The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-10-23
MANLY JOHN MCBRIDE.


lassnii H,s Character snd Misrepresen
BIis Acts
Tho supply of legitimate campaign
weapons with which The g. o. p. hal
been fighting Honorable John Mcbride
Nave long since become chcstnuts, ant
arc falling with the approaching frosts
Sn despair they have drifted into theil
VISUAL mode of fighting, and the cam
paign is now characterized by malicious
satisfying and TN. ust Misrepresentation
The frequent appearance in the Repub
Fcan press of cards, alleged to have
beea written by miners in the various
districts Of the State. have attracted
some attention. These cards set forth
.Ds ~rll as it can be done in man gled
English that the miners are openly OPP
posed to the election of John Mcbride,
and hundreds of them, even of Demo
cratic persuasion, are working against
him. which is, of course, q monumental
kie- The authorship of these cards has
been traced to one man. and the proof
will be furnished any person who will
call upon your correspondent for that
purpose. The author OF them has long
enjoyed the reputation of being q sneak
Rng. unparalleled liar, political chame-
econ and a demagogue. This man is
nonc other than Andrew Roy of Glen
Roy, cx-State mine inspector. His sour
,-Ious cards written from Glen Roy are
being dated from the towns of various
sn.ning districts. and his work is rccciv-
ing The highest praise from the Rcpubl-
acan executive committee.
Although Roy seems to spread over
che entire State, there may be u few
ptoplc who would like to know who he
rs. something about his record, and here
At is: Roy WAS a Republican in 1874
when William Allen, Democrat C
Governor. appointed him mine inspector
xot Ohio In 1875 Allen was a candidate
for reelection, and Roy having sucked
the public teat for u year, turned his
coat in order to hold on; for he became
n Democrat. His fondest hopes went
r. mmering, for Allen was defeated,
and Roy soon after executed another
acrobstic feat and became Green
hacker He was the candidate of that
party for Secretary of State in 1878,
and i'm 1879 WAS a candidate for
Auditor of State. LIN this campaign
he was openly charged with hav-
Sng sold out his party TO the Republi-
cans, and this charge was verified by
b = supporting Charles Foster for Gov
ernor against General Tom Ewing. the
father OF the greenback idea. For this
treaehery to principle and party Roy.
like Judas, received his silver in the
shape of an appoint rent as mine in
specfor- He then executed another
acrobatic feat and became a Republi-
can. In the Office of mine inspector he
yccrivcd the name OF being the most in
elolsnt official i'm Ohio. and one whom
the miners soon learned to dcspise.
In his official capacity he frequently
called upon miners to write him freely
about their grievances, and they did SO.
The result was that Roy sneakingly
gave the names of MANY so doing to
ti,eir employers and they were dis
charged. Two notable victims of
this kind of treachery were Michael
tirogan, of Buchtcl. and John Toilet, of
Stratsville. Roy frequently advocated
she cause of the operator against the
miner. instead of remaining neutral.
as his official position and honor de-
N auded.
He made repeated visits to Missouri
and the West, to look after coal and
mineral lands in which Foster and other
prominent Republicans .Scrc interested.
ffe did this at the States expense, neg
fectcd his duties as inspector, and drew
his salary the same as whcn attending
40 his duties. He has bccomc interested
rs an operator of mines in jackson
County, and as an operator attended
Il
operators held in Columbus last spring.
He has openly asked Mr.. Mcbride land
IT is the only open quest on he has
gpzsde) to give some rcason to the miners
for not pushing his coal weighing bill
through the Legislature. Roy actually
has the nerve to ask such question as
shis after fighting Mr.. McI'rldes bill in
- cowardiy, sneaking manner. Roy
wro.e letters to members of the House
o; Representatives urging them to pre-
vclt reconsideration of the bill. He
finally wrote Mr.. Mcbride himself. also
Captain Mcclure, the member from
Ninton County, and chairman OF the
committee having the cons deration of
the Lili.
There is not a man in Ohio to-day
Who has been so prominently before the
miners and wOrkingmen who has less
friends than Andrew Roy. On all
hands among those who know him you
ran hear words of condemnation, but
nowhere can you hear 4 single word of
praise He is an ignorant blatherskite,
and is now expressing his fears that the
Miners Union will bc destroyed by
Icing drawn in;o politics. Roy is such
u. notorious friend of this organization
that his words will be listened to with
interest The facts are that he has al
ways sought to retard the progress of
the organization, and, in fact, every
movement with which MIR. Mcbride has
been connected.
The iacts are that Hon. John Nc
Brides career as a laber organizer has
been brilliant one He is the only
Presideat the preseat Miners Union has
had; he organized tho union and car
fied it through the great strikes of the
Mahoning, Tuscarawas and Hooking
Valley. He is the advocate of the ad-
-ranced idea OF arbitration, and through
f,is influence it has been introduced in
settling the differences between opera
tors and miners He caused to be sue
4scssfully adjusted by arbitration the
strikes in the Connection Valley, the
Tnscarawas Valley, and finally in the
Hooking Valley, in all of which the
miners we're successful He originated
the movement to bring the operator
and miners into closer relationship and