The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-10-24
NOBLE AND STRONG,
Governor Mckinley Makes An.
swer to Mr.. Campbell.
His False and Unpatriotio Charges Of M.
travagance Denied-An Eloquent and
Noble Explanation How the
Money Has Been Spent.

At the great Music hall meeting in
Cincinnati last week, the largest politi.
cal demonstration ever witnessed in
Hamilton county in state campaign,
Governor Mckinley made answer in
this wise to Mr.. Campbell's demagoge
charges Of extravagance:
They say the general assembly Of Ohio has
been extravagant in its ausopriations. am
here to say to this great fSddi1nce in Cincin-
natl tonight that the appropriations of the
seventy-flrst general assembly, although in
excess of the appropriations Of the Sixty-ninth
general assembly, which was Democratic
every one OF those appropriations were for the
needs of the state and for the benefit Of the
great public institutions of the common.
wealth, which takes care Of the unfortunates
OF the state. l am here to say to you that
there is nothing wrong in the state Of Ohio
The administration of this state was never more
economically or more honestly administered
in every department of the executive govern.
ment than 1t is administered in Ohio today.
IApplause] We have nothing to conceal Our
record is an open book to be read by all men,
and we invite all men to read it. We had to
spend more money in the last four years than
we spent in the preceding two years under
Governor Campbell, but Governor Campbell
left US $l8O0OO Of deficiency, which we have
had to pay, and which we did pay. LAD.
p'ause.
We have completed the epileptic ASYLUM at
Gallpolis, an institution the like of which docs
not exist in any other state of the Union and
the like OF which, under government control
exists nowhere else in the world an institu.
tion that takes care of the most unfortunate
OF our people, and that institution in the last
two years and q half has achieved the most
marvellous results. The running OF that insti-
tuition Is new charge upon the treasury Of
the state 1T costs $4,000 to run IL, and we have
appropriated he money to do it. Would you
have had us W thhold that appropriation, men
of Cincinnatir [Cries of MOL
We appropriated s135 600 to make Ohio's ex.
hibit at the )lumbian exposition at Chicago.
We presented, the products of oar skill, and of
our genius, and Of our handiwork, and Of the
farm and factory, and no citizen of Ohio visited
that great Worlds exposition who did not
come away proud of his state. Not one. Men
Of Cincinnati, would you have had us deny
that appropriation. (Cries of "No."l
Then we appropriated $4,000 to build monu-
ments on the battlefield of Chichamauga An
Ohio man, General William s. Rosecrans, was
chief commander Of the armies on that field
Ohio furnished one-ffth Of the soldiers en-
gagged on the Union side in that bloody con.
fiict. One-ffth of all the dead, one-fifth Of all
the dying, one-fifth of all the wounded; one
fifth Of all the blood that was sacrificed came
from the state Of Ohio. (Applause,l And
when the nation invited us to Join the other
states in defeating q great national park,
Ohio did appropriate 90,000 to build the monu-
ments to perpetuate the valor and the services
and the sacrifice Of Ohio soldiers. Would you
have had US withhold that appropriation
[Cries Of "No"l
80 might 60 on occupying your entire even
ing, but will not continue that line of discus
sion, only pausing long enough to say that
whatever increase Of appropriation there has
been in the last four years has all been made
necessary because Of the increase Of our popu.
lstion in the state and the increased number
of unfortunates for which we have cared, and
the per capita cost of all our institutions to.
day, with the exception Of two, Ia less than
it has been at any time for the past seven
years.
In his first term as United States
senator Mr.. Brice has been in the state
Of Ohio about 80 days all told. If he
should be given second term he would
make no bones about being New York's
third senator, and give Buckeyedom the
cold shoulder for good. = GAINESVILLE
Courier.
Mr.. Campbell's managers are putting
their heads together these days and
nights to see if they can not hatch 9
'job' to 'set up'' on the Republicans.
They should not forget that ''you can't
fool all the people all the ine."-zaRss.
Vile Courier.