The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-10-16

upon candidate against his wishes and
stick to him like a burr; but 1t is only
when they are appointed to i'm
portant positions in the public
service that an injury is inflicted
upon the State. What Campbell, if
elected, may do with this class of men
we can only conjecture. What Foraker
has done we know. They hold the offices
and run the machine at the expense of
the taxpayers of Ohio.
~
''The chatter about third term diff
Guilty is the sheerest nonsense. l can
not understand that any man with COM
mon sense and common honesty can give
that foolish noise serious thought.
''This whole current of talk is twad
die. 1t is an effort to pervert the public
feeling that has established the tradi-
tion, strong as the constitutioH itself,
that no man shall be three times Presi-
dent of the United States. There is no
third-term prejudice or sense of public
peril associated with any other office,
and there is no occasion for any."-Hal-
stead at Wilmington.
Senator Halstead knew he was indulg-
ing in a little cheap demagogy when he
uttered the above, for he must know
that the reasons which debar Presi-
dent from third term apply with equal
force to Governor of Ohio. The patron
age of the President is less to the square
mile than that of Governor. If the
one should be forbidden by ''the tradi-
ton, strong as the Constitution ITSELF"
20 t, nA.1a to Inn.
self and his adherents in Office, why
should not the other? The offices are
similar in character. The holder of one
is simply larger President than the
holder of the other. Their duties are
essentially alike. We know, indeed, OF
no case in which President has sue
ceeded through his appointees in pack
ing a convention and renominating him
self; but we have in Ohio, now, a case
in which the board of public affairs Of
Cincinnati, with its numerous employees,
the police board with its army of police
men, the election board with it's scores
of appointees, united under the leader
ship of Oil Inspector Cox to pack con-
vention in the interest of Governor
from whom they had received their ap-
pointments.
1t was a successful effort, so far as the
caucus could make it successful-to per-
petuate him and them in Office. 1t was
an open and conspicuous trampling I'M
der foot of the principle embodied in
that tradition strong as the constitu-
tion ITSELF" to which the people of Ohio
and of the United States have hitherto
adhered. Is it wrong for President to
be subjected to the temptation of using
the patronage at his disposal for per-
sonal ends, and yet right for Governor
to be not only so tempted but to yield
to the temptation? Shall we endorse
the doctrine that Governor of Ohio
may peddle out the patronage of his
| high office to perpetuate himself in pow
er, and yet hold that even a Lincoln or
| Grant shall not be permitted to do
substantially the same thing? Mr.. Hal
stead has not shown in this instance the
wisdom which should emanate from one
who aspires to the position of United
States Senator. The fact is he display
ed his great genius to better advantage
on the 7th inst, when in an editorial he
said: His Foraker's) splendid appear.
ance on festive occasions, and the bril-.
liant greetings he had h4d in the dress
parades before the eyes of the country
have been of general fame" This,
think, is pretty good for Halstead, and
presents Foraker in his best shape.
| JOHN BEATTY.
| September D.