New-York tribune., 1895-09-11

BOND sales, .aSns sS ssa
rency the poorest dollar OF which s, 5lar OF
any any other country in the world. ,,, nro-
The present Law repealed the reelproG,tyv R
m"ed to secure additional trade relations with with
merce on terms Of advantage At another time !
shall dwell upon the importance OF th's' "''
only suggest II now. -o,.n, ,,w
be repealed which Senator s6 and BTcf that s
fsc free wool clause The Hon Frank Hurd In his
speech as chairman ia, OF the Democratic S'a'e
For the nnal passage Of the wool clause when py
Gns woFd S hs he unOr from Ohio
Brce than 10 any Other nsuences or and 10 ' Courage
seyed tarlf reform the important feature o'
the bin as 1t passed the House pr,o. free wool
co",d Il" have been prevented And he did not speak
the word Consider the conNeauerces TO the ia'"e''
Tho sheep Of Ohio are being slaughtered al tne
rnte OF more than five hundred thousann per % nn
mum. or about one thonsAna n'e .iu.ae nu IN their
values and I'm the va.ue OF their WOO. IL so grea'
that sheep-rasng and wooigrowng nav W do,
;ars 70 the farmers OF this State without any com
pensatng benefits whatever.
THE CAUCUS AGREEMENT
What excuse has Senator Brlce given US for not
sneakIne that one word? In published interviews
he has said that he was one OF the parties 10 'he
agreement whereby the Democratic caucus had
left TO the three Senators from Missouri, Arkansas
and Texas the whole subject OF a tariff BILL TO 40
with as In their judgment might be best ana una.
agreement bound him to accept free Wool oe1nu hoas
that he surrendered his commission to represent
Ohio the Senators namsd. and allowed mem 10
vote for w one f0is to be- bnI hand
foot by a caucus agreement. II he had refused 10
be bucked and gagged by the three Senator'S from
he
kansas and MIssouri-if he had ony stood up r Ior
judgment and had demanded protection for Wool
he would have defeated the whole measure h1 sinSe
TO have repealed the Mckinney law. to have sub
stituted any measure OF any kind for IT, m In tnnt
service. rendered to his country. but the case
stands he has no claim whatever.
For the last two years the Democratic party has M,
been broken and dcmoralized. Appalled, and as
mayed by the consequences of their own acts @ tens
OF thousands OF Democrats have remained away sg
right Of suffrage. have voted the Republican ticket
This year they are making frantic efforts TO ona re-
the captains OF their hosts accompanied win loud
nat 9hlo Is going Sai he will
defeat General Bushnell and Senator Brice Is re-
lature II 1t costs him every cent he Ia worth
WHAT DEMOCRATIC VICTORY MEANS.
The consequences OF this contest are far-reachlng
Democratic victory in Ohio this year would mean
a Democratic victory in the Nation next year. No
man can exaggerate the disastrous consequences
OF such a result. But aside from the public in
teres;s involved. the people OF Ohio owe 1t to them
selves to resent the lmputaon that one OF the
highest offices In their power 10 bestow s 10 be sold
In the market like a chattel The battle we are to
fight Is only for Republicanism, for Nationality
for prosperity and progress. but Il is also for de-
cency. honesty and the good name OF our great
Commonwealth. -
With harmony Of purpose and unity OF effort
can win victory that VIII in-pirlt RepuDncans
everywhere. and warrant the hope and expectation
that next year Ohio will be honored by the selec-
ton Of Governor Mckinley 10 lead us TO a Ma
tona triumph.
The meeting ended with a speech by General
Asa Jones' the nominee for Leutenant-Governor
He Is a powerful orator and though the last
speaker. he. held the crowd until the last word
spoken.