The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-09-17

to carry elect ons; no more
fused to buildoze the people at Congress
ional elections in the guise of Deputy Mar
shals; the Pension Bureau will never again
pc emptied of its officers to defeat a
wounded Democratic soldier for Congress-;
there will be no more Star Route fraudsi
a strong breeze. of economy and honesty is
blowing through all branches OF the puphe
service.
No more wool will be pulled over the eyes
of Ohio farmers by n tariff nominally high,
but i%ngeniously leveled down at the custom
houses by fraudulent invoicing.
Mr.. Sherman has recently boosted that he
has converted Senator Morrill,. OF m
to the support of the wool tariff OF lSeI. but
ton? Is he certain that he will not again at
tempt its reduction, as he did in 1927 Is he
reductions he will never again give the cast
ing vote in favor of reducing the wool tarlf,
rather than lose the opportunity to emT gown
duties on other articles, as he did in lSS3s Is
he sure that if ever elected Presldent ne VIII
not. as President Arthur did IN 1SS2; recon-
ION wool?'
Tho three great Republican scare-crows
have been taken in for good, AND relocated
no payment of the rebel debt, no pensions to
| rebel soldiers, no freedmen reduced TO slay-
cry. The results of the war, which HANCOCK
and Ward, Warner and Morgan, Ewing and
Rice, and thousands of other OHIO Demo-
Gratis, fought to secure, will be preserved IN
tact.
Here in Butler County you have a memor-
| able instance of the beauties of Repuhlican
professions. Except for a short time under
Andrew johnson there has not been a mo-
ment since the close of the war when Ferdi-
n nonsd S Na permifted to sne enter eerf the et civil WIS service
of his country. He was welcomed 10 ngnt1n
Mexico, was welcomed to fight the rebelIon'
honored, promoted, made q Brigadier Cen
eral. He was invited to shed his Democratic
blood for his twice imperiled country.
h hsff reeiy EXPOSED his life, but under a Re
publican President he has not been
good enough to be eyen a c,o WHISKY
has destroyed all this! Democrats who
for twenty years have only been considered
fit to be enlisted as private soldiers ut thir-
acknowledgements from hard-taok and
sow-belly to the oysters and champagne OF
official position. At last it has become pos
sible for the majority of the American peo-
ple-the majority. not in numbers merely,
but in all that lift makes sob a nat'o PETS grea fsin nk
and right hving,to see an ihce-noIaerhoc
easionally, At lsas IT. Gfs1eSand 5re seem 1se to-
some to move too slowly; but remember he
is the head of a Government, not of q ma
thing / am sure, and that is that while main
tanning and executing in all their force, as IS
his duty, every law he finds upon the statute
books, including the law for the reform OF
the civil service, he viii in time fill every
office involving political action by men
! p penf Z Of us 1854, and in sympathy
! with Democratic progress. For twenty
. years the Republican party or ONO ana tne
I nation has proved by its action that its SIM
8 gle idea of the public service has been that
r no Democrat should hold any civil office
;, @ every nnbli eI pIace' great 9a AND id" small, should
, be filed by a partisan Republican, put there
I because, and only because he was a partisan
. the amouIners go about the Streets" 1t is
. sweet, it is delicious, brethren, to hear tbs
+ John Sherman. who worked the Treasure
Department for oil it was worth in 1880 tc
a nominate himself for President, and whf
e office in his life, that the impartial, non-part
2 isan civil service of our country is IL
l. danger! Why, John, brother John, there j
r a beam in thine own eye. Do 1 say beam
Yes, a cord of wood, a whole forest. Go theI
n and pluck it out, then come, and after ",
Ie have done our share of official duty we vii
70 rub out our little notes and listen to you
lle complaints. And while the reforms hay
e e been eRd in Prog n;tisd the boS e0mIfry, has IA en ner gG RI
publican orator has prophesied for a dozel
id years past. If that great and wise leader o
r. cIear-s!ghted reformer, before the electri
light of whose penetrating vision fraud an
waste shrunk and skunk into ~h.ding-place
Id augurated, the country would be ruined-s
es prophesied our Republican Cassandras
OF therefore, Florida and Louisiana, the latte
I'd with Mr.. Sherman's own personal conn
&, vance, were robbed of their votes. and tn
10 government for four years handed over to
e. usurper: If Hancock, the superb leader {
nj the loyal legions in battle, were elected, dill
Il calamity, the carnival of treason, would Ell
ee and the man. Democracy has efectuall
prevailed at last, and where is the calamit!
