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State, Anthony Howells, of Stark. For School 

 Commissioner, J. J. Burns, of Belmont. For 

 Member of Board of Public "Works, Martin 

 Schilder, of Ross. The following platform was 

 adopted : 



The Democratic party of Ohio, in State Conven- 

 tion assembled, renews its pledges of devotion to the 

 Union and the Constitution with its amendments. 

 It declares, as essential to the preservation of tree 

 government, faithful adherence to the following 

 principles : Strict constitutional home rule ; suprem- 

 acy ot the civil over the military power ; separation 

 of Church and State 5 equality of all citizens before 

 the law ; liberty of individual action, unvexed by 

 sumptuary laws ; absolute acquiescence in the law- 

 fully expressed will of the majority ; opposition to 

 all subsidies ; preservation of public lands to the use 

 of actual settlers ; maintenance and perfecting of the 

 common school system. 



Pertinent to the issue now pending before the peo- 

 ple 



Resolved^ 1. That we look on the inauguration of K. 

 B. Hayes to the high office of the Presidency of the 

 United States, in spite of the majority of the elec- 

 toral and popular vote being given by the people to 

 Samuel J. Tilden, as the most dangerous encroach- 

 ment upon popular rights that has ever been at- 

 tempted in this or any other free country. A repeti- 

 tion of the fraud will not be tolerated. 



2. The destruction of the industry of the country 

 and pauperism of labor are the inevitable fruits of 

 the vicious laws enacted by the Republican party. 



3. That as a means of relieving the distressed por- 



tions of the community and removing the great 

 stringency complained of in business circles, we de- 

 mand the immediate repeal of the resumption act. 



4. That we denounce as an outrage upon the rights 

 of the people the enactment of the Republican meas- 

 ure demonetizing silver, and demand the passage of 

 a law which shall restore to silver its monetary 

 power. 



5. That we favor the retention of greenback cur- 

 rency as the best paper money we ever had, and de- 

 clare against any further contraction. 



6. We congratulate the country upon the Accept- 

 ance by the present Administration of the constitu- 

 tional and pacific policy of local self-government in 

 the States of the South, so long advocated by the 

 Democratic party, and which has brought peace and 

 harmony to that section of the Union. 



7. The registry law framed by the last Legislature 

 is burdensome and expensive, and discriminate* ui.- 

 justly against the poorer classes of voters, and we 

 therefore demand its immediate repeal. 



8. We favor tariff for revenue only- 



9. We favor the issue by the General Government 

 alone of all circulating mediums, whether paper or 

 metallic, to be always of equal tender and intercon- 

 vertible. 



10. That we condemn the acts of the Federal Ad- 

 ministration in using regular troops of the United 

 States to interfere with the elections and other polit- 

 ical affairs of the States as an unconstitutional, un- 

 lawful, and unjustifiable destruction of the rights of 

 die people and States. 



11. We recommend the ticket this day formed by 

 the Convention to the favorable consideration and 

 support of all citizens of the State. 



CLEVELAND, FBOM THE BEHEI 



The Republican Convention was held in 

 Cleveland, August 1st, the following ticket 

 being placed in nomination : 



For Governor, William H. West, of Logan. 

 For Lieutenant-Governor, Ferdinand Vogeler, 

 of Hamilton. For Supreme Judge, William W. 

 Johnson, of Lawrence. For Treasurer of State, 

 John M. Millikin, of Butler. For Attorney- 

 general, George K. Nash, of Franklin. For 



Clerk of Supreme Court, Dwight Crowell, of 

 Ashtabula. For School Commissioner, J. F. 

 Lnkeng, of Portage. For Board of Public 

 Works, A. W. Luckey, of Ottawa. The fol- 

 lowing platform was adopted : 



The Republicans of Ohio, In Convention Mum- 

 bled, congratulate the. people that during MM long 

 term of their control of th nffam of the SUU- no 

 stain has been found upon their record M a 



