The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-01-12
BOOKWALTER.
His Sensible Views Upon Politics
and Parties.
Prophecies as to the Future of Trade
A Gorgeous Picture of the Future
of the West and South.
Lspeclal DIspa.oh to the Enquirer l


Ocratic candidate for Governor of Ohio,
spent.seVeral hours in Columbus, being
ON ms way to New York city. Since the
ONO election he has been on his farm
In Nebraska, resting and recuperating
from the severe labOrs of the canvass.
He is as full of life and spirits as a
colt, and cOnVersed freely upon public
matters:
=. Hare you recovered from the late
disaster?"
Perfectly, and as this is the first op-
pOrtunity that has been accorded me l
wish " return my thanks to the Ohio
Democracy for their very cordial sup
port, although l was looked upon as an
Intruder in the party by certain BOur-
bon element. feel that it is no small
compliment to receive the highest vote
on ticket composed of such we'll
known and popular Democrats as Edgar
NJ. Johnson"
Looking over the campaign from
this standpoint do you think there
were any mistakes that might have
been avoided so as to carry OhiOP"
There were features of the campaign
thaC might have been avoided, and that
would nave strengthened our canvass,
but 1T matters not who might have been
the Democratic nominee, or how our
canvass was conducted. We could not
struggle against public sentiment and
sympathy, and we could not make a
tight against "A dead President. l see
that the Republican papers are vigOr-.
Ously striving to tell the world about
imaginary dissensiOns in the Democratic
party Ill Ohio, and my name Is being
dragged i'll as one of the elements of
discOrd. l am not leader of the Ohio
Democracy. 1 am not politician; am
a private individual, and as such L am
proud Of my membership in the Demo-
cratic party. L have no OTecriminatiOns
to make-nO fault to find with any DEM
Ocrat in Ohio. l will probably never
be candidate for office again, but
shall never lose my interest in the sue
cess Of Democratic principles and the
Democratic party, because l feel that
the preservation of free institutions
against the perniciOus encrOachmentS of
corporate powers and the aggressiOns
of combined capital rests wholly in the
Democratic organization. The glorious
strength the Democracy always exhibit
in defeat exercises wholesome re-
stTainst and influence upon their sue
cessful opponents! The recent start
ling exposure the Enquirer has made in
Ohio, showed how a 500 clerk could
raid the Ohio Treasury, suggests the
possibilities of mighty frauds that eX-
ist in .le General Government. The Re-
publican party as at present organized
can never afford to permit the Demo-
Gratis 10 seat President! They cannot
afford to have the books at Washington
= eXaminedw
N 'What effect will the present session
of Congress have upon the business of
the country"
disastrous in the extreme. L fear
Congress has been organized in the in
terest of all the rings and jObbers in
the country. The Republican party is
the party of syndicates and rings, the
pet OF money, and certain interests will
fatten this winter at the public ex-
pense."
"How do you view your fellOw-tOwns-
man, Speaker Keifer?"
General Keifer IS man OF prOdig-
iOus industry, and tireless application.
Here lies the secret of all his success.
His mind is not quick, but slow and
pOnderOus in its action. This class of
mind never ceases to develop, and be-
speak for Keifer a fair degree of sue
cess in the difficult Office he has been
called TO ILL.,"
"What do you consider as the leading
issue of the near futureY
"There is but one question upon
which the two great parties differ, and
that is the publication of the public
service. Senator PendletOn has struck
the keynote in his Civil Service speech
in the Senate. The OfIice-hOlders are
the Republican party. They mold its
destinies and control its Conventions,
and self-interest forces them to oppose
all attempts to improve and purify the
public service. The Democratic party
is the party Of economical views and
retrenchment and reform in the eX-
penditure of public money. 1t can
afford to be aggressive in this matter,
and you will find the party keeping
step to Senator PendletOn's music be-
fore the next National canvass is opened;
because the country is bound to be
shamed with public scandals. How hu-
initiating is the exposure about the Pc
ruyian affair, involving the reputation
of the Department of State! Take
Blaine's letter on the Panama Canal.
1t is either the most impudent or the
most ignorant document that ever ema-
mated from the State Department. He
seems to be utterly ignorant of the Bull
Wer-ClaytOn Treaty, made between this
country and Great Britain A1aWhich we
cOncede and guarantee certain rights
to the world on the Isthmus. 1t looks
as if the letter was written to give
boom to the rival scheme by way of
Nicarauga. The letter was challenge
to the entire world to do battle with us.
Where would tine American navy be in
such a confictp | half fancy that one
of Blaine's objects was to callpublic at
tention to our weak and worthless
navy, which he hoped Garfield would
restore to its proper place as compared
with other naVies. President Arthur
was shrewd enough to see what Blaine
was driving at, and he has taken up
this theme in his message"
"What do you consider the coming
question of this country, as relates to
0nr domestic affairs?"
The improvement of the Mississippi
River. IL is great and OyeTshadowing
problem in connection with the develop
ment of the west. The Mississippi River
is breaking down and will break down
the elaborate, expensive and unproht-
able railroad systems of the country. A
portion of our press are sneering at the
Eads Jerties and the slight improve
ment already made upon the river
They are sneering at manifest destiny.
In 1868. when Admiral FarTagut as
canded the river to capture New Orleans,
he had TO leave all hlS vessels drawing