The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-10-30

! They are opposed to bossism in all
forms. They do not believe there is any
difference between Democratic boodler
and Republican boodler. They look
upon them with equal contempt.
They think self-constitute ted gang
who attempts to control elections and
nominations by dishonest methods are
dangerous elements whether they claim
to be Republicans or Democrats. They
think that a Republican who by dis
honesty and intrigue procures an Office
against the will of the people, is equal
ly as dangerous as Democrat who does
the same thing. They can not see any
difference between the man who buys
his nomination for cash and the man
who trades for it or procures it through
intrigue and deception, so far as honor
and integrity are concerned. They
know the difference between statesman
ship and egotism with brass band ec-
compartment. The Commercial Gazette
is giving a rehash of one side OF the
history of the Payne election, but
1T fails to give the true in
wardness of the Payne case. IL
it lacks information on that subject and
will send a reporter to Columbus with
instructions to make known to the public
the full history of the case from begin
ming to end he can get some interesting
reading to lay before the readers, but in
the language of Beecher ''there may be
other hearts to ache" Also if the re-
porter will only take the trouble to in
terview the Republicans of Franklin
County, he will find a large percent. Of
&l.< H. A.
and consequently can not be dictated to
by the gang; and If the Toledo Blade
and the Commercial Gazette do not keep
better posted on the situation than
would appear at the present, the cleo
ton returns may give them the might
mare"
The day of the wind jammef has gone
by in this country, and while the con-
scientious Republicans are not making
much noise they are keeping up d-l
of thinking, and the ballot, though
also silent, has its effect upon the gang
sters whether they are Democrats or
Republicans. But few months ago the
honest Democrats assisted in rebuking
the gang that had the Democratic party
here by the throat and we're running
things with high hand, and we do not
believe that there is more honesty in
their party than there is in the Repub-
1ican party. By the manner in which
the Commercial Gazette is 1aboPing On
the Payne case, it is evident that Murat
Halstead is to be indicated by the Re-
publican party in the present campaign;
| or, in other words, he is in the deal, and
| that alone is sufficient to defeat the par
ty. For one. l would rather see Payne
return to the United States Sem
ate as Democrat than to
see Halstead go there as Republican,
and know 1 vote the sentiments of a
No man has been more abusive of the
Republican party and its leaders than
has Murat Halstead. Grant, Lincoln,
Stanton, Wade, Logan, Conkling, Ar
| thur, Garfield, Evarts, Ingalls-in fact,
almost every man who has become prom
inent in the Republican councils for the
past thirty years has come in for share
of his villainous abuse, and when young
Logan felt called upon to rebuke him
and his cohorts for adding insult to in
| jury, he whines like whipped cur and
appeals to the sympathy of the people,
and young Logan stands higher in the
estimation of the people to-day by rea-
son of that most merited rebuke, for it
| would be Just as reasonable for the muir
aerer to insist on being one of the pail
bearers at the funeral of his victim, as
for the Halstead gang to insist on g
compliance of this unreasonable request.
| c. B. FERRELI