The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-01-07
Foraker aud Fun.

seem 10 DC ONcTCOuiO Wy 'iiSi' S
its imposing dignity and tremendous
importance. This state OF mind of the
ancnbers aforesaid and their sense OF
obligation to obey that unwritten code
of laws, regulating Senatorial inter-
course, known as Senatorial Courtesy"
has brought that eminently respectable
club of millionaire Turveydrops to
condition of s'innocuous desuetude."
The people wish to relieve the conges.
ton in that body due to plethora OF
senile millionaires and the obstructlng
accumulation of traditions that have
come to have an effect more binding
even than law itself, under the speclous
title Of Senatorial Courtesy species
of "Courtesy" that compelled the people
of Ohio to submit to the wrong, outrage
and iniquity of the Payne purchase, and
the contemptuous refusal of"courteous"
Senators to even investigate the charges
of bribery and corruption preferred
almost unanimously by the people, the
press and the Legislature of Ohio.
The people of the country and partic-
S,lerly of Ohio are tired of Senatorial
courtesy; they want less courtesy"
and more business IN that body, less
form and more substance in its delibera
tions, less purseproud dignity and more
common honesty in its personnel. They
long to have in the Senate man with
the icenoelastic courage of Tom Reed to
smash the shams and fictions of "Sena.
torial courtesy" into smithereens, as
Reed smashed the shams of the House
OF Representatives. The hour has come
for such man. Ohio has the man and
she is willing and anxious to supply
him. His name is Joseph Benson For.
aker. Give Foraker a chance at the
shams of Senatorial courtesy" and there
will be fun. The hosts of Ohio Repub-
zicans are for giving him the chance.
They are for Foraker and Fun" II
the Representatives of the people at Co.
aumbus heed the voice of the great
majority of their constituents Foraker
will be Senator and there will be fun in
the Senate.
The depth of the popular feeling-the
strength of the popular sentiment IN
behalf of Foraker-is not adequately
known outside of Ohio. The army of
office holders who are clamorously urg-
ing John Sherman's "claim," and who
are largely responsible for the venerable
Senator's present undignified role OF
-sclaimant," have caused some confusion
OF public opinion in other States
~ But the Republicans of Ohio are not
confused, and any expression OF their
views would disclose the fact that an
overwhelming majority desire the elec-
tion of Gov. Foraker to the Senate. In
this there is no enimity toward Sherman,
no desire to humilate him. They recog-
uize the weight of obligation that they,
in common with the people OF the
nation, are under to the venerable Sena-
tor for his great services in the past.
There is no ingratitude in their conduct.
The plain truth is they regret that Sena-
tor Sherman in his old age-when for
many reasons he should be willing to
4 retire full OF years and crowned with
Aonors and carrying with him the love
and gratitude of his party and the whole
people-should exhibit the weakness of
coyeting place and power, from no
higher motives than mere ambition and
vanity and that urged on by the fiattery
,oi men whose official existence may de-
gend upon the retention of power by
him; he should be placed in the attitude
of one who forces himself upon an un-
willing constituency in>the interest of
the place hunters and spoilsmen of his
party.
Mr. Sherman is an old man. While he
was acquiring honors he accumulated
wealth and is said to be millionaire
several times over. 1t is now thirty
seven years since he became a member
OF the 36th Congress. During the whole
OF that period-more than the lifetime
OF a generation--he has held the highest
Offices in the gift of the people of his
State. For more than thirty years he
has been Senator, with the exception
OF short term of service as Secretary of
the Treasury in Hayes Cabinet.
For thirty-seven years he has been
almost continuously resident of Wash
angton City. He is no longer in touch
with the people. Few men are who re-.
main long in the official atmosphere of
the capital and in the midst of its
several environments, James G.. Blaine
being the most notable OF the few ex-
.cepfions.
Mr.. Sherman belongs to the past AT
his age man has no future save that
beyond the grave. His unwillingness to
surrender the position he has held SO
dong, the tenacity with which he clings
TO power is a revelation of ungeneroue