The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-01-25
Young Republicans.

Colonel John Hays address to the
Young Republicans of Cleveland is well
worth reading. Not that the ideas pre-
sented are novel, but that they are
clearly stated. His statement that the
young men join the Republican party
will be recognized as q fact in all parts
of the North, and the reasons he assigns
for it have long been recognized. In
Detroit the accession of young voters to
the Republican ranks has been notably
large. To them is largely due the Re-
publican victories in the last four cleo
tions, and the numbers who have thus
joined it will in a very short time, be so
largely increased as to make the party
in this city entirely independent of the
saloon influences which have on more
than one occasion dominated its coun-
sells. r
Referring to the work of the "Young
Republican Club" Colonel Hay very
forcibly observed: "This club has an
| important work to do not merely in
helping to elect Republican candidates
when they are nominated, 6ut in help
ing to nominate the right Kind" and
this last is among its most i'm
portant influences. If candidates
for local Office are not '.the right kind,
neither young Republicans nor old Re-
publicans do public service in helping
to elect them. Quite the reverse is
true. If not of the right "right kind, !"
they ought to be beaten, no matter who
is elected. If the Democratic is the
worst of the two, so much the worse
for them. But the Republican party
must keep its skirts clean, and the only
way to do it is to defeat its bad candi-
dates, and thus establish it in the minds
of all office aspirants that unless their
record will endure scrutiny, nomina-
tions will do them no good. When this
is perfectly understood, only the fright
kind will seek nominations. But in
the meantime the advice to all good cit
izens to lend helping hand in making
good and pure nominations should not
be lest.
The Republican party has been the
advocate of all that is pure and patriot
! ic, of all that is humane and ennobling,
| of all that is excellent and honorable, and
| now when it controls the Nation, and
| commands the confidence of the people
and excites the admiration of states
men throughout the civilized world its
better members and its young men owe
it as a service to posterity to prevent it
from being injured by roughs and strik-
ers who would use its power to cover
/ their dement's. Post and 1rib-
n71e.
b6s- Another step toward complete
| reputation has been taken in Louisiana.
The original debt was scaled by the
| Democrats forty per cent, and it was
then announced that the State was able
to pay only two per cent. on the reduced
principal The State pledged herself to
pay this, and the pledge was incor-
| porated in the revised Constitution
which was adopted by the people Now
the Legislature in extra session has
passed revenue bill which apportions
only one mill to the interest fund,
though it has been demonstrated that a
levy on that basis will not raise more
than two-thirds of the interest on the
debt promised to the creditors The
New Orleans Picdyttne calls the bill the
last ditch of shame left to our State, :"
and, as the bill is a Democratic measure,
and the Rcayttne is Democratic news
paper, this must be an accurate state
ment.