The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-03-02
Gen. Bcatie Estimate of 0hio's Gov
ernOr.

Gen. John Beatty, of Columbus
is an uncompromising Republican
and has been prominently before
that party for years and his name
has been favorably mentioned in
connection with high official honors
on several occasions.
In an interview published in the
Columbus Post of 20 inst. he has the
following to say, among other
things of Foraker and his admin
istration:
81 haven't seen him for about a
year, and from what l hear, am
afraid he has grown entirely out of
my recollection" / am told that
even Foster, who dragged him
from obscurity and nominated him
for Governor, don't know him any
more, and that the dearest of his
old friends-Grosvenor, Nc Kinley,
Mark Hanna, Sherman and Butter
worth-fail to recognize him when
they pass him on the street. But
this is not at all strange. The Gov
ernor was somewhat immature
when he entered the executive Office
and there is no place in Ohio more
likely to swell green man out of
all resemblance to his former self
than the one he holds.
AS to Foraker himself. His
three years of official life have in
good part been spent in attendance
upon fairs, shows and banquets
where he could be seen and admir-
ed, or upon the stump advocating
his own election, or that of his
party friends. The duties of the
Governors Office have been in his
absence discharged with great
ability by a clerk, the commercial
value of whose sevices would prob
ably be rated 5000 year.
What about the little affair at
Xenia?
The Governors summary dis
missal of Grosvenor from the Xenia
Home is but one of many proofs of
the fact that he regards the APP
pointing power as his own person
al property to be used to reward
his friends and punish his enemies
and not primarily for the good of
the public service.
In reference to his famous dis
patch concerning the rebel flags for
which he has taken to himself so
much glory the General speaks as
follows:
"The only speech or writing he
ever uttered which impressed it.
self on the popular memory, is the
to Hillsboro man about
flags. The way of it was this: The
Hillsboro man, in his ignorance
and innocence, thought Cleveland
had demanded of Foraker the sur
render of certain rebel flags, in the
States possession, and SO wrote
respectfully inquiring into the mat
ter. Instead of undeceiving the
worthy man by q pertinent an
swer saying that no such demand
had been made on him as Governor
or otherwise, Foraker replied; "No
rebel flags shall be surrendered
while / am governor.
And this deceptive, wholly irre7
levant and nonsensical reply was
by the common run of
fools as the brilliant scintillation of
Il great political genius, and so they
put it on badges and began to talk
of the author of IL as suitable per-
son to be President of the United
States. Phil Sheridan, when at
somerset q year or more ago,
referring to the matter, hit the nail
on the head by saying
that it was all simply
poppy-cock."
General b. then gives the true
inwardness Of the effort made by
Foraker and his henchmen to get
up what would appear to be a
spontaneous Foraker boom at Chi
cago.
Then in regard to Foraker's pre-
tended love for the soldier, he talks
thus.