Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-06-21
Democratic Northwest.
AND HENRY COUNTY NEWS.
SCATHING DENUNCIATION.
Republican Attack on the Mckinley
Tariff,
BY COL. A. l.. .CONGER, OHIo'S MA
TIONAL COMMITTEEMAN.
The Tariff Severely Denounced as
Unjust to the People-High Re-
publican Authority Scores
Gov.McKinley.

The article that follows appeared last Sat
urday in the Akron Beacon, one of the strong
gest Republican newspapers in the state and
owned by Col A. l.. Conger, Ohio's repre-
sentative IN the national Republican COM
mittee. 1t is the severest attack given from
a Republican source against the Mckinley
tariff since Blaine denounced the measure as
idiohc and predicted that it would defeat
the Republican party. The Beacon article is
as follows
During the past fortnight there have been
passed by county conventions, by district
conventions, by the state convintion, resolu-
tlons, all for similar import, and all highly
eulogistic of the present governor of Ohio
Other and like sets of resolutions will be
passed by other conventions yet to
assemble. To the casual 'onlooker this would
indicate widespread enthusiasm which will
like tidal wave, sweep away all opposition
and land the chief executive of this state in
the presidential chair. The action of these
various conventions-convent which this
year are composed of. and manipulated by
manipulated by, the professional politicians
of the state make showing of power aud
strength which is very apt to be greatly over
estimated. Leaving entirely out of consid-
Grafton the probable ultimate fate of any
presidential boom prematurely inaugurated
and injudiciously overestimated at its incep-
tion, it would be we'll to carefully consider
the opposition with which Gov. McKinley's 5
candidacy before the next Republican
national convention is to be met.
A careful study of the political heavens
enables the following horoscope to be cast;
The New England states, with the possible
exception of Massachusetts, will probably
unite for ex-Speaker Reed. New York will
either put forward Levi P. Morton, or the
man who will be elected governor of that
state by the Republicans next year. Penn
sylvania will stand by Don Cameron, and his
we'll known position on the silver question
will also draw to him large following from
the west. Ex-President Harrison will re.
ceive the solid support of Indiana. The
candidate of Illinois will be Senator Cullom,
while Senator Allison will be the favorite
not only in his own state, Iowa, but of a
large portion of the mighty west.
Each one of these probable candidates is
in his own particular section about as strong
politically as Governor Mckinley is in Ohio,
though not one of them has been using
every known and possible agency to develop
and foster presidential boom, as our chief
executive has been doing so vigorously.
So much for the opposition from other
states.
But right here in his own Ohio there will
b..
AN OPPOSITION MORE POWERFUL
and more fatal to Governor McKinleys
presidential prospects than the opposition
from all other portions combined. There is
an element in this state, which when the pro-
per time comes, will arise in its might and
assert its dignity and power. Reference lie
made to the conservative, quiet. thoughtful
business and professional men and large
faction among the farmers and workingmen
who, without being active in politics, have
been carefully watching and studying the
drift of public affairs in Ohio under Governor
McKinley's administration.
They have found that he has forgotten the
men who first gave him the first political
prominence which has made him what he ID
to-day. They have found that he has sur.
rounded himself with
A CLIQUE OF PROFESSIONAL POLITICIANS,
that he has chosen for his closest advisers
those who have no greater recommendation
than their abilities to manipulate ward OF
county politics.
They have found that he has selected as
the manager of his private and particular
presidential boom ami has sent up and down
the United States as the representative oi
Buckeye Republlcanism, one from our very
midst-one whose sole business for years hal
been politics-who has arrayed himself
While at Peekskill, N. Y, Mr.J. A. Scriv
ON propo;nant poanufactnrer of New YOrh