The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-12-31
MIND WANDERINGS.
HOcking's Only Great Man
Indulges in Some Hot
Comments.
OTHERS ROLL LOGS,
"The Hero of Many Bottles" as He
Calls Himself, is LOOsing Ont;
the Bottles are Getting
Him Down.

III III
None dislike newspaper eXposi-
tons and misfits more than we,
and we have very happily avoided
such in our newspaper work, ex-
cept when forbearance ceases to be
a virtue. This is one Of the times
when it ceaseth. A man by the
name of Green, whom everybody in
this county has learned to love and
cherish, because Of his great mind
and pretty teachings, tenders us q
column and a half of valuable ad-
vertising space, in his ancient mag
azine that has faded into but a
name, as Christmas present and
in our generous spirit of philan-
lhropy we feel that we can spare
him a little space in return. He
calls us rats, bastards, mules, mon
keys, granny pets and many other
happy invectives, all of which we
would admit if we could consist
antly do so, but being the seventh
child of good and human parantags
it would not do them the honor
that is due them to admit that we
are other than human.
We do not wish to burden our
readers with such material as Is
due the contemporary in our re-
turn of generosity and Christmas
gifts, because perhaps few would
understand the merits of the cross
fire having not read the opposition
slush, as few read it, but in the
course of the giving OF gifts we feel
it our duty to occupy the space and
dictate his adyer.isment.
Mr.. Green. the First, wa3a learn
ed gentleman; an able and distin-
guished journalist, but the Green
Of later years is to be pitied, not
censured. The low slush and
blackguardian that flow, from his
pencil of today is not the product
of his once eminent ability, but the
spillings ofhis liquor soak ed shell Of
the present which must have an exit
some place and hence pours out in
meaningless babbling mutterings.
His friends and the community at
large were glad when, some years
ago, he was in measure bettered
in his condition of health, but now
he has gone back 10 his wallow and
his pencilings are but the oozings Of
his diseased brain. We do Lot GEN.
sure him; we pity him. We would
not pen his shortcomings were it
not to protect tie innocent against
his venom rawlings, and right the
few people that may be misled by
his false and malicious grovelings
of us.
He calls us deserter, a Benedict
Arnold, for the !alledged changing
CT our mind. The good book says,
1.-THE wise man chsngeth his mind,
the fool never" Is James E.
Campbell a deserter, a Benedict
Arnold, because he saw the evils
Of Republlcanism to the common
people and fled out into Democracy.
the party Of the people. Is Senator
NJ. Teller deserter because he
walked out of the st. Louis cOnven-
tion for the principles of humanity (;
is our late lanented Hon. w. p.
Price, who saved Green's paper
from constable sale, deserter be-
cause forsootbe he left his fathers
party for the principles of the peo-
pie; are our own stalwart standard
bearers, Captain Bowen, Carl Buer-
haus and and Judge Wright desert
ers because in their bOyhood they
were taught Republicanism, and in
after years knowing of its class
legislation crushing the mass, took
up the cause Of the people in
Democracy and have become the
strength among us that they are;
is our own commissioner Jacoby, a
hercules for humanity and right,
who in the strength of manhood
and intelligence, denounced Cleve-
landism and the gold standard
years before tho denunciation be-
cause popular; is he, we say, a de-
serter, Benedict Arnold, because
his love Of humanity and principle,
usurped the power Of party lines;
and what Is this we learn In his
tory? Is the great brain OF Hook
ing, the leader, the champion, the
home guard Lewis Green, who in
his sober youth was republican
and left his party in Perry to run
t'fsir