Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-08

Republican campaign is the active and wide
spread interest which the young men and
young voters OF the state are taking in it
Every mail received at headquarters in Co
lumbus is freighted with letters from young
men asking for political information and
proffering their time and services to the COM
mittee The movement Of young men in be-
half of the Republican party and in the in
terest of Repu olican success amounts in de-
gree and enthusiasm to great and popular
uprising.
Reports from the chairmen of local and
county committees warrant the belief that
as many as SO per cent of the young men
who are TO vote for the first time in Novem-
Der next will vote the Republican ticket.
This is not strange The young men who
attain their majority this decade are the heirs
# the heroes of the rebslliou. They were
born in the tumultuous times of war, and
their parents were patriots They breathed
and grew up in an atmosphere of patriotism
and Republicanism.
The stories they heard in childhood were
not the sentimental fairy tale of Anderson,
but the strong, pathetic narratives Of a war
the memory Of which was fresh and warm
and palpitating. So the son, whose father
fell on the field of battle, fighting for the
unity and perpetuity of his country, will not
become Democrat.
The boy, whose father walks on wooden
leg, will never vote the Democratic ticket
because he will know that every man who
fired a shot at his father, that every man
who thrust a bayonet into Union soldier
was Democrat And he will remember
that every northern man who was in secret
sympathy with the outspoken rebels who
shot his parent, was Democrat
There is a great organization in this state
and in this country called the Grand Army
of the Republic, and there is another organ
iZation called the Sons of Veterans. They
are not political in their methods or purposes,
but the sons of the veterans are young men
of idess and energy. They read history. and
they see it spread before them in instructive
object lessons at reunions, at encam pments
and in memorial services when the graves
of the dead heroes are covered with flowers
Patriotism is the lesson which all this
teaches, and every young man who has good
sense knows that the place TO look for patri-
otic associations is not in the Democratic
camp The present intentions Of that party
may be good enough If any one is smart
enough to 6nd what its principles are. but
parties, like men, have to be judged by what
they do and by what they have done There
Is not a great deal in the recorded history OF
the Democratic party to inspire confidence and
faith in 1t. They have had possession Of the
national administration for nearly two years
Is the country any better by reason of the DEM
ocratic control at Washington Are wages
higher; is credit tirmer; S money more sbun-
daDti We think not The promise of Hen
bricks in his campaign speeches Of 1854, was
that the surplus in the treasury should be put
into circulation, yet Cleveland put into bis
pccket the resolution providing for the dis
tribution Of the enormous surplus Have
the mistakes and painful fiascos Of Secretary
Bsyard augmented the dignity and strength
Of our government abroadi There is not an
honest Democrat who is not ashamed of him
and ashamed Of Garland for his corrupt
in telephone stock
Young men Of intelligence will SEQ that
history is repeating itself The Democratic
party is the party of unwise policies, and un-
interrupted blunders. 1t tried to assassin ate
the government in 1851; now it is trying to
make it ridiculous, or what is worse, it is
doing so without trying.
In this state the Democratic party has done
nothing to win the confidence, fire the en-
men.
Peace has its traitors as well as war. The
men who stuff ballot boxes, alter tally sheets,
forge returns. and vote fraudulently are the
most dangerous foes ard traitors to a free
government They strike at the very foun-
dation and root of its life. No republic can
live if the ballot be frequently corrupted.
The Democratic party of Ohio is committed
n
decisions by the judiciary.
What young man is going to cast his first
vote for the party that sought to carry the
legislature by the practice of gross and
brazen frauds in Cincinnati and Columbus
that disgraced the good people and good
name of our statei
Where is that young man who has self
respect and good sense who will cast his first
vote for the party that countenancss and in
dorses outrages that bring a blush of honest
shame to every patriotic citizen IN the coun-
try!
What young man will support party that
makes his state a by-word, a mockery and a
synonym for all that is impure in politics from
one end of the land to the otberi
The young men of this state are too decent,
too we'll informed, too patriotic, TO vote the
Democratic tckst They are coming into
the Republican party. They started last
year in vast numbers under the magnetic
and leadership of Governor Fora
ker. They recognize him as the typical
young Republican Of the country and they
are glad TO be enlisted with him Another
IL dicstion Of the growing interest OF young
in the Republican party is the increased
nuuter and Importance of Republican clubs