Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-09-19
THE FIRST Gun.
Gov. FOlaker's Brilliant Opening
Speech at Xenia.
Able Presentation of the Re-
publican Principles.


Repeal Of the Laws Purifying and
Guarding the BaIIot-succinct Review
of the Benefits Accruing to Ohio From
Republican Administration of State Az
fairs.
Governor Foraker opened the cam
paign at Xenia witha ringing and elo-
ouent speech. delivered in the presence
of about 10. OO0 people. He opened by
congratulating Republicans upon the
magnificent victory Of 1888, referred to
ex-President Clevelald's failure to ap-
preciate the sentiments of the Amerl-
can people, said of Benjamin Harrison
that he is a calm, clear, patriotic repre-
sentative American citizen, who stands
to-day at the head of the nation, and
briefly touched on the great benefit to
the entire country resulting from the
victory for protection not
simply to our industries, our labor, our
markets, but protection to American
citizens at home as well as abroad
Then he took up the subject of Ohio
politics, briefly reviewed the Repub-
hcan platform of 1889, and said of the
Democratic platform and ticket:
Nobody knew until the Democratic con-
vention ok action Just what would be in
its platform. For months before the Dayton
convention assembled our Democratic friends
had great controversy among themselves
up IN two propositions in particular. The
first was whether they should declare for
free trade out and out, or orstraddle [laughterl,
and the second proposition was whether,
when they got platform, they should nom
mate to stand upon it Democrat or Re-
publican Laughter and applausel
They Fl ally settled the question as to the
platform in favor of free trade, as you will
find by reading the first plank of it That
is, they reaffirmed their position of last year;
they stood by Cleveland; they stood by his
free trade meEage; they stood by the Mills
bill, with free wool, my wool growing
friends of Greene county, and everything
else that was to be Free according to the
provisions of that measure. But that was
only the husks. They gave these husks, the
platform, TO the mossback, and then they
took the kernel for the kids [laughter1 they
nominated to stand the platform, for
they concluded to follow precedent in that
matter, a Republican-Mr. Campbell.
Laughter and cheersl
Now. right here, ms Democratic friend,
let me pause a moment to say to you that
you are the most patient man, politically, l
ever knew anything about. Do you know,
my Democratic friend, how long it has been
since you had the privilege of voting for a
Democrat to be governor of Ohiol You
did not have an opportunity to do
that two years ago, nor four, nor
SIX, nor eight, nor ten years ago.
1t has been twelve long years since you have
an opportunity to vote for Democrat to be
Of
Governor Bishop was the last of the No
hicans. Laughter and applause.l Now, let
me fasten that in your mind, for it is some
thing you ought to be thinking about, for
if am to judge by the disposition mani
tested by two or three late Republicans who
are now figuring in your ranks, it will be a
long time before you get through with the
list. In 1879 you turned your back on all
your leaders, and nominated Thomas
Ewing, man who had just hoped over the
line, out of the Republican party into yours.
In 1881 you nominated J. W. Bookwalter,
man who had never voted a Democratic
ticket in his life until you nominated him.
(Applause and laughter In 1888 you NOM
mated Governor Hoadly, until few years
before that time one of the most rabid of
all Republicans of Ohio.
You nominated Hoadly again in 1888, and |
y
who could never point to anything he had |
ever done for which he manifested any
pride only that which he had done while he |
was Republican. Now you have nomi-
mated Nh. Campbell, a very nice gentleman, |
but one who kept company with Powell as |
he marched out of our ranks into yours |
You don't, my Democratic friends, treat |
your own leaders very well
He spoke of the defeat of each of the |
ex-ReDublicans nominated by the Dem
ocrats and said:
What want to say to you now, my Dem
ocratic friend, is that if it be that YOU must |
vote for Republican, come over and vote
for the winning Republican. [Cheers. Vote
for the Republican who stands by his colors:
vote for unqualified Republican, Re
publican who believes in all the doctrines
and principles of Republicanism. You will
feel better if you do that, especially the night
after election laughter and applausel you
can join with US in our grand jollifcation
on account of victory. [Applausel You
ought to know at once in your life how it
feels to be victorious. [Cheers.l
Now let us go back, for digressed lit
tie. l said the Democrats had adopted a
platform l have it here do not intend
to enter into any elaborate discussion of it,
but want, here and now, to call your at
tention to the character of it. The first
plank, as l said while ago, puts the Demo
cratic party in the position of approving the
platform of last year, only a little
bit more so. Their candidate, Mr.
Campbell, in his speechof acceptance, i
was particular to call attention to the
fact that their platform indorsed the
Mills BILL which provided, as he himself
was careful to point out, for free wool
among other things Mr.. Harter, the chair
man of that convention, was careful to tell
us In his free-trade speech, the most ultra
speech of the kind ever made in Ohio proba-
bly,, tn at what this country needed to-day
was 'big dose of free traden That is
what that plank was intended to give u.s.
At the very moment, my fellow-citizens,
that that plank was being adopted the great
est strike of laboring men known in modern
times was in progress in the greatest free
trade country in the world The strike is |
still in progress. Last Monday we had
Labor Day. as it is called, grand holiday,
a day in which the laboring men of this
country came out from their homes-homes |
they themselves own, dressed in good cloth
lng-they came out in holiday attire and
formed in professions and marched behind
bands of music with the flag of their coun-
try floating over their heads, and rejoiced
that they were laborers, and that labor in |
this country was honored and honorable
On their faces was to be seen only joy and
happiness AT the same time that they were
having these parades of celebration in this
country there were nearly 200, 900 starving,
>9 -~h &c striking, laborers parading the
streets of London and begging the whole
world for bread.
Look on the prosperity of this country; s
look at the happiness, at the opportunities, {
at the future which here lies before every
man who can work, and then look at the
poverty, the distress, the misery that you {
find yonder over the sea, and then remem- (
Der that this is protected America and that
is free trade England. [Applause.l Do we .
want big dose of free tradel lShouts of
NOT Do we want even a little dose of
free trade? IAN emphatic shout of ''No."l I
Then do not have anything to do with this
miserable Democratic declaration. Zap
plause.l Put your feet upon it, as you put
your feet upOn their National nlatforun Last