The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-10-01
Doodle. Blather and Rluster.

Doodle. Blather and Rluster.
II we look for the car9iual points
OF t:Iis yea,'s' Repuo'iran campaign
we fad no;tiJg ia iG 10 command
the attention OF respect of thin ing
med. The e, o. r. has d opped back
% is Old ''me IDEAS aud methods
of stimulation, fraud and AFRO
gance, III the hope that the people
wilt once moe close ihei; eyes To
he real conditions aGd coutiuue
them ia power. Republican ak
els aud newspapers, great and
,ms upiie in dec'a iIg that "F ee
CuiDage" Js dead Issue, and thai
uothiug cen resuscnate il, aud f, on
the amount of noise they make Oh e
won'd suppose that they were chief
mou. ners at he fuuelal.
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The campaign is, on their par 4,
quite ont of the common in another
paI ticular. For the first time iu
The history of the state, the candi-
date for Governor has been COM
p etely ignored end the conlipgen.
candidate for U. S.Senator is push
ed 10 he fl ont. The conduct Of ,he
State adniuistration is not spoken
of except in cprsory half hearted
way, " lille fulsom praises of Han
ma burdeDed the ali. We say that
this is the first tine in The history
of Ohio that a can udiGate for the Of
fee of U. S. Senator has been made
prominent ina G ubernatorial cam
paigu.
The Office is not filed by The di-
Iect vote OF lie people, and should
have suboodihate place in the
conduct Of tie campaign, but this
ye9r lie Republicans named their
candidate in State Convention and
are making the fight as though
Hanna was The only candidate on
the ticket. .t.s
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The declarationthat the question
Of Free Coinage" is dead, is un-
true, and the statement is made
on their part with full knowledge.
If they did not knoU the facts,
they would let the dead rest, but
knowing that the question has di-
vided their party in Ohio, their
= managers raise the fog In the vsin
hope that they will be able to fool
some of the people once more.
When asked TO give a reason for
their announced faith, they will tell
you 9Th lie return of prosperity
has robbed ihe silver cause of all
vitality" We reply by asking for
the ocular evidence that prosperity
has returned?'
Tue iise in the price of cereals is
no Indication OF The return of gen
eral prosperity, because the loom
can be fully and easily explained
on o'her aud far better ground.
The return Of general prosperity
will he marked by rise in price of
other things beside wheat. Labor
will be in greater demand and COM
mand a better price, for the best of
reasons, namely the impetus given
10 gen eral business by increased
demand for the production OF labor.
Tpere has been no change in the
price ofldbor, or what change there
has been, save la the single indus.
try of coal mining, is in the down
ward direction.
Prosperity has not returned, and
the improvement in trade is but
the result Of natura ! causes.
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The necessity reform in our
monetary system is as Imperative
rs it was one ye"r ago, and the
character of the ,fhnn1es required
remain the same. The restoration
Of silver 10 the place in our coinage
held by it prior 70 1878, is the foun-
daIion OF all practical and reason.
able reforms, and cannot de or be
iSpored until American independ-
euce becomes thing OF the past
and the personal freedom of our
people is obliterated.
u
Bushnell's business admlnistra-
tlon, with its Washington q II.
horror, its Urbana murder, aud
peuitentiary Jobs, does tot furnish