The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1884-08-21
A DEMOCRATIC MENAGERIE! !!
: Leo Ebert as a statesman
HIS VISIT MAKES REPUBLICAN VOTES!
DEMOCRATS DISGUSTED.

Last Saturday, the day of the Demo
cratic County Convention" witnessed
another one of those scenes of drunken
| carousal, and quarreling, which too often
| occur, and which befit a party which
| boasts of it's championship of the liquor
| interest. On that day appeared in our
town one Leo Ebert, brewer, of Iron
ton, and whom the Democrats put up as
a candidate for Congress, against Judge
Thompson, of Scioto. The appearance of
the man was calculated to lose him votes,
but our local Democratic politicians-be-
ing men who enjoy practical joke-put
him up to make speech" at the Court
House. at night. 1t is proper to add that
these Democratic leaders skipped out,
and left the crowd-a small one, mostly
Republicans-to the enjoyment of the
menagerie.
Mr.. Ebert presents striking appear
ance, much such an effect as might be
produced by hoisting haystack, and
putting legs to it. And, although he is
perhaps very clever gentleman, he cam
not make speech. and evidently does not
know enough to know that he cannot.
With much pathos he told how he had
come to free America for the purpose of
building up home for himself and fam
lily, and added that he had lit out from
the old country for fear of being drafted
into the Kings Army. "Ven COON to
dis coontry," said he, "you could count on
de yingers of one hant, all de millionaires
dere vas in the coontry." Here the
Democrats hung their heads and won
dered what was coming next.] Leo then
got onto the tariff question. Here WAS
a whole circus, with clowns, spotted
horses, peanut-peddlers, and women on
invisible wires, not say slow music and
red lghts.]
"De iron peesness," said the speaker,
became so goot under protection, dat
men are enabled to build and run furna-
ces in Columbus, hundreds Of miles aoay
from dis mineral region. [Any school
boy, five years old, knows that Columbus
is but seventy-fve miles from Jackson,
but it seems that Leo did not
Mr.. Ebert then solemnly assured his
hearers that the rich men, and monopo-
lists, are all in the Republican party, and
the poor men all in the Democratic party
1.-THE audience silently wept.] He also
declared that the Republicans had always
been stealing from the poor. This from
man who has been making money by
making and selling beer i In connection
with the charge that the Republicans
have always been public plunderers, we
may say that Mr.. Ebert claims to have
once been Republican. [The Republi-
cans weep at this thought, and the Dem
ocrats weep that he ever changed.] If
Republicans have always been stealing.
and Ebert was once a Republican,, now
''vot you tinks-eh?"
And these are specimens of this mans
fitness to represent this District in Con-
gress. If six year old school-boy were
to make such ridiculous exhibition, he
would deserve, and doubles receive, a
vigorous spanking. Mr.. Ebert promised
to call again, and make another speech"
We sincerely trust that he may. We on
ly wish he could be prevailed upon to
speak in every township in this County.
Mr.. Eberts time was largely spent about
the beer saloons, and in the evening,
when the police were busy. with many
assistants, dragging bowling, drunken
men to prison, one jolly Democrat shout
ed at us, as we stood looking on: "Ha, see
what Ebert is doing !" This was posi-
bly, only an outburst of Democratic en-
thusiasm. The Democrats were tho
roughly ashamed and disgusted, and
those who were absent from the meeting
were probably off in some dark recess,
vigorously endeavoring to kick them
selves under the coat tails.
We dare say the Democrats themselves
now regard the nomination of Ebert as a
huge joke.
The Welsh Presbyterian Sunday School
| will hold picnic at Sanders Grove, on