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OHIO. 



Resolved, That our ultimate object shall be the con- 

 stitutional prohibition of the liquor-traffic, the manu- 

 facture ana sale of intoxicating liquors, including 

 wine, ale, and beer, and we demand that our next 

 Legislature shall submit to the voters of Ohio such 

 constitutional amendments. 



Resolved^ That as a measure leading to constitu- 

 tional prohibition, wo are in favor of local option, and 

 demand of our next Legislature the passage of a 

 stringent local-option law. 



Resolved^ That we do not deem it important to an- 

 nounce definite principles on other political issues, as 

 all these are of minor importance when compared with 

 those great measures which wo advocate and propose 

 to secure constitutional prohibition of the liquor- 

 traffic. 



Resolved, When either of the dominant parties puts 

 in nomination candidates for the General Assembly 

 and county officers distinctly pledged to the principles 

 herein set forth, wo will not put opposition candidates 

 in the field ; but when thev fail to do this we will put 

 in nomination our own tickets, as in the case of State 

 officers, and press their election with energy. 



Resolved, That we recommend the organization of 

 county and township organizations as auxiliaries to the 

 Ohio Anti-Liquor Alliance. 



Resolved, That we recognize the great moral power 

 of the Women's National Christian Temperance Union, 

 the success which has crowned its efforts, and we ear- 

 nestly ask the co-operation of the noble Christian 

 women of our State in our efforts to forward the fore- 

 going objects. 



Resolved, That we hereby tender to James A. Gar- 

 field, President of the United States, and his family, 

 our profoundest sympathies in his sore affliction, and 

 we, in common with the people of this whole country, 

 rejoice in the prospect of his speedy recovery, and 

 devoutly pray God that he might be spared to this 

 nation to accomplish the great hopes that have been 

 centered in him. 



The Prohibition Eeform State Convention 

 was held at Columbus, August 4th, and nomi- 

 nated the following State ticket : for Governor, 

 Abram R. Ludlow, of Clarke County ; for Lieu- 

 tenant-Governor, Jason McVay, of Franklin 

 County; for Judge of the Supreme Court, 

 Gideon T. Stewart, of Huron County; for 

 Attorney-General, Henry Camp, of Coshocton 

 County ; for State Treasurer, Ferdinand Schu- 

 macher, of Summit County ; for member of 

 Board of Public "Works, Abner Davis, of Mer- 

 cer County. The candidates are the same as 

 those nominated previously at Loveland, with 

 the exception of Attorney-General. Levi Mills 

 having declined the Loveland nomination, the 

 place was given to Henry Camp. On his de- 

 clination the committee substituted the name 

 of David W. Gage, of Cuyahoga County. The 

 following platform was adopted : 



Resolved, That the Prohibition Eeform party of 

 Ohio, in this thirteenth year of its history, with con- 

 gratulations to the friends of the cause on its present 

 great and rapid progress, repeat and affirm the follow- 

 ing principles and measures : 



1. The prohibition in the State and national Con- 

 stitution and laws of the liquor crime, being the 

 manufacture, importation, sale, and supply of intoxi- 

 cating liquors for use as a beverage. 



2. The abolition of executive and legislative patron- 

 asre, and the election of President and V ice-President, 

 United States Senators, postmasters, and all civil 

 officers, so far as practicable, by direct vote of the 

 people. 



3. The universal and enforced education of the 

 youth of the State and nation. 



4. The prohibition of speculative and other gam- 



bling in gold, stocks, agricultural products, and all 

 forms of moncy^ and projjerty. 



5. The prohibition ol corporation grants, Crddit 

 Mobilier and ring speculations with public lands, and 

 the substitution of homesteads for the people to be 

 secured to actual settlers there, and to be encouraged 

 and preserved throughout the nation. 



6. The protection by law of laborers against the 

 oppressions of unjust capital, and a lien on the property 

 and earnings of corporations for the wages. 



7. The equal rights and civil equality of the people, 

 including the right of suffrage, irrespective of ruct- , 

 sex, or color. 



8. The reduction of salaries of public officers in a 

 just ratio to the decline of wages and market prices ; 

 the reduction of taxes ; the abolition of all sinecures 

 and unnecessary offices, of subsidies and Star Route 

 swindles; the frequent and rigid investigation into 

 the whole system of Government contracts and the ac- 

 counts of public officers, and the prompt payment of 

 the public debt by retrenchment and reform in the 

 Government expenses. 



The election took place October llth, and 

 resulted in a complete Republican victory, the 

 whole of the Republican State ticket being 

 elected by majorities over all the other candi- 

 dates combined, and large majorities secured 

 in both branches of the Legislature. The fol- 

 lowing shows the votes on each candidate: 



FOR GOVERNOR. 



Charles Foster, Republican 812,735 



John Book waiter, Democrat 288,426 



A. R. Ludlow, Prohibitionist 16,597 



John Seitz, Greenback 6,330 



Scattering 138 



FOR LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. 



R. G. Richards. Republican 814,100 



Edgar M. Johnson. Democrat 288,266 



Jason McVay, Prohibitionist 16,127 



Charles Jenkins, Greenback 6,360 



Scattering 34 



FOR JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT. 



Nicholas Longworth, Republican 316.005 



Edward F. Bingham. Democrat 286.650 



Gideon T. Stewart. Prohibitionist 16.000 



Joseph Watson, Greenback 6,495 



Scattering 71 



FOR ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 



G. K.Nash, Republican 315.655 



F. C. Dougherty, Democrat 287,470 



David W. Gage, Prohibitionist 15,612 



G. N. Tattle, Greenback 6,482 



Scattering 67 



FOR TREASURER. 



Joseph Turner, Republican 816.282 



A. P. Winslow, Democrat 286,591 



Ferdinand Schumacher, Prohibitionist 15,842 



William F. Gloyd, Greenback 6,487 



Scattering 125 



FOR MEMBER OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. 



George Paul, Republican. 315,459 



John Crowe, Democrat 2S7.645 



Abner Davis, Prohibitionist 15,255 



H. L. Morrison, Greenback 6.488 



Scattering 477 



The Republicans elected 22 Senators and 70 

 Representatives, and the Democrats 11 Sen- 

 ators and 35 Representatives, thus giving the 

 Republicans an exact two-thirds vote in each 

 branch of the Legislature. 



The following table gives the population of 

 Ohio by counties, as finally returned by the 

 census of 1880, and as compared with the cor- 

 responding figures for 1870 : 



