Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1889 — Ohio Prohibitionist. [ARTICLE]

Ohio Prohibitionist.

The Prohibition Ohio gxato Convention met at Zsin-rvffie, Thursday, with 444 delegates present The platform adopted decUres in favor of the legal suppression cf the liquor traffic; a&vi that revenue from a tariff criminal in its nature is contrary to the fundamental principles oi right; favors woman suffrage; denounces gambling in stocks and grains; favors arbitration for the settlement of disputes between employers and employes; opposes land monopoly; favors non-sectional adjustment of the tariff, and declares in favor of the enforcement of the Sabbath laws. The Bev. J. B. Helwig of Springfield wm nominated for Governor on the first ballot He made a speech like a sermon, saying he knew of no better way of promulgating the religion of Jesus Christ than by the politics of the prohibition narty. “We must put the Governmenf'said he,“on the shoulders of Jesus Christ” L. B. Logan, of Stark county, wm nominated for Lieutenant Governor by acclamation. For Supreme Judge, Gideon T. Stewart, of Norwalk; for TreMurer, D. M. Trowbridge, of Toledo; for Attorney General, E. Jay Pinney, of Ashtabula. Other officers nominated were: For Board of Public Works, Harvey Clarke, Madison eonnty; for Clerk Supreme Court, F. D. McKnight. Lawrence county. The State Central Committee: Dr. H. A. Thompson,of Westerville, Chairman; B. 8. Higley.of Youngstown, Secretory, and J. H. Hann, of Columbus, Treasurer.