The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-09-30
FORAKER'S SPEECH
TIE CAMPAIGN KEY
NOTE.
Coarse BlackguNrdiSuM and
Inscriptions Misrepre-
sentatiOn.
The Most Disgusting and Ungentle
manly Speech ANY Governor Of
Chic Ever Uttered.

For a month past Governor For
aker has been preparing speecl
, which was to be the key note of th'
' Republican campaign this fall.
1t was delivered last Friday ans
has created a sensation.
, 1t sounds more like the curl
: stone coarseness of a rowdy and th'
! drivel of an idiot than the languag,
ofa man occupying the position o
Governor of the great State of Ohio
Summarizing the speech, the En-
quirer says:
The people of Ohio will note
with pain, with sadness and with 8
common feeling of disgust, that fol
the first time in the history of g
State a man. holding the exalted
and dignified position of its Gov.
ernor. has descended, in a politic
al speech, to the level of a common
blackguard.
That is harsh term and not pleas.
ant one to rse but the language of Gov
ernOr Foraker's speech, carefully pre-
pared in advance, and sent in a printed
form to the press, compells its use. Ad-
dressing the Democratic party as a
whole, he charges it with bold defiant
villiany. He speaks of "the dirty sto
ry of their crimes" He rolls upon his
tongue such sweet>mouthed phrases as
Infamous outrage" villains" "thiev-
es." He accuses the party of s:stupid
imbecility." Ee declares that where
ever there is Democratic Judge he is
found to be "a subservient tool in up
holding fraud" He groups all Demo-
cratic Judges, even those Of the Sa-
preme Court, under this head, and is so
amazingly indecent as to include Judge
Follet by specific mention of his name.
| Was the like of su ch billingsgate ev-
er before heard in the political speech
es of this country7 Never before from
one holding high position, at the head
of great State. Dignity is thrown
de;,decency is forgotten; blackguard-
ism froth5 and foams at his mouth. z s
the man crazy. Aye, politically era y.
His lust for Office, the constant cod
ding of the Ring that are using him,
and his wild ambition to get onto the
| National ticket, seems to have mud
led the small measure of his intellect,
and to have made him political luna
tic. His offenses in this particular are
So rank. so unparalleled, that it would
be a fitting rebuke should the Demo
cratic Bench and Bar, and all Demo-
| ~,
ter all personal recognition. He has
shown himself not statesman, nor yet
a Governor, but common demagogue
and an uncommon blackguard.
But his lunacy does not stop here
The great bulk of his speech, his great
reliance for effect, is an attempt to
show that the manage ment of the peni-
tentiarv under the late Democratic ad-
ministration was corrupt, Let US note
the elegance of his language "The Of
ficials OF that institution appear to have
been, from head to foot, set of miser-
able incompetents. and bold and un-
blushing scoundrels, who stole and rob
bed right and left on every hand from
the DAY they went in until the dav they
were kicked out, to stay until they are
sent back, as they should be to pay the
penalty of their crimes by serving the
State, not as officials, but as convicts."
And this is the language ofa Governor
of the State Of Ohiol
Blu: there is another phase, of which
the speaker, with most inconsiderate
rashness, makes use, that may serve as
text for an explanation of his whole
story. "They made, he says, "the
| penitentiary and the unfortunate in
mates the instruments of political
crime" And what have you been do
ing, Governor Foraker? Did you not
bribe Hermann with a pardon to tell
his wild strry for political purposes?-
Ibid you not bribe Evans the same way?
Tosney if he wonld swear to what was
wanted of Linn? Is not Kelly the recip-
lent of like offer? And are not these
very convicts. whose imagination you
are now making campaign use of, ex-
pecting full pardons so socn as the elec
tior is over? One of the poor tools that
you have been thus using is Richardson
who committed a most atrocious and
cold b)ooded murder in this city. Your
own organ informs the world that, hav-
ing told his little tale, he is soon to
have his pardon on the old myth of
newly discovered testimony Have
you not already learned, Governor For
aker, how easily private assurances of
full pardon will persuade a convict to
swear to anything you want? Have no.
you and your Ring been engaged for
weeks in making 1.-THE penitentiary and
~. 20 al fe
OF political ciime?'
What do you think of it, citizens Of
Ohio?. our own Governor closeted with
convicts and peddling oat pardons in
return for material with VIII ich to make
o campaign speech! Do you like the
picture? Has the American world ever
before witnessed such a spectacle as
Governor exhibiting himself on ,the
stump with a speech based on convict
testimony received in such fashion?
The figures of the Governor are as
wild as his penitenitentiary stories. To
these we shall return hereafter; and on
ly point or tive is sought to be made |
here. 1t is difficult to see how ignor-
ance alone could bring about such |
gross misstatements. Deliberate un-
truths must have prevailed somewhere |
in their MANIPULATION. as to the |
reaching forward" the anticipating of |
revenues. which Governor Foraker calls |
robbery" tha: has been common to
half the administrations of both parties
The figures pretending to show extrav-
agance in the administration of Govern
or Hoadly have been grossly perverted.
No notice is taken of the extra ordinary (
expenses of the time. The output for
the Ohio food. and fer the maintenance
of militia in Cincinnati would alone
account for nearly all the increase
that is claimed. Equal insincerity per-
vades the alleged tatistics as to the
penitentiary. Here, as we shall later
show. has been deliberate falsifca-
tion of figures. Here, too, had been a
great change in :he policy of the insti> I
tutlon-a change demanded by the peo
pie Of the State irI espective of party,
which sought to take it out of stock job
bing business, and make it humane,
institution. Such changes
take long to get into perfect working
order, and loss at first inevitable. Ex
aggeration. perversion and deliberate
are the noticeable featur
es of this portion of the address.
We dismiss the speech with pro-
found regret that Governor of Ohio
should have been guilty of it. There
has been corruHtion in the State of
Ohio as III other States /; but all intelli
gent men know that it is not peculiar to
party. The Republicans of Cincinnati
are learning that faster than they like;
and their cheeks are red with shame to
see their Governor denouncing the
whole Democratic party and all Demo
,raiic Jndres as .1.thieyes" :" williams"