The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-01-30

Ex-Governor Campbell Nindicated.
The vindioatlon of the course pursued
by ex. Governor James t. Campbell in
the last campaign has been complete and
thorough, the indictments of last week,
says the Enquirer, rounding out and fin
ishing It off to nicely. 1t will be re-
membercd that throughout the length and
breadth of the land he was attacked as "a
dirty bird for foulipg its own nest.' His
speeches were blllngsgate, his charges
were mendacious, his figures were cooked
up, and altogether he was bold, broad and
bad. Before discussing or analyzing the
subject IL might we'll be said that IL
wasn't his nest that he was bofouling.
The people of Ohio who refused to heed
his statements, and voted for the republi-
can candidates upon national issues, will
| please remember that it was the republi'
can nest that he meant
The democratic candidate charged that
the state was in a dreadful financial con-
dition: that its revenues were grossly in
adequate, that its money was spent reck
lessly, and that the $500, 600 loan of 1894
was without provision for redemption.
| No less statesman than william Nc
Kinley denounced this in several kinds Of
Napoleonic terms, which, upon analysis,
were found TO mean nothing. ExGover-
nor Campbell produced the figures, but
they were promptly rejected by republi-
can orators as false and misleading. At
the opening of the legislative session, the
same william Mckinley openly confessed
in his message that there was u deficit run
ming into the millions. Governor Bush
nell came along u week later and corrobor-
ated his predecessor, and announced that
something had to be done to check pro-
| digality. He struck at the root Of the evil
when he proposed that the power Of maxi
| ing purchases be taken out Of the hands
o. the stewards Of the state institutions.
The comical part Of it all was that both
the statesmen put the deficit higher than
did the democratic candidate.
The same fearless individual arraigned
Governor McKinley's administration as
the most reckless in the way of creating
bonded Indebtedness that had ever been
known. 1t was shown that in four short
years as many local and general bonds
had been issued as had been piled up in
the preceding years Of the life of the state.
To corroborate this allegation he produced
a tabulated statement, taken from the
sta'e records. This was denied as usual,
by Governor Mckinley, and reiterated by
MIR. Campbell. Then came the blood
ourdling howl that the bad, bad democrat
had dared to call the pure and immacu-
late Napoleon liar. Directly afterward
Mr.. Mckinley came along with a state
ment that he had been deceived, alas by
a clerk in the auditors office, and admit
ted that the figures were accurate The
vindication was only partial. With that
rare unanimity that the republican press
displays, the expenses were justified, al
though Governor Campbell had been de-
nounced as base villain to make such
slanderous statements. Now comes the
rest of the vindication. The general as.
sembly has laid down the principle that
no more bonds will. be issued by its con
sent unless the people are consulted and
given the authority to vote on the ques-
tion, and all bonding bills have been hung
up.