Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-02-27
REPUBLICAN, LOVE FOR THE
CoLoRED BROTHER ALL A
HowLINe HUMBUG FOR
VOTERS ONLY.
Popular Will in Republican Stat'
Politics Abolished and. the Boss
es Dominating.
st artling Statements Once Made by
Bill Hahn Relating to Republican
Senatorial Crookedness
An Amazing Scheme of the Keeley.
ties to Get at the. Bottom of the
Taxpayers Pocke tbooks.
COLUMBUS, O., Feb. "A, 1896

Everybody is familiar with the Re-
publican profession of love for the
colored brother. 1t will be recalled
that the late r. B. Hayes who drew
Samuel J. Tilden's salary as Presi-
dent of the q. s. gave as his only
reason for being sorry when it was
announced that he had been defeated
that his hart bled for the poor color
ed man of the south at the very idea
of the Democratic bondage ahead of
them. The other day in the House
of Representatives the Republican
speaker-an office next to that of
Governor itself introduced bill to
make levy for two colleges OF the
state. Another Republican member
who forgot to ask the leaders how to
act amended the. bill to include Will
berforce University in the list OF fa-
vored ones and lol and behold what
was the result. The proposition in q
House of Representatives having 81
Republicans out of a total OF 119 to
vote money to negro college receiv-
ed but votes and of these six, three
were eolored and one was Demo
crat. All the balance were Republi-
cans. A ''nigger'' is alright so long as
he votes the Rep ublican ticket but
he must never ask the party for any
favors. If he does he is likely to get
his nose snubbed.
sEXAGoNAL BosSIsM.
The situations in the ranks of the
Republican party is something de-
plorable and certainly humiiiating to
the average intelligent Republican
voter. All that could be inferred
from reading the papers is that the
Republican party is composed of but
about six men, the same being Kurtz,
Conger, Hanna, [Grosvenor, Hahn
and Cox. These gentleman have
been holding secret conclavesinv vari-
GUS parts of the state fixing up dele
gates to the st. Louis Convention
and relieving the rank and file OF the
onerous duties of doing the work
themselves and paying their own ex-
penses.
This is Republicanism as it is con-
stiuted to-day. 1t permits no inter
ference from the people. Republi-
canism is an aristocracy or rather an
autocracy and the people are only fit
to follow the dictations of few self
appointed dictators or bosses. The Re-
publican party is the worst boss-rid.
den organization this country has
ever known. About six or eight men
shape is policy, name its candidates
and order its policy. The other 40O,.
900 odd Republicans are like so many
sheep which plunge along blindly be
hind, jumping fences whenever the
bell sheep does and all catching the
foot rot at the same time. There
| is Kurtz for instance who has more
power than 100000 Republican il
| the state.
| The Democratic party has no boss
es and nobody presumes to take from
them this scared right. If the Demo
cratic party had no other merit i
would stand the storms of time simp
lly because it believed in the patrio
tism and ability of the common pee
pie to manage their own affairs.
/ REPUBLICAN cRooKBDNEss
The air of Columbus has been riff
with stories of bribery and corruptio
in high Republican places in and ou
of the Legislature. The HON. Wn
M. Hahn, Insurance Commissioner c
this State and the right hand of Wm
Mckinley tells the most startlin
story of bribery and corruption eve
heard in this state. 1t is well know
that during the senatorial election c
1899 Foraker had the bulge on Shel
man and would have defeated hin
but Sherman came on the groun
and in q very few days there was
change over the spirit of the Forake
dream and Honest John came unde
the wire q few inches ahead. Mo-
comes the Hon. VIM. M. Hahn VIII
says that not only himself but job
Sherman also came within two vote
of being indicted by the Grand Jur
for bribery after the election wa
over and Sherman held the certifcat,
There has been In the past gres
deal of talk in Republican papers an
by Republican politicians about bril-
cry and corruption in connectio
with the election of Senators Payn
and Brice but the records of no coul
ever show where q Grand Jury ha
cast 10 votes out of is to indict thel
for buying the votes of their fello'
citizens.
FIFTY THOUSAND GRAFT.
j One of the worst jobs ever pit
thorough any legislature was the Kin
nell medical or the old Mosgrove bill
lie is freely predicted that the passag
lof this bill will end in one of th
greatest scandals of the time. Their
| Ia no Doubt that those doctors VIII