The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-08-01

loyal respect and confidence of the peo-
pie of the StateP And do You not know
that in that case the Supreme Court of
the State of Florida sOlemnly decided
that all the pretenses to reject votes
for a frivolous and technical reason up
on which a majority of the returning
board had acted, were untenable and
baselessp Do you not know that the
legislature, as soon as it met, directed
by law TecanVass OF the State vote for
the presidency upon the principles an
nOunced by the Superior Court in the
case of Drew vs.. Stearn5, and in cOnse-
quence of such canvass the Tilden cleo
tors were by the legislature found to be
duly elected, and received new certifi-
Gates from the Governor? Do you not
know that thus every department of the
State of Florida protested against the
foul wrong which was { COne heTp
The executive department, by the
hand of her Governor; the Legislative de-
paTtment, by the hand of her Iegisla-
ture; the judicial department, by the
judgment of the court of custer and in
ductiOn in quo warTantO, rendered by
Judge White at Tallahassee.
How in the name of heaven are the
American people hereafter to redress
the wrong of the theft of the vote of the
State at the election for the presidency?
Tell me, OIL dangerous Foraker, while
you are pounding me to death in the
Righteousness of your wrath, tell me
the remedy that your political party in
power ever since has attempted to fur
niSh for the wrong off the theft of
Slate vote.
What is the next point wish to con-
slider in his speechT l have been going
around the State talking about the Scott
bill. The Judge keeps of from the Scott
bill; touches it gingeFly.
Take her up tendbrly lift her with care
Fashioned so slenderly. young and so fair"
have asked him two questions. He
has not had time to answer. Doubtless
by and by he will come to them. When
he made his speech at Hamilton he had
not seen my Celina speech, and so 1 will
repeat the questions. May be he has
not read my Celina speech yet. If he
will read the Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette of last Sunday, the Weekly
News of this week, or the DaytOn Demo-
crat of two or three days ago, he will
find it. But l will repeat them now:
First, Is the Scott bill a fnalityP Sec
cOnd, If not, do you propose to make the
tax of the liquor traffic higher than it
now is, or do you propose to prohibit itP
The Supreme Court has said that the
legislature has the right to prohibit; has
1t noWH L ask these questions again. i
wait for an answer. / will not take the
answer of the Commercial Gazette; it is
not candidate for anything but for
subscriptions and advertisements. |
will take your answer, Judge Foraker,
and | will answer any question you
will put me. Again [ ask, is the Scott
bill tinality2 or will the tax it imposes
be increased by the next Legislature? or
will your party prohibit, Judge Foraker.
by action of the next legislatureP You
know your party platform pledges the
Repi blican party of Ohio to tax the
liquor traffic for revenue, but you know
the Supreme Court has said that cannot
be done; and you also know that it
pledges your party to tax the traffic "fOr
the purpose of providing against the
evils resulting from such traffic"
Does the Republican party consider
the evils resulting from the liquor traffic
sufficiently provided against by the Scott
lawp Have we reached the millennium
Temperance millennium Is every
thing lOVelyP And does the liquor goose
hang highp Tell me, oh, my distin-
guished adversary, are you the repre-
sentative of Republicanism in 0hiOP Is
the taxation of the liquor traffic imposed
by the Scott law an abundant and suffi
cient provision, ample for all future
time, against the evils resulting from
the traffic in intoxicating liquOrs2 Take
your time to answer; only, my dear
brother, while you are waiting for an
answer, if you are thirsty don't drink
Mumm's extra dry. Any tipple but
Mumm, Judge Foraker. In vino Veritas,
Judge Foraker, which, being literally
translated, means that when fellow Is
a drink ahead he will tell the truth. So
take something, Judge, but not Mumm.
Give us your answer before the 9th of
October, in time to send it into the
school districts.
Are you for prohibition or are you for
higher taxes on the liquor traffic. am
against them. Understand where l am,
Judge, am against them both. L will
tell you where am if you ask any ques-
tiOns. Oh, but you are candidate for
Governor, says the Commercial Gazette,
and the Governor will have nothing to
do with the subject of legislation on the
liquor tratlice. All ha, that is the word,
is itp This Is Mumm with vengeance.
Are you and l to go about the State,
Judge Foraker, discussing which of us
shall pardon out the fewest scoundrelsp
L pledge myself here to pardon no scOun-
drels. Can you discount that, Judge
FOrakerr Can you go one better? No
scOundrels, understand.
l emphasize the word scOundrels. Or
shall you and have competitive ex-
to see which of us will make
the most nOtaries public in the same
length of time? Is this what the can
vass for Governor meansP | believe [
can beat you, that | can write my name
faster than you can yOurs-it is shorter
and so l can appoint more nOtHries
public than you in the same length of
time. But is this what you and have
been nominated fOrP Does Brother Hal
stead really mean that you are to be
cOrked up and kept everlastingly silent
except on the point of duties which come
within your charge as GOVernorP
think not, my dear Judge Foraker. L
think that you and were nominated as
in a sort of sense representative men;
you to represent Governor Foster and
the Republican party, and to represent
the Democratic party, and that people
are interested in our opinions and want
to know. They want to know what you
think of the Scott law, whether it is
a ftnality, whether your party is going
to make the tax any higher, whether
you really have been converted by the
of those wicked Missouri
Democrats of whom Mr.. Halstead talks,
and propose to put out a fine, as l call it,
or license fee of $500 minimum or ST.
20O maximum. Is this your platform?
Are you learning temperance tricks
from DemOcratsP Is it finality? Tell
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