The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-12
Ohio Democratic
State Platform

The platform adopted by the Dem
ocratic convention is as follows:
The Democratic party Of Ohio in con.
vention assembled, reaffirms its faith and
/ devotion to those essential principles oi
Democracy which have ever held the
party together in victory and defeat; IT.
unity and confidence after a long series
of reverses in national elections are Buf-
hoient attestation to the sincerity Of itl
belief.
Guided by these principles the Demo-
crtaic party founded national unity and
prosperity, and established local self
government for the states and munici'
palites They are alike applicable to tbs
government Of the nation and the state.
The coming campaign in Ohio for the
election of state officers should and must
be fought on state issues, and It Is
therefore proper that we declare first
and foremost our position upon thess
questions Of state government in which
the people are most interested.
We submit to the voters the record
made and making by the present Demo
cratic state administration. Every dol
lar Of the peoples money on hand Is
working for them, instead Of for office
holders and favored politicians, drawing
full interest as a result OF fair compeu.
tion, and that interest is now all going
into the treasury for the first time In
many years.
Instead of protecting and defending
grafters, as was the way Of Republican
officers, the present government Is hay
Ing them prosecuted and sued for the
return to the state Of the many thou
sand dollars secured by fraud and
wrong-doing
Every agency at his command is being
employed to bring to account officers who
were recreant to the trusts reposed In
them by the people.
The governor is handicapped in the
task Of purifying and improving the
public service by the opposition Of a hos
tile legislature and Republican state OIL
cials He will continue the work so well
begun, but we call on the citizens to
uphold him by electing his associates on
the ticket and a legislature that will
help, instead Of hinder, in eliminating
graft, introducing busineS methods and
graft the the effectiveness while re-
ducing the cost of state institutions and
departments.
Planks In Platform.
We favor a maximum aggregate tax
rate Of 10 mills, without any right to
Increase It, except by vote Of the
people
We favor the fair and just regulation
Of all public utilities as well as railroads,
with the right Of home rule as to fran
chises, carefully guarded.
We favor the ratification Of the In
come tax amendment of the federal con-
stitution which was stihed by the pres-
ent Republican legislature.
We demand the election OF United
States senators by direct vote Of the
people.
TO that end we pledge a Democratic
legislature to take the necessary action
looking to a convention Of the states to
adopt the constitutional amendment re"
quired.
Pending the campaign for compliance
with the peoples demand, so long denied
by a Republican senate, we promise the
enactment by a Democratic legislature
Of a law so far as public sentiment
will enforce it, providing for the nomina"
ton of senators by popular vote at the
regular elections In senatorial years.
We favor:
A uniform school book law.
The principle of the initiative and ref"
erendum,
The extension Of the teaching Of agri"
culture.
The promotion Of a nonpartisan Judi
ciary by the placing Of the names Of all
judicial candidate on a separate ballot
without party distinction.
The enactment Of legislation limiting
the hours of labor Of employed women.
National Affairs.
In national affairs we favor the appli-
cation of business methods to the ad-
ministration of the federal government
in order to reduce its enormous and fast
growing expenses, which involve waste
now admitted to be $500, 900, ,0oe per year. |
We demand the revision Of the present
unjust and oppressive tariff, reducing
rates so as to lower the prices imposed
on consumer; the need Of revenue for the
economical conduct of the government
must be the guiding principle instead Of
The demands Of favored interests. And |
the chief burden Of tariff taxation must
be taken from articles OF the cheaper
grades where 1t is placed by the law OF
PAYNE, Aldrich, Smoot and Cannon, which |
tsae president approved. The gradual re-
ductions in tariff taxation to make It q
means Of raising revenue, instead OF an
instrument of extortion, can not be safe- |
ly left to the party of broken promises |
but should be intrusted to the Demo- |
cratic party, whose motto is equal JUS
tice to all without either favors or In
Jury to any.
we favor the immediate enactment OF
the dollar a day pension bill introduced
and championed in both the sixtieth anG
gixty-Arst congress by that Democratic /
veteran, General Isaac r. Sherwood OF
Ohio, and we condemn the arbitrary acc
tion Of the speaker Of the house and the
in refusing to allow this
beneficent and patriotic measure to come
TO a vote in the house Of representatives.
We believe in the conservation OF our
natural resources and we donounce thd
and especially Secretary
for dismissing from the public
service tried and true officers whose
only aim was the preservation 70 tbs
people * such resourcea