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

| ished." That is the second charge against your
| candidate whom you have heard lauded SO
| highly in the last few minutes. am going to
show this fellow up that is going to run for the
| once on the Democratic ticket. Here is an
| other photograph of your humble servantI III
| Mr.. Campbell should be elected Governor, and
| with him the Democratic Legislature, the safe
| guards of the bailot-box will be wiped
out and the Cincinnati and Columbus
forgeriss BECOME resources for the Demo
cratic party In Che future.
| Then he pays me q compliment. This roll out
unctueusly. THE cand0r Of Mr. Campbell in
admitting that he is in favor Of the destruction
of the Election Boards and the Registration
laws Is to be commended but the people Of the
State would exhibit rank idiocy if they placed
themselves again in the hands of the criminal
ruling classes" And one more testimonial.
Because see they are taking shorthand notes
Of this speech and want q few copies for my
children. [Laughter.1 Some Of them can not
read yet, and will save copies for them until
they get big enough-thAt is
II ELECTIONS ARE NOT ABOLISHED
Before they grew up. Speaking of the Regis
tratien law, they say Mr.. Campbell. if he had
resided here, would have been compelled to reg
ister, ana that according to his Batavia
speech, would have been a hardship for
him. The Democratic registration system
was available for repeaters, and hat system
recenciied the party to it" There are one or
two more quotations. only want to give you
the genuine sentiments OF Halstead himself.
Here are half dozen positive, distinct charges
has declared himself against registration and in
favor OF abolishing Election Boards. always
knew that Murat Halstead was what in the
oIdeu days they called a common scold." have
read his seedlings Of every public man In
every party that has existed since was old
enough to read. He did not spare Lincoln,
Grant, Chase, Sumner, Garfield, Logan or
Blaine, and feel honered when he scolds me.
I am Hot often in such good company. Two
hundred years ago they used to take a common
scold out to the river. They only had scolds Of
the other sex-the ladies will pardon my
bushes-they took thenp to the river in those
days and put them on a ducking stool, and gave
them good ducking. ! don't object to being
scolded by Mr.. Halstead, but I object to any
man who edits aheWspaper and who holds his
head up in the community, and who has read
my speeches in his own paper-and there is not
one word in my speeches, and will leave it to
his own reporter OF them,
TO JUSTIFY THE CHARGES
He has made. I do object when man of
that character descen6s from the place Of
common scold to that Of common liar. lap
plause
Now one word more and I am through with
that branch of my subject. The Governor Of
Ohio few nights ago made speech in Music
Hall in which he said it was impossible for
him to understand my position on the election
laws. am not responsible for that. Laughter
will make the people of Ohio understand
my position, and that is all that I care for.
lApplause.1 But he said further that he was
afraid that, in order to understand me, it would
become necessary for US both to speak from the
same platform My reply to this is that, while
don't know whether I can make him under
stand me or not, or make his organ tell the truth
about me or not, at any time and any place in
the city of Cincinnati that he desires to speak
from the same platform with me he can be &C.
commedated. tLong cheering and great ap-
plause.l There is Just one condition wish to
make. He said in Xenia that he was the light
ming express raughterl, and that was COM
mon freight train. (Laughter.l The only
thing ask is this: That when he invites me to
meet him he will schedule the time SO that the
freight train can get into the depot as soon as
THE LIGHTNING EXPRESS.
lone Of the audience, And you can bet the