Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-10-10

four and then you have two Republicans and
two Democrats elected by the people and Sc
lected in advance by the peoples candidates,
and you know that you are to rest your right to
register and vote, not upon the fat of ]. B.
Foraker, but upon the will Of the people.
lGreat applause.l
Now we come however, to the milk in the
Election Board cocoanut. The law provides
that there shall be clerk to each Board. Oh,
yes, a clerkl He gets a big salary. He is the
Board most of the time, and he is generally the
lawyer OF the Board and manipulates. He it is
who picks Bill Jones or Tom Jackson to handle
certain ward, saying: These men are friends
of mine down in that ward The law does not
say what the politics Of these clerks shall be,
only that there shall be clerk. Now, if there
was an honest attempt to get non-partisan
Boards there would certainly be
SOME DEMOCRATIC CLERKS,
Or at least an occasional Prohibitionist But
hold in my hand list OF the seventeen clerks
In the seventeen Boards of the seventeen cities,
appointed by Governor Foraker, and seventeen
Of them are Republicans; all the rest are Dem
ocrats. Laughter and applause.l Here is the
list
List of clerks OF Boards of Elections appoint
ed by Governor Foraker showing politics OF
these clerks:
Cincinnati-W. E. Bundy, Republican.
Cleveland-W. ]. Gleason, R epublcan.
Columbus-C. Harrington, Republican
Toledo-H. E. King, Republican.
Dayton-C. W. Dustin. Republican.
ingfeld-George Beard, Republican.
Hamilton-J. T. Inlay, Republican.
Sandusky-Josh B. Davis, Republican.
Steubenville-Geo. P. Kells, Republican.
Newark-L. Brady Harris, Republican.
Youngstown--D. J. Edwards, Republican.
Zanesville-H. L. Anderson, Republican.
Mans1eld-Jesse Lacon, Republican.
Chillicothe-E. D. Gilmore, Republican.
Portsmouth,. D. Purdon, Republican.
CantOn-HarrV Rex Republican.
Akron-Fred C. Bryan, Republican.
Where Is your non partisan election lawf
Here is the man in all honor who would say:
II am attempting to appoint non-partisan
boards" and never fails to put on Republi-
There are five members OF the
BOARD OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
OF Cincinnati and five Republicans on that
Board. Why should not one Democrat be put
ONT There is never a Democrat on any of them
except where the law compels them to be ap-
pointed, and yet he will stand and prate about
the beautiful non-partisan Boards that he has
appointed. He said down in Hamilton that my
objection to the Boards was on account of the
character of the clerks. That statement drew
my attention to the character and personnel Of
the clerks that he had appointed had
NOT THOUGHT OF THAT BEFORE,
And got the foregoing list and found that the
first man on it draws S3, 900 salary year in the
city OF Cincinnati as a non-partisan clerk He
is the nephew of Governor Foraker and did
not live in Cincinnati but was imported from
jackson County. That is one non-partisan
clerk. The nonpartisan clerk in Columbus is
the Governors cousin. OF course, he is for me.
He has no interest in electing his cousin Gov
ernoE He wants me to have fair show in
Columbus for this election.
THE CLERK IN CLEVELAND
Is peddling around the ofaciaI lists. do not
know for what purpose, unless it is to send cir
culars advertising some kind of soap, or some-
thing Of that kind; but the choicest morsel Is
in your neighboring city Of Chillicothe 1 ad-
wise you to go back with US on the train and
see him; it is worth the price of admission to
see the clerk there, for he is as good a cir
Gus. 1t is as told them down in Hamilton he
can't write his name without sticking his
tongue out He is q colored hack-driver and
about as nliterate he can be. do not
object to his being colored or a hack-driver. I
would consider it q credit to appoint hack
driver and give him a chance to rise If thought
him capable. But the Governor could not
only not find white man or a Democrat to fill
the place, but he had to take a black man that
had been
IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY.
Now where is that man who wanted to ask mo
about the rebel flags? If were to paraphrase
the Cove rnor's celebrated telegram would
say: There shall be no rebel election clerks
appointed while I am Governor" In order to
show the enormous power in the hands Of the
Governor OF Ohio, and that it does not exist in
the large cities alone, but that he has other
enormous patronage, and that his office is be-
coming danger to the people, will read list
of the patronage controlled Uy the Governor as
taken from the reports of the public institu-
tions and departments for the year 1887. This
is simply list of employees from the various
institutions charitable and penal, of the State.
PATRONAGE CONTROLLED
BY the Governor as taken from the annual re
ports Of public institutions and departments
for 1876