The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-10-09
WHOLE SKINS.

Foraker Eoragcrs. Outside and inside the
pcuiicntinry, saucichcd and Laid Out
AEidavits by Accused Ex-Ohiciais--The
Two Dcsd Copvlcts. Mccoy and slater.
Governor Forakcrs speech on Friday
evening at the Metropolitan Opera
house, was as s,artlingly original and
RS couragcously reckless as his unique
special message to the Legislature on
the subject of taxation. Governor For.
aker has an original mind and is pos
scssed of Mexican political audacity.
The Governor, it can be safely said,
will never sacrifice or forego partisan
opportunity to secure public tranquility
He rcvcls in the sensational, and dra-
matically colors even insignificant tri-
fles, which would be overlooked by a
cold-blooded statesman. The Republi-
can Governor can not certainly be ac-
cuscd by the most radical of his polti-
cal enemies with posing for posterity,
or hankcrng after the fame which is ac-
corded to the entombed statesman. He
is for present certain success and
chances the future with the Indifference
of a gambler. His speech of Friday
evening would command in any coun-
try the wild enthusiasm of the adven-
turer, the soldier of fortune or the po-
litical bandit. 1t has all the charm, all
the passion of 3 magnetic appeal of the
fiery leader of rebel horde against
constituted authority 1t will take high
rank as q pronnnct1n,ento, on the eve
of contemplated pillage and slaugh-
ter of unsuspecting, lawabiding citi-
zcns.
The Governor would he unconouer-
able rs the commandant of lei ~
cured city whose inhabitants had moth
ing TO eat but strips of shoe leather, in
the midst OF crashing timbcrs and fall
ing walls his voice would still dctiantly
be heard rroclaimiag death. blood!
and general chaos" The Governor
would be at his best as the leader of u
forlorn opposition, where exaggerated
language would be suffered unmolested
and unanswered to amuse an impotent
mob. He is unfortunately placed repre-
sant,ng d gnity, authority and admins
tratvc impartiality.
We will only take the liberty 10 single
out one paragraph for special criticism
from the GOVERNORS speech, wherein he
pathet,cally appeals to his Irish fellow
citizens to abandon the Democratic
party, because the corpse of an Irish
convict was skinned in the penitentiary.
We are positive that the Governor re-
colcd in horror at the revelation OF this
barbariiy, and not because the convict
was an irishman. but because such an
unchrstian act of barbaritv should have
been committed on thc unonendnp and
sacred dead. This being so. why should
the Governor appcal specially to Irish
mcn To leave the Democratic partyp
Why did he not appeal to every decent
white man and black man in the party
To abandon it? We snail answer for the
Governor. 1T is because he knew that
ii was not the Democratic party that
skinned the Irish convict's corpse! And
that heretofore il could not be held re-
spons bic. Why. then. did the Cover
nor conf;nc his appeal to "Irsh and
Nggcrs?' Why not include Germans
and Americans? We shall again answer
for the Governor. 1t is because of his
high opinion OF the Coiored and Irish
mans intelligence aud that he believed
them incapable of comprchendng the
insult to their intelligence conveyed in
his dcmagogical appeal. The ReDubl-
can party has many accomplished and
brilliant IL simon in its ranks for whom
we have all respect and fellowship and
whom we are proud to call countrymcn
and friends. but the Republican party
in this city can not re con ngratulatcd on
the ability or intelligence of such an
Irs, aihctcat as Dick Tanning. nor
must Governor Foraker accent him MS a
representative of the average intelli-
sence of the race as he undoubtedly did
when cornrosng an appeal to intelli-
gent IrislIlncn to abandon political con-
Victiois and party associations because
the corpse of an Irish convict was
skinned by penitentiary physician. AS
suminm for the first timo i'm our life un-
delegated authority to speak for the Irish,
TO whom Governor Foraker appealed,
we respectfully reply that the Irish peo-
pile regard unchristian treatment to the
corpse of an Irish convict Just the same
as the American people would regard
nnchrstian treatment to the corpse of
an American convict. No more, no
less. The Republican Governor of Ohio
would never dare be guilty of such in
ssuffcrabls idiocv as to appeal to Ameri-
cans to leave the Democratic party be-
cause the corpse OF an American con-
vict was skinned by penitentiary phv-
sician. 1t is only to Irish and Mig
gers" the Republican Governor of Ohio
would thus address himself. We do not
know how the Colored Democratic or
Republican voters will answer this APP
peal, but we can assure the Governor