The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-05

Cedar Point, Via Sandusky. O.. Sep
tember S.-The ticket:
Secretary OF State-Rev. Herbet =.
Bigelow. Cincinnati.
Supreme Judge-Michael Donnelly,
Napoleon.
Food and Dairy Commissioner-Phil-
lip II. Bruck, Columbus.
Member of State Board of Public
WORKSHOPS ]. Pater, Hamilton.
The democratic state convention to-
day was principally the occasion of
booming its presiding officer, Mayor
Tom L. Johnson for the presidency and
Of introducing into Ohio politics Rev.
Herbert S. Bigelow. pastor OF the Vine
Street Congregational church at Gin
cinnati.
The former has been consplcuously
before the public as congressman and
delegate TO national and other conven-
tons for years, but the latter was not
so well known until he was today made
the standard bearer OF his party and
made a speech of acceptance that was
received with unusual enthusiasm.
| Bigelow is thirty-three years old. indie
| pendent in his creed and has become
| prominent as a lecturer as we'll as Il
| popular preacher.
| The session lasted less than three
| hours and had only one ballot, most OF
| the time being devoted to speeches and
| that Of Rev. Bigelow was conceded to
| be the feature OF the occasion. In pre-
| Senting the names of candidates and IN
securing the same and in accepting
| nominations, over a score of orators
| were heard but none OF them command
| ed more attention, not excepting the
| keynote of Chairman Johnson than the
young minister.
i 1t was a Johnson convention through
out, although Mr.. Johnson himself was
more conciliatory today than at the pre-
liminary meetings Of the past two days.
The platform was adopted as II came
i from him through the committee. The
state central and executive committees
were both organized as he sugg -sted
and the state ticket, with a single ex-
ception, that of Bruck for Food Cora-
missioner was nominated by acclan- .
tion as slated by the Johnson men,
The platform adopted reaffirms the
principles Of the Kansas City platte IN
faithfully and ably represented - ne
presidential campaign of 1900 b. III
liam Jennings Bryan" and condemns
any effort to repudiate those principles.
1t then makes a specific statement or
| principles substantially as follows:
l. That in making assessments for
! taxation all property should be ap-
praised at not less than its salabIe
value.
2 That the present laws for assess
ing the property of steam railroads and
other public service corporations should
be so changed as to compel the assess
| ment Of those properties at not less than
their salable value going concers.
. 3. That TO prevent evasion of stats
taxes by discriminating valuations. a
separation of the sources OF state and
local revenues should be made.
4. That all public service corporations
,, should be required by law to make
sworn public reports and that the pow
er Of visitation and examination over
| corporations should be given TO the
proper auditing officers. so the true VAL
| ue Of the privileges had by such corpor-
atoms may be made plain to the people
.. That the acceptance OF free passes
or other favors from railroads b. public
officers or employees should be adequate
ground for their removal from office.
6. That the denial Of the right OF
peaceable persuasion in times OF labor
| disturbance is denial of the right OF
free speech and that government by in
junction. IL persisted in. will wreck the
liberties Of the people.
| Z. That We demand the enactment OF
a code which privileges absolutA home
| II!e WHICH S..3H H.
| clude the right TO establish the merit
| system.
S. That We condemn the vicious and
| corrupt bargain between the boss of
| Cincinnati and Ohio's United States
| senators TO force through the Iegisla-
ture a code that will foist upon the mu-
| inequalities Of Ohio, CincinnatPs form
Of government IN order that the power
Of its boss may be preserved on the one
hand and on the other will perpetuate
existing street railway franchises which
| Ohio's United States senator's represent
| 9. That the municipal code should
protect the public against all clauses
which may be placed therein In the spe-
cial interest Of the public service mo-
nopolies by requiring that all ordinances
granting, renewing, extending or modi-
; Tying franchises shall be imperative
until confirmed by a majority vote Of
the people Of the municipality; and we
are unalterably opposed to the grant
ing Of any perpetual franchise.
Il TO. That until United States senator's
are required by amendment to the fed
Grafton TO be elected by popular vote,
nominations for candidates for Unitee
States senators should be made by state