Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-09-10
HoApLY,s AaInIrIoUs PLANS.
He Discourses on Democratic Pros
poets in Ohio. Replies TO John

4 NEW YORK, August ol.-1olernOf
Hosdly, OF Ohio. had risen but a short
time before from the breakfast table
yesterday morning when Tribune re-
porter encountered him ut the Gilsey
House. and was consequently in good
humor. r so
He Is east for pleasure trip prior to
entering on the canvass ofhis State and
will go TO Long Branch and other re-
sorts In this vicinity. He is accompanied
by his wife and daughter.
He was holding In his hand newspa-
per containing a report Of Senator
Shermans speech at Mt. Gilead, and
when asked about Ohio politics from
his point Of view said:
| The canvass, in an active sense, has
not yet begun on our side. made a
speech at Kenton ON Saturday, and had
made one before that, but they were
not intended formally to open the can
vass. We do not intend to make a
long canvass, but a short and active
one.
The Republicans would have done
well to set us the example, but have al
ready been at work for some time.
"What are the prospects from your
point of view?n
"We are hopeful of success, particu-
larly if the canvass is conducted upon
the principles laid down by John Sher-
man, the bloody shirt, and John Roach.
We are in favor of the Administra-
tion and against the bloody shirt.
There are Republicans enough in the
State who favor the Administration,
and are opposed to the bloody shirt, to
give us the election, even If there was
no liquor question up.
In fact, the great question In the
State is how shall we deal with the
| Temperance issue.
I have Just read the closing senten-
cence of Senator John Sherman's speech
at Mt. Gilead, in which he names his
various wants.
| He says: "What we want is a Re-
publican Governor, and his name is
Foraker M
If the Republicans are to elect Gov
lernOr, the Democrats have no personal
QUARREL with Judge Foraker, nor have /.
He is my personal friend whom I
much esteem and whom | have said
and shall say no unkind word during
the campaign.
Mr.. Sherman's second want is RE-
publican Legislature that will give us
wise temperance laws as well as wise
laws upon other subjects" )"
We shall ask Mr.. Sherman what he
means by wise temperance laws.
The Democratic platform is unequiv-
ocal.
fla Democratic Legislature is elected,
litwill submit license amendment to
the Constitution for vote to the peo-
pie.
The last Legislature was Democratic
by three-fifths the majority in the SEN
ate, which voted to submit such an
amenment.
The Democrats lacked three votes of
| three-fifths in the. House,
| Our constitution prohibits: license.
1t cannot be amended except by q p0pu-
| lar vote or submission of new clauses to
| the people by a vote of three-ffths of
| the members of both branches of the
Legislature.
When the proposition was before the
House, three Republican members,
| Messrs. Burnett and Harley. of Cleve-
land, Peate, of Cincinnati, declared in
favor of the license, but they were un-
willing to vote for this proposition be-
cause It came from Democrats.
They sat in their seats and refused to
vote and then postponed the submission
| of q license amendment.
We are going to carry three-fifths Of
the Legislature and at the election in
| 1887 submit q license amendment, which
| is as soon as it can be done under the
constitution.
We propose to require Mr.. Sherman
and Mr.. Foraker to define what wise
| temperance laws are.
Captain Bushnell, Chairman of the
Republican State Committee Of Ohio,
says that his party Is neither for nor
against prohibition.
| We propose to find out what it is for.
The Ohio constitution expressly
requires all taxation to be levied
on property in proportion to its true
value in m money, and thus negatives the
notion that after the liquor in the State
has paid its taxes the owner can again
be taxed for the privilege of selling 1t.
ThisI believe to beas unconstitution-
al as to tax the owner of a farm in Ohio
for the privilege of selling his produce.
The only course and the manly course
is to amend the Constitution to permit
! a license system which will give con-
| troll of the traffic SO as to avert its dam
gers and at the same time exact fees to
compensate for burdens it imposes on
society.
Mr.. Sherman continues his catalogue
of wants with the astounding statement
that he wants Republican judges that
will construe the Constitution Of the
State on the side Of temperance and
good order"
What the Democratic party in Ohio
want is judges who will contrue the Con-
stitution Of Ohio iii accordance with the
law, no matter whom it helps or whom
it hurts.
We want it construed as it means,
not on any side or in any interest.
We are ashamed that one of our most
prominent public men should nnblush-
ingly avow the purpose of his party to
give partisan bias to the Constitution
Of the State by the election Of partisan
judges.
= Mr.. Sherman adds to the last, but by
no means the least, of his wants, especi-
ally personally, "a Republican Senator
from Ohio to the Senate Of the United
States.n
s We move to strike out the word Re-
publican and insert Democratic, and to
pass as so amended.
Another thing will tell Mr.. Sher-
man. We don't propose to allow his
party to defeat the present proposed
constitutional amendment to make
nhfn a N0vornhnr State en- as tO Grnafn