Telegram-herald., 1889-11-19

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more thaa loc4l notice The r2ciest
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~ speak - VOC a. 4 nan who has been
us.ng bis vo.ce aud hls pen 10 behalf OF
tae Democratic party Tor seventeen
years. 1 wanl 10 s4y that wear 40
man collar and never did, and rather
tnan 90 80 / sould 20 INTO ne streets
y Lh a p.ck and shovel. Cheers
ana here looking INTO the fsces OF a
great many men, aud al ask is that
you thlnk NE honest Ia what / say.
II want no once. would not ac-
oept one. TIE only thing I want Is 70
keep cut OF jal. Laughter.j l have
eleven more days 10 serve, and here Is
nay friend Jordan and my friend Baker,
both Of whom are lawyers looking for
clients. Laughter But am only
IaI-bird. l see among Us number OF
men who have Just been elected 70 the
Legislature. A word OF advice % them.
You have future before you. some
Of you are older than I, and some are
younger.
But let me implore you not 10 vote
for millionaire Tor United States sen
ator. loud eheers.) Don't DO II.
Don't vote for Cal Brice, or John r.
Mclean or Thomas. The moment you
send a millionaire 10 the United states
senate from Ohio, just that moment
YOU beat the Democratic party for ten
years 70 come. (Applause.) The Sen
atOrship IS for sale. It's for sale, but
there is something that is not for sale,
and that Is public sentiment Don't
sell the SeDatOrship tins tune. Don't
let any man buy It. lCheers.)
Don't put it up at auction. Give it
10 a poor man. (Applause.l Ii you
give the Senatorship 10 a rich man you
will drive away from you for ten years
/ those who have just contributed toyour
magnificent victory. Let the million
aires alone. They can wreck railroads
in New York, but they can not buy
/ public sentiment. Don't tie to them.
As for myself, | am drawing a salary
from one, but that does not prevent me
from expressing myself.
Il ike the Young Mems Democratic
Club for some things, and suppose /
nave told more truths here tonight
/ than have ever been told before in tins
clubhouse. want to say that if you
send a millionaire to the United States
Senate, l Will take the stump against
the Democratic party and try to defeat
il, and am as good DemOcratase ever
lived. loud cheering.) Are you with
me? "a score of voices, 'Yes.O Then
thank you. Good night" Qong
applause.)
Upon being asked what he meant by
his speech, he threw another bomb into
the Democratic camp, by replying:
"Just what | said, and that is not all.
Today l sent Mclean a message resign
ing my position on the Enquirer, to take
effect Saturday, or sooner. if he desired ;
and l told him, too, I'd had enough of his
paper and the gang that hangs about
it. Think of q decent mainland l am
decent, though I've been compelled TO
bear disgrace for Others-associating
with Lew Bernard and that oily gang
of youngsters. I won't do il, and |
won't be compelled To do it any longer.
I've been in jail for this crowd, while
some of them lived in palaces. After
this propose to do the palace act my
self and let some one else do the dun
geon scene. I've had enough of it. ]
may as well say right here that John
K. Mclean won't be a candidate foI
United States Senator, and that ism t
all-he don't dare to be. know what
I'm talking about when l say this, and
you solid men of Cincinnati remember
what I say"
Having been 80 often Gin perils
among false BRETHREN" having been so
often left "in hunger and thirst, in
fastings often, IN cold and nakedness'
by that ravenous, selfish crowd of
politicians, he feels under no obligation
70 keep MS mouth shut. So ne reveals
the true inwardness of the Democratic
Senatorial contest. From sources OF
information which that party can no
Impugu, we learn the hOllOwness oi
their assumed "holy horror" at the
election of 50 many millIOnalres to the
United States Senate.
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