Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-09-24
POLITICAL MASQUERADE.
Frank lures Second Appearance In
that Character.

Frank lures Second Appearance In
that Character.
Mr.. Hurd made his second appear.
ance before the people Of Toledo during |
the present campaign, on Wednesday |
night. The first took place at the time
Of his return from Congress in June.
On both occasions he adhered to the
policy adopted for his Toledo canvass
the discussion Of focal matters" ignor-
ing the political Issues which 80 fully
engross the attention OF the country,
and to which he devotes himself 30 ear
nestly in all places ercept Toledo His
campaign is peculiar one. Within the
corporate limits Of this city, he appears
as mon. .partizan" candidate, appeal
ing for votes equally to Republicans,
Democrats and Greenbackers, on the
ground Of what he has done and prom
ises to do for their local interests; while
in all other parts OF the district he asks
support as an active and uncompromis-
ing champion Of the EXTREMIST partizan
policy. Thus, TO the people of Toledo,
he says:
"Fellov citizens Of Toledol appear be-
you, not as the candidate Of party, hut in
'non-pdrtisdn' attitude, having for my one
paramount end and ambition the promotion
of your welfare as conn ected with your local
interests, and especially in the appropriation
OF public money for your benefit This is
no time for you TO divide on mere political
issues. You should stand shoulder TO shoul-
der in support of your own interests. with
out regard to party. Rs-elect me aud will
see that you are literally paid for your
votes by appropriations from the public
treasury. Through my prominent position
and influence with the Democratic party in
| Congress, have been able to get for You
money which no Republican could have
secured. II you know your own interests
you will re-eect me. Whatsoever may be
done elsewhere in this district, it becomes
you to lay aside partisan considerations and
vote for me as 'non-partisan' candidate"
So much for Mr.. Hurd's Toledo "non-
partizan" attitude. Turning, then, to
the Democracy Of Henry, Ottawa and
other counties Of the District, and re-
peating in substance his speech at the
Democratic State Convention, in May
last, Mr.. Hurd says to them:
"Fellow Democrats Every motive and
impulse OF party fealty urges us to the con-
test. There must be no iders no stragglers.
nor bolters nor disorganizers noio. The
lines (of party must be closed up. The or
ganization must be perfected. TIE discipline
must Be thorough and complete The old
-atchunrds and hottlo-cr;as ,,,uut he haarj
again-ths maintenance Of the Rights and
SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES INvIoLATE-death
to the National Banking system-a tariff for
Revenue only. These were the bat
theories of the Democratic party from l79s
True, they were hushed in the thunder
of the late civil strife, stihed in
the smoke Of battle and silenced tn the des-
potism OF reconstruction laws But they
have survived all these trials. and to-day
maintain all their original vitality and claim
to Democratic support, as though not a Fede-
raj gun had hushed the voice, or Federal
smoke stifled' the breath of the great Demo-
cratic party. Let them Be rerired in 1890.
Let them be shouted in every valley and on
every hillside Of the land, until, in the trum-
pet-tones Of triumph, they are declared in
November next to be, as before the late civil
strife, when under Democratic supremacy,
the sentiment of the American people
Again let me beg Of you TO see that party
discipline is thorough and complete. and that
no idlers, nor trifers. nor stragglers, nor
boilers, nor disorganizers are suffered"
Thus is Mr., Hurd now managing his
canvass. Standing, as it were, within
hearing of the Republicans of Toledo
and the Democrats Of the balance Of the
District, he says to the former, "By all
means, put aside party for once, and
consult your local interests. Why let
partizan feelings enter into this cam
paign? Vote for me, on the non-parti-
zln basis" Turning his head and
guiding bis voice from the Toledo Re.
publicsns with his hand, he says,
(sotto uoee), Democrats Stand by your
guns! Put none but true men on
guard Watch sharply for boilers and
disorganizers Remember, that the
best test Of Democracy is an unscratched
ticket Let no Republican be elected TO
any office, This is no time to daily with
the enemy"
But this course of double-dealing is
not new with Mr.. Hurd, although cir
cumstances make it necessary for him
10 practice it with less disguise and
more shamelessly open than heretofore.
Two years ago, when a candidate, he
was equally insincere, but while con-
ducting his canvas from behind a mask,
he presented but one face to the public,
exhibiting the other then in private
only, and retaining his disguise until
after his seat was secured. What that
disguise was, is already generally under
stood, especially by the large number
of soft-money men who thereby were
deluded into voting for him. Then it
WAS, that he traversed the District, ap-
pealing to soft-money Democrats and
Nationals to vote for him as cham
pion Of the greenback and an opponent
of hard-money and resumption. In
his speech at Fremont, he said "Per-
haps the measure most responsible for
the misfortunes of the country, IL
the Resumption Act, and he demanded
its repeal, for the reason that it was
impossible to fix a day" when "the
country would be in state TO resume" I"
He went on to picture the terrible con-
dition OF things brought about by the at
tempt to restore the hard-money policy.
He said it chad bankrupted or embar-
rassed every business man in the land"
had "driven the debtor class to the
WALL" and that to persist in resumption
was TO ruin whatever business was
left standing at the time the act would
take effect" For these reasons, he
demanded "thdt The ResllBlptiOn Act be re-
pedled," and assured his hearers that
such was 'the policy Of the Democratic
party" and that with Democratic victo-
ries at the elections then pending, such
result would be reached on the meeting
OF Congress in December, 1878. More
than that-he said "the demand should
be for the unrestricted coinage Of iSilrer, ds
Of Gold" "Let that be one of the watch
words OF the present canvass" said he
"Let the people refuse to be satisfied
until there is perfect freedom Of coinage of
SilUer," On this point he was specially
emphatic, but denounced alike any at
tempt 10 execute the Resumption Act or
limit the coinage of Silver.
Through such appeals to soft money
men he was enabled TO secure his cleo
ton, and took his seat at the extra ses-
sion in May, 1879. The meantime, the
Resumption Act had gone into opera
ton, without any at empt on the part of
the Democratic party in Congress to re.
peal 1t; but the silver question re-
mained, and became a prominent sub