The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-10-01
AN Ex-DEMOcRAr.
why Hon. Henry Bohl VIII Vote For
Mckinley.

Mckinley.
While Hon. Henry Bohl Of Columbus
was at his former home, Marietta, on
business recently, he attended q meet.
ing Of the Mckinley club and was call.
ed on to address the club. Mr.. Bohl has
for years been one Of the prominent
Democrats of the state. He was twice
secretary Of the Democratic state com.
mittee and twice its chairman. He
served three terms as q member Of the
general assembly, in one of which he
was chairman of the finance committee.
He was appointed by President Cleve.
land United States marshal for the
southern district Of Ohio, but resigned
to accept lucrative position in private
life. He is first-class business man,
and hence takes no stock in Bryan or
his platform of reputation and dishon.
This is not q political campaign.
This is business campaign, and ali
who are true to their country ought to
ignore party lines. Il is Of minor con-
sequence whether we are Republicans
or Democrats, and, with the issues con.
fronting us in this campaign, all men
who are true to their country ought to
rally in one solid phalanx against the
enemies of national honor, public order,
as regulated by law, and the integrity
Of the United States supreme court.
"NOt since 1860 have there been such
momentous issues before the people of
this country as there are in this cam
paign. During the civil war the great
Republican party, of which Mr.. Town
send is member, and the loyal Demo
Gratis Of the north saved this nation, and
in this campaign the Republican party
and the loyal Democrats. north and
south, as he has expressed it, will save
the national honor Of this country. Long
continued applause.)
Outside OF this money question,
am opposed to two other propositions in
that platform. am bitterly opposed
to the censure of Grover Cleveland, in
the greatest act performed by any presi.
dent, certainly by him, when he put
down that bloody strike in the city of
Chicago. Is there any honest Demo-
crat, Republican or Populist who will
stand up and say that President Cleve.
land did not do the right thing at that
time? I honestly believe that if Presi.
dent Cleveland had not come to the
rescue Of this country at that time that
the city of Chicago would have been in
ashes. The situation involved the very
foundation of this government. AS
United States marshal handled the
strikes for the government in the state
Of Ohio in 1894, the coal and Pullman
strikes. know what strikes are. They
gave us great deal Of trouble in this
state, but they were nothing compared
to the trouble at Chicago
"Our patriotic forefathers created our
supreme court and removed it from DO
htical influences SO that it would not be
but give good, fair and i'm.
partial decisions. The party at Chicago
has censured that court for doing its
duty and declares in favor Of removing
the life tenure clause and II any judge
on the bench of the supreme court-the
court Of last resort-should make a de.
cision not in keeping with their wishes.
that he shall be thrown out Of power
or to Great a court that will make a de-
cision to suit them. Is there any man
in this house who believes this? What
kind of government would we have?
"Do we want to bring this country
down to the level of China, Mexico,
Bolivia, Peru, Japan and other nations?
Our foreign friends sent us their honest
money, and it is our honest and sacred
duty to pay them dollar for dollar, in the
same money we received from them.
"The Republican party, in my opin-
ion, stands grander and prouder than it
has for quarter Of century. Its cause
ls known to all people. Its policy in this
is just, and the right will pre-.
vail" Great applause.)