The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-06-27
Democratic State Platforms.
OHIO PLATFORM.


We, the democrats of Ohio in con
v~ention assembled, hold that the
money question is the vital and para
mount issue now before the people OF
this country, and hat its early and
correct settlement is necessary to the
revival of business aud the return OF
prosperity: therefore,
Resolved, That we are unalterably
opposed to the sidgle gold standard,
and demand an immediate return to
the constitutional money of gold and
SILVER by the restoration by this govern
ment, independent of other nations, OF
and gold into standard money at the
ratio of 10 to l, and upon the terms OF
exact equality existing prior to 1873
such silver coin to be Il full legal
tender, equally with gold coin, for all
debts and dues, public and private.
Resolved, That the delegates at
large, this day chosen by this conven-
ton, and the delegates to the national
convention from the several congress
sional districts be and are hereby
instructed to use all honorable means
to secure the adoption of the principles
contained in the foregoing resolution
by the national democratic convention
to be held at Chicago July Z, and TO
vote only for candidates for president
and vice-president who are known to
be IN full accord Herewith; and to
accomplish these ends to cast the votes
from the state of Ohio as a unit, as a
majority may determine.
LIMOS PEATFoRM.
We demand the repeal of that repuh-
lican and p~lutocratic legislation which
demoLeiized silver and reduced it TO
the basis of token money, destroying
by one-half the stock of real money
aud by doubling the wor to be done
by gold, doubled its purchasing power
so that the farmers and producers had
to give twice as much money to get a
dollar as they formerly had, and found
it hard To meet the debts, Interest,
taxes and fixed charges, which we're
not lowered. In this way the market
for those things which the mechanic
and laborer made was destroyed and
the factories had TO shut down. But
by thus taking N of the commercial
world one-half of its blood, industry
and trade have been paralyzed and
idleness and misery have been spread
over the civilized world. With the
richest natural resources, with a most
frugal and enterprising
people, and with the most abundant
barvests, our people are in distress.
Three per cen of our population "
over one-half the wealth of this repub-
lie, and almost the only men VINO pros
per are the bond sharks and the men
who fatten off the misery of their
country. These are the conditions
under which republican institutions
long endure. We believe in
the greatness aud patriotism of the
American people IN their energy, IN
and thrift, and that such a
people, with the unlimited resources
of our land, are strong enough to sus-
tain II monetary system without the aid
of foreign governments. We believe
the benelit of the independence which
gained a hundred years ago-the
war for which was initiated upon n
of tribute-should not be lost
by yielding vassalage to n monetary
preferred by other governments.
We believe the himetallic standard
has done the work of the world
since the dawn of civilization, and
was made the basis of monetary |
by Hamilton and Jefferson, is
absolutely necessary at present to the
prosperity of mankind; that its re-
establishment will check the present
business paralysis, will give the
country Il safe and honest currency of
adequate volume, will restore prices of
commodities, will encour-
age enterprise and give our people
steady and profitable employment.
learned through bitter exper-
ence that Wall street has controlled
he financial Legislation at Washing
and, knowing that every effort
Will be made to defeat the will of the
we deem it proper to be eX-
plicit in our declarations. Actuated
py the foregoing principles, and desir-
ng the prosperity of the people, we
demand the immediate restoration of
he free and unlimited coinage of both
gold and silver as Il standard money,
It the ratio of sixteen ounces OF silver
q one ounce of gold of equal %fineness,
With full legal tender power to each
METAL, without waiting for or depend
ng on any other nation on earth.