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OHIO. 



but the excitement continued through several 

 days. The General Assembly adjourned April 

 29th, until January 2, 1873, after a session of 

 120 days, during which 646 bills were intro- 

 duced, and 139 joint resolutions offered for 

 action in the two Houses; 141 general and 

 139 local laws were passed, and 70 joint reso- 

 lutions adopted. Among the laws of general 

 importance enacted were acts regulating the 

 business of insurance in the State, and ap- 

 pointing a State Superintendent of Insurance ; 

 regulating coal-mines so as to provide for the 

 greater safety of the miners ; authorizing coun- 

 ties, cities, incorporated villages, and townships, 

 to build railroads, and to lease and operate the 

 same (commonly known as the Boesel Law) ; 

 and redistricting the State -for congressional 

 purposes. 



The Eepublican State Convention met at 

 Columbus, March 27th, and nominated candi- 

 dates for State offices as follows : Secretary of 

 State, Allen T. Wikoff; Judge of Supreme 

 Court, John Welch ; member of Board of Pub- 

 lic Works, Eichard E. Porter. Nominations 

 for presidential electors at large were also 

 made, ex-Lieutenant- Governor John C. Lee 

 and Alphonso Hart being chosen. The fol- 

 lowing platform of principles was adopted : 



The Eepublicans of Ohio, in State Convention 

 assembled, make the following declaration : 



1. The Eepublican party of the United States had 

 its origin in the necessities of the nation, and since 

 it came into power has decreed and executed meas- 

 ures by which liberty has been preserved, and the 

 Union saved from dismemberment, and slavery over- 

 thrown. Amid the disorganization and confusion 

 existing at the close of the rf bellion, the Republican 

 party exercised its organizing and restoring power, 

 and has succeeded in the difficult task of complete 

 reconstruction, and has established freedom and 

 equal rights for all people by irrevocable guarantees. 

 In this great work, the Eepublican party lias shown 

 its wisdom and patriotism, and, by its unswerving 

 good faith toward the national creditors, it has vin- 

 dicated the national integrity and honor. 



2. No other party known in history has so grand 

 a record, and no other party in the United States can 

 so proudly challenge the continued confidence of the 

 people, and we declare that the good of the country 

 demands that the Eepublican party should continue 

 to administer the Government. 



3. We renew our expressions of confidence in the 



resent Administration of the General Government, 

 ince it came into power, the taxes upon the people 

 have been reduced, and the public revenues have 

 been carefully collected and honestly applied, so that, 

 while the burden of taxation has been lightened, the 

 public debt has been diminished both in amount of 

 the principal, and in the rate of interest. The ad- 

 ministration deserves, also, the earnest approval of 

 every friend of justice, order, and law, for the prompt 

 and efficient manner in which it has suppressed Ku- 

 klux disorders, and persecutions of loyal citizens in 

 the South, a protection due from every good govern- 

 ment to its people. And we refer with great satis- 

 faction and pride to the system of pensions and 

 bounties provided for our brave soldiers and sailors, 

 and the homes founded and maintained for such as 

 were disabled in the service of their country. These 

 manifestations of public gratitude and justice must 

 command the approval of every patriot. And we 

 commend the policy of fairness and kindness toward 

 the Indian tribes, as showing the wisdom and hu- 

 manity of the President ; and, in his efforts to reform 



the civil service, we recognize, a laudable desire to 

 promote its efficiency and purity ; and in the man- 

 agement of our foreign relations, including the im- 

 portant questions of international law involved in 

 the Treaty of Washington, the Administration has 

 shown _rare wisdom, courage, and dignity, and has 

 maintained the honor of the nation untarnished. 



4. A large portion of the revenue necessary to 

 defray the current expenses of the Government, and 

 to pay its liabilities, must be derived from duties on 

 imports. These duties should be levied with a view 

 to equalize their burdens and benefits among the 

 people, and so as to promote, as far as possible, the 

 interests of every section and branch of industry, and 

 so that labor of every kind may have constant em- 

 ployment and just reward. 



5. We are opposed to further grants of the public 

 lands to corporations and monopolies, and demand 

 that the national domain be set apart for homes for 

 the people, and for purposes of education. 



6. As there can be no productive industry without 

 a union of capital and labor, therefore we are in favor 

 of such legislation as will give all proper guarantees 

 for the safety and prosperity of the one, and remu- 

 nerative investment of the other. 



7. We have unbroken confidence in the integrity, 

 prudence, and patriotism of President Grant, and are 

 in favor of his renomination for a second term ; and 

 we present to the Eepublican. party, for nomination 

 for Vice-President of the United States, the name of 

 Ohio's first war Governor, Honorable William Den- 

 nison, a man eminently worthy of that high office. 



The Democratic State Convention met at 

 Cleveland, June 27th, and put in nomination 

 the following candidates for State offices, all 

 being Democrats : Secretary of State, Aquila 

 Wiley ; Judge of Supreme Court, John L. 

 Green ; member of Board of Public Works, 

 E. J. Eiley. The following platform was 

 adopted : 



Resolved, By the Democrats of Ohio in convention 

 assembled : That the platform of principles adopted 

 by the Cincinnati Convention, together with the clear 

 interpretation of the same enunciated in the letter of 

 Horace Greeley accepting the nomination of that con- 

 vention for the office of President of the United States, 

 affords common ground upon which the liberal men 

 of all political parties can consistently unite in oppo- 

 sition to the present Administration, and its attendant 

 official corruption. 



Resolved, That our delegates this day chosen to 

 represent us in the Democratic National Convention, 

 to assemble at Baltimore, are requested to vote for 

 the nomination of Horace Greeley and B. Gratz 

 Brown as our candidates for President and Vice- 

 President. 



The Prohibitionists also had State candidates 

 in the field, as follows : Secretary of State, 

 Ferdinand Shumacher ; Judge of the Supreme 

 Court, Charles L. Fish ; member of Board 

 Public Works, Melton Kennedy. 



The election was held October 8th, with 

 following result : 



Secretary of State. Wikoff, 265,830 ; Wi 

 ley, 251,780 ; Shumacher, 2,045 ; Wikoff 

 Wiley, 14,050 ; over all, 12,005. 



Judge of Supreme Court. Welch, 263,223 ; 

 Green, 253,036; Fish, 2,010; Welch over 

 Green, 10,187; overall, 8,177. 



Member of Board of Public Works. Porter, 

 266,820 ; Eiley, 250,365 ; Kennedy, 2,082 ; 

 Porter over Eiley, 16,455 ; over all, 14,373. 



The total vote on Secretary of State was 

 519,655. 



