Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-07-01
THE PLATFORM.

TIE HLA FOHM,
Here is the platform on which Gov
ernor Harmon was nominated at the
Democratic state convention held at Day.
ton, o., June 21-22:
The Democratic party, in convention
assembled, reaffirms its faith and devo-
tfon to those essential principles OF
Democracy which have ever held this
party together in victory and defeat; its
unity and confidence, after long serie;
of reverses in national elections, are suf-
ficient attestation to the sincerity of its
belief.
Guided by these principles, the Demo-
cratic party founded national unity and
prosperity and established local self-gov
ernment for the states and municipalities.
They are alike applicable to the govern
ment 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 1t Is there
fore proper that we declare first and fore
most our position upon those questions
of state government in which the people
are most Interested.
Record Submitted.
We submit to the voters the record
made and making by the present DEM
ocratic state administration.
Every dollar of the peoples money on
hand is working for them, instead of for
drawing full interest as n result of fair
competition. 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 governor is having
them prosecuted and sued for the return
to the state of the many thousands of
dollars secured by fraud and wrong do
ing. Every agency at his command is
being employed to bring to account Off
GERS who were recreant to the trusts
reposed in them by the people.
The governor is handicapped in the
task of purifying and improving the pub
lie service by the opposition of a hostile
legislature and Republican state officials.
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 hindering in elimina ting graft, intro
ducing business methods and increasing
the effectiveness while reducing the cost
of state institutions and departments.
Favor Minimum Tax.
We favor a minimum aggregate tax
rate of ten mills. without any right to
increase it except by a vote of the peo-
| pie; the fair and just regulation of all
other public utilities as well as railroads.
| with the right of home rule as to fran
| chises carefully safeguarded-
We favor the ratification of the in
come tax amendment of the federal con-
stitution.
We demand the election OF the United
States sena tors by direct vote of the peo-
| pie. To that end we pledge a Democratic
| legislature to take the necessary action
| looking to Il convention of the states to
| adopt the constitutional amendment re-
| quired. Pending the campaign for COM
| pliance with the peoples demand so long
| sal 1NxFa nt,lN1 70 fNrn
| ise the enactment by a Democratic leg
| islature of q law so fair that public SEN
timent will enforce 1t, providing for the
| nomination of senators by popular vote al
the regular elections in senatorial years
We favor q uniform schoolbook law
the principle of the initiative and ref
erendum; the extension of the teaching
of agriculture; the enactment of legisla-
ton limiting the hours of labor of en-
| ployment of women.
To promote a non-partisan judiciar,
we favor the placing of the names of al
judicial candidates upon a separate ballo
without party distinction.
Stand for Business Methods.
In national affairs we favor the appli
ca ation of business methods in the admin
fstration of the federal government In or
der to reduce its enormous and fast
growing expenses, which involve vast
now admitted to be $500, 100000 a year.
We demand the revision of the pres
ent unjust and oppressive tariff, reduc
ing rates so as to lower the prices i'm
posed on the consumers; the need OF rev
enue for the economical conduct of th
| government must be the guiding princi
pies instead of the demands of favore'
interests And the chief burden of tariff
taxation must be taken from articles o
the cheaper grades, where 1t was place.
by the law of Payne, Aldrich, Smoot an
Cannon, which the president approves
The gradual reduction in tariff to max
1t means of raising revenue, instead o
an instrument of eNtortion cannot b
safely left to the party of broken prom
ises, but should be intrusted to the Dem
ocratic party, whose motto Is justice I
all without either favor or injury to any
We favor the immediate enactment G
, the dollar a day pension bill introduce
and championed in both the SiXtieth an
Sixty first congresses by that Democra Ii
. veteran, Gen. Isaac R. Sherwood of OhiC
and we condemn the arbitrary action c
the speaker of the house and the admin
istration in refusing to allow his benefi
cent and patriotic measure to come to
vote in the house OF representatives.
We believe In the conservation OF ou
natural resources, and we denounce tn
administration and especially Secretar
Ballinger for dlsmissing from the publ
service tried and true officers, whose onl
} aim was the preservation to the peopl
OF such resources.
papkar is Eread of Prison