Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-16
FACE TO FACE.
FORAKER AND HOADLEY IN
JOINT DISCUSSION
Music Hall, Cincinnati, Packed to its Ut
most CapacIty-Caustic Reply Of HOad-
ley to the Bloody Shirt Candidate.

ana last utUdJ6 w UON. 11OduAeJ
and Judge Foraker, candidates for
Governor, took place tonight at
Music hall. The arrangements were
similar to those at Toledo, ex-
cept that the order of speaking
was reversed, Judge Foraker having
the opening speech of one hour, Gov.
Hoadley followed for an hour and a
half and Foraker closed in thirty min
utes.
Hon. VIM J. O'Neil acted al medi-
ator on behalf of Gov. Hoadley and
Judge Alfonso Taft, ex-minister to
Russia, acted for Judge Foraker. Some
800 chairs on the stage were occupied
by distinguished guests of the two
parties. The balconies were reserved
for ladies and their escorts and the re-
mainder of the great hall was thrown
open free to the multitude at Z o'clock.
In less than half an hour it was fill
ed to the last square foot, fully 1000
waiting half an hour for the debate to
begin. The interval was occupied
with music and good humored calls
for the favorite candidates.
Judge Foraker appeared five min
utes before s o'clock and received a
vociferous greeting. Gov. Hoadley'S
appearance, three minutes later,
was signalized in like
manner. When the applause
which greeted the presenta-
ton of Judge Foraker had s~ubsided,he
began by saying he would briefly re-
view the Toledo discussion at that
place. Judge Hoadley devoted his
entire opening speech to the discussion
of personal liberty, and argued in
favor of license. He led the audience
to think that the only question between
the parties was prohibition. In an
swering him l pointed out that there
was no such issue except as existed in
the vivid imagination of one who fired
one hundred guns in honor of CleVe-
lands nomination." He went on to
say he pointed out that the issue was
wholly different; that the Representa-
tives proposed to do something practi-
cal with the whisky question, while
the Democratic plan was to do nothing.
Further, he painted out the reason why
the last Legislature was not worthy OF
endorsement.
When Judge Hoadly re
reioined he manifested dis
pleasure because prohibition was
not made an issue. The party had not
put in their platform what he asked
them to do, but he in his speeches had
made the issue. Gov. Hoadley ended
by an. abuse of the Republican party
because the speaker would now say
something about that party. True
it was out of power. but it had not
gone out as did the Dem
ocratic party in 1860. Instead of being
condemned, the Republican party
enjoys the unqualified appreciation
Of the people. He then reviewed the
leading achievements of the Republl-
can party, which has been accepted
and approved even by the Democratic
party. Even Mr.. Hendricks said there
were no issues-only of corruption
and fraud-but the books and the
money when examined and counted
showed the greatest victory of all.
He begged Judge Hoadley in the pres
ence of this audience to utter no more
ISLANDERS against the grand old Repub-
lican.
Referring to charges that memories
of the war were being recalled by the
Republican party, he said If that
was true, then Ohio was behind, Vir-
ginia, for there the Democratic party
is carrying on a campaign with only
Gen. Lees memory as an issue, but
what the Republicans in Ohio want
by reviving the issues of the wal was
the injustice Of the one man in Ohio
only having one-seventh of the politi-
cal power of a Georgian, but he pre-
ferred to talk about State politics, and
referred again to the charge OF cor
ruption in the election of senator
Payne. The only answer of Judge
Hoadley was equal to a question and
avoidance. He only SAID that when
the Democrats did wrong there was an
cutlery, while the Republicans kept
still.
TDuring this point of his remarks
the interruptions were such that he
stopped, and Gov. Hoadley rising said:
ANY Democrat who interrupts Judge
Forakea is acting badly
The house became still, and after
ward maintained better order.
Judge Foraker then went on to re-
peat in the same degree his charges
made before against the records OF the
last State legislature, and said although
it had been guilty Of much extraVa-
gonce,h he wished it had made one more
expenditure-that of the cost OF TAX
ing Gov. Hoadley and staff to attend
the funeral Of Gen. Grant. Applause.
Referring to the bonded Indebtedness
of Ohio, and to the refunding contract
at 3.65 per cent, which Gov. Hoadley
disapproved, Gov. Hoadley said Secre-
tary Robinson had approved that con
tract. 81 have a telegram" he said,
"from Secretary Robinson, saying that
Gov. Hoadley had approved that con-
tract in the first place at 4 per cent"
Referring to the reorganization of