The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-09-07
OPENING OF THE CAMPAIGN.

cu euc aSNih " AuOoeoJ
evening of last week, by the appear
ance in the political arena of Hon.
MILTON BARNES, the crusading can
didate on the Republican State tick
ct for Secretary of State; Hon. A. F.
PERRY and JOHN HOWARD, Republi-
can candidate for Congress in this
District. The Eaton Band played
several pieces in front of the Court
House and the vast audience COM
menced to c~ongregate. 1t was the
intention to hold an outdoor meeting,
but the audience was too small and
on that account the wire-workers had
it adjourned to the Court House. The
band marched up stairs and the
crowd followed, about one hundred
in number, including men, women
and children. 1t was a noticeable
fact that no one from the country
a-NH|
was present.
In the absence of the officers of the
Hayes and Wheeler Club, who seem
ed to be obliyious to the occasion,
Col. A. L. Harris al appointed
Chairman of the meeting and intro
duced the speakers, the first of whom
was A. F. Perry, who in avery timid
and quiet manner proceeded to ad
dress the meeting. The drift of his
remarks consisted of two points,
which he attempted to show by mere
assertions. First, that the Southern
States were fifty years behind the
age in improvement and industrial
pursuits; that while slavery existed
the shareholders ruled the govern
ment through the Democratic organ
ization, and now these same men
were attempting to obtain control by
electing TILDEN ard HENDRICKS, and
thus, i fnot to r~e-establish slavery, to
inaugurate the policy of the slave
holders to the prejudice ofthe North
fern States. His whole speech was
made up of just such stuff and was
lpurely sectional and only calculated
Ito keep up and intensity the strife
e~ngendered by the war. When shall
we have peace and harmony among
the States?
The exturoposition discussed was
the sentiment of the Republican and
Democratic Platforms. The speaker
claimed that on the currency they
we're substantially the same-that the
democratic platform was copied from
the Republican form. He certainly
went ON the presumption that nobody
present had read and compared them
both. The Republican platform is
against the repeal of the Resumption
Act and for forced resumption on a
particular day by contracting the
volume Of currency, while the Demo
cratic platform is for the repeal Of
the Resumption Act and against
forced contraction, leaving tie time
fof specie payment to be brought a
bout by the industrious pursuits of
the country without injury TO the Ia
boring classes. Quite n difference
indeed, which is fully explained by
the respective candidates in their let,
tiers of acceptance.
The next speaker entered was Mn
TON BARNES vino at once commenced
waving the .bloody shirt" and
fought the war over and over again.
He is a crusader and spread-eagle
speaker. and wrought himself up in
to spasmodic fears. that in cas- the
Democracy obtained control of the
government the Southern claim dam.
ages growing out of the war would
he all owed nv the Confederate Con,
gress and that our national debt
would be doubled! He should have
told the audience that the robberies
ofthe Republican party would have
paid the debt. and that if it had mo-
been for the aConfederatep Congress.
the rascalitv would be still going or
under Grant.
JoHS HowAkp. candidate for Con
~press in this District. was the las
sneaker and was introduced as tn,
anext commemorative If the Fourt,
D;str;ctn to which Mr.. n. did no
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