The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-14
AN ADDRESS
BY Hon. James e. Campbell, DEM
ocratio Candidate for Governor.
Tho Campaign Opening Out with the
Most Flattering Prospects.

tion meeting. Speeches were made by Hon.
James Il. Campbell and others. Mr.. Campbell
spoke rs follows:
Mr., CHAIRMAN AND MY DEAR FRIENDs;-
IL that is the way the people feel oil over the
State / guess / will be the next Governor
Laughter and chcersl There is good, solid
Democratic backbone to that kind OF applause
that makes man feel like he could start out
on a racc full of hope. energy and spirit. Now
rs 1 understand this meeting tonight 1t Is
sort of u Methodist class-mccting, alovc'ieast
Our distinguished friend Neal, is acting as o
sort OF classoader and the rest OF us are act
ing rs exhorters q little after the oldfnsh oneu
campmceting style. We have with us to-nisht,
ms an invited guest gentleman who is at the
head OF committee from Georgia on an errand
wholly non.political, representing the farmers
and the press of the State of Georgia, who mas
come here to look after our industrial ana ma
terul progress. We have invited him mere ana
part of that delegation to see Democratic
meeting; for u Democratic meeting in ONO Is
illustrative of the very acme OF progress in the
State lGreat applause.l
Some years ago we marched through Georgia
on very different errand and there is nothing
that ought to make us happier than to know
that Georgia Is now marching through Ohio
on an errand of peace CONTINUED chcers.l
1t may not satisfy some of the bloody-shirt
orators of the Republican party to see this
peaceful mission but it satisfies the honest,
patriotic people of all parties. Cheering
Now, my fellow Democrats, we had a little
meeting down at Dayton the other day.
Laughter and applause.l You were not all
there, but you probably read something about
it in the papers; and my friend Neal has more
than outdonc himself in his eulogy OF the ticket
there nominated AS is customary on such &C.
casions, each of the candidates, or most of
them, were called out to make u few remarks
to the convention, and it became the duty OF
your humble servant to say something to the
enormous crowd of Democrats assembled
there in the rink. What L had to say was
temperate in spirit ana sober in tone and honest
in thought. i made no attack on any body.
j scorn the imputation that l did.
But have read recently in the Commercial
Gazette, which, since Messrs. Foraker and Hal
stead have been playing the lion and lamb act,
seems to be outhcroding Hcrod in the FORAKER
campaign. have read day after day piteous
howl about my abuse of the gentleman who
heads the ticket upon the other side. want
here to ask every man present to read that
speech; it can't kill you to.read it, because it is
very short and answer to himself whether
there is not something underneath that clamor
that is not justified by remarks there made. IL
is said that the wicked fee when no man pur-
sueth." The outcry that is made in that paper
against me for the alleged abuse, for that is the
language, must have some foundation in
guilty conscience some place. [Applauscl
/ have made great many political cam
paigns. I have sought nominations where
there has been fierce fight in our own party
/ have sought elections where there has been
still flercer fights with the enemy, and never
have and / never will stoop to personal abuse
of an opponent. LCoutinucd cheerinB.J But
this will do, and this did do at Dayton and /
shall continue to do us long as l 1retain my voice
and ability to stand before an audience of pco-
pie in the State of Ohio and that is to criticize
in the most unsparing manner the official acts
of any man. be he Governor of Ohio and clear
on down to coroner. [Grcat applause.l What
/ did say, and what repeat is this, that never
before in the history of Ohio, never before in
the history of the United States OF America,
has there been such an autocrat as the Govern
or of Ohio. More chccrs.l Power in our form
of government comes from the people lap
plause,l and the people will not long tolerate
any legislation that robs them OF that power
Continued cheering.
Now, what is the case in the State of Ohio?
And having charged broadly in the Dayton Con-
vention that the Governor Of Ohio has ap-
pointed boards in the cities of the State for the
purpose of fostering his own political ambition
and strengthening his own political party IN
stead of subservng the interests of the people.
will proceed to specify that there may be no
mistake. live in the city of Hamilton. 1t is
little Democratic city of $1,000 people. lap
plausel A city whose only crime is that 1t
can give bigger Democratic vote in proper
ton to its size than any city in Ohio. more ap-
plause.l 1t was the best governed city of its
size in America. There were fewer murders
fewer thefts, fewer outrages against law in
that city, and say 1t boldly, challenge de-
NAL, it had the fewest crimes committed
within its borders of any city of its size in any
part OF the Union: but, as said, IL was guilty
OF the one objectionable sin-pretty nearly
everybody there votes the Democratic ticket.
Yet, the last Legislature of Ohio singled that
one city out singled it out of all the cities In
the State Republican and Democratic, to put
under the control of the Governor of Ohio.
They passed an act enabling him to appoint
four citizens of that place, who should again
appoint all the policemen, all the firemen, the
Board of Health and all the street cleaning de-
partmcnts SO that the tax payers OF the city
can not say, have not even the
power in the least way to in
tcrfere with any thing, and shall not say who
shall scrape gutter with hoo. Every dollar
OF the money raised by taxation for the
city is expended by n board who are respon-
sible to the Governor of Ohio alone.
Now what was done by the Governor of Ohio
when the law was passed? do not blame him
for the passage of the law. / do not know
whether he instigated IL or not l make no
charge, but know what he did in the execution
OF the law. don't say there was bargain, /
leave that to be inferred by the common Iudg-
ment OF man; but this is the fact in that Dem
ocratic city, the whole machinery from one
end TO the other is n Foraker machine lap
plause : and of that Boad OF Public Anairs, one
ut least OF tho two So-called Democrats IS
rampant Foraker Democrat. Laughter ana
checrs.l The chief of police in that Democratic
city is u Republican, who was appointed be-
cause his brother was one OF the sharpest poll
ticians in the town. and that brother is also n
Foraker Democrat Ircnewcd laughter ana APP
plausel; and so you may go down the entire
list of employees in that city under that organ
iZation are ut work TO re-cect j. Is. Foraker
Governor of Ohio, No wonder We do not like
Foraker rule down in the city OF Hamilton. !.
No wonder that repeat, in his own
language, that there is nothing SO sacred to
the American people Us local self'government. !.
[Great applause.l Since they have complained
because in u general way charged that the
Governor OF Ohio was using his power in n
tyrannical way for the purpose OF furtherng
his own interests have specified, that there
may be no mistake about the charge. Now, 1
made another charge at Dayton and l VIII
specify ngnin for Will say nothing thnt can
not stand by ana maintain in the presence OF
my fellow citizens ! said that the Governor
of Ohio bad for political purposes, or from per-
sonal malice, removed some OF tho best men
who were in charge OF the charitable insuIu-
tions OF the State, and thereby prostitutea
them TO partisan uses. Now will specify.
Three years ago l was a candidate for Con-
gross in heavy Republican district one of the
counties OF which was thc great Republican
county OF Greene. In that county there is
soldiers orphans home. Now II there Is any
thing under the blue arch OF heaven that ought
10 be dear and sacred that ought 10 call up
every instinct that is right in the human
breast. II Is the care Of the orphan children
OF the men who died for their country. lGreat
applauso.l BW what wero those ptiful Or
phans compared 10 the election 10 Congress OF
| a Republican memberY And in order 70 make
| .I,o Or, N nDilfinAl machine