OHIO. 



In any joint-stock company, corporation, or associa- 

 tion whatever ; or to raise money Tor, or loan its credit 

 to, or in aid of, any such company, corporation, or as- 

 sociation." What the General Assembly is thus pro- 

 hibited from doing directly, it has no power to do 

 indirectly. 



. Where public credit or money U furnished by 

 any of the subdivisions of the State named, to be 

 used in part construction of a work, which, under 

 the statute authorizing its construction, must be com- 

 pleted, if completed at all, by other parties out of 

 their own means, who are to own or have the bene- 

 ficial control ana management of the work when 

 completed, the public money or credit thus used 

 can only be regarded ss furnished for, or in aid of, 

 such parties. 



4. The act of April IS. 1871, to authorize counties, 

 townships, and the municipalities therein named, to 

 build railroads, etc., (69 O. L. 84) authorizes the 

 raising of money by taxation, which is equally ap- 

 plicable to the unlawful purpose of aiding railroad 

 oompaniea, and others engaged in building and op- 

 erating railroads, aa it is to any lawful purpose, and 

 gives to the officers intrustea with the control and 

 application of the money thus raised, no means or 

 power of discrimination aa to the lawfulness or un- 

 lawfulness of the work or purpose to which it is to 

 be applied, and is thus in contravention of section 6, 

 Article VI II. of the constitution, and therefore void. 



The Prohibitionists were first in the field 

 for the political campaign. Their State Con- 

 vention was held, at Delaware, February 12th, 

 when the following ticket was put in nomina- 

 tion: For Governor, G. T. Stewart, Huron 

 County; Lieutenant - Governor, 'William H. 

 Foster, Franklin County; Board of Public 

 Works, Enos H. Brosius; Judge of Supreme 

 Court, 8. E. Adams, Cnvahoga County ; Treas- 

 urer of State, George Dodds, Greene County ; 

 Attorney -General, Alfred H. Mitchell, Bel- 

 rnont County ; Auditor of State, Thomas Ed- 

 wardson, Clarke County. 



The platform adopted was us follows: 



Ketolffd, 1. That we reaffirm the platform of prin- 

 ciples and measures adopted by the National Pro- 

 hibition Convention at Columbus, February SS, 



un, 



8. That we demand total prohibition of the impor- 

 tation, manufacture, and traffic of intoxicating bever- 

 ages as high crimes against God and man ; and that 

 we will not propose or accept any compromise with 

 either, by license, regulation, or otherwise, for the 

 obvious reason that any compromise with crime is 

 of itaelf a crime. 



I. That the recent more flagrant development of 

 bribery, venality, and abounding corruption in the 

 State and national Legislatures and administrations, 

 tratee the necessity of abolishing executive 

 rialalive patronage as to all official appoint- 

 in both State and nation, legislative, judicial, 

 and executive, where it is possible for election by 

 the people ; and we especially auk for the election of 

 President sad Vlee-Preaidcnt, United States Sena- 

 tors, postmasters, and of all Territorial and Federal 

 district and local officers, by direct vote of the people. 



4. That one of the most important duties of Gov- 

 ernment is to protect and foster the interests of our 

 laboring eitlseni, and to preserve them from the el- 

 ections and aggressions of unjust capital ; that all 

 Proper aid should be given to them in securing 

 DOtaes r r their families, not only on the public lands, 

 bat throughout the nation ; that their Homesteads, 

 U> a reasonable amount In value, should be made by 

 law inviolate, while they or their families desire to 

 occupy them ; that industrial schools, and places of 

 employment should be established ; and that the 

 eacrifio* of the public lands to railroad and other 



monopolies should totally cease, that they may be 

 u|-i'ro|.ri:itvd in limited portions to actual n-ttli-rs 

 only. 



6. That enforced education of the youth of our 

 State, who by the wrong or nc^' ct. of parents and 

 guardians an excluded Irora the benefits of our free- 

 Kcbool system, U demanded by the highest iutereiU 

 of the people. 



6. That while it is entirely consistent for parties 

 professing no distinguishing principles "r ]>ol 

 nominate candidates solely with relVrmee to their 

 availability for election, we regard it as the high and 

 in;|.iTiitive duty of all Prohibitionists to unite zcal- 

 ouidy in support of every ticket nominated by the 

 Prohibition party, for the reason that it repi. 

 great principles, the success of which is tar more 

 important than that of men. 



7. That we warn Prohibitionists against the suici- 

 dal policy of adopting candidates from other party 

 ticki ts wuo are not identified with the Prohibition 

 party, merely because thev are men of temperate 

 habits and professions, while their efforts and influ- 

 ence are given to parties which are in league w itk 

 the liquor interest, and who thus practically oppose 

 prohibition. 



8. That in closely-contested elections good faith 

 requires, and it is especially incumbent on Prohibi- 

 lirnists, to Bland by their own candidates and not 

 sacrifice them to either of the other contestants. 

 That thus only will the power of the organization be 

 seen and felt, and as the sincere and d< Minim. I 

 purpose of its members becomes manifest, the people 

 will have confidence in them, and they in each 

 other; that perseverance in this policy will soon 

 compel a majority of the voters to support the can- 

 didate of the Prohibition party, while a contrary 

 policv will inevitably defeat, and speedily destroy it. 



9. That we urge the duty of all Prohibitionist! 

 throughout the State, without delay, to form pro- 

 hibition clubs in every city and township; to thor- 

 oughly organize the party by the appointment of 

 district, county, city, and township committees ; and 

 to nominate and sustain without compromise at the 

 polls, full tickets of the best and most reliable mem- 

 ben of the Prohibition party, at every election, when 

 party lines are drawn, and for every civil office in 

 the gift of the people. 



10. That to this end we urge Prohibitionists im- 

 mediately to issue calls for Prohibition conventions, 

 to be held as early as practicable in every delegate 

 district of the State, to nominate well-qualified can- 

 dijatc* of the Prohibition party for tne Constitu- 

 tional Convi -ntion, avoiding all entangling alliances 

 w ith other parties, ond standing firmly by the Pro- 

 hibition cause. 



11. That, if the effort to Incorporate such a pro- 

 hibitory section in the constitution should not bo 

 successful, we are in favor of the submission of Mich 



n as an amendment, to the separate vote of the 

 ii.pl.. in the form on their ballots, of the words, 

 "Prohibition Yes," or "Prohibition No:" and in 

 case of such submission, the schedule therefor to 

 provide that if approved by a majoritv of tin 

 tori of the State voting thereon, svcn proh.' 

 section shall take effect in all the State, but if not 10 

 ratified, it shall take effect and be in force in every 

 county, city, township, and ward, wherein a major- 

 ity of tne electors then voting shall have voted in 

 favor thereof, and shall bo enforced there l>y similar 

 legislation; and thereafter, en petition tn the ! 

 lature, by a majority of the qualified electors of any 

 county, township, city, or ward, where it bus not 

 been so ratified, the said prohibitory section shall 

 again, and as often as so petitioned for, be submitted 

 to the electors thereof, and if approved by a majori- 

 ty of tlmsc then and there voting thereon, shall 

 from the time when so ratified, in like manner, take 

 effect and be enforced therein. 



lit. That we also favor the adoption by th< 

 stitutional Convention of the provision in that ar- 

 ticle of the constitution defining the elective fran- 



