Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1883 — OHIO AND IOWA [ARTICLE]

OHIO AND IOWA

■ V ligmNiniN and Democratic Conventions of the Two States. ■ The nominations and the Declarations of Principles. Ohio BapaUliwu. The State Convention of the Ohio BepubMcans was held at Columbus on the 6th task, Senator John Sherman presiding; When the nomination for Governor came up. Congressman Ben Butterworth presented the name of Judge J. B. Foraker, of Ofactanati. Private Dalzell thereupon sprang from his seat, and gesticulating wildly declared that the convention had but one duty to perform, and if it did that success was assured He then' moved that the Hem. John Sherman be nominated by •acclamation. This was sufficient to make things decidedly exciting in every way. There were loud and prolonged cheers mid some hissing. Senator Sherman rapped loudly for order, which was soon restored, and then in the most emphatic manner stated that he could not under any circumstances be a candidate, nor could he, if nominated, accept After this little interruption,' the nomination of Judge Foraker was made by aoalamation. Theremainder of the ticket was as follows: Lieutenant Governor, William G. Bose, of. -Cleveland; Supreme Judge Gong term), W. XL Upson, of Akron (incumbent); Supreme Judge (vacancy and long term), John H. Doyle, of Toledo (incumbent); Clerk of the •Supreme Court, Dwight. Crowell, of, Ashtabula county (incumbent); Attorney General, B. Earnhart, of Miami county; Auditor, John F. Qglevee, of Clark county; TreasJohn (1 Brown, of Jefferson; Commissioner of Common Schools, D. F. De Wolfe, of Toledo; Member of Board of Publie Works, LeoWeltz, of Wilmington. The following platform was adopted: The BCpubUcans of Ohio, in State Convention assembled, have adopted the following declaration of principles; 1. That the Republican party, in preserving the life of the nation, in giving freedom and equal rights to all Its citizens;ln the reconstruction of the Union; in the upoldlng of the nar tional honor;in the generous provisions made for those who have suffered for their ootlntry: ! In keeping the national faith and advancing the 'national credit; in the speedy paymeht of the public debt; in the reduction of national taxation; in the elevation of the civil service, and, in the enacment of a series of wise public measures which have given the country unexampled : prosperity, have given the best assurance of its purposes for the future. ; J. That the Republican party believe now, as.in the past, in the maintenance of a tariff system ! which will provide a revenue for the Govern- ; ment and at the same time will protect American 'producers and American labor; that it Is opposed to the Democratic doctrine of “a tariff for revenue only,“ because such a doctrine, if enforced, would of necessity compel American ; workmen to accept the unremunerative wtujres 'which are paid their foreign Rivals. It looks with alarm, upon the purpose, already avowed -by the Democratic leaders, that the next Congress will revise the tariff by further reducing the duties on Imports, which, if executed, will j unsettle the business of the country, and will produce great injury to the mechanics, producers, and artisans of the land. • I A That the wool tariff of 1867 should be re- ! stored at the first possible opportunity. 4. That we are in favor of the establishment by Congress of a National Bureau of Labor Statistics, fog the purpose of collecting and sys- , tema tiring all statistics relating to the industrial, .social and Sanitary condition of the laboring wmHHfIH of the nation. t. That we approve of the action of the General Assembly of Ohio in the submission of the constitutional amendments in relation to the llqnor traffic, thus giving an opportunity to the ! people to make such changes fn the organic law of thrState as may be approved by their JudgI we approve of the taxation of the ‘ liquor jtiaffle for revenue, and for the purpose of providing against the evils resulting from such 'waffle. | 7. That we congratulate the country upon the 1 reduction by the last Congress of internal taxes of more than $40,000,000 annually, while at the same time the credit of the nation is maintained, j and the steady reduction of the national debt is i provided for. < 8. That the wise and conservative administration of President Arthur meets with the hearty approval of the Republicans of Ohio. I 0. That We commend the action of the General I Assembly of the State In providing a commission to examine into the system of prison con-, ! tract labor, and we declare ourselves in favor of I the abolition of said contract system. 10. That we reiterate the declarations of pre- | vious Republican conventions in favor of civil service reform, and weloome every intelligent effort to make that measure practical, and we ' especially approve the provisions made by the i Republican Congress for giving the patriotic soldiers of the late war, with the proper qualifications, the preference for all places under the I Government. , < , lL That we favor the repeal dt the law limiting the time in which applications fto pensions under the Arrears of Pension act shall be made. XX That the greatly-improved condition of the public institutions of the State; the suooessful refunding of the public debt at g rate of interest lower than a loan has been placed by any other State; the provision for and payment of $1,800,000 of the public debt—the improved financial condition of the State being such that we may reduce the rate of taxation, and at the same time be amply able to make large expenditures for the benefit of the charitable institutions of the State—all this, accomplished in the face of what appeared to be an absolute necessity, under Democratic administration, to increase State j taxation, attests the wisdom, care and eoonomy of the administration of Gov. Foster, and is an 1 assurance to the people of the State that their best interests are to be subserved by the continuance of the Republican party in power. 1 Judge Foraker, the nominee, Is a native of Ohio, and is a young man, being only 37. He was admitted to the oar in 1869, and has practiced his profession in Cincinnati. He ' was elected Judge of the Superior Court in 1879, but was compelled to resign, on account of ill-health. He is of English stock, •nd the name was formerly spelled “Foura•cra” f

