The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-11-20
GOVERNOR FO:AKER.
THE LEADER OF THE OHIO REPUB-
LICANs INTERVIEWER.

He thames His Deieut l'rincipoify upon
the Combined Liquor Interests-An Iowa
Republican Managers Idea of the Late
Landslide.
lfrom the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.l
Governor Foraker was asked what his
opinions were III reference to the stale
ments that have appeared in the news
papers to the effect that his defeat was
attributable TO lack of zeal on the part
of certain named congressman. He said
that he wanted 10 say once and finally, AS
he had already said, that he did not wish
to countenance any such complaints
that, in fact, no matter what grounds
there might be therefor, he had no COM
plants to make of anybody about any
thing He continued:
Il think my defeat was due more than
anything else 10 the hostility of the liquor
interests of not only the State but the
whole community. They We're aroused as
they have not been for years. i doubt
less lost vo es from other causes, but this
was the chief cause. / do not think the
third term and the other causes combined
would have amounted to much, and II is
my opinion that Mr. Halstead's publica-
ton of the forged signatures OF Mr..
Campbell did not ultimately work me any
injury. His action in retracting what he
had done the moment he learned the sig
natures were iorgerles was so manly that
it excited admiration for him. l think
the whole matter outside of Cincinnati
was forgotten and absolutely without
effect upon the voters of the State. 1t
certainly was not good cause 10 make any
Republican vote against me that Mr..
Halstead should have been imposed upon
Moreover, Mr. Halstead should not, in
my Judgment, be blamed for being I'M
| Ul..x
public speech and otherwise, i, too, saw
the paper, and saw it before he did, by
which he was deceived, and am frank 10
say was quite as much imposed upon as
he was. / did not use the paper as he
did, but my not using it was due 10 other
causes than su -picion of its genuineness.
L do not think it profitable for Repub-
licans TO discuss In an unkind way the
| causes of defeat. VIII ,tever mistakes
may have been made should be remem-
| bered only in so far as they aft ord lessons
for the future, but not otherwise. Per-
| sonally, while, of course, chagrined by
defeat, yet have no unkind feeling to-
ward any one, either inside or outside of
! the Republican party, and / do not wait
any one who has seen tit hereto ore to
| call himself in any special sense nv
friend to entertain any feeling of ill-will
or to harbor any spirit of revenge toward
any one. Our duty for the future is to
close up the lines and redeem what has
| been lost. / am not going out of poll
tics in the way | would have been pleased
to 90 out, but shall lie glad when | am
out and once more attending TO my long
neglected pr waite affairs. l hope to be
fully occupied with the practice Of the
law, but / shall always be ready TO help
the party and my friends, to whom l am
so much indebted, in any way that l
may be able 10 in the future.
Columbus ohio telegram.
Col. A. l.. Conger, Chairman of the Re-
| publican State Executive Committee,
having been pressed for his view of the
causes which brought forth the Republi-
can disaster, said:
In defeat there is nothing so becomes
a man as silence; yet know of no secrets
that the Republican party has to be kept
| from the public. SO far as the State Ex-
ecutive Committee is concerned, they
have worked hard and faithfully. We
knew from the first that we were battling
against great odds. The apathy of an Off
year, the effect of Commissioner Tanner
removal on the soldiers, the usual unrest,
and discomfort follow ng the distribution
of patronage by new national admins
tration. all contributed their mite; but
the principal cause Of our defeat
was the array of the saloon
interest against us, which, backed
by large contributions from brewers and
whisky interests inside and outside the
State gave the opposition campaign
fund which was welded with telling eff
feet against the cause, and, Of course,
the prohibition vote pulled them through.
Governor Foraker was battling for the
right He is the representative of good
government and honesty. and made a
gallant fight He broke down in the
campaign from overwork, and l believe
his sickness cost the ticket several thou
sand votes. He is one of the most eff
fectiye speakers on the stump, brave,
honest, and aggressive. He is the young
war-eagle of the Republican party and
American politics. He will be to the Re-
publican party in the future what James
G.. Blaine has been in the pasta brill
liant, able, and dashing leader. He was
batting for the right, and, while he has
gone down, his defeat will only make
him more friends, and he has a great fu-
ture before him"
The Iowa Defeat.