Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-10-09
FORAkER AND HOADLEY.
The Republican and Democratic Can.
d'dates for Governor of Ohio Meet in
JOINT Discussion at ToledO-An Euor.
NOUS Audience Present.
ToLEpo, Oct. s.

ToLEpo. Oct. s.
The joint debate between Gov. Hoailey
and Judge Foraker, democratic and republi-
can candidates respectively for Governor at
next Tuesdays election, drew sn enormous
audience tonight at Wheelers Opera House.
The stage was provided with pa seats, di-
vided equally between the two committees.
The remainder of the house was free for ad-
mission, hence the wild scramble for sdmis
sion as soon as the doors were opened.
Judge John II. Doyle was chairman on the
part of the republicans and Representative
Frank Hurd occupied a similar position for
the democrats. The time of the speakers
was divided As follows: Gov. Hoadley OPEN
ed with one hour. Judge Foraker then occu
led one hour and half, Hoadley to close
with half an hour. Judge DOYLE called the
meeting to order and announced the program
Representative Hurd Immediately arose and
introduced Gov. Hosdley in few words and
the latter began his speech amid enthusiastic
plsudits from the tremendous audience. He
began by reciting the circumstances leading
to the challenge to joint debate. The most
important issue of the campaign is the ques-
tion of personal liberty and now far it is in
terfered with by law rs to the habits of
drinking. He then proceeded TO define the
position of both parties on the liquor ques-
ton, by reading the platform of each
He defined the plank in the republican
platform recognizing the right of the people
to amend the organic law of the state to mean
that the republicans were in favor of the
prohibitory amendment and argued that the
point was, how far the law may go to regu-
late the habits of the citizens of the state
He defined himself as opposed to partial pro-
hibition or total prohibition and in favor of
personal freedom to the fullest extent. The
most valuable possession of a citizen is his
personal liberty-therefore all the move
ments which strike at this must be opposed.
Drinking is not a vice. but excessive drink
ingis. Prohibition is a failure in Maine. in
Kansas and in Iowa. The statistics of the
number of United States liquor licenses issued
in the States were read, showing an increase
of two out of three. He pronounced pro-
hbiton incentive to hypocrisy and announced
himself against il, root and branch. He in
sisted that prohibition is the issued in Ohio,
because the next legislature will be asked to
pass prohibition legislation. He desired to
know if Foraker was elected Governor wheth-
er he will in his message recommend the
submission of the prohibitory amendment
to the State constitution. He demanded also
to know whether if the republican supreme
court is elected it will reverse the late decis-
ion that the Scott law is unconstitutional and
compel the saloon keepers to pay back the
taxes. He charged that this is the republican
programme and declared there were but two
methods of settling the temperance question.
prohibition and license.
Tremendous cheering followed the speech,
when Judge Doyle introduced Judge Foraker,
who, after the applause subsidized, began by
referring to several minor points of Hoadley's
speech. He then said, that from the charac-
ter of Hoadley's remarks he evidently mistook
the speaker for Leonard, the prohibition can
didate for governor. The republican plank
on the liquor traffic has four explicit declara-
tions. First, denouncing the democrats for
the repeal of the Scott law; second, recog-
nizing the right of the people to amend the
third and fourth, declaring in
favor of the regulation and taxation of the
traffic. He read from Hoadley's inaugural
address paragraph in which the governor
said the Scott law ought not to be repealed
Regarding the right of the people to change
the constitution, he showed that the demo-
cratic plan for license cannot be adopted
without first amending the constitution, which
forbids license. The republican platform
declares in favor of a regulation of the liquor
traffic Hoadley had just acknow ledged that the
evils ought to be corrected. As to the method
of regulation he could not of course foretell
what republican legislature would do after
a discussion of the legal methods. This is a
matter of detail for the legislature. The re-
publican party has never yet made a pledge
that it has broken. The people of Ohio three
times have overwhelmingly defeated license,
yet the democrats are pretending to favor
ba
knows it will be two years before license
can be submitted to the people
who have hitherto rejected it. The republl-
can party has taken hold of the matter in
practical way, dealing with the consultation
as 1t is. We can tax, we can regulate under
that constitution and will do so as will best
promote the public welfare. Foraker then
turned his attention to the last legislature,
which he declared was the most UNANIMOUSLY
corrupt in the history of the State. Refer
ring to Hoadley's conduct in the constitu-
tional convention, he asked him il he were
still opposed to having anv mention of God
in the State constitution? Whether he still
opposed, as he did then, provision for i'm
peaching Judges for drunkenness2 Whether
he was still in favor of taxing churches and
schools. Foraker declared that he was not
in favor of taxing them as he regarded reli-
gion and morality as safeguards Of the nation.
He closed by asking if Hoadley favored high
license or low license, a thousand dollar or
fifty dollar license?
His close was met with rounds OF cheers
and Hoadley stepped forward and said
''Dodged again. He talked for an hour and
A half and no human being can tell whether
he is for prohibition or against it, Gov.
Hoadley declared he was for low license AZ
against high license, for license against pro-
hibition He didn't favor license so high that
it would prohibit. He closed with q severe
OF the republican party for in
and expressing the kindest feel
lngs for Foraker personally.
Round after Of cheers for both speakers
we're given as the meeting closed. The order
was excellent and the enormous audience
paid the closest attention throughout.
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