The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-07-21
CURRENT COMMENT

IN the West, at least, Morton and MONOPOLY
Will have an ugly sound.--St. Paul Globe.
Perpetual war taxes and spend the SUR
plus :" IL the Republican policy.-N Y World.
The red bandnna Is symbol Of ponce on
carth and good will among men. = Ddnpiiis
Pysss.
II took the Republicans q week 10 mako
their ticket. A week ticket.-Louisrilis Cour.
ier-Jonrnal.
As matters look now the firm Of Cleveland q
Thurman will do business at the old stand un-
I'll 1872. Trade mark, q red bandana.-N Y.
Herald.
Ben Harrison will find u a very difficult mat
ter to hide his pro Chinese record from the in
dignnnt guzo OF tho labor element Of America.
Detroit Free Press.
In the "Tlppecanoe and Tyler too" campaign
the Harrison bar'l had hard cider in It, The
barl Is once more the Harrison emblem, but
this timo It holds boodle-St. Louis Republic.
Ben Harrison will not be elected, but IL is
quite possible that he may go down TO history
with the distinction OF having been the last
candidate OF tho Republican party Chicago
Herald.
1t has been truthfully said that the only way
for the Republicans to elect their ticket this
year would be for them to indorse Cleveland
and Thurman Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Republican organs in this State have
declared that Michigan is q doubtful State
nomination OF Harrison and Morton will make
1t doubly so.-SdgiaaW Courier. e~.-.
The slap Mt the mugwumps in the Republic
On platform indicates very clearly that the
party leaders have set down the independent
voto for Cleveland this year. And they ore
right.-Kansas Uhs star tInd).
Tho Republican attempt to Offset the Thur
man bandann with q miniature American flag
will not be popular with old soldiers. The vct-
Grams could never bring themselves to put the
flag they fought for to tho ignominious use OF .
handkcrchief.-N y jrortd.
Mr. Carnegie is introducing Mr.. Maine Us
" the gentleman who could be President Of the
United States whenever he might WISH" Mr..
Carnegie ought to know too much about 'trl-
umphant Democracy" to say any thing SO fool
ish as that Chicago Herald.
Damaging rs Mr. Harrison's public record is,
1t Is OF little Importance compared with the
platform OF his party, which proposes to make
whisky free in order to maintain the war tariff
that is impoverishing the masses and building
up great fortunes for tho favored few.-MH-
aCdukse Journal.
Mr. Thurman has for half century been the
great commoner OF America. No man can
place his finger upon q stain in his private or
public record. The man who attempts to ira.
duce him Will receive the scorn and contempt
Of sixty million American citizens Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
sistently represents q huge combination Of
professional spoilsmen and spoilatory class
interests, the ticket Of Cleveland and Thur
man distinctively, loftily and prophetically
stands for the righteous demand Of the popu-
lar conscience and the honest intelligence Of
the country for the overthrow Of the whole sys-
tenn OF predatory politics-an overthrow which
must come unless the republic itself is to be
overthrown -Galoeston News.
Thanks TO the courage and good sense OF
President Cleveland, the coming campaign is
to be fought chiefly upon question Of political
economy, and not upon the personal defama-
tion OF candidates. us some campaigns in the
past have been. The contest will be in O large
measure one OF principles and not of men.
For this the American people are to be con.
graduated. and because Of this the more
heartily. zenlously and intelligently every cit
izen enters into the contest the better for him
and the country.-P hHadslphia Times.
In 1875 Benjamin Harrison, the present Re-
publican nominee for the Presidency, was the
Republican nominee for Governor of Indiana
against "Blue Jeans" Williams. The vote
stood as follows:
.SVoOou
Williams over Harrison. ............. 5,0S4
r. b. Hayes was one OF the Ohio delegates to
the National convention, yet no cne heard of
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