The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-01-21
CURRENT COMMENT.

If the objection to being SYSTEM
atically robbed for the benefit Of the
monopolist and the embarrassment of
the Treasury constitutes man free
trader, then this land is full of free
traders. - Omaha Herald.
john Sherman has written to
friends in Ohio that they may depend
upon him to oppose the confirmation
of Mr.. Lamar 1t is understood that
John has selected for his dying words:
eff any man attempt to haul down the
bloody shirt shoot him on the spot. "
Chicago Herald.
The Republicans claim that the
college presidents, who are expressing
themselves in opposition to high tar
if, are mere theorists. Now, we wish
to know what sort of men are the Re-
publican manufacturers of New En-
gland, who agree with them. - CoLun,-
bus (Ga.) Enquirer Sun.
Bill Chandler has joined forces
with John Sherman in demand for
"fair" elections in the South. Keep the
Bill Chambers and the John Shermans
out of that section, and elections in
the South will be fair enough. The
demand might come with better grace,
perhaps, from men who had no hand
in the returning board frauds. - Chi.
cago Times.
The Republicans claim that the
war tariff has produced a vast in
crease of wealth in this country-has
made many men very rich, and improved
the condition Of all. Supposing this
this to be true, could we not have a
tariff so high that even the humblcst
of its beneficiaries would be very well
Off Why can't we abolish poverty
by piling tariff taxation still higherp--
Washington Post.
This early and pronounced
Blaine boom bodies no good to the Re-
publican party in 1888. 1t will give
more caution to the Democracy in re-
vising the tariff and the conscience
vote of the country will be prepared
in the event of Mr.. Blaine's renomina-
ton to once more make impossible
the election of a man Of his political
record to the highest Office in the gift
of the people. .-Pawturet n. ~ VAL
ley Cleaner.
Tho Governor of Nebraska sends
a telegraphic request to the Senators
of his State in Congress to oppose the
confirmation of Mr. Lamar rs JUS
tice of the Supreme Court The Gov
ernor of Nebraska is very cheap
demagoguc of the Foraker-Tuttle
school. and it was not necessary fol
him to go to the expense of sending a
dispatch to Washington to prove it.
However, it has long been the habit OF
donkeys to bray when they were being
neglected. Louis Republican.
The Administrator of President
Cleveland is charged with being
antagonistic to American labor, as the
protectionist organs claim; but Sec
retary Fairchild's instructions to Gus
toms collectors to keep out the alien
contract labor miners which the LIE
high Valley coal operators are seeking
to import from Belgium don't squinl
| III VAttO ullOCUlOus l. AO A>OlAOSL NCiS
head of the Treasury Department is
for the American working-man ant
against the coal barons in this matter
to certainty. philadelphia Record.
OF course Mr.. Chandler does no
expect to make law out of his election
bill; probably he does not even wisl
that. His purpose is TO stir up pas
sion, which may be turned to partisan
account. But the introduction ant
discussion of such bill must be mis-
chievous in the extreme, apart from
its effect in exciting passion. It tend
to blur mems conceptions of the mature
of our system and the sacredness of TIN
principle Of local self-government, re
spect for which is the essential con
dition of liberty.-M y Commercial
Advertiser.