The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-10-31
A STRONG KICK
From an Eastern Ohio Repub-
lican Leader and Editor.
ne Denounces Corism and Tells why the
People Are Likely 20 Defeat ths
Republican Party 20 Put
IL Down.

Editor Hearn Of the Cadiz Republican
Is about as ardent believer in what
have been known as Republican princi.
pies as any man in America, and ne
Ohio editor carries moro weight with
his own constituency than does Mr..
Hearn, whose peculiar persuasive and
confidential style Of editorial is at once
the admiration and envy of his news
paper brethren. But Mr.. Hearn has
conscience and doesn't believe that
everything labelled Republican" should
go, so he feels himself called upon at
times to protest. and on such occasions
adopts more vigorous style Of language
than is his wont. Here is how he
"speaks out in meeting" last week:
II anybody wants TO know just whore the
danger to the Republican party in Ohio Is in
this campaign, IL Is not hard to see, II one has
eyes. The danger is the loss OF the Legislature,
and the danger has its center in Cincinnati
and Hamilton county, The Republican nomin'
ations in that city and county have all been
dictated and controlled by George Coz,
notorious saloon keeper and gambler, a man
who has grown rich from the poverty and
despair Of his fellow men. 1t was this same
George Cox who took the Cincinnati Republic
an delegates to the GAINESVILLE convention on
train loaded with beer and whisky, the fact
being published with great headlines in the
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette at the time
When most Of these delegates got too drunk
! to stay in the convention, Gorge Cox remained
to cast the votes, as the sole representative Of
| the 5000 Republicans OF Hamilton county.
George Cox, the most notorious saloon keeper
| and gambler in Ohio, Is the recognized boss
| and dictator OF Republican management in the
| chief city Of our state.
! These are the things which the people Of
Cincinnati are talking about today, and they
are the things which James E. Campbell, the
Democratic nominee for governor, is com
menciug to tell the people of the whole state.
And the trouble about them is that they are
true, and nobody can deny them.
| 1t remains 70 be seen whether the Republic
an party in Hamilton county is strong enough
! TO carry this load. 1t remains to be seen
whether the self-respecting Republicans In
that city and county can, for the sake Of the
! national issues OF this year and next, bear the
most outrageous management which decent
! people have ever been called to work under.
! If the Democrats elect the legislative ticket
| in Hamilton county at the coming election,
which may be in the bounds Of possibility, IL
will be nothing less than rebuke to George
Coxism. and the lowest and basest political
management which ever afflicted great city.
The Republicans of Ohio had 80, 200 ma 'ority
two years ago, and 10000 last fall, and we be-
lieve they are going to carry the state this fall
! not on state issues, by any means, but solely
on national issues, and largely in the hope Of
the nomination and election Of Mckinley as
president
But the danger which confronts the party Is
| Is not in the ranks Of the conscientious men
who long for the suppression Of the liquor
traffic, and relief from the distress which II en-
tails upon our state and nation. The danger,
on the contrary, is in the loudmouthed boast
OF the saloon keepers that they control every
thing. The danger is in the proclamation Of
| the saloon league Of the state that IL will es'
tablish permanent headquarters at Columbus
next winter to control legislatisn in favor Of
| the liquor traffic. The danger Is in the leader
ship and control by such men as George B.
Cox, the most notorious saloon keeper and
gambler in Ohio, who rules the Republican
politics OF the chief city OF our state. These
are dangers which confront US.
Maybe the Republican party can get through
| this campaign and the next, with all this load.
for the sBke OF the national question involved,
but thoughtful men all over the country are
beginning to ask, how much longer is it going
to be that party success must be purchased
every yesr, and every year, at the price Of
saloon dictaton2 Or, is IL absolutely necessary
that the Republican party shall continue I'd
pay that fea-ful priceY The Cadiz Republican
does not believe that it is necessary.
And the Steubenville Herald, whose
editor is veteran Republican and q
faithful advocate of Republican princi
pies, approvingly adds:
The Cadis Republican has nearly q column
article pointing out the danger of losing the
legislative ticket in Hamilton county on &C
count Of the disgust Of the people with the Coz
crowd, which now seem to have full control Of
the politics OF that county. While perhaps
The Republican is unnecessarily alarmed sc
far as this years result ia concerned, II il very
certain that the supremacy of Cox and his fol
lowers in the principal city of the state is not
viewed with complacency by the mass of re-
spectacle voters That it will bring trouble
sooner or later there is no doubt, and the HL-n
ilton county Republicans would do general
service by reforming this state OF things as
soon as LIssble.