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OHIO. 



State, Delmont Locke, of Lawrence County ; 

 Treasurer of State, Edward C. Young, of 

 Champaign County ; Judge of Supreme Court, 

 David C. Dwight, of Montgomery County ; At- 

 torney-General, S. E. Adams, of Cleveland ; 

 Member of Board of Public Works, John R. 

 Buchtel, of Summit County. 



The following was the platform adopted : 



Resolved, That we reaffirm and approve the nation- 

 al platform, 



Resolved, That the manufacture, importation, and 

 sale of alcoholic liquors, as a beverage, is a crime of 

 enormous magnitude, being greatly detrimental to 

 the peace and welfare of the people. Because 



1. Multitudes of our countrymen, not less, prob- 

 ably, than 60,000, perish every year under the effects 

 of the poison made and sold. 



2. Many of the victims are led by the poison, from 

 which they are slowly dying, to rush in their frantic 

 or morally weakened state into other crimes of 

 every sort and degree of aggravation. 



Whereas, "We have no law against this crime of 

 crimes, and parent of crime our so-called laws be- 

 ing mere regulations as to persons on whom., or 

 when, or where, the evil deeds may be done : there- 

 fore 



Resolved, That common justice, the welfare of the 

 community, and even the permanence of our civil, 

 moral, and religious institutions, demand direct leg- 

 islation against the manufacture and sale of alcoholic 

 drinks as a crime, and that the severity of the laws 

 enacted should correspond with the enormity of the 

 offense. 



Resolved, That, since the laws are enacted by the 

 legislators, who are elected by the people through 

 party combinations, and since all other political par- 

 ties are opposed to the very idea of treating this 

 great evil directly as a crime, a distinct Prohibition 

 party is a necessity. 



Resolved, further, That the doctrine of equal rights 

 is a reality, and hence that all the people, male and 

 female, are equally entitled to the right of choosing 

 the business or avocation they would pursue in life, 

 and also to a voice in legislation, and other public 

 affairs, through the ballot-box. 



Resolved, That, as far as possible, legislators, 

 judges, executive officers, and especially the Pres- 

 ident and Vice-President of the United States, and 

 United States Senators, should be elected directly by 

 the people. 



Resolved, That all class legislation is inconsistent 

 with equal rights, and should not be tolerated in our 

 country, glorying, as she does, in her Declaration of 

 Independence. 



Resolved, That when Prohibitionists have nomi- 

 nated their^own candidates ? they should, in the judg- 

 ment of this convention, give them united and un- 

 wavering support at the polls, for real success can 

 appear only in the elevation or election of open and 

 avowed candidates. 



Resolved, That enforced education of the youth of 

 our land, who, by the wrong or neglect of parents 

 and guardians, are excluded from the benefits of our 

 free-school system, and especially of the freedmen 

 of the South, is demanded by the highest interests 

 of the people. 



Resolved, In view of the fact that our cities are en- 

 slaved by the liquor-traffic, and the hope of the na- 

 tion must be in the better moral condition of the 

 people of the country ; we therefore ask also the co- 

 operation of all our farmers to secure such laws as 

 will tend to the suppression of this traffic, and to 

 advance the material interests of the State. 



Resolved, That the women of Ohio have achieved 

 much in the preparation of the public mind for the 

 legal suppression of the liquor-crime, and we invite 

 their continued cooperation in the prosecution of 

 this great work. 



The Republican Convention was held at 

 Columbus, June 2d. The following ticket was 

 placed in nomination : For Governor, Ruther- 

 ford B. Hayes, Sandusky County ; Lieutenant- 

 Governor, Thomas L. Young, Hamilton County; 

 Judge of Supreme Court, George W. Mcllvaine, 

 Tuscarawas County ; Auditor, James Williams, 

 Franklin County ; Attorney - General, John 

 Little, Greene County; Treasurer, John M. 

 Millikin, Butler County; Member of Board 

 of Public Works, Peter Thatcher, Cuyahoga 

 County. 



The following platform was adopted : 

 The Eepublicans of Ohio, in convention assembled, 

 reaffirming the cardinal principles of their organiza- 

 tion, which have become received maxims of policy, 

 State and national, declare on specific points the 

 series of sentiments following : 



1. The States are one as a nation, and all citizens 

 are equal under the laws, and entitled to their fullest 

 protection. 



2. That policy of finance should be steadily pur- 

 sued which, without unnecessary shock to business, 

 or trade, will ultimately equalize the purchasing 

 capacity of the coin and paper dollar. 



3. We favor a tariff for revenue, with incidental 

 protection to American industry. 



4. We stand by free education, our public-school 

 system, the taxation of all for its support, and "no 

 division of the school-fund." 



5. Under our republican system of government, 

 there should be no connection, direct or indirect, 

 between Church and state, and we oppose all legis- 

 lation in the interest of any particular sect. Upon 

 this subject we should not fail to profit by the experi- 

 ence of foreign governments, where the efforts of the 

 Church to control the state constitute an evil of great 

 magnitude, and endanger the power and prosperity 

 of thepeople. 



6. We demand such a revision of the patent laws 

 as will relieve industry from the oppression of mo- 

 nopolies in administration. 



7. A grateful people can never cease to remember 

 the services of our soldiers and sailors, and it is due 

 to them that liberality and generosity should obtain 

 in the adjustment of pay and bounties. 



8. That we demand that the public domain shall 

 be scrupulously reserved for occupancy by actual 

 settlers. 



9. The determination of the Government to collect 

 the revenue, and prevent and punish frauds, has our 

 unqualified approval. 



10. That the power of municipal corporations to 

 create debts should be restricted, and local and other 

 expenditures should be so reduced as to diminish 

 taxation. 



11. The observance of Washington's example in 

 retiring at the close of a second presidential term 

 will be in the future, as it has been in the past, re- 

 garded as a fundamental rule in the unwritten law of 

 the republic. 



The distinguished success of his Administration, 

 which to the fame of the patriot and soldier has 

 added that of the capable and judicious statesman, 

 entitles President Grant to the gratitude of his coun- 

 trymen. 



The Democratic Convention met at Colum- 

 bus, June 17th. Governor Allen was renomi- 

 nated by acclamation, and the full ticket nom- 

 inated was as follows: For Governor, William 

 Allen, of Ross County; for Lieutenant-Gov- 

 ernor, Samuel F. Gary, of Hamilton County ; 

 for Auditor of State, Edward M. Green, of 

 Shelby County; for Treasurer of State, John 

 Schreiner, of Meigs County; for Attorney- 



