The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-07-25
FOSTER, THE FALSE.
The Governor of Ohio Retailing
Campaign Lies.
He Sneers at the Germans and Talks Com
pIacentIy Of Republican Corruption in
the Presidential Campaign.

N"O OdnipdiBUs
| WASHINGTON, July 23.-Gov. Foster is
| interviewed in the Republican and
speaks cOntemptuously of the German
vote. Some weeks ago he published a
card denyingan interview in these dis
patches in which he was made to say, as
he did say, that "the German vote in
Ohio Is a despOtism." Here is what he
says to the Republican on this point:
I'VE never had ten per cent. of the
German vote outside Of Cincinnati and
Cleveland. In those two cities about
One-third of the Germans have voted
with us sometimes. German Catholic
republican 3 great rarity. | do not
know that | ever saw one. The saloon
keeping Germans have been against us
for years, and believe we will get as
many votes Of Germans who are not in
the liquor bu3iness as we have in pTeyi-
GUS years. The impOrta of the German
detection, by which term it is described
in Democratic papers, was greatly eX-
aggerated aud OVerestimated. The de-
fect1On Is imaginary in great part.
We did not haye the German vote to be-
gin with, and they cannot take from us
something wciid not hgg~." He says
there are $50 70 mere,RcpLsHicans in the
State than DemOcratsin> a full vote, and
thinks full vote wtnSse polIed and
that Foraker will be eleeisd. He SAYS
''the ill feOing that has rbmetimes
manifested itself among Ohio ReDubli-
cans has entirely disappeared. There
has been complete revulsiOn of scpti-
ment throughout the State, and to-day
President Arthur has the esteem and re-
spect of every Republican in Ohio. That
Is one great element of strength"
"a no 10 inf 70 h.,
rib dig at John Sherman, perhaps not,
Toss penny and find out. Governor
Foster takes the responsibility of all the
lies that have been circulated about
HOadly's use of money to secure his
nomination BY making the following
statement: 'HOadly is peculiarly situ1
ated. He is not the choice of 20 per cent.
OF the Democrats of the State and he OBJ
talned his nomination by a prOfuse ex-
penditure of money. By his own admis-
sion his nomination cost him $4,000.
lie says Johnny Mclean cost him $25,-
of this sum. HOadly's methods before
and since the convention have been de-
cldedly Tildertca,--f | may be allowed
the expression. He worked up the con-
VentiOn for months. Aleck Sands, a
notorious lobbyist, was in his employ
all last winter. Sands was in Columbus
through the session of the Legisl .ture
fixing things for Hoadly. 1t is now
pretty generally understood that Dave
Paige fixed the northern part and Aleck
Sands the southern part of the State for
the Judge. HOadlys methods were Offen-
slye to the Democrats, and the man is
offensive to them. He has been a vic
tim Of an unfortunate combination of
circumstances. He made wrong start.
and in his attempt to get squaTely on
the track he has fOundeTed aud made
terrible mess of it. Every time he has
opened his mouth he has put his foot in
1t, and his mouth has been open most of
the time since the Columbus convention,
where votes were bought for him in
open market, with shameless effrOnteTy.
His unlueky remarks about a new DEM
OcTaey only intensified the TancOr of the
old Democrats and made them hate him
worse. He Is trying to mend his record |
ana the people are beginning to discover
that he Is coward. People will overlook |
a mistake but they will not forgive cow
ardice. When HOadly was Republican |
he was very independent and talked in |
cessantly and loudly about corruption |
in politics. Now that he has gone into |
politics he Out-HerOds HerOd in the poll |
tical corruption line. That is usually |
the way with refOrmers. When they |
fall from grace they go into mud clear |
over their heads"
Another phase of the interview illus |
trating Fosters intense race preiudices, |
is related as follows:
How does HOadly expect to get votes |
enough to elect him?"
He expects to get the liquor vote |
solid, to cOnciliate the sulky and cold |
Democrats, and to get the brewery vote |
through the influence of his partner, |
who is Jew. He will not reach. His |
plans have all miscarried since the con-
and he is losing ground daily. |
He will be defeated"
The rest of the interview is devoted to |
DOrsey's recent exposure of Republican
lnfamy, of which Foster seems to be
quite proud. In response to the ques-
tiOn, How much money was spent in
the campaign of 1892" he replies: 81
do not know positively. My impression
is that abOut 5000 600 was raised for the
$4,000 Of which went to In
diana"
Judge HOadly is charged by the Cover
nor of Ohio with the crime of bribing
delegates to the convention that nomi- |
mated him, and it is specifically stated
1y Foster that Johnny Mclean cost him
HOadly) $25, 900" This is a grave charge,
Tor the first time preferred by respOn-
,1ble man, although an exceedingly un-
one in his political utter
ances. 1t will be strange, indeed, if
Foster is not made to add 20 his Teputa-
lion of treachery TO Sherman, who made
him, that of a common calumniatOr.