Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-09-07

ministration, and the loss was but 6fty-seven
cents. [Applause.l And then followed
Grants OF eight years, during which all those
frauds and corruptiona occurred about which |
my friend Hoadly seems to be so much |
troubled. And the loss under Grants Admin |
istration--whisky rings oil inoluded--amounted |
TO but twenty-four cents on every, thousand |
dollars. And Grant was succeeded by Hayes, |
and you know what character of n man he is, |
and what kind OF Administration ho gave to the |
country; and therefore the record shows only |
That which every Ohio man acquainted with |
these facts would expcct--for II shows that
during the Administration OF President Hayes,
on public moneys collected and disbursed by
public officials, there wns lost not one single
cent-every cent OF IL accounted for. [ioud
applause
POINTING WITH pRIDE.'
Well, now, don't cite this for the purpose
OF showing, or making an argument, that the
Republican party, as compared with the Dem
ocratic party, is more honest than the Demo
cratic pnrty--for an argument of that kind is
unnecessary. tl.aughter.l Everybody knows
that without my making any argument about
IT,. Renewed laughter.l don't, say this
either In the way of the defense Of the Repub-
| lican party, for the Republican party don't
need any defense; but say it only because by
reason OF such talk as that Judge Hoadly gives
me the liberty, which he started ont in TINS
campaign in the denial of to me, of turning my
pride to the past. tApplause.l That is very
pleasant thing tn do once and awhile on our
side of the house. [l.aughter.l pity man
who is on side that can't do that. But thnt
| Is not ALL Our record hos been Just as good in
the State as in the Nation. First let me say
however, that don't believe the Democratic
party is as bad as my friend Nevin thinks II
is, think, great deal of the Democratic
party. IL has helped US a great deal in the
past; and it has helped us great deal this
| year. When they started out, IL was as said
while ago, with the expectation that they
were to have great victory.-'and certainly
succeed aud probably they would have sue
ceeded but for what they did-yet at the crit-
cal moment they rallied to our aid, and in
| Cincinnati, Toledo, and in Cleveland, and i'll
half dozen places in the local management,
| as well as throughout the State in the general
management of their party affairs, they have
given us such material aid that the victory
now is conceded 10 us even by them. Well,
feel grateful TO party, that is willing to
do that at critical time like this
Eluughterl, especially when | have such an
important personal interest In the matter,
and am the last man that would think of un.
necessarily abusing them. [Laughterl !
don't use any language, therefore, with respect
to any record they have made in the past for
the purpose OF making myself offensive to the
Democratic party, and certainly not to any
individual Democrat.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TREAsrRERs.
But Mt the same time | want to refer to the
records in this State. Since the Republican
party came into power there have been three
Republican counties-and three only--in the
State of Ohio in which the county 1reasurers
have defaulted; in which they have wrongfully
! applied and made use of any public money
! whatsoever. In every one OF these counties
+ the bondsmen have proven good and the tax
payers have not lost q single dollar; and Two
, OF the defapters were tried, convicted and sent
, to the Penitentiary; the third escaped before
his fraud became known. But how has it been
, with our Democratic brethren?
They have not had as much opportunity as
!, we have had. Ohio is a Republican State; 6
great majority of her counties are Republican
e counties There are not SO many Democratic
Treasurers as there are Republican Treasurer:
To run the risk of fraud with; and yet, while
there have been three Republican County
r. Trcasurers IN Ohio defaulting,. there arr
\ twenty-siX Democratic counties in which til,
= Democratic Treasurers have been guilty of de
= falcation ranging all the way from 81, 600
d over in Wyandot County, up TO S13000O
over in Fairfield, where they have got Demo
L cratic majority ordinarily OF about eighteer
= hundred though l expect Durbin Ward
/, regiment to decrease it this year to about one
y thousand. lLaughter.l
:. But that is the kind OF record they have
r made both in the Nation and i'll the State.
If refer to it, however, 1 say, not for the pur
: pose of giving Democrats otiense; not for tn,
u purpose of abusing them for it is not neces
sary, nor is it according TO my liking to in
t. dulge in abuse OF any man or any party. Not Sc
either to show that Democrats are less homes
than Republicans, for l rather think they ar,
q only less fortunate in their selection OF off
d cals.
Is But simply give you these facts so tina
5, when yor read about the corruption of th
u Republican party as the reasons why 1.-THE ras
q calls should I've turned out" You may throy
,e the paper down as presenting to you libe
that ought TO be disposed OF peremptorily an,
with indignation.
DEMOCRACY A PREE-TRApE PATTY.
i But this matter OF corruption is not the onl,
4. thing about which they have been talking L
II divert attention from the Scott LAW and til
y tariff question, which referred TO momen
:, ago as the real issues in this campaign. don
VI know how much interested you are in the WOO
= tariff question, but that is one of the questions
y, about which they have been talking and con
~ cerning which | want 10 say n few words.
&c want 10 say these few words for the purpose @
Is showing you that with respect to this question
: as with regard to that OF public honesty, th
;;s declarations OF their party papers and speak
" ers are not sincere. Now, the complaint of tn
r Democratic party is-and they're making it il
" all their newspapers, and they're making
" from every stump-that the Republican part
Il in the last Congress Of the United States, at tn
10 last session. reduced the tariff on wool. The
~ ~ complaint also IS that the Republican part
ip at the same time increased the tari
u. u. duties on the importation OF woole
-. W goods. Well, now, am not surprised TO bei
!t !o that our Democratic friends complain OF til
-! -! Republican party increasing the duty o
u, u. woolen goods or an anything else; but doesn
inconsistent that the Democratic party, til
Ve champions of free trade ever since this Govern
10 ment was established, should now come hefoi
" the people of the State Of Ohio and complai
ne Of the Republican party because there hi
ph been reduction of the tariff, even though
ht be on wool am not oyerstating it when
m ,,s say that the Democratic party has ever hcen
as free-trade party. There are plenty OF INTEL
n gent men before me who know that this que
IN ton OF the right to levy protective tari
ne duty was one of the questions considere
~ by our fathers when they framed II
oi Constitution of the United States. And evei
" one knows who is familiar with the adoptio
tu OF that instrument that if IL had not bee
r ru made to be un9eSstood that under the COVER
IA IA ment set up by&that Constitution, We had
st right to levy protective duties that nstrumel
u. "' never would have been adopted. But fro
y, that day TO this our Democratic friends ha'
w not only opposed % protective tariff rs ms
We ter of policy, but there has never been q tin
~ hh when the Democratic party did not have repr
IN sentatiyes occupying such position as wa
ranted them to speak for their party, who Q
posed protective tariff, not only as bl
T., policy, but also as unconstitutional. In {
-, ~ their party platforms, both National andStai
IVY, at least up to $780, they have never hesitate
~ to declare themselves i'll favor of free trad
"s and they always insisted upon it in their pre-
of we had nothing except their past record tn
nj. would be unwarranted in making the col
VI plant they do make in regard
he the reduction of the tariff on wool.
~ THE WOOL TARIFF.
nd But they made q record in the last Congrt
vas with respect to that identical question; al
iti- that record, so made by them, shows that til
ly, were not only not opposed to reduction
ng the tariff ON wool, but that they lead in the
rs fort to secure that reduction, and that tn,
vas endeavor was to get still greater reductiS
nd than that which was got and which Mr.. Ba