The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-16
THE sENATORsHlp.
JOSEPH BENSON FORAKER.
Bv GEO. L. COUCH.

PRISE, and also In the Cleveland Leader, l
'haYe only this to say: II simply furnish
es another Illustration of the guerrilla"
warfare that is being waged against ex-
Gov. Foraker; and It's dollars to cart
wheels that the writer is Sherman man.
Ashamed TO openly espouse his cause, he
hides behind the mark If Democrat
and Sherman would be ashamed Of such
support. Come again; the higher you
climb, the more you show up.
am occasionally asked why l prefer
Foraker to Sherman. can do NO better
than to quote Mr.. Sherman's own Ian
guage. 1t was my privilege, when In
Washington something over year ago,
to hear Mr.. Sherman say II shall never
again be a candidate for public office. l
have for q long time been honored by the
Republicans Of my state, and l shall have
reached that age in life, at the expiration
of my present term, when | feel that |
ought TO retire. There are many younger
and more active men in the party in ohio
who are ambitious and worthy, and | feel
that ought not longer to stand in their
way etc. What was true then holds
good now. Mr.. Sherman's present term
dees not expire until March, 1893, when
ne will be past 20 years old. II reelected
he would be close on 10 so years OF age
at the end Of the term. We shall have
his services through both sessions of the
present congress, and firmly believe that
younger and more active man should be
chosen for the next term.
1--WE have before alluded to the declara-
tion of Hon. @. W. Fairbanks, 10 New
York interview, that Foraker would be
elected to succeed Senator Sherman. This
morning we give Mr.. Fairbanks reasons
for his endorsement of Foraker, He says:
Judge Foraker represents the youth, vig-
or and vitality of the Republican party in
the Buckeye state as no other man repre-
sents It. He is literally the Blaine Of Ohio.
He could not escape his popularity If he
would. His fearless Republicanism, his
perfect manliness, his great legal ability,
his untirmg ekertion, his comprehension
OF the wants and the needs Of the Repub-
Iican party. and his touch with the people,
have made him popular leader even In
defeat. 1t was largely the result Of the
intense energy with which he threw him
self into the gubernatorial contest Tor Ma |
jor Mckinley that led to the majors glo-
rious victory. Bis speech when he nomi-
mated Mckinley II the state convention
wss signal TO all bis friends to make a
most intense fight for the champion OF
and it was worth while TO |
have him thus active and energetic, be-
cause he has speculiar way u not letting
his eye get Of his friends, and ons bugle
blast from him starts thousands Of men in
Ohio into persistent efforts for the R-pub. |
Iican cause. 4 have known the Judge
since we were in college together. and |
have never known him willfully to do a
wrong thing or mean act. He is literal
II the soul Of honor. he has an inquiring
mind and brain capacity for mastering
any subject 70 which he devotes himself
Tariff, finance, freedom OF the ballot, the
extension Of American shipping and other
cardinal Republican principles are already
like an open book to him, and he has the
advantage OF belonging to the younger
rather than to the older generation. He
is distinctively man Of the times, He
has meyer fLtered In any campaign in
Ohio, whether he was candidate or moi.
or course every one will concede 10 John
Sherman experience and fame, but he has
outlived the day when he was in touch
with the people Of Ohio. lie has been
slow TO take the field TO fight for Repub-
licanism there, except in years when his
reelection was at stake, and the speeches
he has made outside the state In twenty
years can almost be counted on your fin |
gers. He has not kept himself 10 touch
with the party at home on that account,
and il would be small wonder II the par.
~ should select another to succeed him."
THE Carroll Republican, the largest,
leading and official Republican paper Of
Carroll county, which has been counted In
all the Sherman lists as favorable 20 the
re- election OF the senator, declares most
for Foraker for senator, in
The following editorial: From all indica.
lions IL seems that Foraker for senator is
becoming more certainty, and Sherman's
friends are becoming desperate in their
efforts to check the tide 10 favor Of the
younger man. Il is considered that while
Sherman has been profitable servant OF
the people for thirty six years, be has now
reached on age when his mental yigor has
begun to wsne, and a younger man IS
needed for his place. Mr.. Sherman is now
years old, having about reached
The allotment Of man, and every year
added (by reason Of strength) will find
him feebler and less able TO grapple with
the great questions that will arise. In
Foraker the state has a man Of brilliant
attachments, polished orator, an aggres-
siye statesman, who is Just now In the Wig.
or Of manhood and power. The young
men Of the party, and the farming element
Of Ohio, too, have been prejudiced against