silver folly was largely
responsible for the disaster.
This year the Ohio Democrats came
together much in the physical and
mental condition Of the boy who had
been kicked by a mule while attempt
ing to amuse himself by tickling the
animals hind legsn not so pretty, but
with heap more sense, But still there
were alleged Democrats in that conven-
ton who thought that the party rep
resentatives should again array them
selves under the banner of free silver
coinage. There were enough Of such
to make themselves heard, and they
concentrated their sentiments in the
following resolution, which they de-
manded should be inserted in the party
platform:
We demand the immediate restora-
tion of the law providing for the free
coinage and full legal tender of both
gold and silver coins, without discrimi-
nation against either metal, as provided
IN the constitution, and without await
ing the assent of England or any other
foreign nation.
Upon this resolution the convention
took ballot, and it was promptly re-
iected by 270 yeas to 524 nays The
victim of the mules heels had indeed
learned heap more sense.
The contrast shows the striking diff
ference between the attitude of the
Ohio Democrats now, and the position
they assumed one year ago Then mis-.
guided leaders of the party thought the
people were clamoring for cheap money,
and they went in for free silver and
plenty of it. Nothing could more forci-
bly, exemplify the change of sentiment
than Wednesdays gathering of Demo
Gratis in Ohio. And nothing will tend
more effectively to entirely eradicate
the free silver coinage heresy that was
threatening to sweep the whole country
than this evidence of reform among
the Democrats of Ohio, in whom finan-
cial follles have heretofore found such
a sure abiding place.