re- What has become of the disaster? Buslne:
he r%eviving, stocks advancing, are these tt
ay tokens of distress2 True, times are SIT
&c hard, made SO by Republican misgover
l." m nsarI /, f1 % onl was ss m mot 6sl sinc ce the E e Rep Hf
lrs licans lost power. 1t may be that the r
* viyals of industry we read of are not the r
I'm any rate coincident. Republican prophet
of is falsiHed, and Republican prophets
faith in Democratic principles. and double
10, courage, with generous confidence, contlnl
OF our support of President Cleveland, sul
. and secure that his inflexible integrity, b
'tf invincible courage, his persistent labor, su
ty; ported by the counsels and wise leglslatit
Of a Democratic House OF Reprssentatle
It'll. House in 1851, will richly reward his, the
old and our endeavors. The country will tn
t a enter upon a career of prosperity such
has attended other Democratic triumph
elf such as came in with Jefferson, Madison a
hat Monroe, under whose administrator all |
litical opposition to the Democracy cease
ny, and who gave to the country Louisiana a
bill Mississippi, the territory west of the Miss
Of p Iaid' the public debt, or with Polk, W
added Texas and California to the Nat1oI
domain.
vas Republicans alike will have the sat.sfacti
be- of noting for the man of their choice, l
18th, distant States and Territories, armed W
bulldog pistols, and led by Powell Clayt.
,tty Dudley, Rathbone and Lot Wright. Mars
,rts Urner is q Democrat and a gentleman, a
the his deputies will be gentlemen, and they v
of repel, not actively aid the happy family
Republican %colonizers who may be then
-en- joying the hospitality of Hogshead John.
.eg- Now as to State affairs: OF myself q
in my personal administration of the TT
like to me I have little to say. WI
one l entered upon the Office of Governor IN,
IRISH up my mind to permit no dishonesty and
discharge the duties of my office with all
WiGdOm could command. HOW tal
sy6ee tsas made to myself the people
oh, to say; so, leaving the further discussion
lead my official conduct to Others, and to
fed Judgment Of the people Of hs the au,,o Stats ut
SON. SiXty-sixth General Assembly, in b
as a branches of which the Democratic party
at a than three-fifths and in the House tn
to- tifths less three. Mr.. Sherman says: Il XII
s Of by general reputation that She Demoer
suf- lot 1 leave others to furnish the bill OF
ticulars." The Hon. Jacob A. Kohler,
ard, was a member of the Sixty-sixth Gen
her. Assembly, and in daily contact with the !"
he'd. .ot" thus spoken of. call upon Mr.. I
the him to state publicly, and in his capacit!
gen. candidate for Attorney General, which
he would lave advised Judge Fora
hich to have vetoed had Judge Foraker
$ SO fortunate ,s as a to h nNsss been tS ele,
de- power. l take it for granted that every
with OF the SiXty-siXtir General Assembly
. Lo- "bad lot which Mr.. Kohler voted for,
hit in Sherman and Mr.. Foraker will net repud
es to 1 invite scrutiny of the journals of the
ate and the House, and an examinatlo
y be the acts which they passed. Let US k
+ be- what they ~were-thoSe evil measures W
aker this "bad lot passed. My own opinion
the Sixty-sixth General Assembly ca
for briefly stated. 1t is that. Judged by tn
uing suits of its action upon the statute booE
COM was one of the wisest, if not the very W
Let body of legislators ever convened in
7 the for the making of the laws of our State:
gen. me read from a recent number of the
ping burgh Labor Tribune what this Legisln
the did for the labor interests of the State:
I the Several letters have been received of
asking what measures i'm the interes
the labor we're nassed by the last LegisIa
AS this is a matter of importance, we W
for say that so far us we can now recollect
)emo- following comprises the list of laws pa