The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-11-13
",r OUGHT TO BE sAo."
Thus Mr.. Blaine Reasons About tho
Country's Prosperity, and ffc Therefore
Refuses 70 Faoe the Facin.

Thus Mr.. Biains Reasons About tho
Country's Prosperity, and Hc Therefore
Refuses to Face the Facts.
Tho American Grocer contains some "nuts
for croakers to crack in tho form OF an array
OF facts illustrating the movement of trado
during tho present year IL Is not likely that
tho mouths OF all the croakers will be stopped,
but the indications OF n continuance Of con.
tHtons promising indefinite business pros.
pcrity will loavo the people with little incllna.
ton TO liston TO thor dismal predictions
Send the croakcrs to the rear. and make tho
best OF our bus moss chances, is likely to bc
the watohword rr0y Tunes tRsp)
j was especially requested to state that
while the Democratic party was in power Ma.
t,onal prosperity continued, and that tho
warn ngs of Republl eau orators OF danger to
the industrial system OF the country because
Gf Democratic ,s, had Sscn fased
what constituted tho height of impudence,
but here Is n practical exenplitcat on OF II.
Fortunately for the Rcpubl can party 1t Is not
possible, however, to obterate current his
tory. JAMES q. BLAINE
What q contrast is here presented
between the frank acknowledgment
of fact apparent to every business
man throughout the land by repre-
sentative Republican organ and the
pitiful quibbing and misrepresenta-
tion by a representative Republican
leader Mr.. Blaine, according to tho
reasoning of the Times, must be classed
with the croakers whose dismal pre-
dictions 1t very properly rebukes. The
trouble with Mr.. Blaine is that like the
Bourbons, experience Is lost upon him.
He pinned his faith, in 1884, to the eff
feet of the dismal predictions of him
self and his brother croakers on the
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convey the impression that the cleo
ton Of n Democratic President meant
financial ruin to the Nation. Business
interests would be paralyzed; enter
prise thing of tho past. and univer-
sal bankruptcy an inevitable result.
Time, which sets all things right. has
proved the utter falsity OF those pre-
dictions. The Democratic Adminis-
tration has been in existence but year
and half and what is the resultP A
flowing tide of business prosperity
such as has not been seen for years;
prospects still brighter in every chan
mel of trade; confidence restored. en-
terprise unchecked and launching
forth into great ventures which it
would not have dreamed of before the
present Administration went into
power, and joy and cheerful expecta-
tion visible on the face of every busi-
ness man.
But Mr.. Blaine shuts his eyes to this
fair prospect and insists that the DEM
ocratic party will ruin the country.
What cares he for the unassailable sta
tistics of business prosperity which
every Republican paper in the country
is compelled to pubiishP He forgets
that the Democratic Administration has
been tried and found admirably adapt
cd to the interests of trade. He ignores
the fact that honest, economical gov
ernment, under Democratic auspices,
constitutes no unimportant factor in
the present business revival, being a
beacon of hope and encouragement to
capital and labor No such an ac-
acknowledgement would suit his purpose.
He has made the assertion on the stump
and by letter that Democratic rule and
business prosperity were incompatible,
and he means to stick to it, no matter
how ridiculous he may appear. 1t Is
an unpleasant position, almost as much
as when he was confronted with the
"My dear Fisher letters. 1t is hard
to fight facts, aud Mr.. Blaine can not
be expected to escape the penalty of
those who engage in such a foolish bus
mess.
Mr.. Blaine's besetting weakness is
in seeing things, not as they are, but
as he would like them to be. He can
not realize that what he so confidently
predicted in the campaign of 1884, has
not come to pass. In this he is like
the man who unexpectedly met a
friend in the street and greeted him
with the following: "How is this? l
read an account OF your death in the
paper" "Well," returned his friend,
''you see l am still alive" "But,"
persisted the other, "the account was
very circumstantial and the paper is
wholly reliable" Mr.. Blaine has de-
clared that business would die il the
Democrats came into power. There
fore. business is dead. 1t is an opin-
ion as is an opinion. Bunsby could
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