Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-09-09
The Real Issue OF the Campaign.


The people OF Ohio, and especially those
of the people who are to vote in October,
must not allow their minds to be diverted
from the main and real issue of the CAM
faign. The questions We are to decide are
whether we are to have continuance of a
corrupt, coal-ol, whisky administration in
Ohio, and whether John Sherman is to be
| superseded in the United States senate by
John R. Mclean, the cval-oil political boss, Of
the Cincinnati Enquirer, or by his political
twin, the Hon. Allen o. Myers. Our Ohio re-
publican legislatures have been clean, our
democratic legislatures corrupt; our republi-
can legislatures have e,whle managing our state
institutions wisely, economically and effect
lively, practiced the strictest economy, and
have at the same time reduced, continually,
the state debt. Our democratic legislatures,
with the assistance OF democratic governors,
have decreased efficiency il management and
increased expenditure. Our Ohio democratic
administrations have operated iu behalf Of
corrupt cosl-oil and whisky interests, while
our republican administrations have proved
honest, capable and faithful, and made sincere
and earnest efforts to restrain and cripple the
power Of the liquor traffic to do harm. All
that has been done to protect society from its
dangers and ravages has been done by Repub-
licans, who believe in wholesome aud Just
laws, and in their enforcement while the
democrats openly denounce all restriction and
restraint. 1t is true that they make slight
show Of virtue by declaring for license, but
the licensing Of the traffic is unconstitutional
and the principle has been repeatedly and
overwhelmingly voted down by the people
This talk about license by the Democrats is
merely pretense, as dishonest as it is useless
sad silly.
Much has been said here about the third
party, simply because its great demonstration
was made in Springfield, and its standard
bearer, Rev. DR.. Leonard, resides here. The
doctor, and his champions on the platform or
in the columns Of the newspapers, have not
been at all backward or choice in their use OF
language in denouncing republicans, and we
have thought proper to return their FIRE and
to take care not to show any lukewarmnes,
in keeping up our end of the conflict And
while We accept the fact that the third party
Is only side issue, We must bear in mind
that boil on mans person may be but
side issue. Yet it needs sttestion-and Ian
cling Springfield republicans have given due
attention to their prohibition boil, and
the GLoBs-REPUBLIc has lanced it
from sense of duty and without
malice for the public good Nov we pro-
pose to arouse the public, to the best of our
ability to the fact that either the dem ocrats or
the republicans are to rule OHIO next win
ter, and TO array the honest, fair-minded
voters who read our paper, against the demo-
Gratis and its allies, for there can be no deny-
ing the fact that the prohibition pa .ty-
whether its members are moved by rood
principles and good motives or otherwise is
really and substantially, as q matter OF plain
tact, the ally OF the democracy.
10 anybody smart enough to successfully
dispute this proposition We think not.
Then lot the voters Of Ohio proceed to down
the democracy.