Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1889 — STATE CONVENTIONS. [ARTICLE]

STATE CONVENTIONS.

XfojiQQQrngQ XominfttG The Ohio Democratic State Convention met at Dayton Wednesday with an im> men sc attendance of members of the party. After prayer by Rev. Dr. McFarlin, Dr. Norton,who called the convention to order, made a brief address, outlining %he purposes of the convention. He made his speech the vehicle for a caustic criticism of the Republican party, and especially of Governor Foraker, the candidate of that party for re-eleetion. This was followed by a eulogy of the Democratic party and its principles. His allusion to Grover Cleveland as the noblest and greatest of living Democrats, was marked by long continued applause. The Hon. M. D. Harter, of Richland county, was elected permanent President and Lewis G. Bernard, of Hamilton county, Secretary. Hon. John A. McMahon made tbe report of the Committee on Resolutions, prefacing it with tbe statement that it was not a compromise, but was unniamously adopted, and that the committee was fully agreed that tbere should be no backward step in the .matter of tariff reform. [Great Applause.] Tbe platform was as follows: T. The Democracy of Ohio, in convention assembled, approve the declaration of principles made by the National Democracy in St. Louis in 1888, and especially that part of it demanding a reduction of tariff taxes. We will continue the battle for tariff reform til the cause of tbe people is triumphant. 2. We regard trusts, in whatever form organized, as the legitimate result of our present tariff system, and we demand the repeal of all tariff taxes that enable them to extort from the people exorbitant prices for the products they control. 3. We again acknowledge tbe great debt of gratitude the nation owes to the heroes of tbe late war, and we declare in favor of just, liberal and equitable pension laws. I 4. We denounce the Republican administration for its repeated violation of ils pledges in behalf of the civil service reform. 5. We denounce the present State administration as the most partisan, demoralizing and extravagant in onr history. We invite the careful investigation of all citizens in our financial affairs as shown by the official records. 6. We protest against the repeated enactment of laws, vesting the appointing power in the governor, enabling him to control the local boards of our leading cities While depriving them of Self government, it constructs a vast political machine that is at ail times dangerous, and in the hands of a partisan chief executive has become a positive menace to the people of the State. 7. The nomination of the governor of Ohio for a the third term,in violation of all precedent, by the notorious and disgraceful use of patronage at his oommand is an outrage against the people and should be rebuked at the polls. 8. We heartily favor home rule in Ireland ;we demand it also for Ohio. While favoring all laws that sacredly protect the ballot-box and the honest voter,we demand the enactment of laws that will enable our cities to choose their own servants and control their own affairs. James E. Campbell of Butler county; Virgil P. Kline of Cuyahoga county and Lawrence T. Neal of Richland oounty were placed in nomination for Governor. Tbe first ballot result ed: Campbell, 872 Neal 353 Kline 149. Several counties quickly changed to Campbell and others to Neal and the vote then stood Campbell 888, Neal 292, Kline 109. On the second ballot Campbell received 397%, Neal 299, Kline 88. The noml. nation was received with wild enthusiasm. [Hon. James Edwin Campbell was born' in Middletown, Butler county, Ohio, July 7, 1843, and is the son of Dr. Andrew Campbell. He comes of Scotch extraction, hence bis pugnacity and staying qualities. He served during the rebellion in the Union navy, became a master’s-mate on the gunboats Elk and Naiad, serving on Mississippi aud Red River flotillas, and taking part in many battles and engagements. He went into the service before be was twenty-one. He was elected Prosecuting Attorney in 1875, and re-elected in 1877, and served three terms in Congress; is a Knights Templar, Mason, member of the Knights of Pythias, G. A. R. mid Elks.) Montana Democrats held a large and harmonious convention, Tuesday- H. K. Toole was nominated for Governor. Pennsylvania Prohibitionists, Wednesday, nominated J. R. Johnson for State Treasurer. Tbe platform endorses the platform of 1888, favors the Australian ballot system and universal suffrage, and declares that prohibition will adttie the labor question by insuring better wages, steady work and larger profits.