Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1889-03-15
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consin. The Committee stated that he
had given excellent service IN the passage
of n hill amending the Internal Revenue
laws in tie intcresi Of tie brewers. Sen
alors Sherman, Logan, Bnyard Carpenter,
Fenton mud Schultz. and CnngreEmen
Foster, Of OHIO; Randall ard Clvmer, of
Pennsylvania, aud Ellie ". Roberts, OF
New York, we're piven equal praise.
T,nuis Schndc, the attorney Of the or
gnniz'tion, IN his report to the "beer Com
gresS," had the following to say in regard
TO the matter:
~ would he sorry II any brewer should
vote ngniusi Hon. CharIca Foster, ri Ohio,
and General Je,emiah M Rusk, OF Wiscon-
ain, botl, Republican Congressmen. They
warmly assisted me in having the two
.pigot-hole bill Passed, and though none
of them had any particular intereAt Of his
own 10 take care Of they both remained
the whole long night, from The 81 10 the
dth Of March last, on the floor OF the
tiouse, watching for nm opportunity 10
have the hill passed. perform nm act Of
gratitude IN mentioning this fact"
This ia the kind OF man General Hsr-
rison has selected ma one OF his constitu-
tional advisers, Perhaps he did not know
to what mn extent Governor Rusk had
earned the "gratitude" of the brewers.
Charity may offer this excuse, but charity
cannot cover up The TACT that he neglec-
ted 10 inquire Chicago Exchange.
The above would seem to indicate that
our own Charlie preiers 10 deal in fuel,
either in liquid, vapor or ethereal form
Also, that President Harrison, il CHRIS
tian and Temperance gentleman, has been
adly imposed upon IN the new member
created for Cabinet honors, In the person
of Gen. jeremiah. All OF which goes to
show how easy II ia for Christian and
honest people 10 be deceived by the poll
tician.
Take the checkered career OF our own
ex Governor Foster, for ILLUSTRATION.
Three times elected to Congress from a
strong Democratic district, with the cor
rupt use Of money, brought forth the Seitz
law now on the Ohio Statutes to prevent
the corrupt use of money at elections-a
law wholly ignored while serving two
terms as Governor, in which he had taken
thereof. 1t has not been denied that he
secured his frat nomination for the
Governorship of Ohio with barrel Of
Bourbon whisky in side room at the
Gibson House, Cincinnati. L, A. Hig-
gins and L. W. Merry represented the
great agricultural and commercial inter-
eats of Wood county in this convention
the only two delegates present. The Gin.
Gazette which was then supporting Judge
Taft, came out on The morning of tile con.
vention and published i-t of the dele
gates instructed by counties TO vote fof
Judge Taft, and those morally certain TO
vote for him, which gave as near as we
now remember about four fiths favorable
to Taft. The trick was in securing an
adjournment of the convention, the free
dom Of the delegates to the barrel OF Bour
bon, and when the convention was recon-
vened Foster received two majority and
was nominated. This was the fret step
toward Mexicanizing Ohio in politics.
Every voter in The State, if he knows
enough to know what ia for the welfare Of
the Stale and nation, ought to know what
has transpired since. Foster has been the
prime mover in the several laws to raise
money-for revenue only-from "tax"
(the constitution forbids that il shall be
called license) upon the saloons. The
NJ. e. ministers became dissatisfied with
him and said lie "must be snubbed." He
then made temperance speech, visited
Lakeside and the "snub" was declared off.
He promised the liqnor interest that there
should be no legislation 10 interfere with
the liquor interest until the people had
had a right to express themselves upon
the subject at the ballot box, and thus he
secured both the votes of the liquor interest
and the votes of the church. He has also
banked heavily on wooden legs where he
could find such that were willing TO be
used TO assist in raising the revenue.
Thus he secured the votes of The boys in
blue who worked for $l3 per month TO
while he sold calico to their families at
so cents per yard and laid the foundation
for fortune which has been lavislily used
to demoralize the same country they paved.
In his six years in Congress did the soldier
ever hear of his introducing or advocating
any measure that would tend to eqnalize
the bounties in any way that would be
Just TO the Government, just to the soldier
and place his services on an equality with
the men who furnished part Of their
money 10 aBslst the government through
the trying ordeal IN which it passed2 If
40 we will he glad 10 give space for the
same-in order to be just and give credit
for every just act OF our public servants.
Acts speak mnch londer than words, are
more beneficial and longer remembered.
A monument built Of oratory or words il
liable to blow away at moments notice.
Feeling that he was running short OF
shoulders upon which 10 carry the nnmer-
ous buckets of water he discovered JOSEPH
Benson Foraker to assist him, and gave
out through the public press that he would
not come before the people again for
their suff'nges, but future political honors
must come by appointment. Here comes
in the explanation OF the 100000 or
S75, 600 OF expense upon the State In
court expenses to ousi the frnudulently
elected Democratic Representatives to the
Legislature from Hamilton county, in
which the Constitution Of Ohio. as well as
laws, was wholly ignored. A few days
prior to that election we heard an old
Gin. Enquirer who had just returned from
that city, what was the outlook in Cincin-
natl? His reply was, "lhe longest pole
will knock the persimmons Sherman,
Foster and john McClean were all work
ing for the delegation from that county
with The one end in view, each expecting
10 get 10 be u. s. Senator" The result
ought 10 be fresh in the minds Of all vot-
era in the State.
But the little Governor has "swollen
ont no rapidly" aR we are told by Gen.
Beatty--fully verified by the iacls--ihst
hls discoyerer and other prominent polt-
ical friends pass INN by without speak
Ing. And with all this the usual sources
0i collecting revenue 10 run the State
seem wholly unequal 10 the demand I'M
der The full limit of indebtedness allowed
by the Constitution.