The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-09-19
THE FIRST GUN.
Gov. FOraker's Brilliant Opening
Speech at Xenia.
Able Presentation of the Re-
publican Principles.

Guarding the Bailot-sucoinct Review
OF the B.noHts Accruing to Ohio From
Republican Administration Of state Az
fairs.
Governor Foraker opened the CAM
paign ut Xenia with o ringing and elo-
quent speech, delivered in the presence
Of about TO- people. He opened by
congratulating Republicans upon tho
magnificent victory Of 1883, referred to
ex-President Cleveland's failure to ap-
preciate the sentiments OF the Ameri-
can people, said of Benjamin Harrison
that he is calm, clear, patriotic repre-.
sentative American citizen, who stands
to-day at the head Of the nation, and
briefly touched on the great benefit to
the entire country resulting from the
victory for protection--protection not
simply to our industries our labor, our
markets, but protection to American
citizens OF home as we'll as abroad.
Then he took up the subject Of Ohio
politics, briefly reviewed the Repub-
ican platform Of 1889, and said OF the
Democratic platform and ticket:
Nobody knew until the Democratic con-
vention took action Just what would be in
its platform. For months before the Dayton
convention assembled our Democratic friends
had great controversy among themselves
upon two propositions In particular. The
first was whether they should declare for
free trade out and out, orstraddle [laughter],
and the second proposition was whether,
when they got platform, they should NOM
mate to stand upon 1t q Democrat or a Re-
publican Laughter and applausel
They finally settled the question as to the
platform in favor Of free trade, as you will
find by reading the first plank Of 1t. That
Is, they reaffirmed their position Of last year;
they stood by Cleveland; they stood by his
free trade message; they stood by the Mills
bill, with free wool, my wool growing
friends Of Greene county, and everything
else that was to be free, according to the
provisions Of that measure. But that was
only the husks. They gave these husks, the
platform, to the mossback, and then they
took the kernel for the kids rlaughterl they
nominated to stand on the platform, for
they concluded to follow precedent In that
matter, Republican-Mr Campbell.
Laughter and cheers1
Now, right here, my Democratic friend,
let me pause q moment to say to you that
you are the most patient man, politically, I
ever knew anything about Do you know,
my Democratic friend, how long 1t has been
since you had the privilege of voting for q
Democrat to be governor Of Ohioi You
did not have an opportunity to do
that two years ago, nor four, nor
six, nor eight, nor ten years ago
1t has been twelve long years since you have
an opportunity to vote for Democrat to be
governor Of Ohio.
Governor Bishop was the last of the Mo.
hicans. Laughter and applause.l Now, let
me fasten that in your mind, for 1t Is some
thing you ought to be thinking about, for
II am to judge by the disposition mani
tested by two or three late Republicans who
are now figuring In your ranks, 1t will be q
long time before you get through with the
list IN 1870 You turned your back on all
your leaders, and nominated Thomas
Ewing, man who had just hoped over the
line, out Of the Republican party into yours.
In 1881 you nominated J. w. Bookwalter, a
ticket In his life until you nominated him.
mated Governor Hoadly, until q few years
before that time one Of the most rabid Of
all Republicans Of Ohio.
ASu hOAAAlUVoo AAOaAly okblu AL lOCOS 6uu
in 1887 your nominee was Thomas E Powell,
who could never point to anything he had
ever done for which he manifested any
pride only that which he had done while be
was q Republican. Now you have nomi-
mated MI. Campbell, very nice gentleman,
but one who kept company with Powell as
he marched out Of our ranks into yours.
You don't, my Democratic friends, treat
your own leaders very we'll.
he spoke Of the defeat Of each Of the
ex-Republicans nominated by the Dem.
ocrats and said:
ocratic friend, IL that II it be that you must
vote for Republican, come over and vote
for the winning Republican. (Cheers.] Vote
for the Republican who stands by his colors;
vote for an unqualified Republicans Re
publican who believes In all the doctrines
and principles of Republicanism. You win
feel better II you do that, especially the night
after election daughter and applauss] you
can join with US in our grand jollification
on account Of victory. [Applause.l You
ought to know at once In your life how 1t
feels to be victorious. [Cheers.]
Now let us go back, for digressed lit
tie. said the Democrats had adopted q
platform. ! have 1t here I do not intend
to enter into any elaborate discussion of 1t,
but want, here and now, to call your at
tention to the character Of it. The first
plank, as said while ago, puts the Demo.
cratic party in the position Of approving the
platform Of last year, only little
bit more SO. Their candidate, Mr..
Campbell, in his speechof acceptance,
was particular to call attention to the
fact that their platform indorsed the
Mills bill. which provided, as he himself
was careful to point out, for free wool
among other things. Mr.. Harter, the chair
man Of that convention, was careful to tell
~ in his free-trade speech, the most ultra
speech Of the kind ever made in Ohio proba.
bly,, that what this country needed to-day
was "big dose OF FREQ trade" That IL
what that plank was intended to give us.
At the very moment my fellow-citizens,
that that plank was being adopted Athe great
est strike Of laboring men known in modern
times was In progress In the greatest free
trade country In the world. The strike Il
still in progress Last Monday we had
Labor Day." as 1t is called, grand holiday,
day in which the laboring men Of this
country came out from their homes-homes
they thomsalvAa own droasad in Oo0d Cloth.