The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1889-09-13
OHIO POLITICS.
1T LOOKS LIKE FORAKER WILL
WIN AGAIN.
Because the Democrats Would Not Re-
pudiate Paynei>m and BE True to Its
Traditions.

years ago Ohio was hanging in he balan-
ces, and just ready to fall on the Demo
cratic side. The country people in many
counties Of the State had always been
! Democrats their fathers We're Democrats
and they believed in Democratic prin-
ciples. Under the leadership Of such
men As ALLEN, PENDLEToN, and THURMAN
the Democratic party was strong, vigor
Gus and growing. Under their leadership
it had the confidence of the people to the
! fullest degree | their leadership had
| been continued their advice followed
and their principles adopted, Ohio would
to day be a staunch Democratic State
But in an evil day there came to the
front men who knew not Joseph men
who had personal ends to subserve rather
than principles to advance and they ob-
tanned, in too great measure, control uf
the machinery Of the party They cared
nothing FOR t1e -,rea, doctrine of Tariff
Reform IN truth some OF them believed
in protection they wanted 10 get what
po>itions AID offices to.ld be had by an
allegiance To the Dem cratic party. To
do this they set themselves TO work to
| impair the ntiuence of THURMAN and
| PENDI.EroN with the Democratic ma ,Ses
who are in the main honest and true.
The growth of the asceniaucy Of IiEH"y B
PAYNE and his friends in the y, mocr..tic
! party marked the decline of the grus, til
of the Democratic party !ut the act
which did more 10 lniure the Democratic
party in this great State was the frauu
up N the ballot boa committed IN Flamil-
ton county where PAYNE was elected I nj
ted States senator PAYNE money bought
the election ard then ii spite Of the Ge
sire Of tie great mass Of the Democratic
party, he was sent to the Senate He
succeeded the honest and clean handed
PENDLEToN ana his election was due to
the corrupt use of money. Of this there
| is no doubt. Hundreds of good Demo
crats were disgusted at this betrayal Of
the party and at this elevation of l5oOde-
ism in the party. OF course he was seated,
and seated by Republican votes. There
were enough creatures of the Standard
OIL Co in the Senate added to the Dem
cratic vote, which voted for PAYNE as Il
choice between evils. to secure the reten-
tion of PAYNE It would have been a
good thing for the Democratic party if It's
Senators had repudiated Mr.. PAYNE and
declared him illegally elected. But that
victory increased the power of the PAYNE
element in the council of the party and
decreased the power of the party 70 get
votes During MIR. CLEyELAND'S a3uil-
istration, the Democratic party in Oslo
was not helped by the patronage. 1t was
too largt y dispensed through the PAlNE
forces. So much by way Of stating the
reason Why Ohio is Pct Demo. ra;ic
State
IA election Will shortly he held ii Tins
State for Governor and members OF the
legislature The Republicans nominated
their worst man the worst type Of the
narrow bigot and sectiona!ist. His stooA
in trade is abuse Of the South. With
ability and agyres.yeness, he uses that
sharp weapon effectively lie viii be re
elected but not because the people want
FORAKFR They don't want h.m, bur he
will be elected because the Democrats ar.
rot united upon Mn CANPRELI, the y, m
Ocratic nominee. Though personally j
popular man, the influences that secured
his nominal lon are not the best intiIeuces
in the Democratic par.y id Ohio. Most
Democrats viii support him. All wou!G
do SO cheerfuliy bit for two reasons. first
he is said to be the candidate of the anti
THURMAN mer, otherwise the PAYNE lie
ment; second, he is a sort Of Pro fectIon
ist He would not vote for the MORRI>ON
bill at all, and voted for the MILLS bill
only after voting with the Republicans Il
weigh it down with many amendments
These two things cOmbine to give nina
half hearted support by some Democrats
OF course they are wrong They ough'
to throw NJ their hats aud hurrth for h,r
and work for his election earnestly. FORA
RERIsM is menace to the country and 1,
down such 4 bitter and malignant section
aist every patriot ought to enthusiastic
caly support his opponent. Mr.. Campbell
is personally worthy OF that support anC
is man OF broad. National views. He i
not closely enough, if at all. identitiel
with the Standard Oil Company to maxi
him their tool, even if their men did sup
port him for the nomiuation. The con
yention that nominated him adopted
strong Tariff Reform resolutions and 81
put the party fairly on record. This beins
the status of affairs there ought to be n
lukewarmness among Democrats. Bu
there Is and it is going to secure the re
elect ion of FoRAkER The Democrats haC
good chauce to beat FORAKER this year
or run him closer than they will by throw
ing off entirely the PAYNE element, nomi
Mating young THURMAN, NEAL, OF sem
other Tariff Reformer. and repudiatin:
the acts of so called Democrats severa
years ago in Hamilton county. But the.
did not act wisely, and notwithstandin,
the fact that FORAkER has enemies in hi
party who would have been glad to Sc
him defeated and the majority Of the vo
ters in Chic are against his mean section
alism, he will be re- elected if all signs d
5 not fail | see that MR.. CAMPBELL ha
been interviewed by the New York Star
: He says, in response to a question ''Wha
are the State prospects now"