State on the first ballot. John Zimmerman, of Wayne, and Leo Ebert, of Lawrence, were also voted for. For Commissioner of Common Schools, Leroy D. Brown, of Butler, was nominated over James J. Burns, of Fairfield, and William W. Ross, of Erie, on the second ballot. John P. Martin, of Greene, Martin L. Schilder, of Ross, James Emmitt, of Pike, and John Anthony, of Athens, contested for the nomination for Member of the Board of Public Works, and the first named was nominated. The platform adopted while reiterating former resolutions against sumptuary legislation" did not make any declaration regarding the Second Amendment. The principal resolutions were the following: 2. We favor a tariff for revenue limited to the necessities of the Government, economically administered, and so adjusted in its application as to prevent unequal burdens, encourage productive industries at home and afford just compensation to labor, but not to create or foster monopolies. 3. The act of the Republican Congress reducing the tariff on wool, while at the same time increasing it on woolen goods, already highly protected, was iniquitous legislation, discriminating in favor of monopoly and against the agricultural interests of the country, and ought to be corrected, and we heartily approve the action of the Democratic members of the Ohio delegation in Congress in voting against that measure. 7. We reaffirm the resolutions of the State Conventions of Ohio in 1880, 1881 and 1882, and of the Democratic National Conventions of 1872, 1876 and 1880, demanding a thorough reform and purification of the Civil Service, and charge that the Republican party has violated every pledge it has heretofore given for the reform thereof, and has failed during its long administration of the Government to correct even the most crying abuses; and we demand, therefore, a change in the Executive Administration of the Government itself, as the reform first of all necessary (as made still more manifest by the recent Star Route trials), thereby ousting corrupt rings, confederated to protect crime and prevent the punishment of crimi nals, and by so doing make it possible again to punish fraud and theft in the public service. The adoption of the third resolution was an adroit move to capture the votes of the wool-growers who were undoubtedly dissatisfied with the wool schedule in the recently enacted tariff law. This, together with a skillfully devised circular purporting to give the record of the Republican party and especially that of Senator Sherman upon protection to wool and which was scattered broadcast, was the means of alienating the support of many farmers and inducing them either to remain at home or secretly support the Democratic ticket. However, with such divisions in the party, to an ordinary observer it did not seem possible that the Democrats had any chance of winning the election: certainly the Republican party never could have been successful with so scandalous a State Convention. But the distillers and brewing interests of the State made large contributions to the Democratic campaign fund and organized the retail liquor dealers in opposition to the Republicans. Besides these, and unknown to the Republican committee at the time, two or more millionaire Democratic candidates for United States Senator were secretly sending their agents to various counties with large sums of money for use at the election. All this, combined with the agitation on the liquor question in connection with the proposed prohibitory amendment to the State Constitution, which the Republican platform practically endorsed, operated to defeat the Republican ticket. A number of joint debates were arranged between Judges Foraker and Hoadly in several of the large cities of the State, in which the former had decidedly the best of the argument, but Hoadly broke down after a few meetings and went to Philadelphia for rest and medical treatment. Most of the Republicans boldly championed the proposed prohibitory amendment but the Democratic speakers and press denounced it as "sumptuary legislation." Some of the Republican candidates, however, declined to publicly discuss the question, but in the end were beaten as badly as the boldest advocates. The vote polled was quite heavy for an "off year" and, instead of supporting the Republican State candidates as might have been expected under the circumstances, the Prohibitionists nominated a ticket with Ferdinand Schumacher again at the head and secured a large vote -considering their strength in previous years. Charles Jenkins headed the Greenback ticket, which, as was expected, made but a very poor showing. However, the Democratic candidate for Governor had a majority of nearly 1,300 over all his opponents. The Second Amendment" failed of adoption, though 323,189 votes were cast in its favor. The first or "License Amendment" did not receive the support of a third of the total number of votes. The two propositions thus submitted to the voters for their approval or rejection, were in form as follows: The "additional section" in Section 18 of the schedule shall be repealed by a substitution of one of the other of these two propositions: 1. The General Assembly shall regulate the traffic in intoxicating liquors so as to provide against the evils resulting therefrom; and its power to levy taxes or assessments thereon is not limited by any provision of this Constitution. 