lows Democrats. The Democrats of lowa held their State •convention at Des Moines or the 6th Inst The Hon. Edward Campbell was made Temporary Chairman. In taking the chair Mr. jCampbell made a speech of fifteen minutes’ length, devoted to a sanguine statement of the Democratic prospects and to a review of the Republican party. During a wait upon the Credential Committee, Hon J. Sterling Morton, of Nebraska, addressed the convention, taking the ground that tariff fer anything but'to get money to pay the public expenses is unconstitutional, and tariff taxes tar anything like protection should and must be abolished. Mr. Gannon, of Soott, antagonized the ■speech of Mr. Morton, and made a motion that it be declared the voice of the convention that it does not indorse the free-trade sentiments of Mr. Mortjm. Mr. Gannon was called to order from every part of the boose, but succeeded in making ■ajipeeoh in favor of protection before he was The Committee on Credentials reported ninety-eight out of ninety-nine counties of the State represented Dm Committee on Organization reported Coagmpsman Posev for Permanent ChairGoode for Sqpretary, and T. O. Mr. Posey takingthe chair, counseled tng the people are ready to trust the Democratic party. He declared against *ll sympathy with sumptuary laws and pro-' tection. Corporate encroachments mustibe restrained by all possible ognstitutional

An informal ballot for Governor resulted as follows: Maliary, of Loose, 94; Cleggitt, of OerroGord*. 33; Merrill, of Clinton, 2S; Merritt, of Polk, »7; Kinne, of Terns, 879. A formal ballot was ordered and bad, as follows: Kinne, 488; Mallory, 44; Merritt, 208. Judge Kinne’s nomination was made unanimous on the motion of Congressman Murphy and Gen. Jones. JuStin C. Clark, of Montgomery, was nominated for lieutenant Governor by acclamation. Jddge Hayes was nominated for the Supreme Bench on the first ballot, by a large Farr, of Page, was nominated for j Superintendent of Public Instruction by acclamation. ’ < Judge KinnA the nominee for Governor, was a Republican until 1872, when he followed the Greeley movement and drifted into the Democratic party. He was a candidate for Governor two years ago. He was called before the convention and made a speech. He spoke first in appeal for all Democrats to go hemeand fight harder than ever for tl)e success of the ticket He said he was in hearty accord With every principle of the platform, and always had been. He said: “We shall make this a fighting campaign, and, if we die or live, will sweep the State of lowa at the next election.” The report of the Committee on Resolutions was made by Judge Thayer, of the Clinton Aqe, which was unanimously adopted, as follows:

Resolved, Die Democratic party in convention assembled reaffirm the great principles which are the foundations of free government, among which are equal rights to all, special privileges to none, the protection of the weak against the encroachments at the strong, equal taxes, free speech, free preps, free schools, and, first of all, a free and incorruptible ballot Resolved, That we denounce the abuse in the civil service of the Government, State or national, inaugurated and perpetuated by the Republican party, and we favor the extension of civil-service reform in qvery department of the Government. Resolved, We arrtign the last Republican Congress for the extravagant Increase of public expenditure,- and demand economy in every branch of the Government Resolved, That we favor a tariff for revenue onlv by a gradual but persistent reduction of protective duties, and we denounce the tariff legislation of the last Congress as the result of corrupt and disgraceful intrigues and shameless attempts to perpetuate existing evils, under the pretense of tariff reform. Resolved, That we oppose constitutional prohibition, and, in the interests of practical temperance, we favor a well-regulated license law, with penalty of forfeiture of license for violation Resolved, That it is the right and duty of the State to regulate railways through legislative enactments, and we demand anoh action as will fully protect the interests of the people in every respect, and prevent unjust railway charges of any kind, ana at the same time as far as possible promote mutual confidence and friendship between the railways and the people. Resolved, So sacred are the rights of American citizenship, that we demand of the Government that no citizen thereof shall be imprisoned by a foreign government without charge, or denied the-rights of trial; and we cordially sympathite with the oppressed of uri nations struggling for their constitutional rights and liberties.

Indiana Anti-Monopolists. Representatives of the Anti-Monopolists of Indiana met $t Indianpoiis, • and were called to order by Mr. Tucker, of Hamilton, with J. Gfc. Smith, of the Monticello National , Secretary. J. It Tucker, of La Forte, waa made Chairman of the Committee ou Resolutions, and George Furry, of Kosciusko, on Permanent Organization. J. K Speer, of Marion county, was made Permanent Chairman, and resolutions were adopted condemning both the Republican and Democratic parties as “ns good,” owing .to the baneful influence of concentrated capital ana corporate wealth, specifying that a perpetual debt is a perpetual curse; recommending that taxes he assessed on a graduated scale and in such a way that the accumulation of exoessive private fortunes would be an impossibility, and favoring a return to simpler official life by reducing the President's'salary to $25,000 per annum, and all the other officials in similar proportion.