The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06
TILL ANOTHER REVELATION

'.iePs" letter to the Cincinnati EnQuir.
.r, Monday, september 26, is worth
he serious attention of every voter
N Ohio:
"From Columbus I ran down to
Springfield, and there, in the beautiful
;ity of his adoption, met the Demo.
cratic candidate for Governor,
JOHN W, BoOKwALTER,
md must say that was most agreea-
bly, disappointed in the man. l have
been among the number of those who
have regarded Mr.. Beokwalter as
merely a man Of money, who, moved
by political ambition, made money the
motor 10 propel him to power. In
other words, had been led to believe
him q vulgar rich man, such as we
have so often, of late years, seen as.
piring to and obtaining positions of
honor and dignity which they were
wholly unft to ill, and whose eleva-
ton to power has only brought re.
proach to the party and people so
honoring them. We need not go very
far back in the history of our own
State to see samples of this kind Of
men.
John w. Bookwalter is not of that
ilk.
1t requires but . few hours associa.
tion with the man to convince any
person of ordinary intelligence Of the
fact that the Democratic candidate for
Governor is, to begin with,
GENTLEMAN.
By this 1 do not mean the sickly,
blase and semi-brutal animal of the
English pattern, whose time is chiefly
devoted to devising plans Of sensual
enjoyment. by means Of which he can
get rid of his inherited surplus wealth,
nsr yet his most contemplate and
despicable imitator, the American
Coaching Clubs, fox hunte, and all
other things affected by the Eng lish
aristocracy. That is not the kind Of
is.
He is a gentleman in the American
sense: q gentleman such as Garfield
was. Born poor, he fought his way
to the front under even more adverse
circumstances than those which sur
rounded the carly life of the man
whose death the world now mOurns.
He 10, in short, q man of thought, in
telligence and refinement, and if one
would know the softer side of his
character, he has only to 60 among
the werkingmen of Springfield to
learn it. His life history is q pathetic
romance, and were at liberty to tell
the world what he told me, in our first
meeting of but few hours duration,
l could write q letter Of absorbing
interest to every aspiring boy in the
country, and one that would come
home to the heart of every man who
has made his way alone in tho great
battle of life.
didn't go to SEQ Mr.. Bookwslter
for political or even newspaporial
purposes. 1 went to buy a water.
wheel, and all of my conversation
with him was Of the tacitly understood
confidential character which forbids
publication.
Nevertheless, 1 shall take the liber-
ty and responsibility of transferring
to paper one or two points. Driving
home from the immense works which
his genius and energy have built up
in the suburbs of the city, l said:
"You are accused, Mr.. Bookwalter,
of Imperialistic notions"
Turning towards me in the buggy,
Mr.. B. said emphatically and bitterly :
"That is tho most unmitigated and
baseless lie Of all the many told OH
me since the campaign opened. All
of my associations and experiences
from birth have been such as would
naturally have tended to the forma.
ton of opinions antagonistic to mon
archy or anything looking toward that
form of government. l am Demo-
crat in the original, and not in the
partisan sense Of the word. I would
have publicly denied tho charges, but
the lies and ISLANDERS accumulated so
rapidly that 1 thought it not worth
while 10 attempt to deny any of them.
They would only invent others, and
my time would be wholly taken up in
denials."
"Speaking Of lies," said l, show do
you stand abuse2 Have you become
accustomed to it yet, or doesn't it wor-
ry you?"
al have the misfortune" said Mr..
BoOkwalter. "to have no one-n0 wife,
no child-to share pain with me.
Alone, 1 stand it all, and will"
"Do you think you will be elect
ed 2" asked.
az think 1 WILL" answered the can.
didate with confidence.
Let us hope the confidence is we'll
placed.
hope to be forgiven for taking the
liberty 1 have in using these few OF
Mr.. BOokwalter's many expressions
in the course Of his conversation with
me.
have only done so with view of
placing him in what believe to be a
true light before the public.
1 have not yet quite concluded to
vote for him myself; but, whether l
shall or not, the experience OF the past
few days has convinced me that, shO'd
the Fates ordain his election, Ohio
will have no reason to be ashamed of
the Hoosier boy she has SO highly
hOnored.
S0ven h0a0OnSs