Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-10-21
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F. A TRICK CAMPAIGN.
Small Methods by Leaders Of
Once Great Party.

The Democratic campaign In
Ohio this year is one of tricks and
tricl1ery. False dealings, false steps
and false statements characterize =
every feature of the campaign and
the operations of the men who
manage 1t.
A citizenship In Ohio is assumed
party by the trick of leasing resi-
dence in the city and state he aban-
doned as home nearly Is years ago,
and to which he now only returns .
for this purpose.
The nomination of the guberna-
torial candidate was made by .
trick after the men assuring to "
lead the party had long and loudly
professed themselves in favor of .
other candidates.
The state platform Is exclusively "
devoted to the support Of Free Sill "
ver and by trick its principles .
have been abandoned and those =
desiring to support them have been =
excluded from participation in the
+" campaign.
An attempt is made to appease =
the Indignation OF the friends of =
silver by the trick of putting for
" ward General Warner as a nominal =
F" senatorial candidate, while John
r. Mclean and his henchmen quiz
" ietly go on obtaining the absolute
. contol of the Democratic candidates
for the legislature. =
Mr.. Mclean, himself, each week I"
performs the trick of protesting
q to withdraw from the senatorial
candidacy, following each with
drawal' by renewed efforts to elect
" his own men and own friends to =
the legislature.
The disreputable and contempti- 3
BILE trick of publishing day after
day on the editorial page of the y
Cincinnati Enquirer a statement "
about Senator Hanna, which is #
known and proved to be absolutely /"
false and malicious, is kept up t"
" without the slightest regard for 3"
truth or decency.
& Efforts to influence the labor y
vote against Senator Hanna are
" made by the trick of reiterating a s.
" single statement regarding his at
titude toward labor organizations, :"
" which statement is proven false
by the utterances of labor leaders
. in both parties, and of thousands
of men who have had the practi- y
cal test of years in has employ. =
The attempt is made to prejudice
voters against the Republican par
ty by the trick of charging that
party with the responsibility for =
Pacific railroad transactions which
" were authorized and practically
+ completed months before the Nc
= Kinley administration came into +
" power. Il
Preparation to colonize voters
" FOR the Democratic ticket is con-
" cealed by the trick OF charging col
" onization upon the Republican
" party without such specifications "
" as to make it possible TO disprove
> the charges. 4"
y The organization OF the Negro i
" Protective party" was attempted i
9 by the trick of putting upon the
" ticket men not residents Of the
" state, or desiring to be members @
" of that party, and its recognition
" by the state officials was obtained
= by the further trick of forging the
= names oi white Democrats as sign
g ers Of tAe petition.
" These are a few CT the tricks =
& and treacheTous methods employ
4 ed ny the men now managing the
Z campaign of the party which once
, commanded the respect OF the coed
, citizens Of OHIO, whether they
y agreed with its principles or not.
= 1t is due the people of the state, 3
= OF whatever party, that the facts
= be known SO they may be on
e their guard against a repetition
= and continuation of these coward i
ly and contemplate methods r
" which are to be continued with ac- =
" celerated activity and shameless ="
. ness until the last vote is counted
" on election day. =
Are the men who are thus delib-
" erately seeking to deceive voters,
destroy characters and disgrace
the Democratic party for their own o
selfish purposes, worthy of public
support? e