The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-10-30
DRIVEN TO DESPERATION.

The Republicans Are Res0rting to the
Most Desperate Campaign Methods Ever
Before Known in Ohio Politics.
The dirty scandal against the private
character of John Mcbride, in the MIS-
wander libel at Columbus, met with an
early and miserable failure. Foraker
and his convict companions have dis
gusted the decent people of both parties,
with skinning afiidavits, and horrible
pcnitentiary sensations manufactured
for campaign purl oses. 1t would be
supposed after two such signal failures
to make political capital by disre, utable
means, that the Republican mud-sling-
ers would take some lessons on decency,
but it seems they have nothing else 10
run the campaign with. Lately they sent
one of their most notorious assistants,
Gcssner, of the Cincinnati Times Star,
to Chicago, to hatch up a story that
John Mcbride sold out the miners dur
ing their strike in 1854. Gessner pre-
tends to have obtain, d his information
from Plnkerton's detectives. The story
occupies three columns of the Times
Star and is composed principally of in
situations. but Mr.. McBridc's name is
so ingenously mixed in with detective
talk, and the speculations of the writer,
as to lead the reader, who can believe
any thing this correspondent may write,
to suppose that Mcbride was bribed to
settle the strike favorably to the oper-
ators.
After writing two columns to prove
that there was bribery in the settlement
of the strike, Gcssner says:
"Mr. Pinkerton could not certainly say
that any evidence had accumulated in his
agency against his hs 6ah dsea
employed i'm the Hooking Valley, and rcinem.
bcred hearing many of them say that several
been bought oil. lie did not remember the
| names. nor could he say that Mcbride was
one oil them"
1t is we'll known that John Mcbride,
ut that time, as he is now, was the Pres
ident of the Miners Union, and if he
had had any negotiations whatever
upon any matter with the Pinkcrtons,
his name, above all others, would have
been marked and remembered. But
this shows tho kind of grounds the
slandcr is based upon.
| This re-lie-able correspondent. after
seeing two of Pinkcrton's detectives,
either of whom would have willingly
sworn to anything he knew would have
injured John Mcbride, says that Nc
Bride was certainly bribed, but that he
was too sharp to be caught. Without
producing one single line or word OF
evidence, this fellow then concludes:
"JOhn Mcbride seems 10 have resisted the
| attempts of words NJ bribery, but Mcbride
| II one OF the leaders OF the labor organiza.
ton, and he must have known how much
the inside history OF the strike been so given
| to the world rs by the foregoing statements
| of Pinkerton nud Wood. There is no attempt
| 10 make political capital out OF IL. II shows
| the insinoerity OF labor agitators, and gives
| the laborlng classes OF Ohio something about
| them. WIZ they lend themselves TO the
| Democratic party by tho support OF n man
| whose work has been FIRST for his party, then
| for the cause OF the poor mincrs2'
This is one of the most rascally and
dishonorable attempts to injure man
that ever was made. The Republican
leaders who hired this man Gcssner to
manufacture this story, expect that
there are miners in the Hooking Val
ley ignorant enough to take his vile in
situations for truth. And OF course all
the Trips, Trays aud Sweethearts of the
Republican press will repeat it, and try
to make their readers believe the in
famous lie.