The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1891-01-22
GEN. JUDGE BALL
FIRES ANOTHER
Mot AT GOV.
CAMPBELL.
His Gun Loaded With
Democracy and Law.
Thoughts for the Thinking

looking lul The highest degree Of
PATRIOTISM III The public service,
wuu.d lurn tu Andrew jackson
and II / were looking Tor ihe
low esl | would ,Grn 10 DANES h..
Campbell; II were lpotlng Tor
Iiie nls hest degree Ut courage III
the Interests vi The pubic, l
would look 10 Jackson; il 1 were
looking Tor The lowest. wou'd
look 10 Campbeil: II were look
ing for the most uuselfi, IN official
CO nducl, | would 60 TO Jackson;
il l were looking IOr the most
selfish / would go 10 Campbell.
Governor Campbell made un
lUuutea charges against his po-
iiiical friends and resorled uto
unpretedente means TO crush
them. Not satisfied with iha:
he eXeried his Influence TO pre-
vent al investigation OF their
Official conduct go gross Was
his injustice thai The legislature
ftqGlied an Investigation, 80 thai
she Innocence of The accused
might appear, il they were i'll
nuceni aud TIER Su'iI II guilty
IL any one III The word Can just
ny The conduct of lhe Governor.
II VIII be upon a principle yel
unknown 10 honest men.
Ii any thing can give respecia
bliity To he lowest brand OF de-
based politics, il Is an attempted
justification of the Governors
conduct. The investigating COM
mi,lee appears 10 have done ils
duty. fairy aad thoroughly; no
impartial intelligent mind can
have suspicion oi dishonesty
against any member OF The b. L.
/. | took tor LAIR report from
The committee eX0nerallng The
Board snd lis III mberS from all
charge OF corruption or dishon-
-siy.
We have this spectacle; the
Governor chs,yes mis- own ap
puintees with dishonesty, de-
mands and, by Rrpubhcan aid.
obtains extraordinary power To
crush them, lran>,lnies Il Dem
ocralic Board. oi large patronage
INTO a honpariizan Board, ap
pointed By IA Republican,; defeats
his party in the slate, wiieH with
oui his wrongs the party would
have succeeded and Ohio would
have stood side by side with the
ether states in ,he great revolu.
zion against Republican mi>rule.
Looking 10 his conduct and these
r results. Democrats are asked 10
approve what cannot, on any
sound principal of Dem; cracy or
patriotism, be approved or sns-
tanned. Is II possible that Mr.
Campbell hoped, by sacrificing
few OF his chosen political
friends, To arquire IL fictitious
reputation for honesty in other
states aud 80 attain a national
standing. | am very unwilling
TO believe snch a thing. never
ihe-less his motives are inscrui
able. lie lsa sane man, hence
we must look for q sape motive
| am unable Ia discover one. He
old moi make The accusation
hoping 10 be able to prove il
true else he would mol nave np
posed investigation. lie appear
to have made il. expecting The
people to accept as irne wha, he
d id moi know or believe true.
hence he opposed investigation.
A majority Of The Democrats
IN he lower hnuse were honest
and manly enough 10 refuse TO
apprnve his conduct or to give
him the power he demanded;
indee d, very lew IN either house
ui he lesis stature we're so reck
less. unwise or unpriErip'ed as
to endorse him OF al! men.
Governor Campbell was he last
who should have made reckless
or unfounded accusation of nffi
cial co rrupiion He had just
emerged from an equally serious
false charge against himself; a
charge made in The heat of a.
C an npaiGn. by an opposing can
didate. apparently based on pa
per evi,lenre-a forgery. Mr.
Campbell denounced The sIand
er and the slanderer. as they de-
served TO be denounced. He
showed a keen appreciation OF
the effect of the slanher upon
himself ana his family, vel with
in a year lie made. in The DELHI
eraIion OF official action. against
political friends on, a, most. wild
and unfounde d. If not corrupt |
rumors; an accusation equally |
grave. equally reckless and
equally unfounded. with ap-
parent disregard of character or
ihe shame he was entaiiing up
on families. His wrong IS so
fragrant that justification is rtier
iy impossible. You. Mr. Editor,
quote from Campbell. No dis
honest man shall hold office in
Ohio while | am Governor"
Passing over the fact thai :he |
Governor has to do with very
lew office holders in Ohio we
note this as The third erandil0-
queni saving Of great men. Not |
long ago Governor Foraker an
No rebel flags shall
he returned while | am Cover
nor Some years before that. a
statesman OF England. familiarly
called Jack Cade. SAID to his fol-
lowers. My mouth shall be the
l.nrliment of England" jack
rose higher Than j Berson or
James +. bni they are all tine
neclmens of iha: grade OF pnIit-
ical mndesiv Until ! saw theee
savings ot Ihese three
wise men. | had two Impressions
both dissolved now. OF course
bat when a man becomes ex.
,eeding:y patrloric or honest. his
patriotism or honesty may safely
,e questioned. and that when
nne becomes greater, purer or
Deiier than his party. he is no
nnnor q cafe nariv leader