The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-10-21
MANLY JOHN MCBRIDE.


MANLY JOHN MCBRIDE.
sneaking Efforts of the Republicans tc
Assail His Character and hIisrepresent
His Acts.
The supply of legitimate campaign
weapons with which the g. o. p. has
been fighting Honorable John Mcbride
have long since become chestnuts, and
are falling with the approaching frosts.
In despair they have drifted into theil
usual mode of fighting, and the cam
paign is now characterized by malicious
falsifyilg and must Misrepresentation.
The frequent appearance in the Repub.
lean press of cards, alleged to have
been written by miners in the various
districts of the State, have attracted
some attention. These cards set forth
as well as it can be done in mangled
English that the miners are openly op.
posed to the election of John Mcbride,
and hundreds of them, even of Demo
cratic persuasion, are working against
him, which is, of course, monumental
lie. The authorship of these cards has
been traced to one man, and the proof
will be furnished any person who will
call upon your correspondent for that
purpose. The author of them has long
enjoyed the reputation OF being sneak.
ing, unparalleled liar, political chame.
leon and a demagogue. This man is
none other than Andrew Roy of Glen
Roy, ex-State mine inspector. His sour
rilous cards written from Glen Roy are
being dated from the towns of various
mining districts, and his work is receiv.
ing the highest praise from the Republi.
can executive committee.
Although Roy seems to spread ovel
the entire State, there may be a few
people who would like to know who he
is, something about his record, and here
it is: Roy was a Republican in 1871
when William Allen, a Democratic
Governor. appointed him mine inspector
of Ohio. In 1875 Allen was candidate
for reelection, and Roy having sucked
the public teat for a year, turned his
coat in order to hold on; for he became
glimmering, for Allen was defeated
acrobatic feat and became a Green
hacker. He was the candidate of thai
party for Secretary of State in 1873
and in 1879 was candidate fol
Auditor of State. In this campaign
he was openly charged with hav
ing sold out his party to the Republi
cans, and this charge was verified by
his supporting Charles Foster for Gov
ernor against General Tom Ewing, the
father Of the greenback idea. For this
treachery to principle and party Roy
like Judas, received his silver in the
shape of an appoint = ent as mine in
spector. He then executed another
acrobatic feat and became a Republic
can. In the Office of mine inspector ht
received the name of being the most in
dolent official in Ohio, and one whom
the miners soon learned to despise.
In his official capacity he frequently
called upon miners to write him freely
about their grievances, and they did so
The result was that Roy sneakingl,
gave the names of many SO doing t.
their employers and they were dis
| charged. Two notable victims o
| this kind of treachery were Michae
Grogan, of Buchtel, and John Toilet, O
Straitsville. Roy frequently advocated
the cause of the operator against tn
miner, instead of remaining neutral
as his official position and honor de
| manded.
He made repeated visits to Missouri
and the West, to look after coal. an,
mineral lands in which Foster and othe
prominent Republicans were interested
He did this at the States expense, neg
| lected his duties as inspector, and drew
| his salary the same as when attendin,
to his duties. He has become intereste'
as an operator of mines in Jackson
County, and as an operator attende'
| the Joint convention of miners and min
operators held in Columbus last spring
He has openly asked Mr.. Mcbride Gam
it is the only open question he ha
made) to give some reason to the miner
for not pushing his coal weighing bill
through the Legislature. Roy actual
has the nerve to ask such a question a
this after fighting Mr.. McBride's bill
a cowardly, sneaking manner. Ro
wrote letters to members of the Hous
of Representatives urging them to pre-
vent reconsideration of the bill. H
finally wrote Mr.. Mcbride himself, ais
Captain Mcclure, the member from
Vinton County, and chairman of tn
committee having the consideration Q
the bill.
There is not man in Ohio to-da
who has been so prominently before tn
miners and workingmen who has les
friends than Andrew Roy. On al
hands among those who know him yo
can hear words of condemnation, bu
nowhere can you hear a single word G
praise. He is an ignorant blatherskite
and is now expressing his fears that tn
Miners Union will be destroyed b
being drawn into politics. Roy is sue
notorious friend of this organization
that his words will be listened to wit
interest. The facts are that he has al
ways sought to retard the progress G
the organization, and, in fact, ever
movement with which Mr.. Mcbride ha
been connected.
The facts are that Hon. John Nc
Brides career as labor organizer ha
been brilliant one. He is the onl
President the present Miners Union ha
had; he organized the union and cal
ried it through the great strikes of th
Mahoning, Tuscarawas and Hockin
Valley. He is the advocate of the &C
vanced idea of arbitration, and throug
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