2. The manufacture of, and the traffic in intoxicating liquors to be used as a beverage, are forever prohibited; and the General Assembly shall provide by law for the enforcement of the provision. The official vote, as declared by the Secretary of State, was as follows: Archelaus D. Marsh, Speaker. John M. Penniston, Sergeant-at-Arms. Champaign-John W. Ogden. Clermont-Robert Buchanan. Clinton--James H. Terrell. Columbiana-George W. Love. Morgan-Elias M. Stanbery. Muskingum Charles E. Addison. Noble-- Levi W. Finley. Stark-Leander C. Cole and John McBride. Trumbull-Stephen Laird. Tuscarawas-George W. Crites. Union--Jesse L. Cameron. Van Wert-William T. Hughes. Vinton-William W. Fierce. Warren-Seth W. Brown. Washington--Henry Bohl. Wayne-Christopher C. Stouffer Williams-Solomon Johnson. Wood-Elijah P. Emerson. Wyandot--Lewis A. Brunner. was near Joseph Benson Foraker, Governor and United States Senator, born Rainsboro, Highland County, Ohio, July 5, 1846. At that time the family lived in a log cabin and his father was the proprietor of a small grist mill with a whip-saw attachment for getting out rough lumber. His ancestors emigrated to Ohio from Delaware and Virginia because of their abhorrence of slavery. Joseph B. Foraker was brought up on the farm and at the age of sixteen enlisted in the Eighty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry as a private soldier. In the same year he was promoted to the office of Sergeant, in 1864 to First Lieutenant, and in 1865 was breveted Captain, for distinguished services. He was in the fights at Missionary Ridge, Kenesaw Mountain, Lookout Mountain and in many minor engagements and also with Sherman in his noted March to the Sea." For a time before the close of his term of service, he was on the staff of General Henry W. Slocum. He was mustered out at the age of nineteen, after a brave career as a soldier for the Union. He then entered Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, remaining two years, going thence to Cornell University, from which he graduated, July 1, 1869. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and soon had an extensive practice in Cincinnati, where he had located. Was elected in 1879 Superior Judge of Hamilton County, serving for three years. In 1883 he was nominated for Governor of the State, but was defeated by Judge George Hoadly whom he in turn had the pleasure of defeating in 1885 for the same office. He was reelected in 1887, but, after having been nominated over half dozen other aspirants in 1889, was defeated for reelection by James E. Campbell. The Republican State Convention of 1895 endorsed him as a candidate for United States Senator as the successor of Calvin S. Brice and the Legislature chosen that year, in January, 1896, elected him to the United States Senate for the term beginning March 4, 1897, and ending March 3, 1903. Senator Foraker is noted for his oratory, having few, if any, equals in the State, and, although aggressive in politics, is very popular. He was an able Governor and his friends predict for him a great future in the Senate. William G. Rose, candidate for Lieutenant Governor, was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, September 23, 1829, and was the youngest of a family of eleven children, all of whom lived to become heads of families. His parents were James and Martha (McKinley) Rose. The maternal grandfather of Mr. Rose was also the grandfather of President McKinley. Representatives of this family served in all the wars in which this country was engaged and Mr. Rose served as a private in a three-months' West Virginia regiment during the Civil War. His educational advantages were limited and outside of the common country schools all the higher qualifications were acquired by home study. At the age of twenty-three he began the study of law and was admitted to the bar three years later. He was a Democrat until the formation of the Republican party, with which he immediately affiliated. In 1857 and in 1858 he was elected to the Pennsylvania Legislature, and in 1860 was a delegate from that State to the National Republican Convention. In 1865 he removed to Cleveland, Ohio, where he became a dealer in real estate. In 1877 he was elected Mayor of that city and was again chosen in 1891. In 1883 he was the Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor, but was defeated with the other Republican candidates, although running more than 6,000 ahead of the ticket. William H. Upson was born in Worthington, Franklin County, Ohio, January 11, 1823, graduated at Western Reserve College in 1842, studied law, and was admitted to the bar and located in Akron. He was elected to the State Senate in 1854 and 1855, and as a Representative from Ohio to the Forty-first Congress, serving on several important committees in that body; was reelected to the Forty-second Congress, serving as Chairman of the committee on Private Land Claims and as a member on the Committee on Manufactures. He was nominated for Judge of the Supreme Court in 1883, but shared in the general defeat of the party. He served as a Judge of the Supreme Court for several months by appointment of Governor Foster. John C. Brown, State Treasurer, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, March 13, 1844. His ancestors were of English and Irish descent. He attended the public schools but had not completed his education when the war broke out. He enlisted in Company E, Fifty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and his career as a soldier was an honorable one, but was practically ended on July 19, 1864, when, at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, he received a wound which resulted in the loss of one of his lower limbs. Upon returning from the front he engaged in business in Steubenville, and in 1867 was elected Treasurer of Jefferson County and reelected in 1869. He resumed his private business after retirement and was so engaged in 1875, when he was |