Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-10-23
Duty of the Democracy.
HEADQUARTERS STATE DEMOCRATIC
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,

COLUMBUS, o., October 18th, 1884.
To the honest and true patriots OF Ohio
and the United States:
The result of the election in Ohio last
Tuesday for state officers should arouse
every citizen who loves his country to
O realizing sense of the dangers which
menace our institutions.
The men who stole the presidency in
1875 mean to repeat their methods even
with more audacious desperation in
1884. To them nothing is sacred, liber-
.ty is farce and the ballot box a bur-
lesque. Never since the experiment of
free government was begun on this con-
tinent has the world witnessed such de-
gradation of the right of franchise, des-
ecration of citizenship, and such des-
perate, corrupt and polluting methods
as We're resorted to by rascals, who were
not citizens of Ohio to defeat the honest
will of the people at the ballot box.
A million dollars, raised by wealthy
stock jobbers and monopolists, was sent
into the state. With it came the scum
of the country, thieves, ex-detectives,
repeaters and governmental officials,
headed by w. w. Dudley, Chief of the
Pension Bureau. Although thousands
of widows, orphans and MANNED SOL
diers have been waiting patiently for
years for pensions promised them and
due them from the government, large
numbers of employees and special
agents from the Pension Office, headed
by their chief and non-residents of
Ohio, spent four weeks in the state un-
der government pay, engaged in pre-
pairing for the frauds committed last
Tuesday.
In addition, two thousand men, many
of them outlaws and desperate charac-
tiers, and but few of them citizens of
Ohio, were sworn in as Deputy United
States Marshals in Cincinnati. Armed
with weapons purchased by the cor
ruption fund furnished by Dudley and
his gang, they surrounded the polls in
that city, voted where they pleased,
bulldozed, beat and shed blood at pleas
ure, interfering with our citizens in the
discharge of their most sacred duties.
The enumeration of male inhabitants
in 1883 shows but 66, ,298 adult males, of
which number l 1888 were colored, and
vet over y, 900 votes were polled at the
election in that city. The enumeration
taken in 1888 included all persons over
the age of twenty-one years, whether
they were naturalized citizens or not.
Yet within period Of fifteen months
from that date we find cast ia that city
1000 more votes than there were citi-
Zens only year previous. At least
5000 votes cast in Hamilton county on
last Tuesday were fraudulent Republic
can votes cast by United States Mar
sharls and non-residents. Notwith-
standing these shameful methods the
Republicans have only succeeded in Sc
curing plurality of about 10000 for the
head of their ticket on total vote cast
of over 100000, a loss of 5000 ip ma
iority as compared with the vote for
state officers when James A. Garfield
was a candidate four years ago.
On the day following the election the
Republican Committee of Ohio, with
reckless disregard for the truth, and
initiating the example of their illustra-
ious chief, caused to be spread broad
cast over the country that they had
carried Ohio by %, 900 majority. For po-
litical effect they were willing to eXag-
gerate and lie. We feal it our duty to
lay these facts before the people of the
country.
The result of this election in Ohio
need not discourage Democrats here or
elsewhere, but, considering the fearful
odds against us, must and will give
cause for encouragement to the people
of Ohio to continue this fight. The
battle has just begun. The men, the
money, the methods which gave the
Republicans their unholy and discred-
liable, but meager majority on October
14th, have disappeared. We mean to
carry Ohio in November for honest
men and an honest administration of
an honest government. 1t will take
the same men, the same methods and
the same money to give James q.
Blaine one half the majority in Nov
ember that the Republican State ticket
secured in October. Their entire gang
must be brought back to maintain their
ill-gotten victory. Ohio will give a
Democratic majority in November for
Cleveland, Hendricks and Honest Gov
ernment.
We congratulate the honest citizens
who voted the Democratic ticket; near
ly 10000 more than ever voted the
Democratic ticket in Ohio. We con-
gratulate you upon the glorious fight
YOU have made against desperate odds.
There is no fault to be found with the
Democracy or the Democratic commit
tees in any county in the State. Pledge
yourselves anew to the great work be-
fore you. Stand by your guns and
push the enemy along the whole line.
Renew the fight by school districts.
Gather in your school houses and re-
solve to wrestle Ohio from corruption.
Go to wo'k at once and in less than ten
DAYS we will have the little Republican
managers crying out in alarm, calling
on Blaine and Logan, and Dudley and
Davenport, and Clayton and Filley,
"Come back and save us or we will
sink"
Democrats of Ohio, let us share i'll the
glorious victory that awaits honestgov-
ernment in November. We must keep
the Republicans busy in Ohio. At the
beginning of this campaign we engaged
to fight the Republican party of Ohio
in O state cleo ;ol. THUS far we have
been IN co test with the Republican
party, not only of Ohio, but of the Uni
ted States. Now we have them single
handed and alone. We can win this
victory if we make proper effort to do
Let every Democrat in Ohio from this