The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-07-22
CAREER OF CHAPMAN.
MAN WHO WILL LEAD OHIO DE-
MOCRACY TO VICTORY.
Candidate for Governor Is Known as
Man of the People-Iu Close Tonch
with Business and Industrial Life
of the State.
Oar Next Governor.


Share as it breaks the stubborn glebe of
a New England farm to the honor and
responsibility of a Democratic nominee
for Governor in the great common
wealth of Ohio, and yet the selection of
Horace l.. Chapman as standard-bear-
er of the buckeye Democracy at a time
when party success means popular
reputation of buccanneer protective
tariff and the evils which follow in its
wake is not an anomaly in the history
of political parties in America.
The farm has supplied most of the
worlds great leaders, and this fact is
not altogether the result of accident.
Bucolic life, 1t is true, offers a few of
| the advantages which qualify men to
direct great enterprises, political and
mercantile, but it has produced men
whose sterling qualities of mind and
heart, whose capacity for work and de-
termination to carry out whatever they
undertake more than compensate for
the educational handicap.
Horace l.. Chapman belongs to a type
of men which is rapidly fading away
zation. He belongs to class of citizens
whose chief recommendation for pub
lie office consists in their proneness to
forget the names of leading profess
sional politicians and their happy fac
ulty for recognizing their friends when
ever and wherever they see them. In
word, Mr.. Chapman is man of the
honors may have to some extent mon
opolized his attention and concentrated
his energies, but they have never belied
his origin as smon-pure Democrat of
the old school.
Not Politican
Readers familiar with the methods of
politicians and place hunters will
doubtless smile as they scan the words
man of the people," but Ohio's Demo-
cratic nominee for Governor is in no
sense professional politician, and is
unused to the jousts and legerdemain
cf practical politics. Like Thomas
Jefferson, his political patron, he not
only processes faith in the so-called
common people, but thoroughly believes
times of great national upheaval, and
maintains that the rights of the people |
are never more secure than when in |
'he hands of the people. With him con-
fdence in the masses is more than a |
hgment of patriotic mind; it is stock |
IN trade, and promise from which he |
draws practical conclusions. Mr..
10 ic Of |
'ndomitable will power when convinc-
ed his contention is a righteous one,
while his tireless energy and remark
able capacity for detail give zest to
whatever he undertakes. His instincts
Fre peculiarly American, and the men
hy whom he measures his success in
life are the men who have become ia
nous through their devotion to princi-
pie and their faculty for discerning the
wants Of the people through their own
experience and association with the
people.
The man who will lead the Demo-
cratic party to victory against the
forces of Bushnellism and Hannaism
next fall cannot fail to impress tie
stranger as a strong personality. He
is 80 years of age, below the medium
in stature, and man of great physical
strength. His manner is cordial and
frank and the viselike grasp of his
hand Is an effective accompaniment to
the stentorian tones of his voice when
he declares that he is glad to see you.
When you have shaken hands with
him YOU have received the key to his
character. Ever so slight an acquaint-
ance will convince you that he is
man who hates sham and hypocrisy,
and who is affected with none of the
SO often attend success in worldly af-
fairs.
Man of Strong Presence.
Although slight of statute, Mr.. Chap
man is a man of strong presence. His
head is firmly set on a sturdy trunk,
and his voice and manner of delivery
are suggestive Of the vigor which per-
meates his thoughts. Few men possess
so melOdiOus voice, or command
more effective vocabulary. His style
is fOrcefuf and convincing, rather than
eloquent, and his gestures are incisive
rather than graceful.
AS platform speaker Mr.. Chapman
is known throughout Ohio as a cham {
pion of popular rights and a fearless
expounder Of what he believes to be
right. be it popular or otherwise. Dur
ing the campaign of last fall, Mr.. Chap
man did yeOman service for the Demo-
cratic party. He has never doubted
the final success Of the principles ad- 9
and his confidence became
wherever he spoke. Return I
ing from the national convention. at I
the request of Dan McConville. chair {
man of the Democratic Central Com I
mittee of Ohio, he became n member l
)f the State Executive Committee of !
his party, and from that time until the l
close of the polls he labored incessant- i
y for the success of the national ticket. !
Although Mr.. Chapman's academic 4
education was confined to a few inter- t
'upted seasons of schooling In the typi- v
al country institutions of the '4Os. by
constant application and Intelligent OBJ 1
'ervatiOn he has acquired knowledge Y
If books and men of which any college o
graduate might be proud. Despite the o
,xigencies Of his early life, he was q fl
norm lover Of books, and the rudimen- f
ary education he received during the a
winter months in the country school Of t
lis fathers district in New York only
yhetted his appetite for knowledge Fl
Today Mr.. Chapman is widely read o
nan and Is deep student of econom- p
cs and sociology. His library in Co fl
umbuS is museum of rare books and a
lew, and it is an unusually busy day il
hat ends without seeing the Democrat h
c candidate alone with his books. Mr.. "
chapman is great lover of history a