The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-05-12
For Harmony
Scme Discussion as to Who Is
to Set the Pace for Broth
erly Love.

COLUMBUS, o., May 8, 1896.
RICHARD ROE, ESQ, Anywhere,
Ohio.-Dear Sir: The Democrats
Of Allen County, which has the
honor TO be the home of the retir-
ing United States Senator from
Ohio; the Democrats of Daike Co.,
which is in the same congressional
district with Allen; the Democrats
of Licking County, and the Demo
Gratis Of a number of other counties
which gives Democratic majorities
even In the hour of most distress.
ing party adversely, have announc-
ed their 'intention of going to the
State Convention to assist In pre-
venting any division in the party
councils, and to procure as harmo-
NOUS a delegation to Chicago as
possible. Our friends should be
active in having as large an inter-
est taken in the matter as possible
and in supporting the views al
ready expressed "by u large num-
of prominent leaders in the state,"
especially Allen, Darke, Licking,
ct al.
These men are in dead earnest.
Allen, Darke, Licking & Co., arc
out for harmony, and they intend
TO have it, not by the methods of
the sneaks and trimmers In poll
tics, but by the rule of the majori :
ty. About all of the Democrats In
this state who have so far officially
expressed themselves have resolv-
ed for the free and unlimited coin
age of silver, and they invite amity
on that basis. Their banners are
unfurled, and any body may read
what Is written thereon. They
are not trying to bespatter the peo-
pie Of Ohio with "soft soap" They
are not pretending to be for h ar.
mony, and their purpose is not to
knife those opposed to them. They
are not approaching with olive
branches in their hands and vitriol
concealed in their pockets. They
have not been bought by the Adj
ministration with small favors.
They are not Federal office-hold.
ers. They have high regard for
those men who hold public Offices,
and at the same time remain true
to their party, but they have only
contempt and defiance for the Fed
eral dependents who yield their
manhood 70 the leadership of Wall
street agents. They fight in the
open. They are true Democrats,
and submit to the will of the ma
jority, but that majority must be
honestly and accurately ascertain
ed. They will not submit to be
wheedled, bamboozed or swindled
by Eastern money. They are for
honest dollars, and they don't in
tend to be "hushed up" by oily
CANNON pleas for harmony on a
cloudy and indefinite basis. They
know what they want and they
are going for it on the jump Gen.
tIemen who were allowed to "play
horse" last year, when there was
nothing in the pot for Democracy,
can't succeed with "hungry Joe"
tactics in 1896. There Is something
to fight for now, and men with oil
cans and with drifting" advice
are not "in it,"
In letter addressed to John
= Doe, Messrs. ingalls,, Follett, Peck,
Harlan Cleveland, Governor Camp
hell, Sorg, McMahon, Lawrence It,
Neal, Hurd, Kline, Tom Johnson
Cultivate, Judge Pearson, Colonel
HAYNES and Chairman Smalley
and Anderson are set down as fair
representatives OF true Democracy
and as in concert. In concert for
what? To be managed by some
body who never had influence
with the Administration when in
fluence would do Democrats good
hut who now wants To deliver
Democracy into Administration
hands in return for favors? Not
much. They are honest men and
Democrats. They are not lIiders
Some OF them are for silver and
some are not; but not one Of them
Is owned. Take, for example, the
last man In the list. General An
derson Is ~ red-hot silver man
lie has so expressed himself Il
thousand times. He has been st
unc0mpromising on that subject
that il is not possible that he couf
fall under the domination OF Wal
street agents, any reports to the
contrary Notwithstanding. He ha,
even gone SO far as to crilicise oul
distinguished Scnntor, Hon. Calvin
8. Bricr, as a man wholly out o
sympathy with the Democrats OF
his state.
The Democrats ofOhio, as repre-,
sented by the conventions of a llpI
and other counties, are harmoniou,
and confident. They believe II
nnndInn a slrnnU lnlpnnIinn a.