Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-11-15
THANKSGIVING.
GOVERNOR FORAKER ISSUES A PROCLA
NATION TO TIE PEOPLE OF OHIO.

GOVERNOR FORAKER ISSUES A PROCLA-
NATION TO THE PEOPLE OF OHIO.
STATE or ONO, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
To the People Of Ohio:
God is the author of all good. His
mercy endureth forever" He has rich
" blessed our people Our centennial
wear has been the best in our history.
While pestilence and suffering have
overtaken others We have been spared.
Our business prosperity, wealth and
! happiness have continued uninterrupt-
ed. Such signal blessings call for thanks
and a manifestation of appreciation.
Therefore, l, Joseph B. Foraker, Gov
ernor of Ohio, do hereby designate and
appoint Thursday, November %, 1888,
to be a day of thanksgiving and praise
to Almighty God for His goodness and
mercy, and l do hereby call upon all the
people of Ohio to suitably observe the
same.
In testimony whereof, | have hereun-
to subscribed my name, and caused to
be affixed the great seal of the State, at
Columbus, the 9th day of November, in
the year of our Lord, 1888, and in the
one hundred and thirteenth year of the
Independence of the United States of
America. J. B. FORAKER, Gov.
J. 5. ROBINSON, Sec'y of State.
ASCRIBING THE WRONG CAUSE.
Cleveland Leader.
'Lack of time to educate the masses
up to the merits of free trade is the rea-
son that the New York World and 9TH
er prominent Democratic authorities as
cribe for the recent Democratic defeat
1t is a strange misuse of language for
the Democratic party to talk about edu-
eating the people. Education has new
er been popular thing among their
managers. Whatever leads men to
think has always been opposed by the
Democracy. On the questions of State
rights, the national banks, specie re-
sumption, and the tariff, Democratic
leaders have depended upon mere catch
words rather than arguments that would
educate the masses. In their most trust
worthy stronghOlds in the Southern
States they have opposed all efforts to
educate the people. Enlightened polit-
ical discussion is discouraged and made
to give way to mob violence. In the
large cities of the North Democrats nev-
er depend upon education. The cor
rupt use of money, careful outstanding
of the saloon vote, trickery, and the va
rious forms of demagOgism are among
their favorite methods.
The plea that the Democratic mana
gers had not ample time to educate the
people comes from the party which
counts its biggest majOrities where ig
norance is the denSest. In Texas, Mis-
sissippi, and other Southern States the
illiteracy of the people, the blacks and
the poor whites, is appalling, yet Dem
ocratic majOrities are immense there.
There has certainly been ample time to
diSpel this ignorance, but the time has
been used to augment it. The Democrat
ic party has never taken step to inn
prove popular education. 1t lives and
now and then achieves a victory in spite
of the intelligence which our public
schools and the Republican newspapers
spread over the country. In proportion
as ignorance diminishes the prospects
of Democratic victory decrease. The
best political work that the Republicans
can do therefore is to strive for the ad-
vancement of education. If the Demo-
cratic party sees fit to join with us in
that work their cooperation will be
thankfully received.