Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1879 — The Ohio Nominations and Platform. [ARTICLE]

The Ohio Nominations and Platform.

At the Ohio State Republican Convention, held in Cincinnati, on the 28th ult.. Hon. Charles Foster, ex-Member of Congress, left out in the cold by the late Ohio gerrymander, was nominated for Governor, and Gen. A. Hiokenloper for Lieutenant-Governor, The following resolutions were adopted: Besotted , That the Republican party of Ohio, reaffirming the cardinal doctrines of ita adopted faith, as heretofore proclaimed, especially pledges itself anew to the maintenance of free suffrage, equal rights, the unity of the Nation, and the supremacy of the National Government in all matters placed by the Constitution under its control. Besotted , That we earnestly appeal to tbe people. in the exercise of their power through the ballot-box,, to arrest the mad career of the party now controlling both branches of Congress, under the domination of a majority of men lately in arms against the Government, and now plotting to regain, through the power of legislation, the cause which they lost m the field, namely, the establishment of State Sovereignty by the overthrow of National supremacy. Resolved. That the Democratic party, having committed itself to an attempt to break up the Government bv refusing to appropriate to their legitimate objects tho public moneys already collected from the people, unless the Executive shall give his official signature to measures which he conscientiously disapproves—measures plainly intended to allow free course to fraud, violence and corruption in the National elections, and to impair the Constitutional supremacy of the Nation—deserves the signal condemnation of every honest and law-abiding citizen. Resolved , That the present extra session of Congress, thus compelled by Democratic conspirators, has been prolonged beyond all possible excuse, not only to the depletion of the Treasury, but also to the grave detriment of every industrial and commercial interest of the country, by the uncalled-for agitation of several questions; by persistent efforts in hostility to the resumption of specie payments, already happily accomplished; by constantly tampering with a currency system unsurpassed in the world; by reopening and stimulating sectional controversy, especially through tho avowed determination to repeal all war legislation, and by seeking to inaugurate a reactionary revolution designed to restore full power to a ’’ solid South’’ in the affairs of the Government. Resolved, That the financial administration of the Government by the llepublican party, in accomplishing the great work of the resumption of specie payments; in restoring our currency to a par value; in greatly reducing the burden of the National debt; in refunding a large proportion of the same at a rate of interest onethird less than the former rate, thereby alone saving to the Treasury $13,000,000 a year, and in enhancing the National credit to a standing never before attained, is a source of just pride to tbe Republicans ot Ohio, and deserves the warm approbation of the American people. Resolved, That this perpetual disturbance of the country in response to the conciliatory measures of the Administration should, by the j udgment of the people, be- thoroughly condemned. r Resolved. That the Democratic Legislature of Ohio, going on from bad to worse, from the ” O’Conner reforms” ot our public institutions, resulting in scandals unnumbered and mischiefs unmeasured, to the outrageous attempts to reverse the will of the people, ns declared by their suffrages, foisting upon them by legislative usurpation defeated candidates for local offices in place of those duly elected by lawful and unquestioned ballots, cast in the interest of honest and decent home government, merits the most indignant rebuke of every intelligent voter of the Btate. Resolved , That the memories of our dead heroes. who gave their lives to save tbe Nation from destruction, protest against the expulsion of their living comrades from public offices to gratify the partisan purposes ot the dominant party in Congress. Resolved, That we send greeting to the President of the United States and our Republican members of Congress, and we Cordially thank and honor them for the firm and patriotic stand they have taken in opposition to the design of the majority of the present Congress, and we hereby pledge them our earnest and undivided support.