The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-09-24
DEMOCRATIC MISRULE.
Ex-Governor Foraker Fires His
First Gun.
A Great Year for America and Republic:
ans what tho Republican Party IL
Doing for tho worklngman "A
Vigorous Grafton,

AZ Athens, on September 10. lie was
greeted by an immense audience, and
handled the issues of the campaign In
that vigorous and pointed manner
which has made him one of the most
popular orators of the state. His
speech created the greatest enthusiasm
among the farmers, miners and me-
chanics. He began by saying:
This is a great year for America. We have
had u genial spring and n pleasant summer,
and are entering upon what promises to be a
delightful fall, Our crops are unusually abun.
dant and the prices they are commanding arc
unusually high. Wheat Is going UP, and sugar
is coming down. Our exports are going OUT
and gold is coming In. Peace, plenty aud pros
perlty rest like a beneliction on all this broad
land. We were never so strong, never so rich,
never so contented, and never so respected.
ut is also a great year for republicans. Wis
dom. patriotism and answering fidelity to duty
characterize, In all its departments, the ads
ministration OF Benjamin Harrison, and here
in Ohio the progress OF our gallant standard.
bearer, since the day Of his nomination, has
been nothing less than n triumphnl march, He
is literally triple armed az he goes about over
the state, battling for an honest dollar. protcc.
ton TO American industries and the redemp-
ton OF our state from democratic misrule. He
has already won the admiration, confidence
ana Affection, not only In Ohio, but OF the whole
nation, and in November next he will win q
victory Mt the polls second to none In our polite
al annals.
I'VE are to elect this year q governor and a
legislature. The legislature will be charged
with the duty OF electinH n United States
senator and redistricting tho state for represcn
tation in congress. Both state aad national is.
sues are, therefore, involved and properly dis.
cusse1 l shall speak first Of state issues"
Mr.. Foraker declared that all the
the evils of the democratic x-govern-
ors, Allen, Bishop and Hoadly COM
bincd, were not equal to those of the
Campbell administration. The cleo.
ton of Calvin 5. Bricc to the United
States senate, he said, was accom-
piished under circumstances that eX-
cited the gravcst suspicious, and called
forth even from democrats the most
positive and plausible charges of brib-
cry and corruption. Brice had never
been identified with the democracy of
Ohio, except in the slightest degree,
but had gained considerable notoriety
as Il rainbow chaser, railroad wreckcr,
Wall street wizard and tax dodger.
The ousting of Lieutenant Governor
Lampson was denounced by the speak
er as an outrage, pure and SIMPLE, in
which the expressed will of the people
was set aside in the most indecent and
u~nwarranted manner The man who
accepted the fruits of this wrong was
William V. Marquis. He ha been re-
nominated, but having once accepted
the office to which he knew he was not
chosen by the people, should never EN-
1ntr thu b.tNDv- ,f ~, a1aA.-.
gressional gerrymander was referred
to as another act deserving OF special
condemnation. 1t was SO indecently
unfair us to give the republicans but
six out of twenty-one congressman, al
though they have a plurality in the
state. under ordinary circumstances, of
not less than twenty thousand votes.
w owe it to the whole nation" the
speaker said, Ito right the wrong"
Mr.. Foraker warned the republicans
of Ohio thwart the ubiquitous attempt
of the democratic legislature to change
the system of choosing presidential
electors, as had been done in Michigan,
by which the presidency itself might
be lost. He described the legislature,
in the words of Gen. Hawkins, himself
n democrat, as the most unsatisfac-
tory that cvcr sat in the state house,
AMI which had among its members
some of the smallest and cheapest
rascals that ever got into politics
men who saw no good in n measure
niles they could discover a five dollar
grecnback wrapped up in it."
Turning now to the governor himself" con.
tinued the speaker, the record is not helpel
amy, to say the l" asst" The ex-governor went
into detail IN regard to the democratic misman.
hSemcnt OF the several state institutions. and
II table contrasting Campbells first |
year financially with the last year OF his own
administration This table showed the ayeraqe
per capita OF all institutions in 1890 to be sl6). "a, |
and in 1852, slj2,6i; tho difference in favor OF
republican rule being sSl3 III ths people OF
ohio'' he said, would not have their state
government bnnkruptcd they must excuse Mr..
Campbell, as they excused each OF his demo.
cratic PREDECESSORS, ut the end Of one term"
In his able discussion of national pol
itics Mr.. Foraker first referred to the
question of a free ballot and n fair
count. The last election, he said, dis.
closed the fact that the south is more
solid to-day than it has been at any
time since ~Appomattox. The question
of suffrage would remain the first most
important n most sacred question
until the blacklist man of the south can
go to the polls as freely and effectively
AS the whitest man in the north.
A large section of the speech was de-
voted to the silver question. In his
general introduction of this subject
the ex-governor said:
The silve. and tariff questions have been
4 "a ~ Hat la ...,a- - I
MAI. Mckinley. These gentlemen are re.
spectivc!y and preeminently the master, of
these subjects. Their treatment has been so
that nothing remains to be said ex-
cept only TO reinforce, II that be possible, the
thoy have presented In the hope
That ] may say something that will have this
effect, l invite your attention to these topics:
the democratic party has declared In favor
oithe free and unlimited coinage OF silver.
The republican party stands upon the act of
IL, 1890, which provides that the govern
ment shall purchase silver bullion each
month to the amount Of 100000 ounces. II
that much should be offered, ut the market
price, ana issue therefor It's legal tender certin.
Gates, payable in COIN"
Referring to the subject of protec.
ton Gen. Foraker said that the nomin-
alton of Maj. Mckinley had given
prominence to this question:
The purposes OF a protective tariff, he
ldded, are many. In the first place. they are |
to maintain the American standard
wages We have striking Illustrations here
1t home, now and then, Of the evil effects OF
heap and degraded labor. We are unwilling
nat the wages OF our lnborers shall be reduced
% the levels that exist abroad. We would save !
mem from that injustice and wrong. We be.
teVc the laborer is worthy OF his hire, and his
lire shou'd be enough to support himself and
1is family and enable him to educate his