The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-11-07
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As to the explanation Of the Republi.
can defeat in Highland county, but one
answer can be given, and that is that
Republicans did not vote their profess.
ed principles. Does that assertion need
any explanation? Take the vote for
Charley Holmes for illustration, and
take it in Liberty township where the
scratching is best known to us. There
is no desire to eulogize Holmes in this
connection. His ability, personal char.
acter and Republicanism are all above
reproach or censure. A man eminently
qualified for the position sought, but we
find that Holmes name was scratched
"a times in the North Precinct and 90
times in the South Precinct of Liberty
township. Now this was not done be-
cause Charley Holmes was not well
known, nor because he was not consider.
ed well qualified. What then? Either
sore heads or money. There is no other
legitimate conclusion.
It might be well to concede right here
that the individual voter has and ought
to exercise his right to erase the name
OF any candidate who is Objectionable on
account of personal character or qualifi.
cation; but the act of an adherent Of
any party, scratching the name of a
member OF that same party whose char.
acter is above reproach and whose quail.
fications are exceptionally good, SO as to
cause his defeat and humiliation, to say
nothing OF the humiliation of the party,
is just as great a political crime as it is
possible to commit. tits more. It is an
insult to the individual whose principles
one processes to indorse.
How does the adage, Don't you go
back on your friend" sound in this con.
nection?
But sentiment is eliminated by the act
of the voter from any consideration in
the case. 1t is not satisfactory conclu.
sion to attribute all this scratching to
sore heads, and If not, then we are
driven to the consideration of the in.
fuence of money. Now if we conclude
that it was money that defeated Holmes,
Charley Holmes and the Republican
party in this county can sustain defeat
OF that kind with hohor to both. But
those cut.throat voters, who sold their
honor and their rights, should not be
forgotten. On this same subject we may
have word to say in the future, as to
some evident disaffection in the Repub.
lican ranks in the corporation of Hills.
boro.
In the State the defeat is still! more
difficult to account for than it is in this
county. The lines on which the issues
have been fought have really been that
of the administration of Foraker and the
registration laws, both of which the Re-
publican party, even in it's defeat are
proud. That Foraker has made some
mistakes must be conceded, but they
were not of q nature to invite his defeat
That mistakes were made in conducting
the campaign will also be conceded
We refer now to the Campbell ballot.
box forged contract. The publication
of said contract was evidently mistake
but it should be said that it was honora'
bly, retracted, and there we would let II
lie, were it not for the fact that the Com
mercal Gazette, in enumerating reasons
for the Republican defeat, ignores that
blunder of its own and lavishes with 9
free hand the cause of the disaster te
the cause of the better class 1--WE say bet
ter class advisedly) of citizens who have
stood boldly forward for Foraker, while
the c. G. has occupied anything but {
position which the thinking Republicans
throughout the State could indorse
Nay more. In the issue of the Commercial
Gazette of Wednesday last, it, with it
usual dictatorial air, gives Foraker back
handed lick, charging the Mosby lette
of the Governor, as costing him thous
ands of votes in Hamilton county. Thi
conclusion of the C. G. may be correct
But would it have the Governor of Obi
to wink at lawlessness and keep silen
while the law is being violated? If tn
C. @. is not aware of the fact that its al
titude toward saloons and the Sunda
law has not been satisfactory to larg
majority of the Republicans of Ohio, i
is high time it is finding it out.
Governor Foraker's fearless expires
sions are just as grand after his defea
as they were in the flesh of victory
The utterance Of Henry Clay, that h
"would rather be right than be Presi
dent" applies with equal significance t
the brave utterances of j. B. Foraker
and those sayings are not likely to b
forgotten by the people of Ohio or Q
the United States soon. If the peopl
of Ohio, and particularly of Hamilton
county, have SO far forgotten themselve
and their obligations to law, as to defea
one of the best men for Governor tha