Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-10-24

tive to the Halstead retraction show
that the drift Of public opinion Is un-
mistakabIy in favor of Mr.. Campbell,
and that his chances of election have
been very materially enhanced by Mr..
Halsteadis malicious attack upon him
in regard to the ballot box alleged
scheme:
The exposure being of political ad-
vantage to Mr.. Campbell, the forgery
has improved rather than injured his
prospects of success.-Dsyton Journal
(Rep.)
Where, oh where, is the boasted in
teqrity, the vaunted patriotism OF the
grand old party? Where is now its
vaunted opportunity for self-exultation?
Where is its grandeur, its glory? Gone!
It sickened OF falsehood, died Of forgery,
and its dirge is mournfully sung by M.
Halstead, candidate for the United
States STANDARDIZATION Monitor (Dem.)
The scoundrel who perpetrated the
forgery should be hunted down and
made an example of. or course he is a
Republican and warm friend Of For
aker, as his crime was committed in
his interest.-Tiffin Advertiser (Dem).
The grossest carelessness and most in
excusa6le blunder that ever marred
political campaign.-Cincinnsti Times
Star (Rep.)
IT will be generally believed that the
perpetration of this forgery was done
deliberately to break the force OF the
terrible disgrace that befell Foraker In
the exposure of the George II. Iopp
rascality. - Canton Ne,0s Democrat
(Dem.l
Mr., Halstead is to be commended for
the prompt and manly course ne mas
pursued. The retraction being due, In
the interest of truth and right, 1t could
not be made q moment too SOON
; Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette (Rep.)
If Foraker had left anything undone
TO insure his own rout and ruin in the
gubernatorial contest with James
Campbell, Murat Halstead, the man OF
MANY mistakes, has corrected the de-
ficiency.-Pittsburgh Post Dem.
So the story falls flat to the ground
and Mr.. Foraker is left floundering in
the mire of his own mixing.-Toledo
Bee (Dem.)
Following closely on the heels Of his
honorable mention by Senator Sher-
man of political opponent comes re-
traction by the rash editor who asplres
to be his colleague in the senate.-Chi-
cago Ne,cs (Ind.)
This is satisfactory as far as it goes;
and it is to be hoped it will go far enough
to reach all the persons in Ohio who
have been deceived by the libel now
retracted Detroit Free Press (Dem.)
It will do the Democrats good to see
the fearful doses of falsehood which
the Republican newspapers must swal-
low.-Springfeld Democrat (Dem:
There are intimations from the Dem
ocratic managers that before it is done
with there will be other Republican
hearts to ache.-Stubenville Gazette
(Dem.)
IL was another pigott affair Mr..
Halstead had all the documents with
Campbell's signature at the bottom,
and doubtless experts ready to swear
that it was his, in spite of his Parnell-
ite denials. Campbell, the treacherous
rascal, held his peace. Parnellite fash
ion. until he got Mr.. Halstead commit
ted up to his chin, and then dropped on
him with proof positive that the sig.
nature was, like Piggott's, traced
forgery. Campbell ought to be ashamed
of himself.-New York Evening Post
Ind. Rep.) -.
A veteran politician and journalist
like Mr.. Murat Halstead ought not to
have been caught by such an old clum-
sy device as the forgery of q signature
by tracery, however jealous may have
been his partisan desire to injure candi-
date Campbell in the public estimation
-Philadelphia Record. L:F5
The fact that Mr.. Halstead has been
obliged to take back q charge which he
had made with great deal OF furore
will inevitably rebound in favor OF the
I.b ,Ak hn Huifhnnt
its lesson to campaigners of the red hot
type.-Pittsburgh Dispatch (Ind.)
We have no doubt that it is the death
blow of Joseph Benson Foraker. The
full flavor of this communication from
the editor the chief Republican organ
of Ohio can be appreciated only after
we have digested the fact that Gov
Foraker, himself, is the fountain head
of the stream of fabrication, falsehoOd
and forgery that has been directed
against Mr., Campbell, the Democratic
nominee, in this ballot box business
Now, in the very heat and thick of the
battle, the preeminent organ of the Re
publican party of Ohio finds itsel
forced to publicly denounce Foraker!
methods and brand his chief scheme a:
a forgery.-Wheeling Register Dem.
The fact that the evidence for thu
charge of Mr.. Campbell's personal in
terest in the ballot box business is nov
found to be based upon forgery not only
takes that issue out of the campaign bu
out of consideration entirely.-Akror
Beacon (Rep.)
The penny whistlers and papers tina
have been piping their mouths witt
b the ballot box slander against James E
Campbell, the Democratic candidate
have been badly kicked and knocked
down with their own boomerang
Youngstown Nndicator (Dem.)
It is matter of regret that Mr.. Hal
stead should have allowed himself to b.
made the victim of such an imposition
Toledo Blade (Rep.)
Murat Halstead acknowledges tha
he has been lying about Congressman
Campbell. He ought to tell the who'll
truth and acknowledge that he ha
never told the truth about any Demo
cratic candidate. Indianapolis Sentine
(Dem.)
It is not to be gainsaid that Mr.. Hal
stead did the right thing when he mad
the confession that the basis of hi
charge against the Democratic candi
date was worthless, but the fact that h,
did that which made it Necessary TO