The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-07-29

view the political situation as men
who see something grander in politics
than a mere howl and excitement.
We all remember that in 1888, with
a Republican majority in the State of
Ohio, there was submitted an amend
ment to the Constitution. prohibiting
the Liquor Traffic in Ohio. There
were no political features in the pro-
posed amendment in any Of its bear
ings, yet at the same time another
amendment was submitted, providing
for licensing the traffic. Men could
vote for either. or both of these
amendments, as they saw proper. Yet
the same men who are seeking to di-
vide the Republican party now, sought
to defeat it then. The Standard, almost
alone among Republican papers in the
State, urged that the Temperance
question be left to take care Of itself,
and that the whole party effort should
be made to elect the Republican ticket.
There were other papers, following the
lead of the Commercial Gazette, who
clamored for the kicking out Of all
Temperance Republicans. KNOCK
them down and drag them out y cried
the Commercial Gazette, and it was
echoed by many smaller papers.
Well, it was done. Now note the
result, and note it carefully. The
Democratic ticket was elected, with a
majority in the Legislature. Thet
Legislature elected Henry B. Payne to
the Senate! Thus the crowd who
sought the defeat Of the Republican
party by dividing it, gained the full
fruition Of their hopes. The same
parties are now clamoring for the
knocking down and dragging out of
every great leader who has an untarn-
ished record, and was friend of the
soldier always. These se>me fellows
who clamor for killing off the Repub-
lican leaders, were the means of send
ing Payne to the Senate This is his
tory. We would warn Republicans
against following any such movement,
either now or hereafter. It will be
noticed, all through these raids on Re
publicanism, that the utmost efforts
of the raiders are put forth to cripple
the party by dividing it. There has
never been year in the history of the
State when the prospect for complete
Republican victory was brighter than
at the beginning OF this year. Yet
victory must not come, and the Com
mercial Gazette has gone to work as
usual to divide and defeat the party.
What hpmiliating spectacle it would
be to see Democratic victory in Ohio
this year !! Yet that is just what the
men who are declaring themselves to
be the State of Ohio are preparing for,
and what some of them are aiming at.
In time like this any man or news
paper venturing to suggest common
sense or reasonable party action will
be denounced and howled at by those
who are laying the way for the defeat
of the party, yet the laugh is always
turned when the ballots are counted
out. Nothing is palmer just now, than
that this idiocy about the Republican
Senators must be dropped, or the DEM
ocrats will carry Ohio. The same
class of politicians who were the means
of getting Payne into the Senate, now
seem excessively anxious to get him
out. 1t is really the destruction of
the Republican party they are aiming
at. Let us remember these things.
**
From a paper printed half in Gin
cinnati and half in Logan, called the
Republican-Gasette we take this:
Here comes the cranky editor Of
the Jackson STANDARD, who believes
it is wicked to chew tobacco, and is
victim Of a kind of delirium tremens
which usually manifests itself in
writing alleged poetry"
No, we are in favor OF all men
chewing tobacco at all times, and
a spittoon of the head Of the
Hooking idiot. With such a filling
as that he would certainly have
nearer semblance to brains than Ma
ture gave him. And there would be
the soul Of poesy in the performance.
*
We occasionally see statement by
some political dude and office-seeker,
that "the soldiers Of Ohio are against
Logan" Such a statement stamps
either a fool or a scoundrel. Logan
has done more by his campaign work
to arouse the Boys in Blue in Ohio
than all the little place-hunters who
are attacking him will ever be able to
do. Such fellows should take a walk
among the old soldiers, and learn
The men whom Logan
has stood by in battle and in Con-
gress, will stand by him. And if the
dudes don't want to get hurt, they
should keep out Of the way.
~
We would like to see the Payne
matter investigated. But let us re-
that there is a more impor-
tant matter to be kept in view. If
is proven in this case, it will
be that Democrats bought Democrats.
But there is the more important and
dangerous matter Of the Democrats
'tufing ballot-boxes and forging elec-
ion returns. While pursuing the
allegations, let us not forget the facts. |