The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1891-07-23

have provided Tor an epileptIc
asylum, and have added TO The
capacity OF the insane asylums,
and to other benevolent and
penal institutions. We are proud
of them all. The management
Is economical, kind, firm and
efficient. We invite from The
taxpayer and the humanitarian
searching investigation an d
thoughtful comparison.
The electors of Ohio have
other reasons for voting with us
this year besides such as soley
affects this state. The battle be.
fore lis is essentially a national
one. Not only is Tins true be
canse the result must seriously
effect next years Federal cleo
tions, but also because the Re
puhhcans of Ohio have unre-
servedfv identified themselves
with every phase of the inIquiI-
Gus legislation accomplished or
attempted by the FIrty first con-
gress. In their platform they
have reaffit med their adherence
TO the infamous force bill-the
Republican lost ;cause-a meas
ure so obviously designed TO de
stroy free elections that Repub
lican senators. unwilling 10 VIC
late their cOnsciences and their
Cal hs, refused to inflict it upon
the country. The Repub!icau u
party of Ohio appears as the de
fender Of that arbitrary disre
gard OF minority rights which
dIsgraced the last house of rep
resentatives. II uphoIds tn e
fraudulent uuseatlng of la xfuily
elected members, the steal OF
Montana by the Senate, and all
The other high :handed outrages
by which that party has sought
10 perpetuate its power against
the wishes of the people. II
represents the reckless extrava
gance and astounding proflgacy
which have dissipated the spIcn
did Democratic surplus, forced
lhe extenti0n of national bonds.
and compelled an Ohio secretary
Of the treasury 10 resort 10 tricks
of bookkeeping and subterfuges
unworthy of his Office in order 10
conceal a deficit and deceive the
people.
Pre- eminentIy, also. does the
Republican leader in Ohio (whose
high character and CONSPICUOUS
career but smphasize his advo
cacy Of bad Iegislation) stand for
The pernicious tariff measure
which Was rejected at the polls
last year by the people of the
entire country; a measure identi
fed with his name saturated
with his ideas, and wrought by
his hands; measure designed.
as has been well said, in The in
lerest of monopoly, by monopoly
for monopoly; measure which
is bringing about the worst of all
centraliZatiOns = the centraliZa
tion Of wealth, with it's deDasing
and destructive results; a meas
ure which has already, in many
cases. made less work and lower
wages for productive labor;
measure which has fore, d The
tnrmer of Ohio to sell his wool in
some instanced as low as 20
cents a pound, and that too, in
market where he pays more
dearly for hundreds Of necessary
articles which are but INSULT
GENTLY sweet ened with the hum
bug OF bounty produced sugar;
measure which forces from the
labor Of The country $14,OOO,OO0
each year for The benefit OF pros
peclive tin mines, owned by
capitalists who live in England
and prospective tin plate works
to he operated by labor imported
from Wales; IA measure which, as
il came from the hands of its
author, did not. in the opinion
of an eminent Republican open
market for another pound of
pork or another barrel of iour: a
measure which could not be fore
ed down the throats of a reluc
iant senate until sugar coated
with the old Democratic doctrine
finally, though feebly, embodied
in the bill in spite Of opposition
from the great Ohio protection
ist.
SIN his recent speech of accept
ance this same champion of high
er protection said:
I'VE follow the riffieachings
of Washington and Hamilton, of
Clay and Webster, of Lincoln
and Garfield" Let us see how
wide OF The mark this statement
is. The tariff OF today is at the
57I per cent; The tariff of Wash
ington was y per cent. The
pr lection sought by Clay was
for the benefit of infant indus
Iries which have been coddled
for more than 80 years. The
protection of Garfield was. 10
luote his own words, srhat kind
Of protection which leads 10 ulll
n lie free trade
"Let the Republicans of Ohio
who have not gone mad on pro-
ection come over this year and
start with us upon the backward |
march toward the tariff Of Wash
ng'oD; or better yet enroll them
selves under a banner inscribed