The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-21

and pulls in the offer upon their failure
to perform. Elder Harrison is truly q
daisy!
FORAKER in his Xenia speech modestly
alluded TO himself as the "Limited Elk.
press in Ohio politics." He is correct
Limited to Forakerism; limited to polit-
ical pirates;limitcd to strangers; limited
to bossiNm; limited to third term linn
tied to the prostitution of our charitable
institutions to political purposes; limit
ed to skin canes; limited to rebel flag
buncomb; limited to blow and buster;
limited to gall; limited until the No
vember election, All aboard for the
disaster! and never mind the open
switches and the Democratic gravel
train on the main track! For particulars
of the collision see the papers the morn
ing after tho Ohio election.
THE Iowa State Register, Guillotine
Clarkson's paper, has discovered an easy
way of "helping business" 1t is sim
ply to have the Federal Government in
crease it's expenditures. The particular
plan which it has in mind is the passage
of law giving pension to every widow
anu Olludn VI IL hilAOll SOlhlCL' ihO
Register points out that il this is DONE
''the money viii be distributed among
the people in such way as to get
promptly into circulation and help ev-
erybody's business" But why not help
everybody's business" still more by Civ
ing pensions to other widows and or
phans than those of soldiers? That
would result in distributing" good
deal more money, and, according to this
theory, the moro the merrier.
In is quite probable that President
Harrison will recommend to Congress
repeal of the tobacco tax. This chimes
in with the Republican scheme for pre-
venting " tariff reduction and helping
that parry in the Southern States. If
the abolition of the tax would cheaper
the poor mans tobacco it might well be
spared. But as the bulk of the revenue
from tobacco comes from manufacturers.
wholesale buyers and dealers and ped
dlers, in sums too small to subdivide
among consumers, there is little chance
that the poor would get their chief lux
ury any cheaper for the repeal The
bait of 'free chaw" is both delusive
and indicative of a very poor economic
policy so long as the real necessaries of
the people are enhanced in cost by need
less tariff taxes.
"THERE are nearly eight million col
ored people in the Democratic Southern
country, and they have but one member
Of Congress to represent them" says the
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette (Rep.).
There are nearly eighty thousand col
ored people in the State of Ohio, and
they have not so much as one postmas-
ter to represent them, and there are
over twenty thousand colored people in
Cincinnati and Mr.. Halstead has not ap-
pointed one of them to a place on the
editorial staff of the Commercial, but
during the war, in his Chase letter, he
sneered at "a little more nigger," and
said the Emancipation proclamation
was disgrace Now this same Hal
stead has been bought out by Foraker
for Senator, and expects to get there by
colored votes.
81 DO lift up hearty prayer" re-
marked Benjamin Harrison upon GER
tain occasion, ''that we may never have
a President who will not either pursue
and compel his Cabinet advisers to pur
sue, the civil service policy, pure and
simple, and upon just basis.
Either that kind of civil service, or, for
Gods sake, let us have the other bold,
if brutal method, of turning
men and women out simply for political
opinion" Also upon another occasion:
SIN appointments to every grade and de-
partment, fitness and not party service
should be the essential and discrimina-
ting test, and fidelity and efficiency the
only sure tenure of office" Hence out of
twenty-four appointments to post
offices made by the President twenty
were to take the places of postmasters
removed" for no known recent,or speci
fled reason, save that they were Demo-
Gratis.
Mr.. WINDOWS vacation has been sud-
increased the Government debt at the
rate of S20,000,000 or more in the past |
month. A certain Mr.. Huston, If that is
his name, who figures as the Treasurer
of the United States, wants to cover up
this deficit by simple piece of book
keeping which will make the Govern
ments available assets about S125, ,000,- |
900 larger than they actually are. Pres
ident Harrison is evidently alarmed;
and as none Of the party seem to have |
the slightest idea of finance, they have |
to rout out the rubber-stamp |
financier from his retirement. What |
kind of a scheme he will evolve it is |
hard to say. Still, since he last occupied |
the chair of the Treasury Department |
he has had plenty of experience. The
gained in his connection with |
the Green Bay railroad ought to stand
him in good stead in treating desper-
ate case of impending bankruptcy like
that of the United States Treasury after
an attack of Tannerism.
THE present head of the Pension De-
partment at Washington is a specimen
Of this class of soldiers, who make the
Grand Army of the Republic tributary to
their vanity or their self-interests, or
who imagine that with the aid of their
they can defy public opinion.
The pension cry which he has raised is
nothing more than a cheap bid for the
iavor of the veterans. 1t is entirely un-
worthy Of the Grand Army, whose sin
;erest friends and admirers would re-
oice If they were to rate it at its true
,alue. 1t comes from man who is not
representative of their intelligence
md their disinterested public spirit, and
t ought to be disowned and condemned.
lie has addressed himself to their lowest