Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-10-03

Cost OF the br1tlSn army 1Or tne years
lss6-S7, inclusive Of pensions, was about
s91, ,0OO, 900. A huge standing army
would, therefore, be no heavier burden
than our present pension roll.
A FEW years ago the Republicans went
wild with fear that the public schools
Of the State were going to be destroyed
by the Pope. All knew that to be
scare to frighten the ignorant. But the
Pope is here now in reality, in the shape
Of ]. b. Foraker, and not the schools,
but the liberties of the people of the
State are threatened.
BILL CAPELLER, one of Foraker's dis
reputable clacquers, seems to yearn for a
personal campaign, and he has begun it
in his ''boiler-plate" machine. All right,
Willie, your yearning shall be satisfied,
and you shall have all the personally
you want. You have as crooked record
as any politician in Ohio, and this year
you have not got monopoly of tho
''boiler-plate" business. On with tho
dance.
FORAKER fippantly and falsely talks
The law empowers him to appoint the
clerks of tire boards. In seventeen in
stances he has appointed seventeen Re-
publicans, and one of these is his wife's
brother and another is an eXConfederate
soldier. The only sense in which they
are non-partisan is that they are Fora
ker's tools. They will do to watch, for
if Foraker begins to think he will be
defeated, his Strangers will attempt
some of the most desperate work that
has ever disgraced Ohio. They will
bear watching.
He is indeed bigoted and blind who
does not see that there is widespread
dissension in the Republican party of
Ohio; that nearly all the other Repub-
lican leaders are openly or secretly op-
posed to Governor Foraker, and are wish
ing if not seeking his defeat. The ag-
gressiveness and vindictiveness of Gov
ernor Foraker as party leader, as we'll
as his practical autocracy in the State,
have not only placed the other leading
Republicans on the defensive, but have
embittered them as we'll. If he is elect
ed this year, they must all become his
personal followers; or go into retire.
ment until he is dethroned. Such a
situation is intolerable to such Repub-
licans as Sherman, Foster, Mckinley,
Butterworth and Grosvenor. The polit-
ical future of all of them is a blank un.
less Governor Foraker is defeated. For
his defeat now means his political re-
tirement.
Again, the centralizing, in the hands
of the Governor, of the local administers
ton of Ohio's largest cities; the scam
dals arising therefrom, resulting in an
official investigation of many of Gov
ernor Foraker's appointees; the rigid
enforcement of the Owen law, peremp-
torily imprisoning and fining the lead
ing liquor-dealers in the metropolis of
the State, and causing burdensome and
ruinous loss to the brewers and saloon-
lists; all these things conspire to defeat
Governor Foraker.
Another thing which contributes large
ly to his weakness, is Democratic cour-
age and confidence. The most indiffer-
ent political observer can easily see that
the Democracy of Ohio are aroused and
enthused, and are displaying an eageIS
ness in the campaign which is born d
conviction of success. They have for a
leader a gallant campaigner and 'sure
winner" His prestige and prowess
have climaxed the Democratic hope and
confidence; and now the party is anxious
for election-day to arrive, that they may
realize and glory in the brilliant
triumph which they feel is already with
in their grasp. All the "signs" unmis-
takably point to Democratic victory in
November next.-Springfeld News
Ind.)