The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-26
Dem s.CRATIC GHT-MARE. !"
A Republican Stalwart Takes O
Hand,
And Fires Some Deadly Shots Into
Forakeriszn and Cranky
IIa1stead.

The following appeared in the Com
mercial Gazette the other day.
Where are those anti Foraker Repub-
licans the Democrats have been talking
about? If they live in Ohio they are
keeping very quiet.
will try to answer. They are all
over the State of Ohio. Nine out of ten
Republicans who do not hold Office. and
at least fifty per cent. of those who do
hold office, If free to express themselves
would be opposed to Foraker's methods.
There is more honesty among tho voters
of the Republican party than the subsi-
dised newspapers are willing to admit.
1t is not Foraker they are opposed to-,
but his methods. They are above per-
sonalities. but they still adhere
to the principles of the Repub-
lican party, viz, honesty and fair
dealing with the elective francise.
They are opposed to bossism in all
forms. They do not believe there is anv
difference between Democratic boodler
and Republican boodler. They look
upon them with equal contempt.
| They think self-constituted gang
who attempts to control elections and
| nominations by dishonest methods are
dangerous elements whether they claim
| to be Republicans or Democrats. They
think that Republican who by dis
honesty and intrigue procures an office
| against the will Of tho people, is equal
| ly as dangerous as Democrat who does
the same thing. They can not see any
difference between the man who buys
| his nomination for cash and the man
| who trades for it or procurcs it through
| intrigue and deception. so far rs honor
| and integrity are concerned. They
know the difference between statesman
ship and egotism with brass band ac-
compartment. The Commercial Gazette
is giving rohash of one side Of the
history of the Payne election, but
1t fails to give the true in
wardness of the Payne case. II
it lacks information on that subject and
will send reporter to Columbus with
instructions to make known to the public
the full history of the case from begin
ming to end he can get some interesting
reading TO lay before the readers, but in
the language of Bcecher there may be
other hearts to ache" Also If the re-
porter will only take the trouble to in
terview the Republicans Of Franklin
County, he will find q largc percent. OF
them who have no collars on their necks,
and consequently can not be dictated to
by the gang; and If the Toledo Blade
and tho Commercial Gazette do not keep
better posted on tha situation than
would appear at the present. the cleo
ton returns may give them the might
mare"
The day Of tho wind jammer has gone
by in this country. and while tho con-
scientious Republicans are not making
much noisc thoy are keeping up "a ID
of thinking, and the ballot, though
also silent, has its effect upon the gang
sters whether they arc Democrats or
Republicans. But few months ago the
honest Democrats assisted in rebuking
the gang that had the Democratic party
here by the throat and were running
things with high hand. and we do not
believe that there is more honesty in
their party than there is in the Repub-
lican party. BY the manner In which
the Commercial Gazette Is laboring on
the Payne case. it is evident that Murat
Halstead Is to be vindicated by the Re-
publican party in tho present campaign;
or, in other words. he is in the deal, and
that alone Is sufficient to defeat the par
ty. For one, would rather see Payne
return to the United States Sem
ate as Democrat than to
see Halstead go there as Republican,
and know vote the sentiments OF
- IN
No man has been more abusive of the
Republican party and its leaders than
has Murat Halstead. Grant, Lincoln,
Stanton, Wade. Logan, Conkling, Ar
thur, Garfield, Evarts. Ingalls--in fact,
almost every man who has become prom
inent in the Republican councils for the
past thirty years has come in for share
of his villainous abuse. and when young
Logan felt called upon to rebuke him
and his cohorts for adding insult to in
jury, he whines like whipped cur and
appeals to the sympathy of the people,
and Young Logan stands higher in the
estimation of the people to-day by rea-
son of that most merited rebukc, for 1t
would be Just as reasonable for the mur-
derer to insist on being one OF the pail
bearers at the funeral of his victim, as
for the Ilalstead gang to insist on q
compliance Of this unreasonable request.
C. B FERRELL.
THE financial affairs OF Ohio must be
run on magnificent scale truly. Tri-
fes receive no attention at the hands OF
the financiers.
The fact that Sa5o.oOo Of the sinking
fund was transferred to the general rev.
enue fund in violation Of u constitutional
provision is regarded az SO insignificant
that the people in charge of the States
affairs regard it simply as piece Of i'm
pertinenco 10 call public attention to 1t.
Four of tho penitentiary contractors
are oyor $4,000 In arrears, and when
mention is made OF it only shrug of
the official shoulders is produced.
Ono OF tho contractors who furnishes
the Governor a house has been in debt
to the State over $4,000 for year and
paws no interest. Yet when public at
tention is called 10 this trifle the States
bosses only smile and inquire, What
are you going TO do about it?'
Messrs. Stone, Bresiin and Gibson
once conducted the States finances on a
magnificent scale and in breezy disre-
gard OF the limitations OF the constitu-
fion