Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-09-07
CLEAR and CONCISE.
J. B. Foraker's Analysis Of the
Democratic Convention
AND THE MOTIVES OF ITS CANDIDATE

Some of tho Things That Happened n,
That Gathering tho Builseys Ev,
cry Time Scores Campbell From Tor
to Toe In Dignlfied and Pungoni
Way.
"You have observed" said reporter
to Ex-Governor Foraker few days ago
"that there is paragraph in the Demo
cratic platform devoted to 'bossisn' il
the Republican party as eliminating al
GAINESVILLE. Perhaps you would like tt
say something about that"
The governor said:
1.-The declaration to which you refel
makes it necessary to say there was NJ
'bossism' of any kind ut the Zanesvill,
convention-certainly none of repre-.
hensible character. But consider the
source Of this charge. 1t comes from 6
convention notoriously under the con.
troll of one man, and that control secured
by methods that are roundly denounced
as corrupt by large element of his OWL
party. According to statements of Dem
ocrats themselves Senator Brice not only
'bossed' the Springfield convention, but
'bossed' it because, in the first place, he
had bought it, paying q price not only
for the convention itself, but to induce
candidates who were acceptable to be.
come his victims for the slaughter that
is in store for all who are identified with
the Democracy at the November elec,
tions. I do not know what the facts
are, but this is what Democrats say. Al
any rate, the cry of 'bossism' is raised
by that convention only to divert atten.
ton from itself, and to accommodate the
nominee for governor. If ever there was
convention in Ohio whose work the
people should repudiate because of its
character it was that which will be
known i'll the political history Of oul
state as Mr.. Brice's convention. But
the charge of 'bossism had to be made
in the way in which it was to accom-
modate the plans and purposes of Gov.
ernor Campbell.
Governor Campbell md Bossism.
"He has been pretending for week.
that he was not candidate, and yet he
has been for months making prepara.
tions for the campaign upon which he i:
now to enter. He has had no other idea
for three months past than that he would
be the candidate of his party. The pre-
tense that he was not a candidate and
did not want the nomination was KEEP
up until the last moment, coupled with
the claim that he was too poor financial
ly to make campaign, only for pur
pose. That purpose was to have thu
Ao l.. ~
ements of his party and under such cir
cumstances as would make the party
and especially the Brices, Sorgs, In
gallses and Johnsons, who are million
aires, feel under obligations to help hin
financially. He did not assent until Ii,
brought all to his terms. learned wheI
i'll New York last week from a gentle
man with whom Governor Campbell
talked when he was there recently, tina
such, generally speaking, was his plal
of campaign with respect to the nomi
nation, and that it was his purpose wheI
nominated to base his campaign ON
cry of 'bossism' and concentrate. his eff
forts especially on Cincinnati, and tina
with this cry of 'bossism' he proposed t.
make special feature of the Monro'
doctrine. The committee on platform
undertook to frame the resolutions as {,
the subject of bossism so as to suit him
but Went back on him as to the Monro
doctrine. This was great disappoint
ment, doubtless, to Governor Campbell
for was told by one of his friends thu
when he made his speech on the Monro
doctrine it was his purpose to excite
contrast between himself and Grove
Cleveland OH the subject of patriotism
with respect to our foreign policy; AM
his preparation for his approaching can
vass has been made with view, accord
ing to the information had, of elabo
rating that idea. The committee wa
composed of Cleveland men, and the,
thought it well enough TO abstain iron
action that would look like thrust a
Cleveland, and therefore rejected tn
Monroe doctrine plank, although it wa
asked for by the man with whom MI
Brice had arranged that he should &C
cept the nomination, overcoming by tn
arrangement, as it is charged, and Gel
tainly as it is to be presumed, the objec
! tlOllS Vic llittl
cial grounds But Governor Campbell
saw it would never do to have SO in
portant part of the proposed campaig
eliminated by a failure to recognize tn
question in the platform, therefore
was that General Finley offered his res
olution. 1t was at once vigorously OF
posed by Paxton, Ingalls,. Follett All
Brice, and two or three times vote
down, but finally the convention yielde
and put it in to accommodate the cand
date who is to sweep Ohio in Novembe
ON bossism and patriotism.
The Monroe Doctrine.
"The play of pretending not to be
candidate, not wanting the nomination
being surprised, declaring against bos
ism, and finally in favor of the Monrc
doctrine, against the wishes of the col
vention, to accommodate the candidate
xuho had nl,aady hnap calantad and ha