The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-12
Black Diamond Joe.
The GOvernorofO
Attorney for Rail-
road Sharks.
j. B. Foraker Gets S4OO
for the Use Of His
Name,
BY Eoone, CT the Star Route Scan
dal Notonety.
Tho Governors Splendid Financial
management" Consists in
Taking Caro- ofFor-
alrer.
By Eoone, CT the Star Route Scan
daI Notouey.

FaCtS nave come 10 llTnJ WHICH place.
]. b. Foraker. tho Governor of Ohio ir
very uncnviable position. and one
from which he will find it hard to es
cape with honor, or explain to the salts
faction of the people of Ohio.
To hear Governor Foraker talk, ono
would think him the soul of honor. His
daring assaults upon all who chance to
oppose him or differ with him lead his
friends and followers to worship him
rs man so perfect in private and Off,
cial conduct that none dare assail him.
To those who are not blind to truth
and devoid of conscience these facts will
come with crushing force.
During his term OF office Governor
Foraker has loaned his high position. az
tho first officer of the State, to throw
the cloak of responsibility over one of
the most daring, shameless and notori-
Gus swindlcs and swindlers in tho land.
For months the Governor of Ohio has
permitted the use of his name as the
attorney of the Black Diamond Rail-
road Company. While drawing 5000
a year as Governor, twice as much as
ever paid to any other Governor of Ohio,
| u. DJtIi uit" @1po u
month, or $4,000 q year, from that
prince of wildcat spectators, A. E..
Boone. What for? Legal services? No.
His name was used by Boone to aid in
the boldfaced swindling of farmers and
citizens in Knox, Morrow and other
counties in the State, where he has
built one of his imaginary railroads.
Boone Will he remembered as one
of the sharks that was in
dictcd in Washington q few years ago
for swindling tho Post-ofiicc Depart
ment of the Government out of hum
dreds of thousands of dollars by fcti-
| tious mail route schemes. which existed
| largely on paper For several years
Boone has been operating in Ohio; and
having no character of his own, and less
money TO do business with, he has hired
the splendid name of our peerless and
spotless Governor at 500 month to
aid him in building air limos from inno-
cent victims pockets TO the moon. For
sCme days the Democratic State EXecu-
tive Committee has been employed in
getting the documentary evidence that
would nail Governor Foraker to tho
have secured tho evidence and begun
the fight, as the following from the
Springfield Democrat of Saturday shows:
And now comes the defendant, Joseph
B. Foraker. and to the allegations U)
that he is the counsel of questionable
corporation at salary of $4,000 per an
NUN. to wit, the Black Diamond Rail
road Company, whose president is A. Il.
Boone notorious for his connection with
the Star Route frauds, by which the
Government was cheated out of vast
sum of money; (3) that he lends his
official name to the enterprise. the cap
ital of which is mainly on paper; (3) that
he is q willing party to this scheme,
which has taken from hundreds of per-
sons large sums of money without any
return; ~ that. while Governor of the
State and cX-oiiicio member of the State
Board of Tax Revision and Remission,
to which corporations must apply for a
reduction of taxes, hc has served in
double capacity, as Governor for tho
people against the Black Diamond cor
poration, and as attorney of the latter
corporation, for it against the people-in
answer sayeth naught.
In the meantime, tho good people Of
Ohio are eagerly waiting for the Govern
or's statements in regard to the af-
fair They are astounded and ashamed
that such reports of dishonesty disgrace
the fair namc of Ohio, and are bound
to probe the matter to it's very depths"
The appearance of this first attack in
the Springfield Democrat is very signif-
cant. This paper is run by Will
Thomas. son OF John ii. Thomas, an
avowed candidate for United States
Senator. j. b. Foraker is a game fighter,
but he has more dangerous man to
face in John II. Thomas than James +.
Campbell. Thomas is grim,
ugly, and desperate fighter.
He means business and these
facts would never have appeared
in the Democrat If tho Thomascs had
not the evidence. 1t begins to look as
though j. Il, Foraker would have TO
come oil of the ticket or he will drag
every man on the ticket down to certain
defeat. There is no time to lose. Take
Foraker OFF. and have the Governor the
Legislature and the Senatorship What
pity it is that Foraker should be SO
foolish to do such q thing. We have
realized all along that he had hard
fight on account of the third term and
the gang" methods by which he was
nominated. but this exposure settles
all. lIis defeat Is certain. The ques-
tion now with all good Republicans
should be. How much can we save
from the diGastt r?' Cincinnati Porcu-
pine Qnd.)
SHERMAN will not assist very materl-
alIv at what 'n,,.k.r pt.n1s aa bis fun