Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-03-24
A Divided Party.


great big "H" In the Republican
ranks. The division between the Hill
and Cleveland factions In New York
is nothing to the bitter contentious
and recriminations In the Republican
ranks of Ohio. Here are some choice
extracts taken from different Republi-
can papers of Ohio touching on Sher-
mans letter denouncing the Republic
can gan 6 Of Cincinnati:
"Senator Sherman's closest friends
think the publication ill-advised and
lll-timed, and the height Of political
indiscretion. 1t is also noticeable that
in an exchange list of nearly 100 Re-
publican newspapers of Ohio, but one
or two of them have Endorsed the pub
llcation, while the majority of them
have not even referred to it, thus, by
their silence, declining to give it
countenance or approval" ,"-Mansfield
| NeaUs.
"Had almost any other man than
! Senator John Sherman seen fit to in
dulge in criticism Of the Republican
political methods in Hamilton county
there would have been hardly SEM
blance of the universal disgust now
being accorded to the open letter and
it's writer. But since Mr.. Sherman-a
man who has kept himself in office
through the agency of rings and q
machine in general-has assumed the
role of Pecksniff there is descending
upon him a we'll merited storm of
censure.
The men who recognize in Mr.. Sher-
man the chief of the most powerful
political ring Ohio has ever known
regard the letter as wonderful exhi-
bition of assurance given by man
whose hands are blackened by the
very business against which he SC
virtuously protests. These men will
always say that no respect can be
given an address which emanates
from a man who. having feathered
his own nest, now presumes to lecture
the imitators of his action.
MIR. Sherman will find that he has
made q more than great mistake In
sending such letter. He will see
presently that he has stirred up hor.
nets nest among Ohio Republicans
and that he will have hard time
explaining his position. The senti-
ment among the Republican members
of the general assembly is good in.
dication ofthe temper his letter has
provoked. ."-CoIumbus Dispdtch.
"Ohio's distinguished Senator, Hon
John Sherman, willnever regret but
once the letter on bossism In Hamil
ton county, and that will be for the
balance Of his natural life. That lettel
will live to plague him longer than any
communication he ever indited. .n-Mt
! Vernon Republican.
"When 1t comes to the matter o
: bosses and bosslsm In Ohio the les
said by Senator Sherman and hi
} friends the better. ."--Cleveian World
"That the Republican members o
the legislature are indignant over thu
John Sherman letter roasting th,
Hamilton county Republicans, only
, partially expresses the feeling preva
lent here. More than sixty Republi
a an members Of the general assem-
bly, we're asked for opinions regard
ing the letter. Without exception
. these characterize 1t as ill-timed, un
Just and untrue" Toledo Blade.
1.-THE Hamilton county member
are up in arms, especially those in thu
house, and they threaten dire ven
, geance upon the Mansfield sage."-
State Journal.
The Cincinnati Commercial Gazett
published two columns and half o
interviews with the Republican mem
bers of the legislature under the fol
lowing display head lines: "Senato
Sherman's Firebrand-Is strongly
ensured--Interview that express thu
general opinions-That the Senate
having achieved his personal ambi
tion--Has no further love for Repub
lican harmony He seeks rather t
, sow discord in the ranks--Nor arr
these opinions confined to those who
opposed him--In the recent contes
for senatorial success--His most ar
dent friends declare his letter uncalled
for and In bad TASTE"