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lopted by a legislature shall, before becoming 

 operative, be submitted to a vote of the people 

 for their approval or rejection, when, if such law 



iil to secure a majority of the votes cast, it will be 



lereby rejected. 



2. For the honest and effective enforcement of 

 11 laws, so that the will of the people, as expressed 



the statutes, shall not be nullified by indifference 

 opposition on the part of public servants. 



3. For the honest and economical administration 

 the Government, to the end that the people be 



lot burdened with unnecessary taxes. 



The Socialist- Labor Convention was held in 

 Jolumbus, May 30, and the following ticket was 

 lominated: For Secretary of State, John Flynn ; 

 Fudge of the Supreme Court. Dan W. Wallace ; 

 lerk of Supreme Court, Fred Pandorf : Dairy and 

 Tood Commissioner, E. Applegarth ; Member of 



Dard of Public Works, Thomas F. Smith. The 

 platform presented a long preamble and a set of 

 esolutions embodying these declarations : 



" National ownership of mines, railroads, canals, 

 alegraph, telephones, etc. ; the employees to operate 

 same co-operatively and to elect their own 

 iperior officers. 



" Municipal ownership of local railroads, ferries, 

 waterworks and all industries requiring municipal 



inchises. 

 Public lands to be declared inalienable. 



" The United States to have exclusive right to 



sue money. 



" Progressive income tax and tax on inheritances ; 



mil incomes to be exempt. 



Free education. Public assistance when neces- 



' Abolition of convict labor laws. 



" Employment of unemployed by public author- 



ies. 



"Laws for protection of life and limb in all occu- 



ations. 



' The right of the people to oppose laws and to 

 vote upon all measures of importance. 



" Abolition of executive veto power. 



" Abolition of United States Senate and all upper 

 legislative chambers. 



" Municipal self-government. 



"Direct vote and secret ballot in all elections. 

 Universal suffrage. 



"All public officers to be subject to recall by 

 their constituencies. 



" Uniform criminal and civil laws. Abolition of 

 capital punishment." 



The Republican State Convention was held at Co- 

 lumbus, June 22, and the following ticket was nom- 

 inated : For Secretary of State, Charles Kinney ; 

 Supreme Court Judge, William T. Spear; Clerk of 

 Supreme Court, Josiah B. Allen : Dairy and Ftfod 

 Commissioner, Joseph E. Blackburn: Member of 

 Board of Public Works, W. G. Johnson. All but 

 the last named were renominations. The significant 

 parts of the platform were the following : 



" We reaffirm the declaration of fact and princi- 

 ples adopted by the eleventh National Republican 

 Convention at St. Louis, June 17, 1896. 



" We congratulate the country upon the fact that 

 in response to the demand of the St. Louis platform 

 and the will of the people expressed at the polls in 

 November, 1896, protection and reciprocity, twin 

 measures of Republican policy, have been re-estab- 

 lished, and have been embodied into public law by 

 the enactment of the Dingloy bill. 



1 We favor all measures which will promote the 



estoration and growth of our merchant marine. 



" Increasing trade with our neighboring republics 

 >n the west coast of South America and our recent 

 victory in the Philippine Islands, with all the re- 

 sponsibilities attached thereto, remind us that it is 



essential to our prosperity and safety that our At- 

 lantic and Pacific borders be joined by the nearest 

 practicable water way ; we therefore favor the con- 

 struction by the United States of the Nicaraguan 

 Canal to the end that our commerce may be extend- 

 ed in time of peace and our coasts protected in time 

 of war. 



" We ask the Congress of the United States to en- 

 large and make more effective our navy, so that our 

 country may take and occupy her proper place 

 among the nations of the earth. It must be ade- 

 quate at all times for defense against foreign foes, 

 to secure the just rights of American capital, enter- 

 prise, and commerce in all parts of the world, and 

 to command respect for our flag everywhere. 



" We most heartily approve of the steps now be- 

 ing taken by Congress and the President, providing 

 for the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands as a 

 part of the United States, and hereby express the 

 urgent wish that the same be fully accomplished at 

 the earliest practicable date by the passage by the 

 Senate of the joint resolution which has already met 

 with the approval of the House of Representatives. 



" Knowing that justice and humanity alike made 

 it our duty to put an end to the hopeless and bar- 

 barous warfare waged by Spain against Cuba, and 

 secure for that unhappy island a free and stable 

 Government, we most heartilv approve of the dec- 

 laration of war made by the United States against 

 Spain and pledge our lives and fortunes for the pur- 

 pose of bringing if to a quick and successful termi- 

 nation. 



" We indorse and approve the patriotic American 

 Administration of William McKinley. We commend 

 the great statesmanship displayed by him in his tire- 

 less endeavors to secure an honorable settlement of 

 the Cuban question by diplomatic methods, and his 

 fearless refusal to be driven into war until all hopes 

 of a peaceful settlement had failed, and wise and 

 needful steps had been taken to prepare for hostili- 

 ties. We heartily indorse the conduct of the war 

 by the Administration, and feel confident that time 

 will continue more and more to demonstrate the 

 great wisdom and matchless leadership of President 

 McKinley, so far remarkably displayed in his man- 

 agement of the war and its conduct, and we rejoice 

 with him that in the present crisis the American 

 people are united in sustaining him, and that pa- 

 triotism has completely obliterated the last vestige 

 of sectional feeling. 



" Since the war with Spain could not be avoided, 

 we approve all that Congress has done to provide 

 for the vigorous and successful prosecution thereof, 

 and gratefully thank all members of that body who 

 have patriotically voted the revenues necessary for 

 its conduct. We also commend the action of Con- 

 gress in providing for raising necessary funds to 

 carry on the war by popular loan, thus affording an 

 opportunity to citizens of moderate means to invest 

 in the bonds of the Government. 



" We commend the wise administration of the 

 executive affairs of the State by the heads of the 

 various departments placed in authority by the Re- 

 publican party." 



The Democratic State Convention was held at 

 Dayton, Aug. 24, and the following ticket nomi- 

 nated : For Secretary of State, Upton K. Guthery ; 

 Judge of Supreme Court, Hugh L. Nichols; Clerk 

 of Supreme Court, David S. Fisher : Food and Dairy 

 Commissioner, John Baker: Member of the Board 

 of Public Works, T. D. Paul. The following is the 

 significant portion of the platform : 



" 1. The Democracy of Ohio, in convention as- 

 sembled, reaffirm the platform of principles adopt- 

 ed at Chicago by the Democrats at their convention 

 in July, 1896. "And wo particularly reaffirm and 

 indorse the financial plank therein, declaring for 



