Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-25
THE OHIO CAMPAIGN.
II 10 Given an Impetu. From This End of
the Line.

the Line.
AN ENJOYABLE EXCURSION TO MARSHALL HALL
An ELOQUENT SPEECH BIZ SECRETARY FOSTER
IN WHICH ZEE REVIEWS THE POLITICAL sITuA-
TIoS-oTKER GOOD SPEECHES.
Marshall Hall went republican last night by
$50 majority. That was the exact number OF
Ohio republicans the steamer Manchester took
down to that ell-known river resort yesterday
afternoon on the excursion Of the Ohio Repub-
hcsn Association. The Indictment weather kept
hundreds away. but those who did brave Jupi-
ter Pluvius were well repaid, for besides the
speaking, which was Of the highest order. q
magnificent display Of fireworks and some fine
music from the Marine Band were down on the
program. The trip down the river was
pleasant one. Little groups Of Ohioans gath
cred together all over the boat and discussed
among themselves the advantages Of the Buck
eye state.
PLEASANT PARTY.
In one Of Capt Blake's private state rooms
there was a pleasant party, and they had all the
fun that was sfoat The party consisted OF
Secretary Foster, Solicitor General Taft, I. b.
Coulter, Capt o. ii. Ross. G.. VI. Wilson, T. G
Rathbone and Capt. L. l.. Blake There were
some weird stories told in the little room, and
politics were discussed as q sort of seasoning to
the occasion.
Secretary Foster suggested what a pleasant
picture the group made, and Prot. Sackett, the
knight Of the scissors, was called upon to cut
the distinguished group in paper.
At the wharf q magnificent display OF fire
works, including several set pieces and Nc
kinley balloon, welcomed the excursionists-
The speech-making took place In the old dane
ing pavilion An Impromptu stage had been
erected. and from here the speakers addressed
the crowd
PRESIDENT coULrER's INTRODUCTION.
President 7. B. Coulter Of the association in
troduced The speakers- In his introductory
remarks hs thanked the association and its
friends for their presence in such inclement
weather. Their presence on such a night was
characteristic of Ohio people, Ohio repubh-
cans were not afraid of a little wet weather at
the beginning Of campaign Ii Secretary
R1sk had been at home he had no doubt that
the bad weather would have been postponed.
The excursion was new feature OF the asso-
Citation, anG in giving it he though 1t proper
way of opening the Ohio campaign at the Wash
ington end, inasmuch only few days ago
Mai. Mckinley had opened his end of it so
gloriously in Ohio. Besides this, here in WASH
ington. where his achievements have been ac-
complished, where he has legislated for the
people, IT seemed but proper that some notice
should be made of it. He referred to the
many parties in the field in Ohio and the many
platforms. and said he doubted himself if the
voter had yet got through reading them He
spoke of the democratic party as the party of
opposition and said the republicans expected
to meet 1t on that plan He interspersed his
remarks with several witty anecdotes.
Speaking Of the peoples party, he said it re-
minded him Of a country physiciGn he once
knew who Kept among his drugs one bottle Ia
belled All sorts. and in reply to question
from a friend as to what he did with that medi-
cine said that he kept it for men afflicted with
d crankiness. This was what was tine mat
ter with the peoples party.
He then introduced Secretary Foster, whom
he called one of Ohios brightest lights.
SECRETARY FOSTERS SPEECH.
Secretary Foster advanced to the platform,
and assuming an easy position said: 1 know the
people prefer to trip the light fantastic than
to listen to prosy speeches. know that am
dealing not only largely with Ohio republicans,
residents Of tbs city of Washington. and that,
perhaps, this little meeting tonight of
political character is a new feature in your
entertainments We have in Ohio this year. as
stated by your chairman, a new party. We
have four different parties The republicans.
the democratic, the prohibitionists and the
peoples party. By the way, there isn't a great
deal of difference between the platform of this
peoples party and the democratic party. They
both favor free coinage unlimited free coin
age of silver. They are both for free trade.
The democrats are for free whisky and the
peoples party for whisky at cost A contest
has begun in Ohio of national moment 1
want ito tG say or, to our our, friends all
battle for the campaign o; 1892 is being fought
out in Ohio now and it will end on the Sd of
November. as / verify believe, with the triumph
Of VIM Mckinley and the republican party.
II Is quite fashionable in the east here for peo-
pie OF intelligence TO get mugwumpism tenden-
cies- don't want to offend any ones feelings,
but 1t does get quite fashionable here. When
you people get into the civil service you are
careless about the republican party; more
careless Ian IL your conditions were different
i want to call your attention to the fact that
pretty much al that is great and glorious in
this country has been the work of the republi-
can party Its mission is not ended. 1t has
work yet to do, and don't care whether a man
occupies place in the civil service here
great country II he is q republican he owes
allegiance TO that party.
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TWO GREAT PARTIES.
The two great political parties, like indi-
viduais, have their distinguishing character
ts,ics- The republican party is the aggressive
party OF this country. 1t is the party Of
thought and genius. 1t is the party that does
things Our democratic friends, on the other
hand. constitute the party that is consecutive
party of opposition-and they occupy q very
valuable place among the people of this coun-
try. They are valuable as critics and can often
SritclSS US anu hold US up. perhaps, to a
higher discharge Of duty. but / want to saw to
my democratic friend. if he is here tonight.
that the people of this country don't want Won
IS governing party. Among the great ac-
complishments Of this republican party is the
present financial condition of the country. /
remember well when was a country merchant
that We had to get counterfeit bank note
detector and every bill that came in We had to
examine to see if 1t was good or not We had
red dog, blue dog and all kinds of dog
for money. In those DAYS we had two
very serious troubles. One Of these remains
now-that is. We had the trouble to get the
money and the next trouble was to get rid of
It. How often have / seen a farmer haul his
load of wheat or hogs to market and get his
pay in Q bill he thought was money and wake
pp the next morning and find that he simply
had so much paper in his pocket Why did
We have that condition of things? Ii was be-
cause Of the narrow views possessed by our
friends-the democratic party. The war came
on-the republican party came into power. OF
necessity IT had to reform our financial condi-
ton. What do you ind it did?
SILVER MONEY OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
First you will find in your pockets silver
certificates, gold certificates, national bank
notes, silver dollars, greenbacks-everv one of
equal value. II 1 were to ask You what kind of
money you had IN your pocket you could not
tell: you don { know and youd don't care. Good
In Maine, good in California, good around this
planet, A. ! have reason to know to NV SORROW
A few years ago l sent my two daughters