Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1890 — OHIO DEMOCRATS. [ARTICLE]

OHIO DEMOCRATS.

Ohio Democrats met at Columbus’ofi thq 27th, and nominated Hon. Thaddeus EJ Cromelly, of [Pickaway county, for SeoreJ tary of State by aoclamatlon. Tho platrj form demands the reduction of tariff taxes! and “we will continue the battle for tariflj reform until the cause of the people Is trij umphant." “Tariff taxes should he fOlj revenue only. All so-called protective! tariff taxes, are dishonest, wasteful and corrupting. They plunder the masses toj enrich the few. They have crippled agriculture, retarded manufacturing, created! trusts, destroyed commerce, and corrupted! our law makers. Therefore wo are opposed! to the McKinley tariff bill now pending In! Congress, and believe in the expressed! opinion of a most eminent Republican that! ‘there is not a section or a line in it that opens a market for another bushel of wheat or another barrel of pork.W* Favors* legislation looking to the suppression ofl trusts and combinations; favors free ooijiw age of silver; favors just pension laws and) condemns the Republican party for duplto-j lty In this regard; favors greatest purityJ freedom and secrecy of the ballot; do 2 nounces the federal election bill; denounce! the despotio rule of the majority to. the] House, and endorses Governor Campbell’s' administration.