Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-07-04
THE OHIO REPUBLICANS.
FORAKER IN THE FIELD.
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This will be the fourth time Foraker has
gone into the field as the Republican caI
didate, and if he is elected it Will be his
third term in the position.
! No man has been more thoroughly at
tackled by his political opponents than
Foraker, and vet no man has thrived bet
ter under abuse. Some Characteristic
possibly that of putting his political ideas
in very OutSpOken language has made
the Governor an especial object of attack
by the Democracy. But that he has pros
pered under the treatment is proved by
the fact that his only defeat was, as stated
by his opponent, Governor HOadley, at the
end of his term, inflicted upon him by
means of ballOt-box frauds.
I We do not regard Foraker as an ideal
character by any means. He Is polltl-
clan, and above all things a PARTISAN
But he is an OutspOken and frank parti-
san and gallant fighter. His ability to
rise promptly to the occasion was display
ed by his prompt shipments of tents to
shelter the JOhnstOwn sufferers while OuI
own State administration was engaged III
convincing itself that there had been a
calamity. 1t will not do for the Demo
Gratis to conclude that his defeat is a fore
gone conclusion. 1t may be possibility
but it will take the best element of Dem
Ocratic management to secure that result
As between Foraker and the Doodle
wing of the Ohio Democracy, the Ohio
public will not be subject to blame if ii
prefers Foraker.
GOING TO HOLD ON TO HIM.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer
The denomination of Governor Joseph
b. Foraker, of Ohio, for third term was
not unexpected, although at no time has
he been an avOwed candidate. IthaS been
seen for some time that this was the logic
al result of the rivalry between the candi
dates in the field. Governor Foraker has
all along protested that he did not desire a
denomination, and there is no doubt that
he was honest in so saying. The emOlu-
mentS of the office are small and the eX-
penSeS very heavy. Already he has spent
most of his meager fortune in the hoSpi-
tality incumbent upon the Executive of
great State. He has been for some time
candidate for Z. ). Senator, to be elect
ed 10y the Legislature next winter, but he
announced yesterday that he is now can
didate for the GovernOrship only.
His denomination is a credit to the good
sense of the Convention. He has made
an able Governor, and was the most avail
able of any of the candidates. He stands
second in popularity to no man in OHIO,
and few Republicans in the country are
better known. His RepublicaniSm is of
that vigorous stripe that is not liable to
misconceptiOn. On the stump he has few
equals. His bold, fearless advocacy of his
principles has made him justly admired
by his friends and feared by his fOes.-
Ohio evidently knows how to hold on to
good Governor.
A WISE STROKE OF POLICY.
From the Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette.
As fOreshadOwed i'll these columns
day or two ago, Governor Foraker has
been renOminated by the Republicans of
Ohio, and will lead the ticket to victory
in November next. The third term OBJ
lection, coupled with the anxiety of the
champions of half dozen strong compel
itOrs to force him out of the race, were
not sufficient for that purpose, but on the
first ballot the Governor had but 207 votes
out of 1927 cast. This ballot, however ex-
hausted the strength of the field, and on
a second trial there was general STAN
pede towards Foraker. The Convention
was very enthusiastic, and the belief is
widespread that it was wise stroke of
policy to make the popular and resource
bearer of the party.
There will be no antagOnisms that will
not die out before the dog days are over,
and the party leaders look for g very har-
mOniOus and successful campaign. Spe-
cial efforts will be made to secure the Leg
iSlature, and with it the election of Re
publican L. 5. Senator to succeed Henry
B. Payne. The country will expect the
Buckeye Republicans to give good ac
count of themselves in the fall.
A SQUARE HITTER.
From the Lafayette Qndl Courier.
1t can not be said of him that he is
hypocrite, sneak, or a Pharisee. He !
does MT like the rebel party, and bluntly |
says so and sticks to it. In refusing to |
return the Confederate battle-fiags which |
Grover Cleveland was so anxious to do. |
Ohio's Governor distinguished himself as |
a very ardent friend of the Union cause |
and respecter of the holy memories that |
cling about the war of the rebellion More |
when the Conemaugh Valley was
devastated by flood, his ever-active mind |
took in the situation at glance, and a
week before the Governor of PennSylYa-
MIA had recovered his wits, Foraker, in
the name of the great State of Ohio, had
done more toward ameliOrating the con-
dition of the survivors of the JOhnStOwn
disaster than all the Pennsylvania Oflici-
ais combined. The terms by which he ac-
cepted the nomination exclude him from
the Senatorial race, and altogether the re-
suit of the Convention is very gratifying
to Republicans everywhere.
A STAINLESS RECORD.
From the Chicago Journal.
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term. He has been first class Governor.
Is to efficiency, vigOr, and integrity, the
of the financial affairs of ,
5he State during his administration hav-
ng been especially clean, thrifty and
He has made an absolutely
stainless official record, and there are
many reasons why he should be urged to
accept nomination for third term.
A SILLY OBJECTION.
from the St. Louis Globe Democrat
The objection to third term for Gov
,rnOr in Ohio is silly, because three terms
amount to only six years. But even in ,
Ohio the objection is not very potent
Hayes got a good, safe majority for his |
hird term. and so will Foraker. $
THE THIRD TERM BUGABOO. {
from the Sandusky Register
Well, third term or thirteenth term
# good Republican is better than one {
erm of Doodle Democrat, is better than {
ne term of a man who becomes as George I
Ioadley did, helpless tool in the hands |
# the corruptiOnistS.
A CINCINNATI man, recently returned :
rom Germany, reports that Tom Am {
rose, the defaulting ex-Clerk of the L. .
!. Court, at Cincinnati, is living in style g
t Frankfort on-the Main He spends v
is time in playing lawn tennis, and
GEMS to have plenty of money