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WAS us confident Of his uprightnesS az can oe
Of any mans uprightness. But my gfeat polnt

| its population has the thrift, tho Keen lntelli
Political Instincts, ana T The 1aofals of New En
gland. Tho nlil-clcrks on Mr. Fanderbiles ratl
road will tell you TINT thero is no popuiauon , o
! New York to Chicago that writes and reads s.
many letters, md that receives through TN
D'a The Ntncteentn Ohio , Congressional District /
the eastern part Of tho Reserve, Probably Il
has retained tho New England blood and tradi
part. It early bccame deeply interested In the
Anti-Slavery movement; and this greatly QUICK
oned the Interest Of the people In pn9nc anairs ~
What Is more, this district hud formed SEE OF
MOST VALUABLE TRADITIONS oF ITS OWN.
In 1ss3 it elected Elisha Whlttesey to Congress
and kept him there until 1889, period OF si1teeI
years. Mr.. Whtttlcsey may not have been mar
% Clear i,ifeliiEenco Of % trained ability, and Of va
honesty ever sut in the halls Of legislatio II
that led President Taylor to appoint htm Con.
troller OF the Treasury.-au office that ne heia
through. two, Presidential torms, Here, BY hi.
IS know, won tie name Of .'watchdeg Ct the
Treasury" On the retirement OF MT Wn!ttlesey
the seons IL s represepts % the district twenty
years, and then retires. Mr. GiddngS was one
of the old Anti-siayery leaders; LEI to borrow ~, a
Navarro, in the front Of the battle. He was q
man Of great ability. probity, and honor.
| THE MARKED POLIT1CAL CHARACTER
s s6 ~ RsSf xs f9f@Sd ans s ages Ing
had 80 large Republican majority. md It stood
iiticai % charaeter. IN No oonstituenoy, m IN nil tue
particulars named, could appeal more strongly
to the ambition Of Il Republican statesman.
| Nowhere did the Nobilier and Salary matters
make q deeper Impression than on this most
sensitive and jealous constituency. Gen. Gar
field had nov represented 1t IN five successive
| md all rr1nh fhN n
| known as he is to-dny, his name had crossed the
Continent to the West and the ocean to the East
nomioated the first 1T time % by a small majority:
! the second time without opposition. His third
| and fourth nominations were vigorously con-
csively that opposition ded from the Held, and
| loft him In secure possession. No representa-
tive held his constituency with q tirfner hand:
changed. a Republican Convention that met
In Warren for some local purpose
DEMANDED Els RESIGNATION.
Most men denounced, all regretted, mono de-
Tended, what had been done. All that the
stanchest friends Of Gen. Garfield presumed to
do was to say, Walt until you hear the case;
at be- Is ha sy ges n aG
n a persona! word. Returning home from
Washington after the adjournment, found my
editors hesitated to publish any statement Of the
salary matter that varied from the current YER
sion. One Of them sad to me, . This vote has
taken us right in the pit OF the stomach" Per-
haps the best illustration that can give of the
intensity Of feeling is this: Knowing as I did
snl 10 wob 6t he lad
say in private conversation. in the newspapers,
and even In the Hiram pulpit J." Gen. Garfield is
Whether he is right or wrong, l do not argue;
but, whether right or WRONG, ho has acted
honestly, and with
AN EYE s1SGLE TO TIE PUBLIC GOOD"
Aud some OF my neighbors said: - Mr.. Hinsdale
II he can: but let him keep his opinion to him
self: he has no right to njure the college of
rho be y as ss WI 40 oy @rn
Washington, sadly, but resolutely: 1.-THE dis
triot is lost, and, rs soon as can close up my
And be did capture It He Issued his pam-
phicts, Review OF the Transactions OF the
Credit Mobilter Company" and Increase Of
to Hiram. These pamphlets, with 4 personal
speech In Warren somewhat later constituted
opened. he went us usual upon the stump He
rarely referred to the charges against him, and
never did unless compelled to do so. He grap-
Rled WITH the questions nd ct the day He Wens
to village. His knowledge wns 70 great, his
augmentation 50 logjcnl bis spirit 50 earnest,
manly, that men began to ask s.Can it be true
that Mr. Garfield Is such man as they tell us?'
Prejudice yielded slowly. though surely. The
Garfield had now to be returned himself or leave |
public life, After q struggle that shook the !
Ct fhe
resistance was less H5 this time he had
WON BACK TEE MASSES
Only those who had been very violent in oppo- !
sitton now stood out These had TO be won back |
one BY one. Two years later there wns no op- |
position whatever; tho district hnd been re-
captured. In 1878 ho was reelected BY his old |
time time ma majority M Opposition was now no more.
wnrmest In his praise; and It was actually left !
to the friends who had stood by him through all !
lie man needs 10 keep him in proper tone.
When the Senatorshp question came up last
fall, the Republicans Of the Nineteenth District
noss to lose him their Representative. And,
now TINT he Is on the way to the Chair at WASH
iMngton, M may sny =, no G equal population between
the two oceans vii! give him q greater majority
thnn this old cslnsrit uency.
Nor Should fail to mark how the victory was
not accomplished by management; James A.
Garfield is no = manager" :ltwns not by latter
Ing The people and appealing 70 popular pas
the earnest. straightforward exposition of solid
political doctrine: it was by the high bearing OF
the man; in word, 1t was by the impact Of his
mental and moral power upon Intelligent and
honest minds. /
/ may go further und say, as 1t Was in the dis
had come TO be tho Representative Of Ohio. He
passed through q State It's well rs district or |
deal. and came out approved.
Ny reply to the nud-bnttery Is three fold:
]. The esteem and confidence Of aB able and
honorable Democrats as thore are in the land. |
2. The vindicatlon and Endorsement Of the |
great constituency that was nodded by Whtttle-
sey and Gfddugs. I
.. The vndeation and Endorsement Of the
great State Of Ohio.
But there Is another and
MORE OVERWHELMING REPLY
han all these put together. I do not believe
hat the Chicago Convention could have NOM
mated Anpther man who touches the American
mind and henrt with equal power ut 50 many
points. His early life of toll and hardship. us
veil as his sympathy with tho working classes,
'ndears him to the toiltng millions There Is q
oathos In that early history that touches the heart
II the humble worker. His mastcrly grusp Of
'olitico-business questions, and his steady
ealty to sound doctrine in I'LL the financial mud
less and treachery OF the last ten years. gain
lin the support Of merchants, manufacture
'rs and bankers. The school, teachers Of the
and count him one OF their number. He is |
nore than acceptable to the religious men, to
people, and to the ministers Of the |
iospel. Enter the chill atmosphere Of the col
egennd university lecture and recitation rooms,
fhose masters are NOT stirred By cnnlpaiEn-
tories, but who respect thoroughness, scholar
hip, ana noble character, und you find that he
y fAvorit. Enter tho bare quarters Of the
oiltng student who is struggling with his pov-
rty and his lessons, and