The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-03
To The Nationals"

49,, ouo w WOuiu lihC iOL uuy
one of them to explain to us what he
expects to realize by voting for
JOHNSON for Congress?-
You cannot elect him, and while we
do not want to be understood as beg
gipg votes from the Nationals" we
simply cali upon reasonable and
sensible men of all parties, who be-
lieve that the policy of the Republi-
can party in regard to financial af-
fairs has been and is injurious and
destructive to the interests and well
fare of the country, and who believe
in a national currency of gold, silver
and paper in volume sufficient to
meet the demands of prosperous bus
mess, and who r opposed to a Ma
tional bank currency, and to contrac-
ton and forced Resumption; we
simply call upon all men who thus
believe to take the only sensible, fea-
sible course that is likely to produce
the desired results,-that of support
ing BENJAMIN LEFEyER. The Dem
%ocratic party is the peoples party,
the party to which belongs the great
mass of the Laboring Men of the
country, the party whose se~lf-preser-
walton demands that the rights of the
poorest and humblest shall be pre-
served equally with the rich and the
powerful, the party that has for TWEEN
ty years been protesting against the
Republican misrule and corruption
which have brought the people to
bankruptcy and almost ruin, without
power to prevent it. The Democrats
of Ohio first promulgated the green
back doctrine and advocated the alb
%solute repeal of the Resumption Act
-"the removal of all restrictions te
the coinage of silver and the re-estab.
lishment Of it as a money-metal the
same as gold-the gradual substitu
tion of United States legal-tender pa
per for National bank notes and it:
permanent establishment as the sole
paper money of the country-tht
amount of such issues to be so regu
lated by legislation as to give the
people assurance of stability in the
volume of currency" They only
ask now, when they r ON the ev'
of triumph, when only a little NOR
remains to be done, and these prin
ciples shall become part and parce
of the laws of the land, that the,
have the aid and support of all mel
who believe with them, and tina
their triumph may not be imperilet
by this misguided third party move
ment, which has no reason for its ex
istence in this State, where the De
mocracy has been and is Of itself tn
greenback party. VIZ simply asl
men to reason and reflect upon tn
consequences of their action in vot
1ing for Mr.. johnson. We simply at
firm what every man of sense knows
to be q fact, that he cannot be elect
ed. There is not the remotest posi-
bility of that. He is not any NOR
a friend of the Greenback currency
, question than Mr.. LeFever. TheI
why should votes be thrown away
upon him, when the very consequen
ces must necessarily endanger +
that extent the election of a man whit
will be instrumental in effecting sucl
Legislation as will cure the ills from
which business men as well as labor
ing men suffer? The whole matte
is very plain, and such as any NAL
of intelligence can readily compre
bend. There is no sophistry abou
it. Mr.. Wilson has declared, if efect
ed, he will aid to the extent of hi
ability in continuing that polio,
which has made the condition of la
Dor well nigh intolerable. Mr.. LeFe
yer if elected will to the extent of hi
| ability aid in effecting the legislatio,
that labor and business ask for an
which they need. The question i
between those two. One or the 9th
er will be elected A vote cast 70
/, johnson, takes that muchaway fror
!, LeFever and aids to that extent j
3 the election of Wilson. If Wilson j
t elected it will be only because {
votes cast for johnson that ought t
have been cast for LeFeyer. W
want to bring every man who BIZ
lieves in currency reform face to fac
with this fact; that voting for Johr
{ son can have but one result, that
3 contributing to the election of Wi
son. If they want to effect that the
I can act accordingly, but let us hea
no more grumbling about hardship'
By so voting they will have mad
their bed, and will have to lie in il
But if they are in earnest and reall
want a better condition of things, lie
them not throw away a vote on John
l son, but vote for Benjamin LeFevel
Farmers, Mechanics and Laborin
Men, don't you know that you neve
experienced such times in this coun
try before? Don't you know tina
II. D.-,l1so,- onrt, L., loJ ,,s,