New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-08
THE OHIO CANVASS.
HAMILTON COUNTY AND THE PART 1T WILL
PLAY IN THE ELECTION.
HONEST ELECTIONS AT STAKE-DEMocRArlO
HOSTILITY TO REGISTRATION BOARDS
THE PROSPECT OF REPUBL-

been dispclled by the monster RcpuDHcdh I@"i'N
meeting held in Music Hall last saturday lish'' y"
which occasion not less than 10000 people anoie
rhen fully 1000 ladies' were literally packed whhl
its walls and waited patiently till hafpast ociooh
for Governor Foraker-hc speaker Of the evehlhh "
arrive, his train from Urbana, where he han spo ~,
during the afternoon, having been delayed M
Republican clubs Of the city, with bahuS ana
banners flying, had marched into the hail. sur'i,o
the vast audience to the highest PITCH and wher ''
Governor entered and walked down the main a.sl.
the scene surpassed description. Cheer i oV"
cheer hats were thrown into the air and handkeIch
wero waved, the demonstration continuing ~
least ten minutes. From that moment f'eP"On -,
victory was by common assent conceded III ia'
County and in the State, for the issues upon -
the present Gubernatoral campaign In ONO v'at
conducted are the local issues in Cincinnati "n'
Is really Hamilton County. so.
Still, politics is uncertain thing anh inc ~
Of the ouor legislation Of the last General AsseOS
which was largely Republican, upon ule t |a
vote of the county remains to be seen Wv 49,.
measures adopted an increase OF INC D -
imposed upon all retailers OF liquors, rom o-o P
annum TO $3.50. To this there IS no oD!e' "o"
anv score But second enactment, provldlhg io' "
fine and Imprisonment for the proprietor OF VIM nv
may conduct any place where liquors are soiu va
week DAYS which Is open Sunday. has uhq's''o"
ably offended the German Republicans Nno
great sticklers for what IS termed personal ' -
and this they assert is circumscriD'u ny wv 49,,
law as this Sunday enactment Is coHliio"'' '
mated ,, ayo
Had the election taken place three weeA' 90
,,ho, tho county tickets in the field Foraker "ouu
,,a,,os,,orablv have gone out of Hamilton County
with five thousand majority against him. luo 49,
for this briefly stated, is letter the .,c,
wrote 10 Mayor Moslcy, Of this city, Wgms '"V a,
enforcement Of the Sunday law. saying by nr ~,
not in so many words, that II the NaSoi .rd
enforce the law he ought to resign Inns o1
tbe German Republicans OF Hamilton County cA'oou
inrly and they have not gotten entirely o''r It, e
Tho situation has been greatly improved by inc MY
imrortant issue of honest elections, when 'di.7
CampbeI TO his own sorrow, has forced W '"' -,
We're the election TO take place To-Day ror' -
NOT r,n I 600 behind his ticket here and any loSo 10
might sustain I'm Hamilton County would pe hloi'
than overcome IN the State at large wheie 'n0 "'"
nosition he has taken increases his popuiarlN.
Tho ccilatunc 70 be chosen In Ohio THE fall elects
a Senator to succeed Henry b. Payne WIZ "a' ao
nr,duct Of what is known in State polHics d. 'n'
Coal on Legislature, elected In 1865 ana ,Hc
Senators and nine Representatives 10 winch -
Comfy is entitled will be an important i''". "
determining whether Mr.. Payne Is 10 Oe suo''o -
a Republican Democrat. The fepuoioa'''
declared that Mr. Payne's election six years ago wa
secured BY the fragrant Of money anu ul'" ~
t.sue went into the campaign. The Democracy
ignoring this started IN to make their calnp"EH ]"
Home Rule" declaring that what are sVIed 'i'o
Foraker Boards" must go. These foFahft poa'"N
with but exception are non-partisan boaius Vi
Elections and Police Commissions. the members oi
which by the provisions of the laws creaing ihem
are appointed by tho Governor. Tho one exception
Is the Board of Public Affairs of this city, the mem
bers of which, appointed by the Governor, are All
Republicans. There is also Board of Public Affairs
in the city Of Hamilton, Campbelrs home, but 1t Is
non partisan body These election boards are IN
mower In Cincinnati. Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo
DAYTON Hamilton and other cities Of the state
seventeen in all-and found a necessity because
Of tho extensive frauds practlscd by the Democracy in
1885, when terrific effort made 10 obtain
legislature that would send John II. Mclean 10 the
United States Senate. The law or laws creating
these boards provide for annual registration Of
voters and partisan Boars OF Election officers a.
each polling precinct in the cities to which they apply
That for Cincinnati now extends to Hamilton County
The frauds Of in this city yet forgotten
nor arc they likely ever be. and anything looking
to a return TO the OF affairs then existing meets
with condemnation hore from even large proportion
Of Democrats
THIS is getting little away from Hamilton County
yet present an intelligent statement OF the situation
here the dsrcs sion Is necessary, for In" Democrat
state Convention at Dayton, which nominated Camp
bell for Governor, managed by the very men
who committed or directed the commission Of the
election frauds of 1855 I'm Cincinnati. Lewis &.
BernaId secretary Of the convention was the right
hand Of the Democratic boss, John X. Mclean
in 1855. Tom COgan, who OF the most
active in the deliberations Of the con
vention, jointly indicted with Allen
o. Myers for completely in tho Columbus tally
sheet forgery in that year. and has been openly charged
with having gone from the Office of " The Enquirer"
the polling place of Precinct A. Fourth Ward in this
city, and directing the forgery Of names
mil hooks md ain
Of 1876 votes alleged 10 have been cast for the
Democratic candidates I'm that precinct, to 026 the
change being effected by altering the into by
placing 0 on top of the former figure This forgery
on the face OF the returns a solid Democratic
delegation to the Legislature that year from this
county, and counted by Dan" Dalton, then
County Clerk, but did not succeed in securing the
Legislature which was the result systematically
sought. The Democratic Canvassing Board at Colum-
bus refused count the forgery there, wherein POS
votes cast for the Democratic candidates for the
Legislature I'm the Thirteenth Ward Of that city were
altered to sos. This Dalton active I'm the Day
ton Convention. Another Hamilton County man,
leader I'm tho delegation and who represents the lst
Congressional District IN the Democratic State Central
Committee Michael Mullen, who, lieutenant
Of police at the Presidential election Of 1884, incar
ceratcd 132 colored Republicans in the cellar of tho
Hammond ST. sauonhouse in this city during all OF
election day, preventing their exercising the right OF
suffrage, for which he tried IN the United states
Court and sentenced TO years Imprisonment by
the late United States Circuit Judge These men
control the Hamilton County delegation, and thereby
the convention which nominated Campbell. The
declaration against the Sc Foraker Boards as they
styled them, at once seized upon by tho RepnDh
cans as an Endorsement Of the frauds which have been
referred to- and this has been made the ISSUE Of the
campaign in Hamilton County.
At the Republican County Convention held here
two weeks ago Music Hall remarkably strong
ticket nominated. the German element D'HS
represented by one of the three senatorial nominees
three Of the nine Representatives and by five of the
nine places the county ticket. The convention
went further than the simple nomination of TICKET
and adopted a platform, which, after lndorslng 'no
Administration of President Harrison and Governor
Foraker continues: Any plan adopted by COher''
TO prevent election Outragcs and crimes, more G.,
peclay those which are directed at the negro VIII
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