The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-05-12
"WHY DON'T YOU
BE a Man9", Is the Qestion
Asked Senator Brice in an
Open Letter from Hon.
Allen w. Thurman.


w. Thurman to Senator Calvin S.
Brice:
MY DEAR SENATOR: Some
months ago you let it be under
stood that you were going abroad
for the summer. Suddenly, how
ever, see by an interview, and al
so circular letter from you secre-
tary, in this mornings ENQUIRER
that you have changed your mind
saying that you had been prevail
ed upon TO lend your assistance to-
ward securing harmony in the
coming Democratic State Conven-
ton in Ohio. This, in one way,
soun led so unlike Senator Brice
that | very much doubted the in
terview, for heretofore you have
always been your own leader, max
ing others lcud their assistance to
help you, not yours TO help some
DOuN tlSts Dut tuIo SilSui"i iS''Si
of Mr.. Gilllland proves that at the
dictation of some influence you
have decided to lend help; that is,
to become Il follower, no longer to
be leader. This being now APP
parent the question naturally
arises, to whom do you intend
lending your assistance? Who is
it that you are following? Who is
the leader who commands you to
forego the pleasure of a foreign
trip and enter into Il political
struggle in Ohio? Is this leader,
as this circular tries to make the
Democracy Of Ohio believe, simply
named"Harmony?" ?" Is it possible.
at this stage of the canvass, that
Senator Brice thinks lie can de-
ceive the Democrats of Ohio as to
his real motives and position by
any
SUCH FLlMSY PRETENT?
Does he suppose for one moment
that there is Il Democrat in Ohio
who cannot see through this kind
of talk and procedure? Does he
suppose that the Democrats are
such fools as to be taken in by this
kind of twaddle? If he does he
certainly has very poor aprre
citation of their intelligence. We
all know that you do not care any
thing about the money question, or
the Cleveland administration, or
the issue Of bonds, or the gold re-
serve, or the retirement of green
backs, or whether the State and
National Conventions declare for
the free coinage of gold alone or
the free coinage of both gold and
silver, nor " who are sent as dele
gates provided you can name them.
nor how they vote after they get
TO Chicago; that you have no inter
est in any Of these things, but that
you are only solictous about har.
mony in the Democratic party. Oh,
how the mighty have fallen, and
to What depths too, when they are
willing to make such baby plea
us this. Who has hypnotized you,
Senator, that you are thus forced
to plead the baby act? TO who or
10 what influence have you thus
surrendered your individuality?
Everyone has known of course,
for years, that your political cour-
age is not of the purest type. We
have all known that you have al
ways preferred
FIGHTING YOUR POLITICAL BAT
TIES
From behind the bushes rather
than in the open field. Last year
before the State Convention at
Springfield, there was a kind of
semblanc0 of open declaration up.
on the currency question on your
individual part, but when You got
to Springfield, while privately ad-
mitting to me that the platform OF
1902, which you warted adopted,
meant gold, yet you even in that
convention, which contained over
100 Federal Office holders as dele
gates, all elected in the name of
civil service reform, was afraid to
openly say that such was your in
depreciation of that platform, but
permitted MrIIurd b. stand within
ten feet Of yOu and proclaim TO the
delegates that ii really didn't
mean anything that any one could
interpret to mean either gold or
silver. This may have not been
just your open way of
the Democracy Of the state
so that they would keep Off the
rocks Of discord.
Evidently you believe, hat you
,an repeat This performance This
year, aud see from the circular
etter that you are again, nS you
lid last year, using the name and
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