Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-03
THE OHIO CONVENTION.


THE OHIO CONVENTION.
Kansas City Platform Reaffirmed and
Ticket Nominated.
Cedar Point, o., Sept. 3.-The dem
Focratic state convention was called to
order at ten this morning by Chairman
Frey, of the state central committee.
Hon. Tom L. Johnson was then intro
duced as temporary chairman and re-
ceived with continued cheers.
The following ticket was placed In
nominations:
Secretary Of state, Rev. Hubert Bige
low. Cincinnati.
Supreme judge, Michael Donnelly,
Napoleon.
Food and dairy commissioners, Philip
II. Bruck, Columbus
Member board of public works, Jos.
j. Porter, Hamilton.
The following platform was adopted:
I'm state convention assembled the
democrats of Ohio hereby acknowledge
and declare our continued allegiance to
the democratic party Of the nation and
on national issues reaff1rm and endorse
the principles laid down IN the last ma
tional platform adopted at Kansas City,
which was fully and ably represented
III the presidential campaign of 1900 by
William Jennings Bryan. Regarding
those principles as opposed to imperial
ism and colonialism. as opposed to gov
ernment by injunction. as opposed to
trusts and trust st-fostering tariffs, as op-
posed to financial monopoly and as op-
posed to all other legallzed monopolies
and privileges, we condemn every eff
fort to repudiate or ignore them.
I'm state and municipal affairs we
pledge our party to the faithful appli-
cation of those democratic principles,
may be equaliZed and home rule and
and preserved.
Under long-continued control of the
Republican party in this state monopoly
has been fosrered and protected; the
farmer,an small home owner has been
burdened with excessive taxes that the
heneficiaries and favoT.ites Of that pare
ty might be permitted to escape their
Just share of public burdens: our pub
lie institutions have baen wastefully
and ineffieiently managed and in them
scandalous and cruel wrongs have been
practiced upon the defenseless wards
of the state: farmers and small ship
pers continue to suffer from unjust dis
crimination at the hand of unregulated
nonopolies; a fine system of municipal
government has been wasted and
the credit OF cities destroyed, thereby
producing a spirit of insecurity and un-
rest in all public affairs
"T'i1e people can not longer trust the
administration of their affairs to a
party thus recklessly devoted to the
a more specific statement Of our prin-
cipals upon these and other public
questions we declare:
First. that all taxable property
should be appraised by assessing
boards which should be in session for
at least part of each year and whose
proceedings and deliberations should
be open to the public; that power be
given to employ representative to
present the interests of the public in
the hearings before these boards and
that in making assessments all proper
ty should he appraised at not less than
its salable value.
Second, that the present laws for
assessing propeyty of steam railroads
and other public service corporations
should be so changed as to compel as
sessment of those properties at not less
than their sslable value as going con-
cerns and to prevent their evasion of
just taxation.
Third, that to prevent evasion of
state taxes by discriminating valua-
tions, separation of sources of state
and local revenues should be made.
And to that end, we heartily endorse
the constitutional amendment now
pending before the people and to be
voted on next year, which will permit
classifications of taxable property"
In regard to the election of United
States senators by popular vote the
platform says:
THAT until the United States sena-
tors are6equired by amendment to the
federal constitution to be elected by
popular vote. nominations of candidates
for United States senator should be
made by state conventions.
and we hereby direct that in the
official call for the next democratic
state convention in Ohio there be em-
bodied clause providing for the nomi-
nation at that convention of a demo-
cratic candidate for United States sem
ator and clause providing for action
by said convention upon all amend
ments to the state constitution then
pending before the people"