Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-09-12
QUESTION OF FIGURES
On q MomentOus Matter -" Rex
Throws Some Light. .su

Throws Some Light. ..s.
"Rex," writing to the Columbus Post,
addresses himself to Ohio's governor on
some topics, and illustrates his points
as he passes. The letter follows:
Governor Foraker: .-'.' ssr
DEAR SIR: It is now definitely set
tied that you are to open the campaign
for your third term on Sept. 7, at Xenia.
Your enthusiastic admirers are all lock-
ing fOreward to the event with joyful
expectation. They are familiar with
the record that Sampson made with
the iawbone of an ass, and are confident
that YOU can break it. In order that
they may not suffer the pains of disap-
pointment, permit me to suggest few
points which, enlarged by your brill
liant genius, will render your success
almost assured. Especially is this true
since in your public utterances you are
not fettered by regard for fact.
In your speech at Toledo, in which
YOU accepted the nomination for your
second term, YOU called the attention OF
the delegates to the striking manner in
which YOU had stopped the increase of
contrasted your record in that re-
gard with the record of your predeces-
sor, and ELECTED long-cOntinued ap-
plause by its manifest superiority There
were undoubtedly few people in that
convention that knew that what you
said was false. There was perhaps a
still smaller number who knew that
you knew that what you said was false.
Yet they did not expose the falsity of
your statements. Itwould not have
been good politics. g.l
We cite this instance simply for the
purpose of showing you that you need
have no fear that a disregard for fact
will affect your standing with the MEM
bers of your party. Truth is require
ment that they do not exact. le
While this is so, would it not be we'll
for you to disguise the false statements
you make to such all extent as to have
them escape detection? You success in
catching the votes of the credulous
would then be more marked.
If In 1887 you gained votes by the
false pretense that you stopped the in
crease in local Indebtedness will you
not permit me to kindly call your at
tention to matter which seems to
have wholly escaped the notice of your
self and your literary bureau, which in
my opinion ia of equal If not superior
merit to the local debt matter.
If you will take the trouble to refer
to the annual reports of the secretary OF
State you will discover that during the
last two months of the administration
of your predecessor there were borne in
the State of Ohio only 1859 babies,
while during the very first two months
of your administration there were born
the enormous number of 12,726-a net
gain during your first two months oi
1,108 children. When we remember
that you were only installed In your of.
ficeabout the 18th of the first of these
two months and that the second month
was the short month of February, we
can realize what may be accomplished
| by a governor of your marked ability
1 and attention to the details of life.
| While it may be difficult for some oi
the more stupid Of our fellow citizens
to conceive the connection you had
with the origin of this new population
we can console ourselves with the re.
fiection that 1t was equally difficult fol
some of US to see what connection you
had or could have had with the increase
or diminution of the local indebtedness
Of the State of Ohio. But that is mat
ter that is neither here nor there. The
point is simply this; Will this fact, i
properly presented, win for your majes
ty few votes from the ignorant rab
BILE? asaatlissg s4 s.,aS..