The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-03-22

men have per feet right to their polit
cal and religious peculiarities, there al
i questions of advisability which it is we
> to carefully consider. We have no wor
! OF personal abuse for any candidate /
the municipal field this spring. Fac
OF the four tickets offers an exception
ally excellent personnel.
But we want to call attention to th
fact that in this unprecedented stress Q
business interests brought about by tn
English free trade policy of the Demo
cratic party, the result Of every election
thus far has been an overwhelming re
buke of the national Democratic policy
So great and unmistakeable has beer
this universal voice that Democratic
congressman have begun to weaken be-
fore it. In order TO prevent a disastrous
route of free trade forces, the leaders
recognize the necessity of stopping this
tidal wave OF Republican victory Fully
aware that Democracy dare not attem pt
the fight single. handed, and upon its
own merits, word has been sent broad.
cast over all the land to stir up side is.
sues, peoples parties, alleged reform"
movements, upon one hand, and saloon
lntrigues where they Can be advantage.
ously worked. Anything to keep down
the size and break the significance of
Republican majorities until after the
| Wilson bill iniquity has been so fastened
upon the industries OF the country that
1t can not be shaken off until Repub-
lican Congress assemblies in 1897. This
is the Democratic plan. They will point
to Democratic gains and Republic, IN
losses secured through deep. planned
local diversions, and exultantly claim
that the tide has turned in their favor.
With this false idea of public sentiment,
they may be able to accomplish harm
which they otherwise could not.
Republicans, stand to your guns in
the local contests. Remember that YOU
are returning verdict now upon the
lniquity of Democratic President and
Democratic Congress, under whose
unpatriotism and conspicuous imbecili.
ty our commercial and industrial inter.
ests have been paralyzed, our national |
honor disgraced, our national debt in.
creased and our land peopled with un.
employed and suffering millions. Don't
let your voice be hushed by any ally of
Democracy. Don't listen to any seduc.
tive whisper that your Republican vote
is OF little import this spring. There
never was time when it could have
greater significance. Don't let the great
state of Ohio lose the power and pres.
tige Of her magnificent work last fall.
Every Republican vote should be in
line. And every Democrat whose eyes
have been honestly opened to the dan.
gers and disasters his party would in.
flict upon the people, should, proudly
and without hesitation, take his place
in the ranks of his Republican friends.
Locally, there is no cause for a
change" There is no city of this size
n the state which Las had better gov.
'rnment for the last two years. Viola.
ors of the law have been handled with.
'ut fear or favor. There have been
ever felonies perpetrated than ever be.
ore. There can be no serious com.
'laint against the administration of
municipal government
But there is terrific cry on the part
# the Gazette and its Democratic allies
hat the funds of the city have not been :
expended to the best advantage. Now,
lnce the old Council is not up for re. ..
lection, there is no more pertinence in I
hat issue than there would be in our
Raging in the Democratic Council of
'ortsmouth or any other city and show. q
ng how they had outrageously squan. G
cred the money of the people. In the /
lty referred to no Republican is given 4
nickle's worth of patronage, though 9
he Democrats obtained the ascendancy
y just such means as they are inaueu. L
ating here, and always shouted for a !
non partisan" Council. The other day,
Though Republican draymen wanted
haul the city safe from the old to the {
ew Council Chamber, Democrat was Q
mployed and paid 500 for the Job b
hen $40 would have been big price, g
his is only a sample of the general
olicy OF Democracy wherever it secures i
ontrol. But we don't propose to dwell = =
n that. a
We do, however, want to call atten. :,
on to the fact that large part of the
expenditures now complained of were
iade necessary by the very men who n
re now so loudly condemning them. Y
We do not say that the Old Republican o
was entirely free from errors. v
he men who composed it are only a
uman beings and their judgment may a
have been misled. But we :,
o say that, if the ordinance originally 81
RATED by the editor of the Gazette, and
)r which he accanfad xo0O of ~ - | :,