The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-11-20
Morey's Ignorance Exposed.

Inc eleCClOnS are now over, IL Is
true, and there is nc necessity for
any journal to attempt 10 make poll
tical capital out of anything that
may have been said or done by q can
didate, particularly a defeated one,
and we simply copy the following,
from the Hamilton correspondence of
Sundays Enquirer. of a few weeks
ago, jnst-t to shew-the ignorant as
sumptions of the man whom the Re-
pubiicans undertook to send to Con-
gress from this district:
The ignorance of some people is
only equaled by their conceit and
stupidity. This was illustrated on
Friday night last at the dreary little
Republican meeting held in the opera
house. Mr.. Morey made a character
istic speech in which he exhibited his
intense soreness over his defeat by the
people, and put forth his usual claim
10 know nor about the tariff. and
everything else than men who are his
superiors both in intellect and inform
alton. Among the nero mis-
statements was one denying an allega-
ton made by Nj. Campbell in his
Camden speech, wherein he Camp
beli) had illustrated the inequalities of
the Republican tariff by showing that
diamonds, the luxury of the rich,
were imported Mt a low rate of duty
while diaper pins, the Indispensable
necessity of the poor, were subjected
10 q heavy tariff. Any II examining
pages 243 and 270 ofihe United States
Tariff Commission for 1884 will see
that the tariff bill of March 8. 1884,
enact that uncut diamonds shall be
free, and cut diamonds only ten per
cent, but that all kinds of pins shall
pay a duty of 80 per cent. Mr.. Morey
voted for this law but was so ignorant
of its contents then, and is SO unin-
formed now, that he makes the
egregious mistake ofaenying its plain
provisions. Such is the oracle who
breaches protection to the fellows
standing on the street and
cackling about q tariff of which they
know almost as little as their late call
didate for Congress. Another in
stance of Morey's dense ignorance OF
public matters even where he was
personally interested, is shown by
his speech in Congress upon the
Campbell Morey contest. On pages
6~0S+-60S5 of the CONGRESSIONAL Rec
ORD, he sites what lie terms typical
cases" OF college students whose voies
were thrown out by the election com.
mittee. The very first case cited from
Lebanon Normal School is that Of
John D. Grisso. Morcy fairly weeps
and gnashes his teeth when he con.
templates The outrage perpetrated OIL
Grisso by throwing out his vote. Now
the truth is that Grisso's vote was no.
thrown out at all, but was counted
for Morey by the election committee
as the RECORD shows. Yet SO igno'
rant was MUrey OF the subject he dis
cursed that lie not only gravely reciL
ell in Congress the story of this pre-
tended outrage, but lie repeated il OIL
the stump all over the district unit
Mr.. Campbell exposed him and he
also had u lot of alleged orators from
Lebanon and Mid6leiown relailin.
the same ridiculous falsehood at ever,
cross-road meeting Mi. Campbell
says he will resign his scat i'm Con
gress whenever anybody shows {
VOID of proof 10 sustain Mr.. Morey's
solemn statement made in the House
of Representatives, that Grisso's vote
was rejected; aud tho challenge
is still open TO any of Mr.. Morey's
late deluded followers who think Thai
he knew what lie was talking about
when lie imcumbercd the CONGRESS.
SIGNAL RECORD with his speech OIL tho
contested election case. No woadeI
that Morey was left at home by tho
people, after IL trial, for utter in
competency TO understand or dis.
charge the duties of Representative
i'll Congress.