Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-08
HoADLY's HORN
SOUNDS THE FIRST NOTE OF THE
OHIO CAMPAIGN.


Hamilton, Ohio, July - Arrange
ments for the out door meeting for the
nominations OF the Democratic state
convention tonight were interfered
with by rain and the meeting was held
in the German social hall which was in.
sullicient 10 hold the crowd gathered
from the city and brought in by
several trains. General +. Nanieveer
presided at the MEETING. lie stated
That he had Il dispatch from Senator
Pclldleton, saying he could not be
present onaccount of i'll health. Judge
Hoadiy was greeted with cheers
when introduced, began by saying
that he was here as the representative
of the old Democracy, as old us Jetfer-
son, but SO new that he was willing 1t
should newly occupy the offices of the
state aud nation. He paid a high
personal compliment TO his opponent,
Judge Foreaker, but said that the ticket
was nominated to follow the old beaten
paths. He was willing to be the butt
of all personal attacks as to his charac-
ter and belief. He had no quarrel with
the personnel of the opposite party, but
would hold high carnival with the Re-
publicans. He then proceeded to con-
slider the Republican platform, saying
that hewished toavoid making a key
notep speech, as last years effort In
that direction by Gov. Foster was
disastrous. Taking the first declaration
of the achievements OF the Republican
platform, he said that party had Il
habit of getting its back to the future
and pointing with PRIDE to the past.
He had some knowledge Of that past.
He then continued by reading hu-
it ought to be written. He included
the presidency, the whisky ring, the
star route frauds, the destruction of
our navy and of the mercantile ma
rine, the river and harbor stealing, &c.
These furnished, he said, reasons why
Chase and Greeley aud thou
sands of good Republicans
! should leave the party.
| To illustrate the difference between
the two parties, he re erred to the four
great political prosecutions since the
war. The first was the impeachment
| of Johnson; it was malicious; the
whisky conspiracy prose prosecution ion
lust come to naught The
! fourth was not inuugurated
by the Republicans and therefore was
not failure---the Tweed corruption in
! New York. This act of publication
was done by s. j. Tlden OF New
| York. The Republicans failed to pun
ish their thieves; the Democrats
strangled theirs. Referring to the
tariff plsnk ofihe Republican platform
! he said he had not time tonight to
| discuss this, but would soon do 50. He
believed the Democratic view eX-
pressed in its platform was Gods truth.
| Speaking of the wool tariff plank,
he said it was singular that
the Republican party condemned
| its own action in this regard; that il
| was wrong in cutting down the wool
tariff lift was good for the purpose OF
| the Republican party. He dealt
with this subject by ridiculine
the declaration That the wool tariff
| should he restored at the first possible
opportunity. Passing TO the resou-
| ton ab.ut the prison contracts system,
| he said this was rebel
lion of the Republican par
ty against its own Legislation.
/ The abolition of the prison cossacks
| was specifically defeated by the late
Republican legislature. In regard to
/ the liquor traffic and the endorsemt nj
approves the W. Scott law as Il
is, starting with the proposition
that that which intrinsical!y is not
wrong is not the subject OF cumpro
mise, but when acting in the wrong
when abused, the duty OF citizens IS &c
regulate it. Crime against women is
per Sc wrong, and deserves no compro
mise in its treatment, but drinking u
! glass Of wine, leef or whiskey Is
wrong when it reaches TO abuse. and
any effort TO prohibit it is q restriction
| of private rights, and Is wrong. If he
believed with the prohibitionists,
/ that all alcohol is poison,
that the Savior converted wa
ter into poison at Cana, then
he would go with the Prohibitionists
! 1t is all a farce to have prohibition.
Believing that intemperance consists
not in the use, but in the abuse Of
alcohol, he believed in a graduated IL
cense system that should be in pro
! portion to the amount of tho
! traftic,to the amount of injury the traf,
I iic may do. The Scott law makes nc
distinction, but says any man fol-
5000 may make as many drunk
| ards as he can. The license
could be revoked in case OF abuse. IT
was his honest opinion that the bill
that withdraws the dram shop law is